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NEW from @nytimes: Netanyahu embraced a plan by the Mossad chief to ignite a regime change uprising in Iran for a quick victory. He used it to help convince Trump to start the war — despite doubts among some senior US and Israeli officials. It was a critical flaw in war plans.

This is what a war crime looks like. Whatever military value the bridge in southern Lebanon had is vastly outweighed by its value for civilian transport. Israel's destruction of it is the war crime of disproportionality. x.com/ZeinakhodrAlja…

'Like in Gaza': Defense minister says Israel will flatten homes in Lebanese border villages haaretz.com/israel-news/is…

Israel just blew up the main bridge on the coastal highway connecting southern Lebanon to the rest of the country

‘Like we did in Gaza’: Israeli defense minister says IDF ordered to flatten homes in Lebanese border villages #700591210" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">haaretz.com/israel-news/is…

Even Israeli sources admit this happened (jpost.com/israel-news/ar…): Iran managed to hit both Dimona and Arad, the two towns flanking Israel's Negev Nuclear Research Center, one of the country's most strategic sites, in 2 separate strikes. Which shows just how bullshit Trump's assertion yesterday that the U.S. has "completely degraded Iranian missile capability, launchers and everything else pertaining to them"(x.com/RapidResponse4…). Perhaps the most insane aspect is that Iran telegraphed weeks in advance it would hit Dimona in retaliation for the US-Israeli attack, as reported by Israeli media (timesofisrael.com/iran-threatens…). So you now have a situation where the U.S. and Israel, even despite ample advanced warnings of an attack, cannot defend one of their very most strategic locations. Raises the question who's actually "completely degraded" here...

Lebanese medics are adopting strategies as they know they are targets: — Not seeing family or friends so that if they are bombed, they don’t take their loved ones with them — Reducing team sizes — Sleeping in ambulances far away from each other so a single strike doesn’t kill them all

🇺🇳⚖️ Exclusive: Judges clear ICC’s Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims “Panel appointed by war crimes court’s governing body says UN probe has not established any ‘misconduct or breach of duty’ by chief prosecutor” @IntlCrimCourt via ⁦@jsoufi⁩ middleeasteye.net/news/judges-cl…

EXCLUSIVE: Slovenia’s PM Robert Golob has urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to investigate accusations that Israeli spy firm Black Cube interfered in the country’s election campaign, according to a letter we obtained. politico.eu/article/robert…

Commenting on this strike, the Israeli military said “an explicit warning had been issued regarding this area” and that civilians should stay away. Human rights experts have said repeatedly that even if the Israelis declare an evacuation order for an area, it does not mean they can strike civilians. They still have a legal obligation to protect civilians, which journalists are.

🚨UPDATE -- Declassified asked the UK Foreign Office to issue a statement about Israel's targeting of British journalist Steve Sweeney in Lebanon earlier today. The Foreign Office has not bothered to respond.

🚨A paramedic in southern Lebanon responded to a strike on a home in the town of Bazouriyeh, doing what he has likely done countless times before - rushing toward destruction to save whoever might still be alive. When he arrived, he realised it was his parents’ house. There was no one to save. “They’re gone… my mother and my father.” The cruelty of it is unbearable. He spends his life racing in an ambulance to save others. But he could not save his own. This is what Israel’s war does. It doesn’t just kill. It turns those who come to rescue into those left to mourn.

📍Lebanon: Israel is deploying the same deadly playbook it used in 2024 in Lebanon to kill dozens of health workers and devastate healthcare services. Israel must halt attacks on healthcare workers, medical facilities and first responders. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

🇱🇧 The Beirut Annunciation Orthodox College mourns the loss of Jad Kobeissi, a Grade 9 student, who tragically passed away following an Israeli airstrike that struck his building. (…) He was “a kind and vibrant soul whose warmth, humility, and smile touched all who knew him.”🕯️

#Lebanon: CPJ calls for an investigation into the apparent targeting of Steve Sweeney, a British correspondent for Russia Today, and his camera operator Ali Rida Sbeity, who were injured when an Israeli air strike hit just feet away from where they were filming while wearing clearly marked press gear and with their equipment clearly visible in southern Lebanon. cpj.org/2026/03/israel…

Actually: The IDF issued a warning about targeting bridges yesterday, after which they targeted the Qasimiyeh bridge yesterday. That same damaged bridge was targeted again today, without warning @HRW has previously documented deliberate attacks on journalists in Lebanon

Israel has expanded its strikes into central Beirut, killing 12 on Wednesday. A journalist and his wife were killed. An empty residential building was flattened. Israel has not said what military targets it is striking in these densely populated areas. “I think they’ve run out of identifiable, high-value targets.”@nadimhoury With @NadaOHomsi thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026…

"When a President describes sinking ships as 'fun,' when allies are blindsided and friends humiliated, when the reasons for war shift with the news cycle and the global economy buckles—the question is no longer whether the destruction is intended or careless. The question is whether anyone, anywhere, still believes that American power comes with a sense of responsibility attached," writes Bobby Ghosh time.com/article/2026/0…

Yesterday, Israel targeted the home of Lebanese journalist Mohammed Sherri, killing him and his wife and injuring his grandchildren. Sherri was the head of political programs at Al Manar TV. While the channel is affiliated with Hezbollah, it remains a media outlet licensed under Lebanese law, and Sherri himself was a civilian. Under international law, this constitutes a crime. Predictably, there will be little to no outrage among many journalists. He was Arab, Muslim, and held views they oppose, apparently sufficient, in some eyes, to render his killing acceptable. #IsraeliCrimes #Lebanon

Civil defence teams in southern Lebanon have rescued a family of four who were trapped in the rubble of their home after it was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, the National News Agency is reporting. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/gsm2or