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#sabra-and-shatila-massacre

Taybeh, a small hilltop town in the heart of the West Bank, is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, now feeling under siege and fighting for its existence.

The report claims that torture in detention has been used on an unprecedented scale as punitive collective vengeance, inflicting profound and lasting scars on the bodies and minds of tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Francesca Albanese stated that torture has effectively become state policy in Israel, with the world granting a license to torture Palestinians, allowing it to operate openly.

For Batoul Hamdan and her two children, seven-month-old Fatima and Jihad, three, Monday's iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan, was special. For a week, they had eaten to the sounds of bombs in their home in Arab Salim. Hamdan eventually decided to leave for Al-Nimiriya, the sleepy town where she had grown up. Surrounded by her parents and siblings in the family home, she hoped they could finally enjoy the festive mood of Ramadan.

Israeli commandos raided a family cemetery in the town of Nabi Chit at night. They were detected by the Lebanese army, and went to respond, leading to a gun fight between the soldiers. Hezbollah also said its fighters saw the Israeli infiltration and became involved in the clash. As the fight occurred on the ground, the Israeli military also launched at least 40 airstrikes on the town.

A war with Israel was inevitable, but this was not the time. The second war that the Hezbollah party-militia has fought with Israel in three years—the third in two decades—has impacted Lebanon's predominantly Shia communities (where Hezbollah is the de facto authority) much faster than in previous rounds of conflict.

This is an environmental and health crime against Lebanese citizens and their land, Aoun was quoted as saying by Lebanon's National News Agency. He added that the incident is a continuation of repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanon and its people. Since Hezbollah and Israel reached a ceasefire agreement in November 2024, Israel has been attacking Lebanon almost daily in breach of the deal.

Butcher of Hama' and former Syrian vice president, convicted of money laundering in France and accused of war crimes in Switzerland, has died at age 89. Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the former commander of the paramilitary Defence Companies (Saraya al-Difa), has died in the United Arab Emirates at the age of 89. The Reuters news agency cited two sources confirming his death on January 21, 2026.