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It’s hard to hold on to hope, certainly after so long and as another winter is about to begin,
said Yifat Zailer, cousin of Shiri Bibas, who is held along with her husband and two young sons
It is the silence of the international community that let this happen,
Ftouni saidOn the night of the attack, we were sitting in front of the chalets and the drone was flying super low on top of us,
said Fatima Ftouni, a journalist at al-Mayadeen who was staying a few chalets down from her colleagues when they were struckAll the indications show that this would have been a deliberate targeting of journalists: a war crime. This was clearly delineated as a place where journalists were staying,
said Nadim Houry, a human rights lawyer and executive director of the Arab Reform InitiativeIt is a dangerous trend already witnessed in Gaza that journalists are linked to military operations in virtue of their assumed affiliation or political leanings, then seemingly become targets of attack. This is not compatible with international law.”
Janina Dill, co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, saidHe really was a great man. I know he looked so big, but he was really a gentle man. And he was so, so funny,
Najjar said of her husband, Ghassan
The Guardian’s story of what happened in southern Lebanon matches with the pattern of killings and attacks by Israeli forces on journalists in Gaza. Targeted killings, the excuse that the attacks were aimed against armed groups without providing any evidence to support the claim, the failure to conduct thorough investigations, all seem to be part of a deliberate strategy by the Israeli military to silence critical reporting on the war and obstruct the documentation of possible international war crimes.”
Khan saidGhassan was not a member of Hezbollah, he was a member of the press. He never had a gun, not even for hunting. His weapon was his camera,
Sana Najjar, Ghassan Najjar’s wife, said in an interview with the GuardianI still don’t believe that Ghassan died. I’m still waiting for the door to open and for him to enter. He promised me that someday we would grow old and we would go live in the south together – but now he stayed there and I will stay here, in Beirut, forever,
she saidIt was a very horrible explosion. All the windows and glasses were over me, my wife and my children. My home now is a battlefield,
Ali Nassar, 55-year-old, said ... he lived in a nearby building
The IDF regrets the incident and clarifies that it is fighting in a targeted manner against the Hezbollah terror organization, and not against the Lebanese Army."
The IDF quickly apologized for that incident, saying
For 53 days, the one thing that kept me going is that we, the people of Israel, the Jewish people, sanctify life - we don't leave anyone behind,
she said
We must pressure the Israeli government and maintain the pressure on Hezbollah to accept the U.S. proposal for a ceasefire,
he said in Beirut after meeting Lebanese officials
The Public Security Directorate announced that it dealt with an incident of gunfire at a patrol operating in the Rabiah area in the capital, Amman, at dawn on Sunday,
Petra news agency said
We need now to make sure that we have immediately a ceasefire in Gaza, that we have a ceasefire in Lebanon, and that we avoid Syria being dragged even further into the conflict,
said Geir Pedersen ahead of a meeting with the Syrian foreign minister in DamascusA range of regional and international issues and topics, including the issues of Palestine and Lebanon, as well as the nuclear issue, will be discussed,
the spokesman said in a statementWe agree that it is extremely critical that we de-escalate so that Syria is not further dragged into this,
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We see only one possible way ahead: an immediate ceasefire and the full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701,
Borrell saidLebanon is on the brink of collapse
he warned(Israel is) again writing in Lebanese blood a brazen rejection of the solution that is being discussed,
a statement from his office read