see immediate ceasefire in lebanon-israel conflict

It wasn’t that immediate but it eventually got there. Hopefully it will last.

not nearly as immediate as I’d hoped for, but the situation seems more stable now.

Thirty something days, more than 1400 people dead, 1.5M displaced, and around $3.4B combined estimated loss. “Some say it’s just a part of it…,” but it’s certainly an unpleasant part.

The current ceasefire seems to be holding but in the meantime, you can go sign the Ceasefire Petition to make your voice heard.

”...Israel agreed on Monday to suspend its aerial activities in south Lebanon for 48 hours…”.

”...Israel will also coordinate with the United Nations to allow a 24-hour window for residents in southern Lebanon to leave the area if they wish…”

Pray lebanese don’t do anything stupid in the meanwhile.

Stop it, please.

...Strikes on Lebanon’s civilian infrastructure include Beirut airport, ports, a lighthouse, grain silos, bridges, roads, factories, medical and relief trucks, mobile telephone and television stations, and the country’s largest dairy farm Liban Lait. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reported “confirmed attacks on ambulances [marked with a red crosses and red crescents] and hospitals” in Beirut. Widespread damage to fuel containers and service stations also raised the likelihood of fuel shortages. The BBC reported that families evacuating the village of Marwahin in South Lebanon were struck on an open road by an Israeli missile attack; killing 17, many of them women and children….

...Human Rights Watch stated on 18 July that “Hezbollah’s attacks [on Haifa] were at best indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas, at worst the deliberate targeting of civilians. Either way, they were serious violations of international humanitarian law and probable war crimes.”...

...Amnesty International condemned both Israel and Hezbollah and called for UN intervention, stating: “The past few days has seen a horrendous escalation in attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure. Yet the G8 leaders have failed conspicuously to uphold their moral and legal obligation to address such blatant breaches of international humanitarian law, which in some cases have amounted to war crimes.”...

...According to various media, between 300 and 330 people are reported dead, almost all civilians. Additionally, there have been between 480 and 600 people wounded, and over 700,000 have been made refugees, with an unknown number of missing civilians in the south…