Beirut Strike Deemed 'Self-Defense' by Nation Bombing Neighbors
When Al-Monitor dutifully reports that "Hezbollah's chief of staff Ali Tabtabai was killed in an Israeli strike on a southern suburb of Beirut," citing "multiple Israeli media outlets," they frame it as an isolated incident. What's often overlooked: this isn't an isolated incident, but a pattern of Israeli strikes violating Lebanese sovereignty, escalating regional tensions in parallel with the
ongoing assault on Gaza. The 'Israeli media says' attribution carries a certain weight, doesn't it? It's almost as if the primary source for reporting on an alleged extrajudicial killing in a sovereign nation should be the alleged perpetrator's own media, not independent investigation. One might wonder why Beirut, a civilian metropolitan area, has become fair game for strikes if maintaining
'security' is the stated goal. How many regional 'security operations' start with bombing a neighbor's capital?