What Israel is doing in Lebanon is unambiguously genocidal against Shias. And it is unambiguously an attempt to reoccupy and even annex a huge part of the country. It’s infuriating that we’re pretending that there’s a ceasefire. And even more infuriating that Western media continues to turn a blind eye to Israel’s endless colonial expansion and insatiable hunger for Arab land.
So the “ceasefire” would effectively cede southern Lebanon to Israel without any promise by Israel to stop attacking.
Hezbollah has declined this offer.
"Lebanon’s rulers have surrendered the country to Israel - this is no ceasefire
What is presented as a cessation of hostilities is not the withdrawal of Israel from Lebanon, but the removal of Lebanese citizens from their land"
✍️ Opinion by Amal Saad
Despite the Trump administration's unilaterally declared ceasefire, Israel has launched a coordinated bombardment across southern Lebanon this morning, with warplanes and drones striking more than a dozen towns and villages.
Israeli attacks targeted infrastructure and transport links, hitting a Civil Defense center in Kfar Sir and a vehicle on the Haboush highway. The Israeli attacks on south Lebanon are a clear signal that Israel will continue to target the southern region.
Multiple Israeli airstrikes hit the southern towns of Hadatha, Yater, and Tebnine this morning, alongside heavy artillery shelling in Nabatieh’s Rahbat neighborhood and the outskirts of Haris and Aita al-Jabal.
Additionally, an Israeli drone strike on the Haboush–Deir al-Zahrani road wounded two Lebanese Army soldiers. Meanwhile, emergency personnel near Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre continued recovery operations following the devastating Israeli attack yesterday, which killed at least 6 people, many of whom died after their oxygen services were abruptly cut off due to the Israeli airstrike.
In Beirut and its southern suburb, Israeli drones have been circling for hours.
There is no ceasefire in Lebanon.
Let's decode what actually happened here.
Axios reported that Trump exploded at Netanyahu. Called him "fucking crazy." Said "you'd be in prison if it weren't for me." Said "everybody hates you now."
The journalist is Barak Ravid again, we talked about it. Israeli. Based in Washington. Covers the Netanyahu-US relationship for Axios, and every latest deals to calm the markets.
This is the same journalist who wrote the exact same type of story about Biden. There is literally a book chapter about this pattern. It is called "Fuming Biden." The same reporter. The same format. The same function. Different president.
Now watch the response.
Mark Levin, a close ally of both Trump and Netanyahu, did not deny the story. He demanded an FBI investigation into who leaked it. When your defense is "this should never have leaked" instead of "this never happened," you have confirmed the call happened.
But here is the part that matters.
Why would Levin, a friend to BOTH men, confirm the most explosive account of their relationship ever published?
Because it serves both.
Trump gets to look tough. Not Netanyahu's puppet. Willing to put Israel in its place. His base loves it.
Netanyahu gets cover. He "paused" the Beirut strike, but not because Iran threatened him. Because his "friend" asked him to. His base loves it too.
And look at what actually changed on the ground. Nothing.
Israel cancelled the Beirut strike. But the ground invasion of Lebanon continues. The IDF is still miles deep. A soldier died today from a Hezbollah drone. Netanyahu's office said: "position unchanged."
The performance was perfect. Trump gets the headline. Netanyahu gets the cover. The deal gets another 48 hours of "progress." Markets get a reason to breathe.
And the war continues exactly as planned.
This is the same playbook. Every time public opinion turns against the war, a story appears showing the US president is "furious" with Israel. It creates the illusion of restraint while changing nothing.
Biden was "furious" for 14 months. The war never stopped.
Trump is "furious" now. The ground invasion is expanding.
The visible game is: Trump controls Netanyahu.
The real game is: both men are performing for their audiences while the machine moves forward.
Nothing has been signed. Nothing has stopped. The war is not winding down. It is being managed.
Neither one controls the other. They walk arm in arm. Know that.
At least 6 killed till the moment and more than 20 injuries amid an Israeli strike on the parking of Jabal Amel hospital in Tyre. Video from the hospital’s ICU.
BREAKING: Israel just carried out a massacre in Tyre, completely demolishing three buildings — where many remain trapped inside — and wrecking the Jabal Amel hospital.
Exact casualty figures unknown but thought to be very serious.
More footage below
This is a "ceasefire"? Netanyahu instructs the Israeli military to bomb the southern suburbs of Beirut, the most serious escalation of Israel’s war in Lebanon since the supposed ceasefire was announced on 17 April.
https://t.co/FeRLIuIuTt
Since Trump announced the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel has killed more than 900 Palestinians, continues to issue evacuation orders from time to time, and threatens to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, even though it remains at a minimum; At a time when Israel should be allowing 600 trucks a day loaded with humanitarian aid to enter, it is allowing a maximum of 10 to 12 trucks, in a clear violations of the ceasefire agreement, even though not a single bullet has been fired from Gaza towards the Israeli forces into Gaza, and Israel continues to refuse to withdraw from Gaza;it is considering occupying more land in Gaza and increasing the suffering of civilians whom the international community has left to their fate.
Mladenov, “Board of Peace” & “mediators” have done absolutely zero to stop Israeli violations of the ceasefire. Instead, they are unilaterally rewriting the terms & issuing ultimatums to the Palestinians. Netanyahu openly threatens to seize more territory, Mladenov does nothing.
🔴The Israeli army continues to unleash hell on Lebanese citizens.
Lebanese Ministry of Health: 3,355 civilians killed and 10,095 wounded in Israeli attacks since March 2nd.
The Israeli army is committing acts of genocide in Lebanon.
Absolute bombshell on Sky News. A medical expert confirms the Zionist regime is systematically assassinating paramedics in Lebanon to destroy civilian infrastructure.
Washington is fully complicit in these barbaric war crimes against unarmed first responders!
Eleven children have been killed or injured on average every 24 hours in #Lebanon over the last week, the U.N.'s children's agency said on Friday, as Israel has expanded strikes across the country despite a ceasefire
https://t.co/LkgFRvhzwn
Sky News completely destroys the Zionist regime's primary excuse for bombing Lebanon. The reporter confirms there is absolutely zero evidence of military activity in the civilian homes Israel is obliterating.
Washington is funding pure state terrorism!
Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize 70% of Gaza. This would mean that the 2.2 million Palestinians who have survived the war would be crammed into less than a third of their original territory. “It is the single most overcrowded place on earth.” https://t.co/si20C54yeg