
A MASSIVE wave of Israeli air strikes hit southern and central Lebanon today, killing at least 51 people and injuring 223, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The attacks took place hours after Hezbollah had fired dozens of missiles into Israel, including one aimed at Tel Aviv.
The strike on Israel’s most populous city was Hezbollah’s deepest yet and marked the latest round of increasingly violent exchanges between the two forces.

ROGER McKENZIE reports on the west African country, under its new anti-imperialist government, taking up the case for compensation for colonial-era massacres

For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE