In #Lebanon , « Where can you hide from the pollution here? It’s in the water, it’s the air, it’s in what you eat, it’s everywhere.” Government connives with electricity diesel fueled generators killing its own population w Cancer rates increasing by 30% theguardian.com/global-develop…

I am so beyond delighted to have won the 2024 Stern-Bryan fellowship. If and when the state of disbelief wears off, all US tips welcome! I cannot wait to get stuck in at the The Washington Post over the summer 🇺🇸

Could have been Israel, could have been the Maldives, it's all quite mysterious

#Hezbollah says it’s carried out attack on a military hq in northern #Israel in response to killing of number of its fighters- medics in Israel say at least 6 people wounded in rocket strike that hit community centre in northern border community of Arab al-Aramshe

Some serious escalation in southern Lebanon, Israel’s attacking with different weapons and targeted killings, while Hezbollah is launching rockets and drones. After an Israeli airstrike in Alma AlShaab, our crew made it to the scene, and here’s what we found. Al Jazeera English

UPDATE on Sarur’s mysterious killing:

A Lebanese minister and two senior officials said preliminary findings suggest Israel's Mossad spy agency was behind the killing of Mohammad Sarur, a US-sanctioned Lebanese man accused of sending Iranian money to Hamas, via @afp.

Four Israeli soldiers were injured after crossing into Lebanese territory overnight. Hezbollah says it had planted a number of explosive devices in the area anticipating the movement. IDF says the blast is under investigation and happened during “operational activity”

'“This is a 10-year-old child, gunshot wound to the head,” the head nurse of the ICU says, pointing to Mustafa’s chart.
“Gunshot?”
“Yes, in and out.”
“He was shot in Mawasi, when he was out with his uncle,” Mustafa’s father says.'
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/gaza… Arwa Damon.

A significant point from #NBC last night that seems to have been overlooked amidst the flurry of military news and analyses.

Visual being shared by Arab friends mocking what they see as inefficacy of #Iran ’s attack on #Israel - amid frustration in their opinion that last night’s events took focus off #Gaza & - to them - made Israel look like victim again

As always on a night like tonight:

Scrutinize who is posting.

Be careful when sharing.

Question if visuals are what they appear to be, and if they were captured when people suggest.

Watch out for bad actors in the information space.

Launching drones that fly at <200km/h from ~1,000km away is about the most telegraphed attack you could conceive of (though one assumes there might be missiles fired later as well)

🔴'They clearly knew we were journalists. They were clearly trying to kill us all.' Dylan Collins

6 months after the murder of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in #Lebanon , Israel has still not been held to account.

Survivors tell of the attack in RSF's doc ⤵️
#JusticeForIssam

I'll be on BBC Radio Wales at 7am UK time tomorrow with all of the latest as regional tensions take a significant spike with the US and Israel expecting an Iranian retaliation 📻

There is a growing amount weapons, including #drones being transported by plane from #Iran to the Sudanese armed forces, to Port Sudan. We helped with this Reuters piece by Aidan Lewis and colleagues to ID the flights, also thanks to Samir /Planet reuters.com/world/middle-e…