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The National
23-05-2025
- Politics
- The National
Israel carries out spate of bombings on south Lebanon ahead of municipal elections
Israel carried out a wave of bombings across south Lebanon late on Thursday, ratcheting up its attacks on the region days before municipal elections are due to take place there. One strike hit a building next to a busy main road in Toul, a town north-west of the city of Nabatieh. No casualties were reported but the damage was extensive. Footage posted online showed the struck building on fire, sending up black plumes of smoke. The Israeli military claimed, without providing evidence, that the building contained Hezbollah facilities and ordered people to move at least 500 metres away before launching the strike. Strikes were also carried out on Houla and near the coastal city of Naqoura. One strike landed near a fisherman, who was unharmed. The Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah sites and killed one member of the group. It claimed to have killed a member of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force in the area of Rab El Thalathine, about 17 kilometres to the south-east of Toul. Lebanese authorities said three people were killed in Israeli attacks in the south on Wednesday. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Thursday condemned 'the repeated Israeli aggressions against Lebanon at a critical moment just before municipal elections in the south'. The elections are set for Saturday. Despite the escalation in attacks, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem called on supporters to go to the polls and secure a 'resounding' victory in areas where its traditional voter bases are concentrated. Israel continues to bomb south Lebanon on a daily basis despite the ceasefire agreed with Hezbollah last November. But in recent weeks it has been rare for the Israeli army to issue eviction warnings before its attacks. These have largely been drone strikes on alleged Hezbollah members rather than on buildings.
Times
15-05-2025
- Health
- Times
‘At least 80' killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Gaza
Overnight bombings in Gaza have killed 'at least 80 people' as President Trump yet again suggested the United States could have a role in making the territory safe. Israeli strikes hit the southern city of Khan Younis, where at least 54 people were killed, including children, and taken to the Nasser hospital. The hospital, run by the Hamas-controlled health ministry, confirmed the number of bodies received in the morgue. A second medical facility near the city, the European hospital, was declared out of commission after a strike on Monday night targeting Muhammad Sinwar, the Hamas chief. It is not known whether Sinwar was killed in the strike, which Israel said was aimed at a command centre inside a tunnel under the hospital. The strike
Irish Times
14-05-2025
- General
- Irish Times
Somewhere Around Six
I remember a time when I was small, somewhere around six. I'd always worry about not knowing what happens next. My grandma would say: "You're too young, it doesn't matter. Just enjoy your life while you can do that." But I wouldn't stop thinking: What happens when we die? I'm terrified, and I feel it in my skin, my stomach, my bones. What happens when I die? And I'm trembling. She wouldn't answer that honestly. "Honey, you have a long life to live before that. You're not gonna die. I should worry about that, not you." No, not me - l'm too young. But then we read these news stories about six-year-olds dying in a series of bombings. Were they allowed to wonder what happens next? Were they thinking about death? Solomia, who will never hug her mom goodnight again, or Ivan, who will never go to school. Way too young. It's undeniable – we're dying, slowly or faster – decaying, as a society, as people, ruining our lives. If six-year-olds aren't allowed to wonder about death, they shouldn't be dying.
