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With the region on edge about a possible Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran, U.S. Central Command hit targets in Yemen and Israel ordered evacuations in Gaza.

As Israel escalated its fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Saturday, much of the Middle East was on edge, with many expecting an Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran as payback for its missile barrage on Israel earlier this week.

Fighting expanded across the region, with the United States Central Command striking Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen and Israeli forces warning residents in two areas in the central Gaza Strip to evacuate, presumably in preparation for stepped up military action there.

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Israeli strikes appeared to hit the Dahiya, an area south of Beirut, where Hezbollah holds sway and where the Israeli military late on Friday again issued evacuation warnings for civilians. At least four hospitals across southern Lebanon are now out of service as a result of Israel’s bombardment, according to Lebanon’s state-run news agency. The Saint Therese Medical Center near the Dahiya has also suspended services, saying that Israeli strikes inflicted “huge damage.”

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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 10 points 5 hours ago

Notice: Four hospitals out of service. While I doubt we'll see anything as bad as what happened to the Gaza Healthcare sysem, Lebanese healthcare is also being targeted.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Also, unlike in Gaza where Hamas has nowhere to hide except amongst civilians, South Lebanon is a mountainous region. Hezbollah don't have bases in or near hospitals. The IDF targets hospitals because they WANT to target hospitals.

[-] Rottcodd@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago
[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

How far is this going to be allowed to go? Netanyahu is going to hand the US election to Trump while crushing his opponents. It has to stop somewhere. If Trump gets in it won't be the US that stops it.

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Of course they stepped up fighting. Does anyone believe anything Netanyahu says anymore other than bought and blackmailed politicians?

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