ISRAEL’S murderous escalation of its war on Lebanon threatens to scupper the wider ceasefire between Iran and the United States. No doubt it is meant to.

Wednesday’s intense bombing of residential areas in Beirut and other cities killed at least 253 people. Such a sudden and arbitrary killing spree reflects Tel Aviv’s rage at the US having concluded a truce with Iran.

Israel was issuing more evacuation orders to densely populated areas today, prefiguring renewed bombing.

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