Firass Abiad says many of the 550 people killed in Monday’s attacks targeting Hezbollah were civilians.

Lebanon’s health minister has said what is happening in his country is “carnage”, as hospitals struggle to cope with the number of casualties from two days of widespread Israeli air strikes targeting the armed group Hezbollah.

Dr Firass Abiad told the BBC it was “clear” that many of the 550 people killed in Monday’s attacks were civilians, including children and women.

  • @thesporkeffectEnglish
    13•3 months ago

    Sure, doesn’t impact any of my points though

    • @distantsoundsEnglish
      8•3 months ago

      It wasn’t supposed to. I just didn’t want this key fact to be scrubbed from understanding the situation.

      • @thesporkeffectEnglish
        7•3 months ago

        Ok, I apologize for my tone, I fully agree otherwise

        • @distantsoundsEnglish
          9•3 months ago

          No worries, it’s a tense situation that most of us are unhappy about. The gaslighting and whitewashing of the situation by the current administration is something I believe that needs to be called out and challenged. It’s all a hot mess but we should always demand better from those with the power to make change