Netanyahu threatens Lebanon with destruction ‘like Gaza’

Netanyahu threatens Lebanon with destruction ‘like Gaza’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon Tuesday it could face destruction “like Gaza” as Israel ramps up its ground offensive against Hezbollah along the southern section of the Lebanese coast. Netanyahu’s stark warning came as the Israeli military deployed more troops and urged civilians in coastal areas to evacuate. “You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it…

Gaza death toll hits 40,000, with thousands more yet to be counted

The figure given by the strip’s health officials does not tell the full story of Palestinian losses, excluding those missing or buried in rubble Dalia Hawas was 24 years old when an Israeli airstrike flattened the apartment building where she lived in February, burying the young mother with her 10-month-old daughter, Mona. They are not…