As Trump envisions turning Gaza into the "Riviera of the Middle East" by displacing Palestinians, locals return to clear rubble and reclaim their homes.
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Hezbollah’s “Resistance” Meets Its Own Refugees
Hezbollah just discovered what every “resistance” brand eventually learns: you can’t bomb your own base forever and still call it support.
As Israel pounds south Lebanon and Beirut’s Shiite suburbs, more than a million people have fled — many for the second time in under two years — and even loyal Hezbollah voters are asking the one forbidden question: “For what?”
Families ran in pajamas, slept in cars and tents, watched shelters fill up, and saw hotels and beaches hit because “Hezbollah and Iranian officials” might be among them. Inside the community that once treated Hezbollah as protection and welfare state in one, anger is now open enough that people tell The Washington Post on background that the movement “didn’t think about the people,” not even during Ramadan.
This time, the cracks are structural. Hezbollah jumped into the war less than a day after Khamenei’s death, not to defend Lebanese soil, but to avenge Iran, and Shiite residents know it.
Amal voted in cabinet for a ban on “military activities,” the government is openly demanding disarmament, and even longtime Shiite supporters say they see no benefit for Tehran or Lebanon — only “displacement, destruction, and devastation.”
The group’s new leader Naim Qassem doesn’t have Nasrallah’s aura or his post‑2006 reconstruction halo, money from Iran is tighter, Syria no longer functions as a safe logistical corridor, and the Lebanese state is too weak to replace Hezbollah but suddenly bold enough to blame it.
That’s the real existential threat: not Israeli bombs, but a base that starts seeing Hezbollah less as “the resistance” and more as just another faction trading their homes and children for someone else’s regional game.
One academic quoted in the piece says it clearly: a non‑state actor without legitimacy becomes just a self‑interested organization. If Israel keeps bombing and the war drags on, rage could circle back into renewed support; but right now, south Lebanon’s Shiites are trapped between an enemy that flattens their towns and an “ally” that volunteers them for the next round.
When the people living under your flag start saying “enough is enough” on record, that’s not just blowback; that’s your mandate burning out in real time.
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▶️ "I was under the ground and couldn't get out."
The footage shows a traumatized Palestinian child telling the journalist that he was trapped under the rubble of his family house after being bombed by Israeli forces.
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📰 Palestinian Deputy President Discusses Phase Two of Trump’s Gaza Plan
Palestinian Deputy President Hussein al-Sheikh met with UN envoy Nikolay Mladenov in Ramallah to discuss the implementation of the second phase of President Trump’s Gaza plan and UN Security Council Resolution 2803. The meeting, attended by senior Palestinian officials, focused on solidifying the ceasefire, expediting humanitarian aid to Gaza, and launching the transition process under the new Peace Council led by President Trump.
Al-Sheikh reiterated that Gaza is an integral part of Palestine and stressed the importance of reconnecting Gaza’s institutions with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, emphasizing a single legal framework and authorized weapons. The discussion also covered the role of the Palestinian administrative committee and security forces, ensuring their integration with the Palestinian Authority as the legitimate sovereign body.
The Palestinian side reaffirmed the necessity of Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza, the end of Hamas’s rule, the surrender of its weapons, and the launch of reconstruction efforts in line with Trump’s plan and the UN resolution. Al-Sheikh called for an immediate transitional plan in Gaza, alongside urgent measures to halt unilateral actions violating international law—particularly settlement expansion, settler violence, and the release of frozen Palestinian funds.
Palestine welcomed Trump’s plan and expressed readiness to cooperate in achieving peace, aiming for a future where Palestine and Israel live side by side in peaceful coexistence.
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🚨 The IOF carried out a new massacre, destroying an entire residential block above the heads of citizens on Tal Al-Zaatar in Jabalia, northern #Gaza Strip. Two martyrs have been recovered so far and there are a large amount of wounded.
Artillery shelling continues on various parts of Jabalia, and several martyrs have ascended there as a result of residential homes being targeted.
4 martyrs and 5 injuries were reported as a result of the IOF targeting of a gathering of citizens on Al-Nasr Street west of Gaza City.
Further, internet and communications have been cut off in the northern Gaza Strip as a result of the IOF aggression, as the siege enters its third week.
🚨🟢 BREAKING - Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya announces the martyrdom of the great leader, President of the Hamas Political Bureau, the hero of Al-Aqsa Flood, Yahya Sinwar, who sought martyrdom and attained it after clashing with a zionist force alongside other fighters in the #Gaza Strip. Further coverage of the Al-Hayya’s statement will be provided.
Glory to the martyrs.
Ahmed Al-Telbani, Director of the Central Station in the Medical Services’ Emergency and Ambulance Department, ascended to martyrdom along with his family members in the IOF air strike of their home in Maghazi camp, central #Gaza Strip.
Glory to the martyrs.
🔻 The IOF admits to the death of 5 IOF soldiers, including two officers, during a battle with the resistance in southern Lebanon. In the same incident, three Golani Brigade soldiers (including an officer) were seriously wounded. In total, the IOF admitted to the critical wounding of 8 zionist soldiers in three battles in southern Lebanon.
They also admitted to the serious wounding of a soldier during a battle in the southern #Gaza Strip yesterday.
🚨 10 martyrs have been recovered by Civil Defense crews following the IOF bombing the Al-Telbani family home in Maghazi camp in the central #Gaza Strip.
60 martyrs have ascended in the Gaza Strip today, with at least 25 of them in Jabalia camp.
On October 17th, 2023, in a cowardly assassination, commander Ayman Nofal ascended after US-funded IOF warplanes targeted him in Bureij camp in central #Gaza. Beloved by allfactions, the commanding martyr was an Al-Qassam Brigades leader who created the foundations of the united Joint Operations Room of Palestinian Resistance Factions, a room in which the spectrum of Palestinian and Arab resistance coordinate. Just weeks ago, Ayman's nephew was martyred at the Gaza border protests.
Ayman embodied the spirit of the Joint Room which he led in his words and deeds, recognizing, like martyred leaders before him, "Either we rise together, or they will kill us individually."
Here, Ayman speaks in 2021 at the Joint Operation's Room annual training for all factions. Without a doubt, Ayman was one of the engineers of the long-planned Al-Aqsa Flood for the sake of our prisoners and Al-Aqsa, evident in the words of this speech: GiladShalit was just practice. Learning from the lessons of previous operations and honoring the blood of the martyrs, we march forth towards liberation, never forgetting those who paved the path.
Glory to our martyrs! Glory to our resistance! Liberation nears with their guiding illumination.
🚨 22 martyrs have ascended in the horrific massacre at the Abu Hussein School in Jabalia camp, northern #Gaza Strip, and dozens are wounded. Most of the martyrs are children and women, after the IOF bombed the school housing a large number of displaced people.
Tanks began firing shells at the school after advancing from west of Jabalia. The hospitals in the north are unable to deal with the large number of injuries and martyrs.
The IOF also bombed the Khalifa School in the northern #Gaza Strip, resulting in a large fire and one martyr. In a series of strikes, at least 11 martyrs ascended in Gaza City. The siege of Jabalia camp and the north continues for the 13th day without any aid reaching it.