Nearly 100 children and women are among the 495 people killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon as Israel escalates its war against Hezbollah.

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Israel’s war on Gaza live: No respite for Palestinians from bombardment

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• Tuesday dawned with Israel continuing its massive insane bombardment of Gaza, with at least nine Palestinians killed in overnight attacks across the besieged enclave.
• Nearly 100 children and women are among the 495 people killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon as Israel escalates its war against Hezbollah yesterday.

• The UN humanitarian agency called on the Israeli military “to stop attacking schools that provide the last shelter to Palestinians”. The call came after Israeli forces killed 32 Palestinians in three attacks on Gaza schools in as many days.
• Washington declared it is “trying hard” to “de-escalate” but it could stop Israel’s fascist killing spree today by cutting arms supplies. The US regime is adrift with President Biden crippled by dementia. Yesterday the first White House cabinet meeting in a year was held, but Biden’s wife Jill had to lead it.

“Israel attacked Lebanon Monday, killing over 500 people and injuring more than 1000 others as fears grow of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah. The Israeli military also ordered residents of southern Lebanon to leave their homes if they live near any site used by the militant group. “At the heart of this is an attempt to manufacture consent and try to portray most southern Lebanese as Hezbolloh operatives,” says Sintia Issa, editor-at-large at the Beirut-based media organization The Public Source. We also speak with Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a British Palestinian reconstructive surgeon volunteering at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, where he has been treating victims of last week’s device explosions that injured thousands of people. He describes the disfiguring injuries from Israel’s booby-trapping of pagers and walkie-talkies, calling it “an act of mass mutilation.” Democracy Now

Iran condemns ‘insane’ Israeli air strikes in Lebanon but government is reluctant to join in the war which would pull in the US.. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has warned Israel of the “dangerous consequences” following ongoing deadly air strikes in various parts of Lebanon . Yet Iran still refrains from joining in.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani called the Israeli strikes “insane”, and warned of “the dangerous consequences of the Zionists’ new adventure”.Thousands of Iranis Will Rally Outside United Nations in New York today .14 hours ago — Iranian-Americans will hold rally outside the UN in New York on Tuesday 09/24/2024 t

Minority Spanish Unions call GENERAL STRIKE FOR PALESTINE 27 SEPT ’24

Almost 100 organizations have joined this General Strike and Day of Action against the ongoing genocide by Israel in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon. Join us to strike on Friday September 27 for Palestine.

Displaced people fleeing southern Lebanon arrive in Beirut

Families flee in an immense traffic jam escaping the southern city of Sidon as Israel massacres over 500 in air blitz 23/9/24

‘This needs to stop’: UN.. – Man watches rescuers sift through the rubble as they search for people still missing at the site of Friday’s Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs [Hassan Ammar/AP Photo]

Hezbollah says it responded by targeting two Israeli bases

Hezbollah has issued a statement saying it targeted two Israeli bases in retaliation for Israel’s attacks on Lebanon’s south and east. The group launched “dozens of rockets” at two Israeli bases “in response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks on the south and the Bekaa” in Lebanon’s east, after targeting three other sites earlier in the day as part of their retaliation.

UN officials say ‘atrocities must end’ in Gaza as Israeli raids kill dozens. Heads of UN agencies say they cannot do their jobs ‘in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence’.