An Israeli army flare is seen over the Israeli-Lebanese border as seen from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, September 16, 2024
HALTING Hezbollah attacks on northern Israel to allow residents to return to their homes is now an official war goal, the far-right government said today.
This came before news broke that hundreds of handheld pagers exploded today, killing at least eight people, including members of militant group Hezbollah and wounding the Iranian ambassador, government and Hezbollah officials said.
Officials pointed the finger at Israel for what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack that wounded more than 2,700 people at a time of rising tensions across the Lebanon border. The Israeli military declined to comment.
ROGER McKENZIE expounds on the motivation that drove him to write a book that anticipates a dawn of a new, fully liberated Africa – the land of his ancestors
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE
