The ship was sanctioned by the #US in 2024 for allegedly smuggling cargo for a company linked to Lebanese militant group #Hezbollah. The US #CoastGuard attempted to board it in the #Caribbean in December as it headed for #Venezuela, which the #Trump admin has placed under naval blockade [but they continue to claim it’s not a #war]. The ship refused boarding & headed across the #Atlantic.

#MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

The Israeli military launched strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported, after warning it would hit what it called Hezbollah and Hamas targets in four villages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/06/world/israel-hezbollah-hamas-lebanon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #lebanon #hezbollah

And if you happened to miss it, in 2023-2024 Hezbollah intervened in the Gaza Genocide & halted Israel's incursions into Lebanon at the time.

Hezbollah actively destroyed parts of Israel's Iron Dome and other strategic posts using super advanced guided missiles....

The design of which had been stolen from Israel, reverse engineered and improved.

So we don't even have to look at history very far to see how dumb all this is.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2024-02-01/ty-article/hezbollah-reveals-advanced-missile-strikes-and-intel-sortie-over-iron-dome-battery/0000018d-6418-d897-a3ef-e7b974bc0000

#lebanon #israel #hezbollah #Beirut

Israel killed Hezbollah's military chief in a strike on Beirut, the Israeli military and the militant group said, in its fifth strike on Beirut's southern suburbs since a ceasefire began in November 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/world/israel-hezbollah-beirut-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #benjaminnetanyahu #lebanon #hezbollah

The Israeli military stepped up airstrikes in south Lebanon, killing at least one person as it pressed a campaign of attacks it says is designed to block a military revival by Iran-backed Hezbollah in the area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/israeli-military-lebanon-hezbollah/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #lebanon #hezbollah

An airstrike killed at least 13 and injured an unidentified number of people in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, one of Israel’s deadliest attacks on its neighboring country’s southern region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/israeli-strike-refugee-camp-lebanon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #lebanon #refugees #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #hezbollah

The Israeli military has carried out heavy airstrikes on southern Lebanon, saying Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was trying to rebuild its military capabilities there. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/world/israel-south-lebanon-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #lebanon #hezbollah

#Israel struck several towns in south #Lebanon Thurs after urging residents to leave, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country.

The airstrikes came hours after #Hezbollah urged the Lebanese govt not to enter negotiations w/ Israel.

#IDF said it targeted #military #infrastructure for Hezbollah in the area. It accused the group of rebuilding its capabilities almost a year after a #US brokered #ceasefire went into effect that ended a monthslong war.
https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrikes-a144881947fcaaef772ef689372cf3f3?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-06-Breaking+News

#Israel struck several towns in south #Lebanon Thurs after urging residents to leave, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country.

The airstrikes came hours after #Hezbollah urged the Lebanese govt not to enter negotiations w/ Israel.

#IDF said it targeted #military #infrastructure for Hezbollah in the area. It accused the group of rebuilding its capabilities almost a year after a #US brokered #ceasefire went into effect that ended a monthslong war.
https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrikes-a144881947fcaaef772ef689372cf3f3?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-06-Breaking+News

Israel signaled it could intensify operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused of rearming, urging Beirut to disarm the Iran-backed group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/world/israel-attacks-hezbollah-lebanon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #benjaminnetanyahu #iran #lebanon #hezbollah

In its effort to disarm Hezbollah, a once-dominant political force in Lebanon, the Lebanese army walks a political tightrope. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/politics/lebanese-army-tightrope-hezbollah/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #lebanon #hezbollah #us

RE: https://mastodon.social/@la_voix/115445393568232955

#lebanon: Israel on Monday accused the #UNIFIL in #Lebanon of shooting down one of its #intelligence drones in southern Lebanon.UNIFIL is working with the Lebanese army to implement the ceasefire agreement that ended more than a year of conflict between #Hezbollah and #Israel on November 27, 2024

cc @prolrage , @rzeta0

Liban : Israël a accusé lundi la Force intérimaire de l' #ONU au #Liban d'avoir abattu l'un de ses #drones de renseignement dans le sud du Liban.La Finul oeuvre avec l'armée libanaise à l'application de l'accord de cessez-le-feu ayant mis fin le 27 novembre 2024 à plus d'un an de conflit entre le #Hezbollah et #israel https://www.lalibre.be/international/moyen-orient/2025/10/27/ils-ont-deliberement-tire-sur-le-drone-et-lont-abattu-israel-accuse-la-force-de-lonu-au-liban-davoir-vise-un-de-ses-appareils-PEHOWNVOLVFLZDFETWSBRACNIE/ Israël occupe toujours 5 positions au sud du Liban,et mène des frappes sur le territoire libanais en affirmant viser le Hezbollah,malgré l'accord.

Lebanon is working on plans to disarm Hezbollah by year-end, an unprecedented step that forms part of a November ceasefire between the militant group and Israel following months of hostilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/politics/lebanon-disarm-hezbollah-year-end/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #iran #lebanon #hezbollah

Hezbollah has begun a major strategic review in the wake of its devastating war with Israel, including considering scaling back its role as an armed movement without disarming completely. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/05/world/hezbollah-arsenal-scale-back/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #lebanon #israel #middleeast #iran #hezbollah

Israel has become more militarily dominant in the Middle East than at any other time, but its success has also laid the groundwork for future risks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/world/politics/israel-iran-war-risks-blowback/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #iran #lebanon #hezbollah #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans