47 people killed, and 97 wounded, by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Friday The Israeli military kille

[riversedge]

Source: the guardian


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The Israeli military killed at least 47 people on Friday, and wounded 97 others, across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa valley, according to the Lebanese health ministry.



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The airstrikes took place from midnight until the afternoon on Friday, and were in response to Iranian-backed Hezbollah killing four Israeli soldiers, according to Israel.

The ministry reports that 3,980 people have been killed and 12,001 wounded in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since 2 March.

Human Rights Watch has said that Israel’s “killing of civilians” and “displacement of hundreds of thousands” of people have “continued unabated despite the declaration of a ceasefire”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/19/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-strikes-targets-in-lebanon-as-us-iran-talks-in-switzerland-called-off?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6a3569368f08c4f67d4d3dad#block-6a3569368f08c4f67d4d3dad

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BREAKING: Iran has shut down the Strait of Hormuz and has indefinitely suspended negotiations with the United States following Israel's strikes in Lebanon.

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A body is brought to the morgue at al-Najda hospital on 19 June 2026 in Nabatieh, Lebanon. Photograph: Adri Salido/Getty Images
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[dweller]

1. The MOU

is DOA


😐



✌🏻

[Prairie_Seagull]

2. Wonder how it will try to spin this? nt

[democrank]

3. Netanyahu and Trump

Two peas in rotted pod.

[karynnj]

4. There is so much gain for Iran in the MOU, this may

show how much of an upper hand Trump has given them.

Trump may be more concerned that the deal be in place soon so the world:s economies can start becoming more normal than Iran is. I suspect that Iran will require the US take a stronger stand against Israeli strikes. One very big move would say they would believe we are not involved if we cut off weapons to Israel, which would put Trump in a quandary.

[Lovie777]

5. Vance called Democrats antisemitic................

Bibi felt that shtihole and the Republican party failed Israel.

shithole blamed Democrats for fake news on Iran and USA agreement.

Meanwhile, people in Gaza are still being treated inhumanely.

Meanwhile, people are dying in Lebanon.

The world is suffering.

How did we get here.

[yardwork]

6. How did we get here?

Slightly more than half the voters picked Trump.

[11 Bravo]

7. Not to nitpick, but Lard Ass has NEVER received even half of the votes cast in any election.

Much less more than half.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Later, also from Guardian: Israel and Hezbollah agree to renew ceasefire after flareup of violence

Israel and Hezbollah agreed to renew a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday after 24 hours of intense violence that posed an early challenge to the new agreement between the US and Iran to end their conflict.
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The flaring violence and diplomatic back-and-forth over the planned talks added to the uncertainty over ​whether a definitive end could be found to a regional war that has killed at least ‌7,000 people, sent energy prices soaring and threatened global economic chaos.
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Activity remained muted in the strait of Hormuz, the strategic bottleneck for energy shipments that Iran blockaded during the conflict.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/19/israel-hezbollah-renew-ceasefire-lebanon-us-iran-agreement

Other news sources don't appear to be saying Iran has reclosed the Strait.

https://www.google.com/search?q=hormuz&sca_esv=04089c7b1ac27224&tbm=nws&sxsrf=APpeQnvcRbt5oIqIRJEC8gRo6UmwDTri0Q:1781907096066&source=lnt&tbs=sbd:1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiG-u6bqZSVAxVUXkEAHa9JIYsQpwV6BAgFEBI&biw=1592&bih=734&dpr=1

[RainCaster]

9. We must stop sending weapons & money to Israel

They have spent too much effort trying to denegrate the US and kill their neighbors.

[patphil]

10. Israel is calling the shots here.

They're not going to allow a peace agreement between the US and Iran.
They suckered Trump into this war, and they're not about to let him off the hook.
Ron White strikes again, "you can't fix stupid".