The report came amid expectation that Israel could start a limited ground operation in Lebanon | Israeli artillery and tanks are expanding the geography of strikes on Lebanese border areas, the Ynet news website reported. "Artillery fire by the Israel Defense Forces is expanding to new areas on the border with Lebanon," the report said. "Tanks are also firing at targets on the Lebanese side of the border." The report came amid expectation that Israel could start a limited ground operation in Lebanon. Israeli officials and military representatives have so far refrained from any comments on the latest events. NBC television reported earlier, citing sources, that the Israeli ground operation could begin as early as Monday night and last several days.

■ Iran won’t deploy forces to Lebanon to help Hezbollah – foreign ministry (RT.com)
■ Even ‘Limited’ Israeli Ground Operation Against Hezbollah in Lebanon Would Be ‘Perilous’: Here’s Why (I. Tsukanov)

The Israeli war machine has murdered almost 17,000 children in Gaza and left almost 26,000 others orphaned. | "Israel" has murdered around 17,000 children since it launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, local authorities revealed on Sunday. Ismail al-Thawabta, the head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, told Anadolu that at least 16,859 children, including 171 infants, have been killed by the Israeli war machine since October 7. He further added that "around 25,973 Palestinian children now live in Gaza without one or both parents due to the Israeli aggression." The Israeli war on Gaza has left an unbearable mark on the enclave's children, ensuring a lifetime's worth of challenges if they survive.

Israel hit the headquarters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brother during a recent wave of strikes on the war-torn country, Arab and Hebrew media reported. | The strikes, which took place on April 9, were a response to two salvos of rockets which were launched from southern Syria at the Israeli-occupied Golan heights in the early morning and late on the prior day, April 8. No side claimed responsibility for the rocket attack, which didn’t result in any losses. However, Tel Aviv held the Syrian government responsible. Israel fighter jets, combat drones and artillery hit targets in the southern governorates of Daraa and al-Qunitra as well as in the outskirts of the capital, Damascus. [...] Israel’s Channel 13 said that Maj. Gen. Maher al-Assad was not implicated in the rocket attack on the al-Golan Heights. However, the bombing of his headquarters was meant to send a message that the Israeli attack was not solely in retaliation to the rocket fire, but also a response to a drone launched from Syria approximately on April 2. Maher al-Assad, who commands the Syrian Army's 4th Division, was allegedly in a meeting with Iranian officials at the time.

The core of the Lebanese capital has not been targeted since the 2006 war | An apparent Israeli airstrike on Monday morning hit central Beirut for the first time since the 2006 war, according to reporters on the ground in the city. A week-long bombing campaign on Lebanon has decimated the leadership of Hezbollah and sent hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing north. The strike in the capital's Kola district killed three leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the organization has confirmed.

Ahmad Karakira | Despite the huge loss for Lebanon, the region, the Ummah, and the free world, there is no doubt that the blood of Sayyed Hassan will haunt "Israel", and his legacy will continue to light the path of Resistance fighters worldwide. [...] On February 16, 1992, the Israeli occupation forces assassinated Sayyed Abbas, along with his wife and his five-year-old son. Hezbollah's Shura Council then convened and chose Sayyed Nasrallah as the group's Secretary-General, despite his relatively young age compared to other council members. ■ He initially rejected the decision to be elected, as he was only 32 years old. However, after their insistence, he completed the remainder of Sayyed al-Mousawi's term, which ended in 1993, and has since been re-elected several times before his martyrdom. ■ Hezbollah's wise leadership believed that Sayyed Nasrallah, who possessed unique leadership qualities and a charismatic persona, and maintained strong ties with the group's grassroots, was capable of leading Hezbollah and the Resistance during a time of highly sensitive political and security status within the country. He had a deep understanding of the developments on the ground and commanded the trust of the leadership, particularly that of Sayyed Abbas. ■ During Sayyed Abbas's tenure as Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Sayyed Nasralla was often delegated to represent him at celebrations, rallies, and party meetings. [...] Despite this grave loss for Lebanon, the region, the Ummah, and the free world, there is no doubt that the blood of Sayyed Hassan will haunt "Israel", and that his legacy will continue to light the path of Resistance fighters worldwide.

✅ Hezbollah: Sayyed Nasrallah Martyred (Staff, Alahed News)

Dmitry Suslov | The decision was long overdue and is a response to reckless agression from Washington | Updating Russia’s nuclear doctrine is certainly not a spontaneous step. It is long overdue and is linked to the fact that the current level of atomic deterrence has proven inadequate. Especially given that it failed to prevent the West from waging a hybrid war against our country. ■ Until recently, the desire to inflict a strategic defeat on us was considered insane and impossible, given that Russia is a nuclear superpower. But it turns out that it is taken seriously in some minds in the West. That is why the current level of nuclear deterrence has proved inadequate in the face of the US-led bloc’s growing involvement in the conflict against Russia, which has already turned into discussions about strikes by Western long-range missiles deep into our territory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a fall on Saturday resulting in an apparent head injury, though the Zionist politician appears to be in good condition after undergoing medical tests. | The Israeli politician was rapidly escorted to Sheba hospital, located in Tel HaShomer, after an accident involving a head injury. The incident took place in his private residence in the coastal region of Caesarea. Israel’s paramount leader is undergoing various medical evaluations at this time, but his office provided reassurances, indicating his condition remains good.

A German man and his Ukrainian wife allegedly provided banned Russian channels | The German authorities have arrested a couple suspected of providing RT and other Russian TV channels to customers via the internet, in violation of EU sanctions. ● The bloc banned almost all Russian media organizations in March 2022, calling them a threat to democracy and citing the Ukraine conflict. The EU bans were then applied worldwide by US-based social media giants such as YouTube. [...] The District Court in Karlsruhe, a city in Baden-Wurttemberg near the German border with France, has also issued an asset seizure order for approximately €120,000 ($134,000) in “illegal income” from the alleged activity.

■ Moscow reacts to Germany’s arrest of couple for ‘illegal’ RT broadcasts (RT.com)

The Israeli army has heavily deployed troops and equipment along the Lebanese border and stepped up military activities there, a report from Beirut says. | For the second day on Wednesday, Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters at Lebanese herders and farmers working near the border with the occupied Palestinian territories, The Daily Star reported. “We were proceeding with our lives normally and everyone was working their land. Then we saw the Israeli patrol and its members begin shooting tear gas at us,” Mustafa Ahmad, one of the herders, said. Residents said the Israeli army repeatedly shot tear gas canisters during the morning. Hours later, a large number of Israeli troops were stationed in an Israeli settlement across the Lebanese village of Kfar Kila. According to witness accounts, Israeli troops used trees and shrubs for cover and monitored the movements within Lebanon as motorized patrols were conducted.

■ Israel deploys troops to northern border amid concerns of possible ground offensive in Lebanon (AfricaNews)
■ Israel deploys troops to border as fears of ground offensive in Lebanon grow (EuroNews)
■ Israel to invade Lebanon – media (RT.com)

■ 'Israel to Wage War for Water' (Israel National News)(Nov 7, 2009)
■ Israel Threatens War with Lebanon (Stephen Lendman)(08/30/10)
■ Israel is Stealing Palestinian and Arab Water (Sawsan Ramahi)(03/24/10)
■ Israel’s Water Wars (Jason Godesky)(02/21/10)
■ Israel Will Go to War over Water (Mitchell Prothero & Peter Beaumont)(11/10/09)

Lebanese Ministry of Health: 33 killed, 195 injured in the lsraeli attacks on Lebanon yesterday. pic.twitter.com/dvhsDWRZrJ

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) September 29, 2024

A new wave of “Israeli” airstrikes hit the Dahiyeh area in the south of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, which had come under deadly aerial attacks by the apartheid “Israeli” entity just hours earlier. | The strikes targeted several buildings in the al-Hadath and Laylaki neighborhoods in the area on Saturday. Shortly afterwards, reports pointed to “a third wave of strikes” on al-Hadath as well as strikes against Choueifat, another southern Beirut suburb, with subsequent accounts putting the total number of the attacks at more than 30. The “Israeli” occupation claimed that it was conducting strikes targeting “weapons belonging to Hezbollah…that were stored beneath civilian buildings” in southern Beirut. Hezbollah's Media Relations’ Office, however, asserted, “The enemy's claims about the presence of weapons or weapons depots in the civilian buildings targeted by the bombing in the southern suburb are false.”

■ Israeli jets pound Beirut with series of massive strikes (MEE)
■ Massive Israeli Strikes on Beirut's Southern Outskirts in Pictures (Sputnik News)

The Iranian Parliament is set to present Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) with its proposals on ways to respond to the Israeli regime, in order to make the final decision. | The Iranian Parliament held a closed session to discuss the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah chief in Beirut. During the session, the Iranian lawmakers discussed the latest developments in the region. The closed meeting of the parliament was held today to investigate the dimensions of the assassination of martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and several other Resistance commanders, Ahmad Naderi, a senior Iranian lawmaker told Mehr News Agency. He added that during the meeting, lawmakers offered suggestions on how to take revenge and respond to the Zionist regime. The Iranian Parliament would present the proposals to Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), he said, adding that the SNSC would discuss the ways to choose the best action against Israel's crimes.

■ Hezbollah: Sayyed Nasrallah Martyred (Staff, Alahed News)

The ongoing bombing of Beirut, and other places in Lebanon shows the situation is spinning rapidly out of control. | Germany has begun the evacuation of its diplomats and their families from Israel and Lebanon. Iran has raised Black Flag of Mourning over over Shrine of Imam Reza; Israel has let it be known they intend to target Iran's Supreme Leader, and word is that Iran is readying troops to go into Lebanon in support of Hezballah. ● That Germany is evacuating Diplomats and their families from Lebanon is self-explanatory. That they are also evacuating from ISRAEL is quite revealing. It gives everyone a sense of just how serious the developments actually are in the Middle East in the conflict between Israel and Hezballah. ● When Israel utilized consumer electronic devices such as pocket-pagers, cell phones, and walkie-talkies, to be small bombs by adding explosive to their battery packs, then detonated them, killing hundreds and wounding thousands, it set in-motion what is likely to become an all-out war.

The Russian foreign minister accused Tel Aviv of converting civilian technology into a deadly weapon. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has asserted that the US was likely aware of "Israel's" intentions to carry out a “terrorist attack against Lebanon using communication devices". He suggested that the attack's complexity and the subsequent leaks to Western media imply possible complicity from Washington. Last week, a coordinated series of explosions involving thousands of hand-held pagers and wireless receivers occurred simultaneously across Lebanon, resulting in dozens of killings and thousands of injuries. The Israeli attack, largely attributed to the Mossad spy agency, faced international backlash, with UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk labeling it a “shocking” and “unacceptable” act that violates human rights laws.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked dozens of Hezbollah targets deep inside and in southern Lebanon in recent hours. | The Israeli army has announced the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah following a strike on Beirut.

💬 "The IDF announces that yesterday (Friday), September 27th, 2024, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization and one of its founders, was eliminated by the IDF, together with Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, and additional Hezbollah commanders," the IDF said.

According to Israeli media, citing the IDF, Nasrallah was targeted while at Hezbollah's main headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold known as the Dahiyeh. The headquarters was located underground, under residential buildings in the Dahiyeh, the IDF added.

⚡ Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah Martyred On the Way to Al-Quds (Al Manar TV)
⚡ Hezbollah confirms martyrdom of Nasrallah in Israeli strike (Mehr News)
⚡ Le Hezbollah annonce officiellement la mort de son chef, Hassan Nasrallah (L'Orient-Le Jour)
■ US Gives Israel $8.7 Billion in Military Aid for Operations in Gaza and Lebanon (Antiwar.com)
■ Live blog: Over 50,000 flee Lebanon for Syria amid Israeli strikes — UN (TRT World)
■ Iran's Supreme Leader Moved to Secure Location Under Heavy Guard (Hal Turner Show)
■ Israel bombs Beirut: LIVE UPDATES (RT.com)
■ New wave of Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut hours after deadly raids (PressTV)
■ Israel attacks Lebanon: Israel claims killing of Hezbollah’s Nasrallah (Al Jazeera)
■ Hezbollah leader eliminated – Israel (RT.com)
✅ Everyone Was Wrong About The Latest Israeli-Lebanese War (Andrew Korybko)

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the Israeli occupation committed four massacres against families in the Strip, killing 52 Palestinians and injuring 118 in the past 48 hours. | The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza released the latest casualty toll amid the ongoing Israeli genocide, which has been ongoing for the 358th day.

According to the Ministry, the Israeli occupation committed four massacres against families in the Strip, killing 52 Palestinians and injuring 118 in the past 48 hours. With these casualties, the death toll has now reached 41,586 martyrs and 96,210 wounded since October 7, 2023.

Israeli occupation forces continued their genocide in Gaza for the 358th day, launching dozens of air raids and artillery strikes, and committing massacres against civilians amid a catastrophic humanitarian disaster as a result of the Israeli siege. In the past hours, Israeli shelling concentrated on the Al-Maghazi and Nuseirat refugee camps in central Gaza, while shelling residential buildings in the region.

Sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Civil Defense crews were able to recover the bodies of two martyrs and a number of wounded due to the shelling of a house in Nuseirat as the IOF demolished residential buildings in Meghrafa. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that Israeli quadcopters opened fire on Palestinians east of al-Maghazi, central Gaza. Moreover, a Palestinian civilian was killed by Israeli shelling targeting the road between Al-Maghazi and al-Bureij refugee camps.

■ 52 Palestinian martyrs, 118 wounded in 4 Israeli massacres in the past 48 hours (Palestnian Information Center)

Tarik Cyril Amar | Washington and Brussels are ramping up the pressure on Georgia again, believing others’ sovereignty isn’t the same as theirs | Say what you will about the EU’s “elites,” they are persistent. They are on the verge of losing the Ukraine proxy war they have been waging under US command against Russia, but they never miss a chance to antagonize. This time it’s Georgia’s turn – the one in the Caucasus, of course: Brussels would never dare raise its voice about anything in the US, no matter how rotten the sorry remnants of “democracy” are over there. ■ If the Georgian government – duly elected and all that but still led by the Georgian Dream party, which Eurocrats love to hate – won’t do as told by the EU, then, so the warning from the European Commission, “all options are on the table, including the potential temporary suspension of the visa liberalization scheme.” What this means is that Georgians would lose their right, based on a 2017 agreement, to travel to and within the EU’s Schengen Zone for up to six months without a visa.

The far-right president has been tackling inflation through severe spending cuts, which have led to widespread poverty. | Argentina’s poverty rate has surged to nearly 53% in the first six months of President Javier Milei’s term, marking the highest level in two decades. The government reported 3.4 million people have fallen into poverty this year, reflecting the impact of Milei's far-right austerity measures. Since assuming office in December, Milei has drastically reduced public spending to control chronic inflation and eliminate the budget deficit.

The Belarusian president has said that any violation of the country’s border would cross a “red line” and be followed by an instant response | A NATO attack on Belarus would trigger a world war and prompt Minsk to deploy nuclear weapons in response, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warned during a meeting with university students on Friday. ● Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed amendments to the country’s nuclear doctrine. Under the changes, a nuclear response could be triggered if either Russia or Belarus becomes the target of aggression using conventional weapons by a non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state. “As soon as they attack us, we use nuclear weapons. And Russia gets involved for us,” Lukashenko said, also recalling that he had already said that any attack on Belarus would trigger a third world war.

■ Nuclear arms to be used as soon as NATO attacks Belarus, Lukashenko says (TASS)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has decried President Vladimir Putin’s comments as “irresponsible” | President Vladimir Putin’s warning that Russia plans to update its national nuclear doctrine is “irresponsible,” according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. ● On Wednesday, Putin suggested that under a revised version of Russia’s nuclear doctrine, any aggression against the country by a non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state could be considered a “joint attack” and cross the nuclear threshold. The proposed change implies that the new rules could apply to a Ukrainian strike deep inside Russia with advanced weapons supplied by the US, Britain or France.

💬 “It’s totally irresponsible,” Blinken said in an interview with MSNBC on Thursday, accusing Putin of “rattling the nuclear saber.” He also suggested that the Russian President’s comments were poorly timed, as world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly this week, and called on the international community to discuss “the need for more disarmament, non-proliferation.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, meanwhile, has explained that Putin’s proposal to update the nuclear doctrine is intended to serve as a warning to Western states about supporting increased Ukrainian aggression against Russia or its key ally, Belarus. ● “This is a signal warning to these nations of the consequences of their participation in an attack on our country by various means, including non-nuclear ones,” Peskov said, adding that he was sure that all reasonable leaders and analysts have understood the gravity of Putin’s announcement.

■ Putin Explicitly Confirmed What Was Already Self-Evident About Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine (Andrew Korybko)

It appears that Russia found the west-supplied F-16 fighter jets. FIVE are now reported destroyed. | At least 4 Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have been launched over the past couple of hours. All of them struck the Ukrainian city of Starokostyantyniv in Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It is now apparent those missiles hit the airfield there. In one case, the sirens sounded after explosions were reported, indicating a degradation in the Ukrainian radar system, which could not provide early warning. According to a social media post from the wife of a Western-supplied Military "Advisor" who was apparently KILLED in the missile strikes, there were F-16 fighter jets at the airfield that was hit, and they are all destroyed.

■ Russian Air Force Vet on Ukrainian F-16's Weak Spot: There's No Place Jets Can Hide From Kinzhals (Sputnik News)

According to Finnish TV channel MTV, this proposal has already been approved. | The Finnish Defense Ministry proposed on Friday to place the headquarters of the NATO ground forces in city of Mikkeli near the border with Russia. "Finland's defence administration proposes Mikkeli, the town where the Finnish Army Command is based, as the location for NATO's Multi Corps Land Component Command (MCLCC)," the statement read. ● Finland joined NATO on April 4, 2023, along with Sweden. In an interview with Dmitry Kiselev, Vladimir Putin stated that the accession of these countries to the alliance was a pointless step in terms of their national interests, as Russian troops and strike systems would now appear near their borders. Russia has repeatedly pointed out NATO's unprecedented activity near its western borders in recent years. The alliance claims it is expanding initiatives as part of "deterring Russian aggression." ● Moscow has frequently expressed concern over the buildup of NATO forces in Europe. The Kremlin has noted that Russia does not pose a threat to anyone but will not ignore actions that could potentially endanger its interests.

Israel is not a normal functioning society anymore. It is an indoctrinated death cult. On Israeli TV, the guests are calling for the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) to destroy all of Lebanon. Here, watch for yourselves:

Israeli media is calling for ALL of Lebanon and every single village to be destroyed by the IDF…

This is not a normal functioning society, this is an indoctrinated death cult..🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/jusTHiyECY

— Pelham (@Resist_05) September 25, 2024

■ 'Israel' committs massacres across Lebanon on fourth day of aggression (Al Mayadeen)

Since October, Israeli occupation forces have abducted thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, though the exact number of abductees remains unknown. | Hundreds of individuals abducted by "Israel" from the besieged Gaza Strip and detained at the al-Naqab prison are regularly subjected to torture, pointed out the Palestinian Detainees and ex-Detainees Commission. ● The Commission revealed that nearly 1,200 Palestinians are experiencing systematic torture, abuse, and assault, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Tuesday. Testimonies from previously abducted Palestinians revealed horrific incidents that have become normalized in Israeli occupation prisons, including severe violence, rape, electrocution, extreme hunger, humiliation, and various other forms of mistreatment. ● The Commission noted that since October 2023, Israeli detention facilities have turned into sites for torture operations.

■ Israeli Megiddo prison torture 'expression of hatred, sadism': Hamas (Al Mayadeen)
■ When Genocide, Snuff Films, Extra-Judicial Assassinations & Rape Are De Facto Legal (08/25/24)
■ Israel Is in a Death Spiral. Who Will It Take Down With It? (08/25/24)
■ 'Everyone was naked and bleeding': Israeli torture of Palestinians exposed (08/07/24)
■ 'Israel' used waterboarding, unleashed dogs on Gaza detainees: UN (08/02/24)
■ Israeli lawmaker defends anal rape of Palestinian captives (08/01/24)
■ TORTURE: After 9 months of being in israeli custody, a once perfectly healthy & fit young Palestinian man is released hardly able to stand or walk unaided (07/18/24)

Dmitry Medvedev (Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council) (Дмитрий Медведев) |The President of Russia has outlined approaches to the new edition of the Fundamentals of State Policy in the field of nuclear deterrence. The main changes are as follows:
1. Aggression against Russia by a non-nuclear-weapon state, but with the support or participation of a nuclear-armed country, will be considered a joint attack. Everyone understands which countries we are talking about.
2. Equal nuclear protection will be established for Belarus as our closest ally. To the “ delight” of Poland and numerous NATO pygmies.
3. Massive launch and crossing of our border by the enemy's aerospace means of destruction, including airplanes, missiles and UAVs, under certain conditions can become the basis for the use of nuclear weapons. A reason to think not only about the rotten neo-Nazi regime, but also about all of Russia's enemies, who are pushing the world towards a nuclear catastrophe.

It is clear that each situation that gives reason to turn to nuclear defense must be assessed in conjunction with other factors, and the decision to use nuclear weapons will be made by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. However, the very change in the normative conditions of our country's use of nuclear components may cool down the ardor of those opponents who have not yet lost their sense of self-preservation. And for the dumb-heads, only the Roman maxim will remain:

"Cælo tonantem credidimus Jovem Regnare..."("We believed from his thundering that Jupiter had dominion in the heavens...")[The soldier forfeits his country who surrenders himself to the enemy in battle. In this ode the political object of Horace is to stigmatize the Roman soldiers, who, being made prisoners—or, to use an appropriate French word, détenus-after the defeat of Crassus, had accustomed themselves to the country in which they were detained, married into barbarian families. (Source)]

(Translation: DeepL (free version) + Grammarly)

■ Putin Explicitly Confirmed What Was Already Self-Evident About Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine (Andrew Korybko)
■ Putin orders changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine (09/25/24)