It was the summer of terror—an altogether different terror than the pandemic kind we’re living through now. But it was just as global and, at the time, just as harrowing. This is what happened in the span of just two weeks in June 1985: a bomb went off in the international terminal of Frankfurt’s airport, killing three and injuring 74; a guerrilla group attacked a restaurant in San Salvador’s Zona Rosa, killing 12, among them three Americans; the next day, bombs went off across Nepal, killing at least eight people; three days later, an Air India 747 was bombed out of […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010091080724562-fuel-oil-tank-explosion-causes-major-fire-in-residential-area-in-beirut/ A fuel oil tank exploded on 9 October in the Tarik al-Jadida residential area in western Beirut, Lebanese media reported, citing witnesses. As a result of the explosion, a strong fire broke out. Fire brigades have promptly arrived at the scene to fight the flames. Lebanese Army soldiers and civil defence volunteers have started to evacuate people from nearby houses. According to preliminary data, there are several victims and they are receiving help from medical workers from the Lebanese Red Cross Society. Numerous photos and videos of the fire, black plumes of smoke, as well […]
The massive blast that destroyed a huge swathe of Beirut in August was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history, releasing enough energy to power more than 100 homes for a year, new research has found. The devastating detonation was the result of the accidental ignition of approximately 2,750 tonnes of improperly stored ammonium nitrate at the port in the Lebanese capital. It resulted in at least 200 deaths and more than 6,000 injuries. New research from a team of experts at the University of Sheffield has revealed that the blast was the equivalent of up to 1,100 tons of […]
…by the Editors of Veterans Today and Sources in Syria and Lebanon and the JCOS and Pentagon Only one thing can make ammonium nitrate explode…that’s ‘Jewish lightning’…(from an infamous anti-Semite) “This means that teams mixed the oil into one ton bags of fertilizer and then set fuses to fireworks placed among the bags, all as kind of a joke, people with too much time on their hands, bored with the heat of Beirut in summer.” A very strange thing has happened. The media, led by Google, Facebook and CNN is standing against reports from the Pentagon as confirmed by President Trump, […]
from Al Manar TV The Lebanese Army Command’s Orientation Directorate issued a communiqué on Saturday, indicating that “the Army Intelligence Directorate managed to arrest members of a terrorist cell linked to the ISIL terrorist organization that was in the process of carrying out security activities inside Lebanon. ”The communiqué added that the investigations showed that the commander of that cell is the terrorist in hiding, Khaled Al-Talawi, whose car was used by the perpetrators of the Kaftoun crime, which occurred on 8/21/2020.The terrorists used the car to move to Kaftoun, Koura, when they were stopped by the municipal police. Consequently, the […]
A woman watches from her apartment balcony as a crane removes the rubble of a building after a Chilean rescue team detected signals there may be a survivor at the site in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 4, 2020. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption toggle caption Hussein Malla/AP A woman watches from her apartment balcony as a crane removes the rubble of a building after a Chilean rescue team detected signals there may be a survivor at the site in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 4, 2020. Hussein Malla/AP Lebanon has held its breath for three days, waiting for rescue teams to emerge from […]
…by the Editors of Veterans Today and Sources in Syria and Lebanon and the JCOS and Pentagon Only one thing can make ammonium nitrate explode…that’s ‘Jewish lightning’…(from an infamous anti-Semite) “This means that teams mixed the oil into one ton bags of fertilizer and then set fuses to fireworks placed among the bags, all as kind of a joke, people with too much time on their hands, bored with the heat of Beirut in summer.” A very strange thing has happened. The media, led by Google, Facebook and CNN is standing against reports from the Pentagon as confirmed by President Trump, […]
GENOA, Italy (Sputnik) – An independent international investigation is the only way to bring to justice those who were directly or indirectly responsible for the massive blast at the port of Beirut on August 4, former Lebanese minister of state for administrative development May Chidiac said in an interview. “If the Lebanese are calling for international assistance, it is to them and not to those in power. If Lebanon’s government is asking for international assistance, then it should accept an international investigation. Our justice system is compromised,” she continued. Lebanon is conducting its own investigation, however, President Michel Aoun agreed to […]
By the Editors of Veterans Today and Sources in Syria and Lebanon and the JCOS and Pentagon “This means that teams mixed the oil into one ton bags of fertilizer and then set fuses to fireworks placed among the bags, all as kind of a joke, people with too much time on their hands, bored with the heat of Beirut in summer.” A very strange thing has happened. The media, led by Google, Facebook and CNN is standing against reports from the Pentagon as confirmed by President Trump, that Beirut was attacked. VT is not in the business of providing neatly […]
The explosion that ripped through Beirut on 4 August aggravated Lebanon’s economic crisis and fuelled anti-government sentiment, which led to an early departure of the prime minister and his cabinet. The Beirut explosion caused between $3.8 billion and $4.6 billion in physical damage to the Lebanese capital, according to the World Bank’s preliminary assessment. The bank estimates that the additional decline in economic activity following the devastating blast was between $2.9 billion and $3.5 billion. Housing, transport and cultural assets are thought to be among the worst-hit sectors. Lebanon is estimated to need from $1.8 billion to $2.2 billion for public […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/07/1080093547_0:6:3073:1734_1200x675_80_0_0_638d16b56046bb37e6f41149b01d2043.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008301080318451-death-toll-in-beirut-blast-reaches-190/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The massive explosion that erupted at the port of Beirut on August 4 destroyed half of the city’s buildings. The authorities say the improper storage of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in the port was the reason behind the blast. The number of those killed in the powerful blast in the port of Beirut in early August h as risen to 190 and over 6,500 have been injured, the Lebanese government said on Sunday. According to the authorities, three people are still missing, while 300 others were left homeless and more […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is committed to pushing through the reforms he’s proposed for Lebanon, an Elysee official has said, as Beirut scrambles to create a new government amid economic and political chaos. “The president has said he will not give up. He made a commitment to do what needs to be done and to apply the necessary pressure to put this program in place,” a French presidential official told reporters on Friday. Macron has called for the appointment of an interim government in Lebanon, an audit of the country’s central bank, and legislative elections within a year. He has argued […]
This article, of the dozen or so VT has done on the nuclear attack on Beirut, was erased from the VT site with 8 others by hackers…from Russia. Why? Is this why? VT was attacked today around the world including on the front page of the Los Angeles Times, at best a disgusting shopping guide level rag. Running scared with the ammonium nitrate lie, or rather Scotts Turf Builder, a great fertilizer. It can’t burn, it can’t explode but in Beirut we are told it blew a 594 foot crater 40 feet deep in solid granite, something only done once before, […]
This article, of the dozen or so VT has done on the nuclear attack on Beirut, was erased from the VT site with 8 others by hackers…from Russia. Why? Is this why? VT was attacked today around the world including on the front page of the Los Angeles Times, at best a disgusting shopping guide level rag. Running scared with the ammonium nitrate lie, or rather Scotts Turf Builder, a great fertilizer. It can’t burn, it can’t explode but in Beirut we are told it blew a 594 foot crater 40 feet deep in solid granite, something only done once before, […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean There is no peace for Lebanon. After the alleged nuclear attack on the port of Beirut which caused more than 200 deaths and thousands of injured by destroying an important part of the city and also devastating an Italian military base, Israel is still targeting the border areas with the territories occupied by the Zionists. Beirut: Deep State “Killed” Shia-Christian Govt. Ex Zionist MP: “Blast as Nuclear Bomb. I hope it was Israel” In recent days, the Lebanese paramilitary forces of Hezbollah (also an important Shiite political component in Parliament) reported that they […]
…by Gordon Duff, Senior Editor [ Editor’s Note: An essential part of using a tactical nuclear weapon that some country or party deems necessary, requires sophisticated planning on how the media spin must steer 99.999% of the public’s attention away from the real cause. Why? Because, once determined that a mini-nuke has been used, the perpetrator suspect list is very short, and in the Mideast, lists only one country…Israel. So I will add, there has been a rumor going around for decades that Israel somehow, mysteriously has huge influence on media worldwide. That full story is for another day. I mention […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/18/1080268285_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_3d5357545fca306905d1d7793f6d5719.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008251080268346-nearly-80-containers-with-dangerous-chemicals-found-in-beirut-port-lebanese-army-says/ BEIRUT (Sputnik) – Lebanese military specialists and their French colleagues have found 79 containers with dangerous chemicals in the port of Beirut, where a deadly blast occurred earlier this month, the Lebanese army informs. “During the period between August 14 and 22, 25 containers with hydrochloric acid were found, as well as 54 containers that contained other chemicals, the leakage of which could be catastrophic,” the Lebanese army said in a Monday statement. On 4 August, the Lebanese capital was rocked by an exceptionally powerful blast which sent shock waves miles away from its […]
…by Gordon Duff, Senior Editor [ Editor’s Note: An essential part of using a tactical nuclear weapon that some country or party deems necessary, requires sophisticated planning on how the media spin must steer 99.999% of the public’s attention away from the real cause. Why? Because, once determined that a mini-nuke has been used, the perpetrator suspect list is very short, and in the Mideast, lists only one country…Israel. So I will add, there has been a rumor going around for decades that Israel somehow, mysteriously has huge influence on media worldwide. That full story is for another day. I mention […]
Chinese Peacekeepers Provide Aid After Explosion In Beirut By Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post. August 21, 2020 Chinese Peacekeepers Provide Aid After Explosion In Beirut2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/beirut2.png200px200px Above photo: The massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday flattened much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. AP. Chinese peacekeepers will provide medical aid to Beirut following the deadly explosion on Tuesday that killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 others. Upon the request of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the 18th batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops to Lebanon organised […]
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor Go to your garage and find your bag of ammonium nitrate. It will say “Lawn Fertilizer” on it. Check to see if a warning is on the label saying “explosive” or “flammable.” It will not be there and for a very good reason. Yet, when the media tells you that your lawn fertilizer blew up a city because it “caught fire,” which is impossible, you believed them. When VT showed you evidence of a nuclear attack, some of you doubted it. When President Trump said it was a nuclear bomb, I can understand why you would […]
A senior US official has declared that no outside aid can fix Lebanon’s problems, yet in the same breath offered funds to alleviate the country’s problems – provided Beirut toe the American line. In the aftermath of the devastating explosion that levelled much of Beirut and killed more than 200 people, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale has condemned Lebanon’s ruling elite, declaring that his government cannot fix the country’s problems from outside. Also on rt.com ‘Impossible’ that Hezbollah arms caused Beirut port blast – Lebanon’s president Indeed, Lebanon was in dire financial straits before the explosion, […]
Aoun: Impossible that Beirut blast was caused by Hezbollah arms [ Editor’s Note: President Aoun is stepping very carefully through the political landmine that is before him. One small misstep can eliminate his coming through this unscathed. Hence he has said that all input on what happened will be accepted and evaluated. But the big question there will be ‘evaluated by whom and what are their qualifications?’ Lebanon President Aoun VeteransToday has had our dog in the investigation fight from day one and has been barking more since. We know our position about the tactical nuke strike has been widely passed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0b/1080135748_0:102:3325:1973_1200x675_80_0_0_07c48ff7432b7ec2aa66d0eafa97a4df.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008181080205689-views-of-beirut-as-hariri-assassination-verdict-is-announced—video/ Earlier in the day, judge David Re said that there was no evidence of either Hezbollah leadership or Syrian government involvement in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Live from Beirut this Tuesday as a UN-backed tribunal in the Netherlands is delivering its ruling on the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Hariri, who symbolised the reconstruction of the country following the 1975-1990 civil war, was killed on 14 February 2005 in a bomb attack on his motorcade. Besides the politician, the explosion also killed 21 others and injured 226. Follow Sputnik Feed to […]
Binance’s charity arm is donating $20,000 to the victims of an explosion that rocked Lebanon’s capital earlier this month. Source link
So who blew up Beirut? The chances of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) accidentally blowing up in Beirut at this particular time do not seem to me to be high. The MSM love coincidences. Intelligence analysts do not. With every respect to those of my colleagues taking a different view I’m not thinking nuclear, nor the Israelis. Ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer. It’s not actually an explosive, which is why readers in Georgia are unlikely to hear conversations along the lines of ‘Hot diggety, I see Billy Bob got blown up by his fertiliser last night’ ’Dang, that just keeps […]
Beirut Explosion, Western Imperialism And Media Misinformation By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. August 17, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Podcast Beirut Explosion, Western Imperialism And Media Misinformation2020-08-172020-08-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lebanon-1-e1597682245748.jpg200px200px On August 4, 2020, an explosion of tons of ammonium nitrate being stored at the port of Beirut Lebanon ripped through the city killing 0ver 170 people and injuring 6,000 people. This happened at a time when Beirut was already suffering an economic collapse and the COVID-19 pandemic. We speak with Rania Khalek, a Lebanese-American independent journalist who was in Beirut, about what it was like during and after the explosion, […]
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says the blast that leveled the Port of Beirut is a suspected Israeli attack, and that if investigations confirm that suspicion, Lebanon will retaliate. Press TV Beirut correspondent Mariam Saleh and commentator Kevin Barrett discuss these developments. Dr. Kevin Barrett, a Ph.D. Arabist-Islamologist, is one of America’s best-known critics of the War on Terror. He is host of TRUTH JIHAD RADIO; a hard driving weekly radio show funded by listener donations at Patreon.com and FALSE FLAG WEEKLY NEWS (FFWN); a audio-video show produced by Tony Hall, Allan Reese, and Kevin himself. FFWN is funded through FundRazr. He […]
So who blew up Beirut? The chances of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) accidentally blowing up in Beirut at this particular time do not seem to me to be high. The MSM love coincidences. Intelligence analysts do not. With every respect to those of my colleagues taking a different view I’m not thinking nuclear, nor the Israelis. Ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer. It’s not actually an explosive, which is why readers in Georgia are unlikely to hear conversations along the lines of ‘Hot diggety, I see Billy Bob got blown up by his fertiliser last night’ ’Dang, that just keeps […]
Beirut Explosion: It Is Late, But It Is Early Morning If We Insist By Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. August 16, 2020 Beirut Explosion: It Is Late, But It Is Early Morning If We Insist2020-08-162020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/beirut-protest-e1597540257932.jpg200px200px The explosion is the cherry on top of the horrors of a 30-year post-civil war political structure that saw militia leaders turn in their fatigues for business suits. Nothing happens in Beirut and Lebanon that is transparent; plots of all kinds unravel against the ordinary hopes of the population. After the deadly explosion, it was impossible to imagine that the most reasonable explanation would […]
In 2005, a deadly explosion in Beirut killed the country’s first post-civil war Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Four Hezbollah members were indicted for his murder and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is shortly set to deliver a verdict on their guilt. However, the country has recently been shaken by another catastrophic blast. An examination of a report into Beirut’s 4 August explosion, which killed more than 200 people and injured around 6,000, will be launched on Monday, the Guardian reported. The review will be carried out by Judge Fadi Sawan who will ultimately decide whether any of the 25 employees and […]
VT: On November 2, 2019, VT reported that Israel had developed a micronuclear weapon. In a leaked photograph from Israel, a sub-kiloton nuclear bomb is demonstrated. These weapons, the size of a beer can, are capable of nuclear explosions up to just under 10 kilotons with no residual radiation, very small fuel burn flashes and few telltale signs of explosion. In a strange twist of fate, with missile videos, planes overhead and so much controversy over fake fertilizer explosions, we must ask, did the geniuses of Tel Aviv, almost all Nobel Prize winners, pull something amazing off? The first denied videos […]
Ammonium nitrate burns, it can’t explode. Those who say different are paid liars easily proven by not just experts but anyone who farms or owns a garden. This has gone too far. BBC admit Beirut explosion was a bomb!https://t.co/ds4YpBWLQZ pic.twitter.com/X5pq5evIWm — David james (@Davidja50494872) August 12, 2020 Lebanese media, as well as my friends and family all recall planes and sounds of 3 different bombs. No one asks what started the first fire? It was an explosion (from a bomb most likely) which prompted everyone to start filming. https://t.co/IAqjeiM8eX — مايا Maya ☭ (@mayyish) August 12, 2020 Also, there are many […]
We start with the text below in response to a Russia Today video where a so-called explosives expert explained Beirut. RT has become quite unreliable for the past year, a distinct pro-Israel bias, has repeatedly attacked Syria’s President Assad and is backing racist-supremacist elements in the US. We also burn Rick Sanchez as a fake anti-Zionst who went to RT because of equally fake media prosecution. We recognize the “OP,” which we believe Snowden is as well, certainly Wikileaks but, under the blanket of Google/YouTube-Facebook disinformation and censorship, the selling of a fake narrative has become so reliable that nuclear terrorism […]
Facebook-YouTube-Google removed all references to an attack on Beirut based on Esper’s statement, now admittedly false. Will they now restore the videos and the accounts they terminated? Will they apologize and compensate the victims? VT: Trump chastised Esper for running his mouth on Beirut. Trump was informed of the explosion within minutes. The US had, for some unknown reason, 3 surveillance planes close off shore who observed Israeli aircraft, both F 15E and F 16 over the site prior to and during the explosion. Much more evidence is coming in from Beirut. “The bottom line is we still don’t know” what […]
Former Lebanese Interior Minister and current MP Nohad Machnouk has become the first senior Lebanese politician to blame Israel for the blast at the Beirut Port last week. Source link
#Breaking #Syria President Assad orders all borders and ports in the country open to #Lebanon, orders caravans of ambulances to head to #Beirut and ferry injured to hospitals in #Damascus, and launches an air bridge of medical and food supplies between the two cities Absurdity squared: YouTube and Facebook “Fact Checkers,” employed by the people VT claims staged the attack are wiping the evidence from the internet…who would have guessed it. By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor with Nahed al Husaini, VT Bureau Chief Damascus Jeff Smith, VT Editor, IAEA Nuclear Inspector/Particle Physicist This is the original video frame, never posted anywhere, […]
Former Lebanese Interior Minister and current MP, Nohad Machnouk in Beirut, Lebanon on 8 May 2017 [Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency] Former Lebanese Interior Minister and current MP, Nohad Machnouk, has become the first senior Lebanese politician to blame Israel for the blast at Beirut Port last week. During a press conference, Machnouk said Israel was “clearly” responsible for the huge explosion which has killed over 200 people and wounded thousands. “This operation in Beirut was carried out by Israel in a clear and explicit manner,” Machnouk said. “It is clear we are looking at a crime against humanity, and therefore no one dares […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008141080173063–hezbollah-leader-israel-will-pay-the-price-if-it-turns-out-tel-aviv-was-behind-beirut-blast/ Immediately after the tragedy occurred, reports emerged that Israel could have been behind the powerful explosion that left more than 200 people dead and 5,000 injured. Tel Aviv, which has been involved in a series of military clashes with Lebanon, has categorically denied the allegation. Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said Israel will pay the price if it turns out it was behind the deadly explosion that hit Lebanon’s capital Beirut on 4 August. Lebanese officials said the blast was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate – a chemical compound used in agriculture as […]
A letter from Lebanese security officials warning that the 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate dangerously stored in the port of Beirut could destroy the city was sent to both the prime minister and the president in late July, according to Reuters. The new information underscores the level of incompetence over the handling of the infamous port that led to a catastrophic blast that killed more than 200 people, injured 6,000 and destroyed 6,000 buildings, leaving more than a quarter of a million people homeless. According to documents seen by Reuters, an investigation into what led to the blast currently underway […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean Versione originale in Italiano «After that kind of mushroom-shaped cloud that is very reminiscent of nuclear explosions, the so-called “thermal rings” are visible in the videos in the following moments, which develop into an explosion only when it is caused from top to bottom and not when it is a simple blast from the ground. This makes it very probable that the explosion in the port of Beirut was caused by a bomb or a missile». This statement was made by a retired Carabinieri officer who, for obvious reasons, wants to remain anonymous. […]
LEBANESE PREMIER RESIGNED UPDTATE ON 11 AUGUST Lebanon’s government resigned Monday as the fallout from last week’s deadly explosion deepened a political crisis in the country’s blast-ravaged capital. Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he would resign along with all of his ministers. “We will back down and stand with the people. We need to open the door for the people,” he said in an address to the nation. The Masonic-Zionist Deep International State has once again won in the tormented Lebanon. The street uprising of a few thousand guerrillas, skilfully piloted by Canvas, a self-styled CIA-backed anti-violence center, is destabilizing the […]
Facebook-YouTube-Google removed all references to an attack on Beirut based on Esper’s statement, now admittedly false. Will they now restore the videos and the accounts they terminated? Will they apologize and compensate the victims? VT: Trump chastised Esper for running his mouth on Beirut. Trump was informed of the explosion within minutes. The US had, for some unknown reason, 3 surveillance planes close off shore who observed Israeli aircraft, both F 15E and F 16 over the site prior to and during the explosion. Much more evidence is coming in from Beirut. “The bottom line is we still don’t know” what […]
By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor, for Press TV President Donald Trump has announced that Brian Hook is leaving and Elliott Abrams is coming in to head administration’s anti-Iran policy. And of course, this is an admission of complete failure by Brian Hook and his boss, Mike Pompeo. But it’s also a kind of disquieting sign, given that Elliott Abrams is one of the most notorious criminals in the United States of America. And he’s not just an unconvicted criminal like people like—well, I could name just about every high-level US politician—but he’s actually been convicted of some of his crimes. […]
By John Konturis for VT Greece and Greeknewsondemand.com As a follow-up to VeteransToday.com‘s already excellent coverage of the recent blast in Beirut, we at GreekNewsOnDemand.com are publishing the follow eye-witness accounts of Christians who live in that area who, according to them, heard both war planes and a missile fly over there area (which is about 5 kilometers from the blast site) just seconds before the explosion. St George Greek Orthodox Church, Beirut It has now become clear to us that this was all predicted, planned and carried out by the usual suspect out of…TEL AVIV who essentially have been at […]
The Israel Defence Forces’ relations with the Lebanese political and militant group are extremely hostile, with the two fighting numerous skirmishes and engaging in a full-scale 34-day long war in 2006. Israeli Defence Minister and alternative Prime Minister Benny Gantz has taken aim at Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, claiming that his organization poses a threat to Lebanon and its population. “While Nasrallah is our biggest enemy from the north, he is Lebanon’s biggest problem,” Gantz said, speaking to the Knesset’s foreign affairs and defence committee on Monday. “We saw the disaster that happened in Lebanon. The State of Israel offered help […]
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab gives a speech in Beirut in March. Diab announced his resignation days after a disastrous explosion rocked Beirut. Dalati Nohra/AP hide caption toggle caption Dalati Nohra/AP Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab gives a speech in Beirut in March. Diab announced his resignation days after a disastrous explosion rocked Beirut. Dalati Nohra/AP Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his cabinet’s resignation Monday, responding to outrage over a catastrophic explosion in Beirut. “Today I announce the resignation of this government,” Diab said. “May God protect Lebanon.” Diab’s speech was published by the National News Agency in […]
Lebanon has witnessed mass protests, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of the government over the continuing economic crisis in the country and following a deadly explosion at Beirut’s port on 4 August, which has claimed the lives of over 150 people, leaving nearly 5,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. Lebanon’s Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm reportedly stepped down on Monday following mass protests that have engulfed the country’s capital in the wake of a devastating explosion on 4 August that left large parts of Beirut completely destroyed. Earlier, Information Minister Manal Abdel-Samad and Environment Minister Damianos Kattar had submitted their resignation in the […]
Tehran has cautioned against politicizing the devastating blast in Beirut, arguing that Washington should drop sanctions on Lebanon if it is serious about helping the nation recover from the catastrophe. “If America is honest about its assistance offer to Lebanon, they should lift sanctions [against it],” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday during a news conference. In response to a question about French President Emmanual Macron’s visit to Beirut, the spokesman remarked that “some countries have been trying to politicize this blast for their own interests.” Macron has faced criticism for using his visit to express sympathy with anti-government […]
As an investigation continues into the deadly explosion that took place on 4 August in Beirut, killing over 150 and injuring up to 6,000, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the city on Thursday, saying that “France will never let Lebanon go,” in a remark slammed as a “neocolonialist foray by a European leader”. Iran has urged countries to refrain from politicising the deadly 4 August blast in Beirut, and called on Washington to remove sanctions against Lebanon. “The blast should not be used as an excuse for political aims … the cause of the blast should be investigated carefully,” Foreign Ministry […]
#Breaking #Syria President Assad orders all borders and ports in the country open to #Lebanon, orders caravans of ambulances to head to #Beirut and ferry injured to hospitals in #Damascus, and launches an air bridge of medical and food supplies between the two cities Absurdity squared: YouTube and Facebook “Fact Checkers,” employed by the people VT claims staged the attack are wiping the evidence from the internet…who would have guessed it. By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor with Nahed al Husaini, VT Bureau Chief Damascus Jeff Smith, VT Editor, IAEA Nuclear Inspector/Particle Physicist This is the original video frame, never posted anywhere, […]
Veterans Today received this from an intelligence source who knows exactly how the Beirut nuclear attack was done. What he also knows is that Israel has planned this attack in advance, years in advance and anyone who says Israel doesn’t plan that far ahead can’t spell “Mossad.” The shocking truth about the nuclear attack on Beirut. AN = Ammonium NitrateNK = Nuclear Weapon “How do you know that there was in fact that barge load quantity of-AN- in the port, or a single bag of it. There was none, Just the NK that is all. The rest is fake well orchestrated ploy. […]
…by Jonas E. Alexis First of all, it must be pointed out that Moshe Feiglin, a former member of Israel’s Knesset, called the recent explosion in Beirut “a gift from God.” Feiglin wrote explicitly: “Today is Tu B’Av, a day of joy, and a true and huge thank you to God and all the geniuses and heroes really (!) who organized for us this wonderful celebration in honor of the day of love. Marking Tu B’Av holiday, we’ve got a fantastic fireworks show from Beirut’s port.”[1] Feiglin even went further by saying that the explosion was not an accident, and that […]
Days after the deadly explosion in Beirut that killed over 150 people and transformed the bustling city into a pile of rubble, reports have traced the origin of the ammonium nitrate, implicated in the blast and stored at a port warehouse, to a vessel that docked there years ago, “The Rhosus”. The huge chemical blast that hit Beirut’s port, turning swathes of the Lebanese capital into rubble and claiming over 150 lives, left a 43-metre (141 foot) deep crater, a security official was quoted by AFP as saying on Sunday, citing reports by French experts carrying out an assessment of the […]
Hundreds of people were injured and one police officer killed during anti-government protests in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, following a deadly blast, which protesters blamed on the authorities’ negligence and mismanagement. The US embassy in Beirut has sided with thousands of Lebanese protesters who have clashed with riot police after a devastating blast that ripped through the country’s capital this week. “The Lebanese people have suffered too much and deserve to have leaders who listen to them and change course to respond to popular demands for transparency and accountability,” the embassy tweeted on Saturday. The diplomatic mission added it supported the […]
The US embassy has expressed its solidarity with anti-government protesters in Lebanon, urging all sides to “refrain from violence,” after clashes in blast-devastated Beirut left some 500 people injured. Thousands of people gathered in Beirut on Saturday, demanding government resignation over corruption and negligence that they believe led to the horrific explosion this week. Also on rt.com Lebanese protesters occupy Foreign Ministry & other govt buildings in Beirut (PHOTO, VIDEO) Amid clashes with riot police, protesters stormed several government buildings and attempted to reach the Parliament. Several military units were eventually deployed to help riot police restore order, forcing the US Embassy […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/08/1080105256_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_85136b610136bd782bc98476f79b22d1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008081080105208-videos-show-military-trying-to-maintain-order-in-beirut-amid-anti-govt-protests/ Anti-government protests resumed in the Lebanese capital on Saturday, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of the government and social reforms. Hundreds have reportedly been injured in the clashes. The Lebanese Armed Forces have been trying to calm down protesters in Beirut amid clashes with police officers. Earlier in the day, demonstrators occupied the Foreign Ministry building and tried to break into other state institutions. The Foreign Ministry was freed by the military after additional units were deployed to downtown Beirut. Protesters have set several buildings on fire, according to media reports, including the Ministry of Economy […]
Beirut: Explosion Was ‘An Accident Caused By Negligent Governments’ By Carlos Aznárez, Resumen English. August 8, 2020 Beirut: Explosion Was ‘An Accident Caused By Negligent Governments’2020-08-082020-08-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/beirut-e1596889620995.jpg200px200px Above photo: There is now a huge crater where the warehouse storing the ammonium nitrate once stood. After the first news and the stupor generated by the violent explosions in the port of Lebanon, all kinds of rumors and false news began to circulate, trying to further poison the atmosphere of pain in which had fallen on the people of that country. In addition to the very high number of deaths (around 100) and thousands of injured, a […]
Demonstrators who took to the streets of Beirut after the Lebanese capital was rocked by a massive blast earlier this week have stormed the Foreign Ministry and other government buildings, amid violent clashes with police. Around 10,000 people gathered at Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut to accuse the government of negligence, which they say allowed a massive ammonium nitrate explosion to occur at the port on Tuesday. Read more The accident killed more than 150 people, injured thousands and caused vast damage to the city. The protesters initially tried storming the parliament, but police managed to repel the attack, employing tear […]
Thousands thronged downtown Beirut on Saturday to voice their outrage over government corruption and negligence they blame for Tuesday’s deadly explosion that killed at least 158 people. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption toggle caption Bilal Hussein/AP Thousands thronged downtown Beirut on Saturday to voice their outrage over government corruption and negligence they blame for Tuesday’s deadly explosion that killed at least 158 people. Bilal Hussein/AP Thousands of protesters outraged over this week’s deadly explosion in Beirut amassed in the Lebanese capital on Saturday, as public anger gave way to clashes with police and the storming of the nation’s foreign ministry. Blame for […]
Massive protests took place in Beirut, Lebanon Saturday following the mega-blast earlier in the week that tore through Lebanon’s capital with the force of an earthquake. More than 100 people were killed and 4,000 injured after a warehouse exploded near the port in Beirut. On Saturday tens of thousands took to the streets in Beirut denouncing Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists and their leader Hassan Nasrallah. August 8—#Beirut, #LebanonThis video says it all. Protesters are furious over #Iran-backed Hezbollah bringing nothing but death & destruction to their country. Unconfirmed reports claim various Hezbollah officials have fled to Turkey & Syria. pic.twitter.com/xNmuURriBO — Heshmat […]
London. Ambassador Peter Ford for Veterans Today What if the US was opportunistically taking advantage of the Beirut explosion to create problems for Hizbollah and Iran? In the immediate aftermath of the explosion Trump quoted ‘some of our great generals’ as thinking it was ‘a bomb of some kind’ and described it as ‘a terrible attack’. Now what could possibly prompt the Pentagon and Trump to want the world to think that it was a bomb, which could only mean that Israel had mounted an attack? Well, how about a desire to create, as a minimum, confusion in a country which […]
As protests gather steam in Beirut, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab has called for early elections, saying they are the only way out of the deep political crisis which has worsened following the explosion in the city’s port. In a short speech on Saturday, Diab said the country “cannot get out of this crisis without early parliamentary elections.” He added he was not to blame for the country’s deep economic and political woes, Reuters reported. Short speech by Hassan Diab included a call for early parliamentary elections in Lebanon. Aside from that, just a lot of vague talk of accountability, “national […]
Over 100 people were injured during the protests in Lebanese capital over the massive blast earlier this week, Red Cross said. At least 32 people were taken to hospitals. Thousands of protesters gathered in Beirut’s center, attempting to reach the Parliament, clashing with police. Demonstrators threw rocks and projectiles at riot police attempting to disperse the area. Also on rt.com Police deploy tear gas as Lebanon protesters try to break into parliament building following massive Beirut explosion At one point, the Foreign Ministry of Affairs was breached by protesters where a banner was hung calling for a demilitarized Beirut. The protesters […]
The first Israeli Prime Minister has ordered the destruction of a Hizbollah weapons warehouse in Beirut with a new weapon. The weapon, which is not well known, caused considerable damage in the city, killing more than 100 people, injuring 5,000 and destroying many buildings. This time it will be difficult for Benjamin Netanyahu to deny it. VOLTAIRE NETWORK | DAMASCUS (SYRIA) | On September 27, 2018, Benjamin Netanyahu pointed out to the United Nations General Assembly forum the warehouse that will explode on 4 August 2020 as a Hezbollah arms depot. The first Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, authorized a strike against a Hezbollah arms […]
A young nurse became a national hero in Lebanon after rescuing three newborn babies from an ICU and carrying them to safety following the massive Beirut port explosion. Now she has returned to the hospital to tell her story. St. George Hospital University Medical Center is one of the oldest and most advanced in Beirut. But on Tuesday, it became a nightmarish scene when the blast wave from a powerful explosion about 1km away swept through the building and turned vast swathes of the city into a wasteland. Young nurse Pamela Zeinoun stepped up to the plate and her moment of […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the mammoth explosion that rocked Beirut was likely an accident, pouring cold water on a theory floated by the president, who claimed the Pentagon assessed that a “bomb” had set off the blast. “[We’re] still getting information on what happened,” Esper told the Aspen Security Conference on Wednesday, but added “most believe it was an accident as reported, and beyond that I have nothing further to report on that. It’s obviously a tragedy.” Also on rt.com ‘A bomb of some kind’? Trump says US military officials think deadly Beirut blast was an ATTACK Hours after […]
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The initial blast of Tuesday’s devastating explosion in Beirut—which has killed at least 100 and injured thousands more—rocked the city’s BBC bureau so severely it knocked a reporter to the floor as she conducted a remote interview. Nearby, women and several children were caught on home security footage watching the explosion from their couch before the blast knocked windows into them. In another video, a terrified bride posing for photographs ran away amid the chaos—holding up her wedding dress as she abandoned her bouquet in distress. The videos are among many that captured the horror of the explosion in Beirut’s downtown […]
…from SouthFront On the evening of August 4th, a massive explosion rocked the port of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, causing devastating damage and leaving thousands of casualties. The explosion sent a shockwave across the city and blew out windows up to 10 kilometers away. It was felt as far away as Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea. As of the morning of August 5th, the number of reported fatalities exceeded 100, with at least 4,000 people reported injured. At least 48 staff members of the United Nations and 27 members of their families were among the injured. 10 rescuers involved in […]
After a colossal port explosion rocked the capital city of Beirut, the Lebanese government has decided to put all officials who oversaw storage and security there since 2014 under house arrest, until investigations are complete. The country’s Information Minister Manal Abdelsamad said the military will oversee their confinement, until all those responsible among the suspects are found. The port officials will be put under arrest “as soon as possible,” according to Abdelsamad, and the whole procedure is expected to be finished “within the next five days.” It is unclear as yet how many people are going to be arrested. The investigation […]
Beirut’s mayor has already likened the tragic incident with the notorious bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which happened almost exactly 75 years ago. The harrowing devastation and horrendous “mushroom cloud” that appeared above Beirut’s port seconds before the blast wave ripped through the nearby districts could not but spark comparisons with the only two times in history when nuclear weapons were used against cities – Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. While Lebanese officials’ preliminary conclusions point to ammonium nitrate as the likely explosive that detonated on 4 August in the Port of Beirut, the similarity of the historic explosions […]
The deadly explosion, which levelled the Lebanese capital’s port and severely damaged nearby areas, left at least 80 people dead and thousands more injured. The city’s hospitals are filled to the brim and countries around the world are rushing to offer their assistance. Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations has announced that the first of its planes loaded with humanitarian aid for Beirut, intended to help local authorities cope with the aftermath of the 4 August blast, has lifted off and is en route to its destination. The ministry added that four more planes with aid will be sent within a day, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/05/1080073142_0:35:1201:710_1200x675_80_0_0_1821bdde7605bd37ecf147cde9578530.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/interviews/202008051080074881-beirut-mayor-sheds-light-on-dangers-of-ammonia-vapour-released-after-explosion/ A massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital on 4 August. The epicentre of the blast was the Port of Beirut, and according to the city’s Governor Marwan Abboud, over half of the buildings in the Lebanese capital were damaged. Beirut Mayor Jamal Eytany has told Sputnik that the situation in the Lebanese capital after the explosion is extremely disastrous. “The devastation is immense. The damage to the city is much larger than it may seem at first sight. The situation is really tragic”, he said. “The Port of Beirut has been completely destroyed. A […]
Within hours of VT breaking the news that Israel had nuked Beirut, the ‘fact checkers’ were out in force trying to contradict us, but the best they could do was a pretty pathetic effort comprised of nothing of substance, just regurgitations of the official cover story and quotes from blatantly fraudulent ‘analysis’ of a few bits of video. On of the first attempts was by someone called Dana Ford working for a site called leadstories.com: Fact Check: Blast in Beirut Was NOT A Nuclear Explosion Whoever this Jeffrey Lewis is, he’s clearly spreading pernicious disinfo. His claim that there are ‘none […]
#Breaking #Syria President Assad orders all borders and ports in the country open to #Lebanon, orders caravans of ambulances to head to #Beirut and ferry injured to hospitals in #Damascus, and launches an air bridge of medical and food supplies between the two cities Israeli Delilah missile carrying 6 kiloton (6000 tons of TNT equivalent) nuclear missile (unretouched photo via VT Damascus) Tineye says this is a unique image and doesn’t appear anywhere on the web. We, however, are always suspicious when something seems ‘too good to be true.’ Pixel analysis says this is a good photo. Thus, debunking it will […]
Years before a devastating blast killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 in Beirut Tuesday, a maritime analyst issued a public warning that a Russian “floating bomb” was languishing in the city’s docks. Maritime monitoring systems tracked the Rhosus into port in Beirut in September 2013. The ship, which was flagged in Moldova, listed its official cargo as “agricultural commodities.” The 2,750 metric ton cargo of ammonium nitrate would primarily be used for fertilizers or high power explosives. To put it in context, less than two metric tons of ammonium nitrate was used in the 1995 Oklahoma City […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean More than 100 were killed and more than 4,000 injured in the explosions that took place yesterday in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, and caused by about 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate present in a warehouse. This is what the Red Cross reported today, quoted by the Lebanese website Daily Star. But the budget could be heavier, the authorities warn: according to the city governor, Marwan Abboud, quoted by the media, more than 100 are missing. Some of the soldiers of an Italian ship of the Unifil peace mission have been lightly injured. […]
Livestream video captured the exact moment a priest and his parishioners were forced to duck and dodge falling debris before fleeing for their lives as their church was consumed by the powerful Beirut port explosion. Debris rained down on the congregation as the powerful blast blew in all of the windows and iron doors of the Paroisse St. Maron Baouchrieh church. Livestream footage shared online recorded the moment the celebration was struck with a force equivalent to a 3.5-magnitude earthquake, according to Germany’s geosciences center GFZ. Photos shared by the church congregation show the devastating aftermath of the explosion, which claimed […]
DOHA (Sputnik) – A meeting of the Lebanese Supreme Defence Council said that a massive blast in the port of Beirut on Tuesday evening might have been the result of maintenance work at the site, as a door to the port hangar, where explosive materials were being stored, did not close properly, LBCI reported. “[Some] 2,750 tonnes — the amount of that ammonium exploded in the port of Beirut — is material that was seized in 2014 from the Rhosus dry-cargo ship, registered in Moldova, when it was heading to Africa and suffered damages during navigation”, the Defence Council said at […]
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The massive blast that shook Beirut was likely caused by a fatal mishandling of hazardous materials, mirroring the explosion that leveled a fertilizer plant in France some two decades ago, a chemist and detonations expert told RT. Tuesday’s explosion tore through a port chemical depot and sent a towering fireball and mushroom cloud into the sky over Beirut, leaving more than 70 people dead and some 4,000 injured. Though US President Donald Trump has mused that the incident was an “attack” caused by “some kind of bomb,” Frolov – who heads the combustion and explosion department at the Semenov Institute of Chemical […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080061282_0:0:3045:1714_1200x675_80_0_0_d7a8fa25289791e21a6e7601cab1bd67.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008051080061263-beirut-port-blast-victim-i-saw-something-like-exploding-fireworks/ On 4 August, a giant blast took place in a warehouse at the Port of Beirut leaving at least 78 people dead and over 4,000 injured. “In the beginning, we saw white smoke. Very thick and massive white smoke”, the victim said in an interview. “I immediately got into the car and wanted to drive away. The explosion occurred two-three seconds later not far from me. I saw in the sky something like exploding fireworks. Blue, red, green … I was about to press the gas pedal when another explosion took place right next […]
A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth that claims the massive explosion was a Hezbollah warehouse in Beirut for missiles from Iran. TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago Now this…Back […]
Videos of the devastating explosion at the port of Beirut that left over 70 people dead and thousands wounded continue to emerge, painting a comprehensive picture of the destruction – though shedding no light on its cause. A mega-compilation of 15 different videos from witnesses to Tuesday’s catastrophic explosion in Lebanon’s capital has been compiled by RT. The synced-up clips give some idea of the far-reaching devastation caused by the blast, which authorities have traced to a 2,750-ton stash of explosive ammonium nitrate in a warehouse by the port (certainly not an Israeli missile, Lebanese and Israeli authorities as well as Hezbollah […]
“It would seem like it based on the explosion,” Trump said when asked whether the blast was the result of an attack. I met with some of our great generals, they seem to feel this was not some kind of manufacturing explosion type of event.. they seem to think it was an attack, it was a bomb of some kind. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth that claims the massive explosion was a Hezbollah warehouse in Beirut for missiles from Iran. Al-Hadeth from […]
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Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth was quick to join a social media chorus blaming Hezbollah for deadly explosions in Beirut on Tuesday. Perhaps realizing the claim lacked a shred of evidence, he soon deleted it. Roth rushed to blame Hezbollah for the huge explosions near the port of Beirut, blasts which killed at least 50 people and are believed to have wounded over 3,000 more. “Is this Hezbollah’s way of saying don’t mess with us for allegedly killing former Lebanese PM Hariri?” he asked in a tweet posted almost immediately after news of the explosions hit social media on Tuesday. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008041080060406-beirut-blast-severely-injures-un-peacekeeping-crew-damages-vessel/ The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon announced late on Tuesday that one of its ships and several of its naval peacekeepers had been injured in the explosion at the port of Beirut. “As a result of a huge explosion that rocked Beirut Port this evening, one of the UNIFIL ships of the Maritime Task Force docked in the port was damaged, leaving some UNIFIL naval peacekeepers injured – some of them seriously,” the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced on Tuesday. The press release noted UNIFIL was assessing the situation and […]
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This was published 5 days ago as a warning. Today’s attack, confirmed, is Israel protected by Trump teaching helpless Lebanon a lesson. Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday instructed the IDF to bomb Lebanese infrastructure if Hezbollah harms IDF soldiers or Israeli civilians. A senior defense official told Yisrael Hayom that Gantz issued the order to prepare such a response during meetings on Thursday with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi and other members of the general staff. Tensions have rapidly escalated between Israel and the terrorist organization since the death of Hezbollah terrorist Ali Kamel Mohsen Jawad, along with two […]
The secretary-general of Lebanon’s Christian Kataeb Party, or Phalange, Nizar Najarian has been killed in a powerful explosion in Beirut. Nearly a dozen more people are reported dead and hundreds injured. Two explosions rocked the Lebanese capital on Tuesday evening, killing at least 10 people and injuring hundreds more, according to local officials and the Red Cross. The blast wave damaged buildings all across the city and left the streets a rubble-strewn disaster scene. Also on rt.com ‘At least’ 10 killed, hundreds injured in Beirut explosions (VIDEOS) Najarian was caught in the blast and wounded, succumbing to his injuries a short […]
A huge explosion rocked Beiruit, Lebanon, Tuesday devastating entire buildings and leaving an unknown number of people dead and wounded. Lebanon’s health minister Hamad Hassan confirmed that there were a large number of injuries and widespread damage. Footage of the blast showed a large plume of dark red flames and smoke before a massive explosion threw up a mushroom cloud; powerful shock waves shattered glass, collapsed ceilings and pulled down balconies. A witness on the ground who works for the United Nations, but does not speak on their behalf, was near the port when the explosion happened. She told The Daily […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008041080057184-israel-denies-responsibility-for-massive-blast-in-beirut-knesset-tv-says/ The powerful blast that occurred near the centre of the Lebanese capital and left many people injured has already been described as a “national disaster akin to Hiroshima” by the city’s governor. Israel has nothing to do with the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on 4 August, the country’s parliamentary TV channel has announced. A similar statement was made by an anonymous Israeli official in an interview with Reuters, while the country’s Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi alleged that the blast was likely an accident caused by a fire. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Firefighters extinguish flames at nearby damaged buildings following a large explosion at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon Tuesday. The massive explosion rocked the capital and its suburbs, sending a huge mushroom cloud into the skyline. Hasan Shaban/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hasan Shaban/Bloomberg via Getty Images Firefighters extinguish flames at nearby damaged buildings following a large explosion at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon Tuesday. The massive explosion rocked the capital and its suburbs, sending a huge mushroom cloud into the skyline. Hasan Shaban/Bloomberg via Getty Images A huge explosion rocked Beirut Tuesday, shattering windows and damaging […]
A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth that claims the massive explosion was a Hezbollah warehouse in Beirut for missiles from Iran. Al-Hadeth from […]
Two explosions in Beirut, one a conventional guided bomb followed by a small nuclear weapon. The target seems to be an Iranian/Hezbollah missile storage facility. Our evaluation is guesswork and we are waiting for word from our nuclear expert, Jeff Smith of the IAEA. Another view of the Beirut explosion from (another) boat. pic.twitter.com/xHvDZxExfP — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 4, 2020 Dramatic images coming from Beirut. My thoughts are with everyone affected x https://t.co/BG7lU0Gt73 — Joshua Smith (@SmithJournalist) August 4, 2020 A large explosion has been heard in the Lebanese capital Beirut, with thick smoke billowing from the city centre […]