Israel has killed more than 120 rescue workers, damaged 16 hospitals, and targeted over 130 ambulances in Lebanon since March 2nd

Lebanon’s Health Ministry releases footage of an Israeli double-tap strike on paramedics today. Ministry says 6 killed including a Syrian child, another half a dozen injured. Death toll since March 2 now stands at 3111, with 9432 wounded #lebanon

Thursday, May 21, 2026: American sanctions target Hezbollah and Amal officials, and two army and General Security officers; and Israeli attacks continue in South Lebanon.

Investigation by @baydoun.nl, @ntabrizy.bsky.social, and myself for @newlinesmag.bsky.social used 3D-spatial analysis to examine Israel’s airstrikes on two of Iran’s largest steel plants, showing how the effects extended beyond the facilities to workers and civilian life.

Extremely distressing video on Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir's X account, showing Irish activist Catriona Graham being assaulted & dragged away, & the treatment of those who were on the sumud flotilla. I know Catriona since we were teenagers. New Irish gov statement here: x.com/itamarbengvi...

Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed more than 3,000 people since March 2. And Israel is occupying and demolishing dozens of towns in south Lebanon. Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Foreign Minister is spending his time complaining about a plaque in NYC commemorating Arab writers as part of “Little Syria.”

Any book publishers on here by chance?

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon continue despite ‘ceasefire’ extension https://aje.news/9bw0u2

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Palestinian-Egyptian activist Ramy Shaath, who spent 900 days in Egyptian prison, is facing deportation proceedings in France for his organizing, public remarks, and contacts on Palestine. He is to appear before a deportation committee next week on May 21 www.france24.com/en/france/20...

The total number of towns that have been threatened by the Israeli army since the so-called ceasefire has now risen to 106. Meanwhile, the Israeli army has started shelling Kawthariyat al-Suyyad, Tefahta, Ghassaniyeh, Qaaqaaiyet al-Snoubar, and Ansar.

On Saturday morning, the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for nine southern towns, six of which were being threatened for the first time: Qaaqaaiyet al-Snoubar, Marwaniyeh, Arzi, Babliyeh, Baysarieh, Ansar. The threat also covered Kawthariyat al-Suyyad, Tefahta, and Ghassaniyeh. 🧵

Today is Nakba Day. You cannot understand what lies at the heart of conflict in the Middle East unless you understand what happened to 85% of Palestinians in 1948. Here Eugene Rogan explains how hundred of thousands ended up as homeless refugees in Gaza

Israel has killed nearly 600 people in Lebanon since a supposed ceasefire took effect on April 17. And more than 1 million Lebanese are still displaced.

one of the things that has served me well in my career in recent years is the ability to say no. it is not something everyone feels they can do but when you reach the point where you can, it transcends your relationship to work and the opportunities that come your way

“What we are witnessing is the emergence of a deeply unequal education where some children are continuing their education while others are experiencing prolonged interruptions, learning loss, trauma, and isolation” Wartime education in Lebanon. @justinsalhani.bsky.social for @aljazeera.com

I gave an interview recently about the importance of making nightlife more affordable for young people, and some of the feedback was, what a woke interview. And I think: so much of the current moment is just indulging people who don't want anyone else to have nice things.

The Israeli aggression on South Lebanon is threatening the rock hyrax, locally known as Tabsoun, as widespread explosions are destroying the rocky habitats it depends on, particularly in Bayyadah and along the Naqoura coast, both of which have recently seen heavy detonations. 🧵

I wrote about how Israel’s war on Lebanon is creating a lost generation of students, including an absence of civic education meaning future generations risk being even more divided. This increases likelihood of fractures, civil strife, and erodes national cohesion www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

What the Israeli drone sounds like over Beirut today Via @justinsalhani.bsky.social

شو بعبع هو نتنياهو؟ نعم، بعبع هو نتنياهو. megaphone.news/oped/%D8%A8%...

Listening to @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social on NPR’s Throughlines on memory and war. It’s a brilliant episode. The point made about time and distance needed to process really resonates. In Palestine and Lebanon, we haven’t had the opportunity afforded by time to process. It’s ongoing & ever present

IF WE TOLERATE THIS is out today! These are worrying times politically but if there's one thing I want to get across, it's that the slide into far-right nationalism is not inevitable. Please help me spread the word. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...

That's the face of an Israeli Arab lawyer after a police raid. The reason is in the fourth paragraph: "The raid was launched following a noise complaint filed by one of the officers involved, who lives nearby." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Friends got this for me and it is amazing

this is by far the scariest email i've ever received

After fleeing Syria to escape death, Jamil Jrab was killed by Israel in Beirut today.lorientlejour.com/article/1505...

If the Israelis are so effectively killing Hezbollah fighters during an ostensible ceasefire then what was the point of the widespread attacks on Beirut and other parts of the country?

New It Could Happen Here ✍ Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon @danaelkurd.bsky.social @justinsalhani.bsky.social linktr.ee/ICHHpod

Autocrats use spectacle, harassment, normalization and state institutions to attack the practice of journalism. @carlosdada.bsky.social on what reporters in the United States can learn from El Salvador — before it’s too late: www.thedial.world/press-freedo...

For those outside the US open.spotify.com/episode/5DDQ...

I talked with @justinsalhani.bsky.social for this episode on Lebanon and Israel's attacks on journalists www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Israel is carrying out a systematic campaign to demolish and erase Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon — an interview with @tcambanis.bsky.social for his “Order from Ashes” podcast | thecenturyfoundation.podbean.com/e/erasing-bi...

It was always a mistake for the center left media ecosystem to censor Tony Judt and Ta Nehisi Coates because the appetite for criticism of Israel was never going to go away. Here we are.

Contorting themselves to avoid saying the very bare minimum and Tucker meanwhile gets to peddle his version of the Israel-critical narrative. This is actually a very bad situation and also a very avoidable one.

Watch this by @justinsalhani.bsky.social on the ongoing dystopia imposed on Lebanon by Israel youtu.be/Xao4OCF88jM?...

Listening Post invited me on to talk about Israel’s use of tech and propaganda in Lebanon

Listening Post invited me on to talk about Israel’s use of tech and propaganda in Lebanon

Israel's dark times: The man who said that Israel should set its eyes on Turkey after Iran, and the man who said Israel must scrape away Lebanese villages even if 'it may be unpleasant', unite to run in Israel's election as an 'alternative' to Netanyahu!

My latest is looking at Israel’s claims if 250 Hezbollah members killed on April 8 (black Wednesday) against what we know from the available data/investigations

My latest is looking at Israel’s claims if 250 Hezbollah members killed on April 8 (black Wednesday) against what we know from the available data/investigations

Really says something about the world that there are people in DC who seriously think the UAE and Israel are the conduits for a stable foreign policy

We began the day remembering Bassem Sabry twelve years since his passing and we end it weeping for Hamid Khalafallah as he leaves us. Two brilliant, loving, revolutionary souls who our world is so much poorer without. My heart breaks. Oh how it breaks tonight. 💔

Grinding out one more story then taking my first (non weekend) day off tomorrow in over six months.

Another crucial piece of work by @mbazzi.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I wrote for @theguardian.com on the parallels between Israel’s wars on Lebanon and Gaza | www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

To that I say that I can totally have several enemies and I can totally fight them all with the same passion and rigor. I have been continuously terrorised and traumatised by both the patriarchy and Western colonialism and I will absolutely continue to call out both with the same energy and passion.

In Lebanon and Gaza, a ceasefire means Israel still gets to attack just the killing is largely restricted to certain geographic areas rather than everywhere at any time.

“Last month, 14 children died from severe acute malnutrition at Bay Regional, Doctors Without Borders wrote to us…The world’s richest man is preventing lifesaving aid from reaching the world’s poorest children, closing off their future as he fantasizes about another.”

Compare to my reporting from Ayta al-Shaab last November, when I visited with some of its Lebanese residents (none of whom can now go back there): www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...