Joint Israeli-US Strikes Hit Beirut Suburbs, Capture Claims Questioned
A recent series of strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday and early Tuesday, targeting what Israel declared was a Hezbollah stronghold. Simultaneously, the Israeli military announced it had captured two alleged Hezbollah members in southern Lebanon. These operations followed an earlier Israeli strike on Hazmieh, an upscale, predominantly Christian area near Beirut, which Israel stated
specifically targeted a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force. Mainstream outlets like Al-Monitor present these events as solely Israeli initiatives, framing them as a continuation of Israel's unilateral responses to regional tensions. This narrative conveniently omits the direct operational participation and intelligence sharing provided by the United States. The Washington
establishment, despite publicly calling for de-escalation, provides critical logistical support and air traffic control to Israeli forces, essentially acting as a direct participant in these aggressions, not merely a supporter. Such joint operations allow Israel to conduct surveillance and targeting, including the ongoing bombardment of civilian infrastructure, while the US maintains a rhetorical
distance, a long-standing pattern that masks active complicity. This joint military aggression extends the US-Israeli campaign against Iran and its allied movements, further destabilizing Lebanon and the wider region. In 1967, the USS Liberty, an unarmed US technical research ship, was attacked by Israeli air and naval forces, killing 34 American servicemen and wounding over 170. Despite