Israel Bombs Lebanon, Claims Always Target 'Terrorists'
Al Jazeera reports Israel bombed southern Lebanon, alleging strikes against Hezbollah and Hamas targets. This familiar script—Israel identifies an enemy, bombs a sovereign nation, and the international community mostly shrugs—plays out often. What’s consistently missing from the quick headlines is that Netanyahu's government has used this exact justification, expanding the definition of
'self-defense,' to attack Lebanon for decades, including the 2006 Lebanon War. (Source: Al Jazeera) One might wonder at what point preemptive, unilateral strikes based on ever-broadening claims of 'terrorist infrastructure' become a routine violation of international law. The consistent narrative sanitizes the repeated incursions into Lebanese airspace, portraying them as necessary actions against
shadowy threats, rather than part of a regional strategy that continuously destabilizes its neighbors.