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I don’t want a ceasefire, because if they do it along the lines that they’ve announced, we’ll be in the same place in five years,
said 51-year-old teacher Dorit Sison Israel’s use of US arms to unlawfully attack and kill journalists away from any military target is a terrible mark on the United States as well as Israel,
Richard Weir, senior crisis, conflict and arms researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement The Israeli military’s previous deadly attacks on journalists without any consequences give little hope for accountability in this or future violations against the media,
They came here to be safe, because this neighbourhood is safe. I would walk around alone at midnight because there are no weapons, no fighters, nothing here,
We picked up a leg here, a hand here. We took out the bodies of three children yesterday. We found a dead older couple, both of them in wheelchairs,
said Jaafar, an 18-year-old rescuer At least Israel issues warnings there,
We are close to a deal," and "it can happen within days."
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,
On 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 struck It 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, said All 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 Initiative He 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.”
Ghassan 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 Guardian I 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,
It 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 As I warned before in Gaza, I warn now as well: Mr. Prime Minister, it is not too late to stop this agreement!”
Lebanon is on the brink of collapse
