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News & Current Events Apr 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM

A Hezbollah commander describes battling Israel in Lebanon

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Gato__negro Apr 12, 2026 +264
"While Hezbollah held its fire during that period, Jihad says they never disarmed. He says they pointed Lebanese soldiers to disused, defunct or damaged old stockpiles they no longer needed, and let them confiscate those. But Hezbollah's real arsenal was largely untouched, he says. "They didn't confiscate anything! We gave them empty boxes, or a few old items to go blow up," he explains."
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Software_Dependent Apr 12, 2026 +236
And then they complain that they get bombed. Or a whole load of innocent people that want to get on with their lives get caught in the shit storm.
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HigherandHigherDown Apr 13, 2026 +26
Lebanon needs to forcefully disarm and disband them for any real peace.
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itspronouncedbolonya Apr 13, 2026 +3
Their army'sweakee than hezbollah
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Axerin Apr 12, 2026 -142
Maybe they shouldn't be bombing a whole load of innocent lives so indiscriminately then.
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xmuskorx Apr 13, 2026 +15
if they target Hezbollah locations/fighters/weapons, that sounds like the opposite of "indiscriminately." Do words mean anything anymore?
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Dry-Leave2003 Apr 13, 2026 +1
NPR sadly heading toward Pravda territory with pieces like this. The framing and minimization of Hezbos actual indiscriminate attacks and their current level of decimation is hard to take seriously. In the writer’s defense, strict Hezbo editing of the proposed article was probably a prerequisite for an interview.
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TheGazelle Apr 12, 2026 +72
But it's totally fine when hezbollah tries to do the same to Israeli lives? Or do those not matter to you?
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tundra445 Apr 12, 2026 +101
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Axerin Apr 12, 2026 -132
All I see are excuses to justify war crimes for the "greater-Israel" agenda.
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ComprehensiveLaw1012 Apr 12, 2026 +91
He ironically says to justify the war crime of terrorists embedding and firing from civilian infrastructure. Great job, sport.
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Axerin Apr 12, 2026 -84
Terrorists are gonna do terrorist things. So unless you want to be counted alongside the ranks of Russia and Iran be my guest. Great job so far, you guys are actually way ahead anyway.
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ComprehensiveLaw1012 Apr 12, 2026 +72
You started off saying they're bombing indiscriminately, and then transitioned to acknowledging Hezbollah operates out of civilian neighborhoods and structures. Ergo, it's obviously not indiscriminate at all. Happy to help. You seem very confused by your own bile.
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Software_Dependent Apr 12, 2026 +39
Amazing. What is your solution? And don't just say something dumb such as get rid of Israel as they will drop a nuke before they let that happen. I am not supporting anyone here, it's just that people are quick to point fingers but very slow to come up with anything else.
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Axerin Apr 12, 2026 -8
How about starting with not bombing and wiping out entire towns and villages. The whole invasion of southern Lebanon in the 80s is what led to the creation of Hezbollah in the first place. The more they do this the more Hezbollah is justified and gains more support and recruits. But the Israeli regime under Netanyahu just wants perpetual war to hide its own corruption and ineptitude.
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BBorc Apr 12, 2026 +36
Why did Israel invade Lebanon olin the 80s?
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Software_Dependent Apr 12, 2026 +29
Why did they invade southern Lebanon in 1982? Please explain. It's just the same thing going around, a differently named group doing attacks and vice versa again and again. Interestingly not Lebanon attacking Israel, just their sovereignty being ignored by proxy army. Additionally, Hezbollah doesn't just attack Israel, they helped slaughter thousands in Syria helping Assad.
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vincentveganvega Apr 12, 2026 +42
You act like it’s just a few guys. It’s a f****** army of 100,000 Hezbollah fighters. You dumbass
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Mike_Milburys_Shoe_ Apr 12, 2026 +14
What’s it like to be legitimately braindead
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bb0yer Apr 12, 2026 +68
So Hezbollah can commit war crimes but Israel cant defend itself?
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booty_explorer_251 Apr 12, 2026 +53
Yes, ultimately it's the goal of whoever funding these bots. They want to demoralize Israel to the point its people will no longer resist, and they could be slaughtered much easier.
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Axerin Apr 13, 2026 -9
Next level delulu comment lmfao.
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Axerin Apr 12, 2026 -15
Hezbollah is a recognised terrorist organisation that is sanctioned by multiple countries. You want a UN recognised member state to be seen the same way then go right ahead.
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Goosepond01 Apr 12, 2026 -45
Defence is totally valid but many of the actions Israel has taken go far beyond defence and their actions have not been very positive when it comes to trying to make their local area more stable. I don't understand how people think that a democratic, wealthy, western backed (although that is slipping) country with a powerful millitary shouldn't be held to a higher standard than terrorists. like if we just continue the cycle of "well you were bad to me so I get to be bad to you" we end up with horrific outcomes.
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Ok_Midnight_5856 Apr 12, 2026 +36
But what are they supposed to do then? Just take it? It’s war. I don’t agree with how Israel conducts themselves but it’s not all black and white
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Goosepond01 Apr 12, 2026 -37
Millitary action, cooperation with innocent people, aid programmes, outreach to communities, anything that isn't just war.
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Mission_Scale_860 Apr 13, 2026 +6
I hold Hezbollah to the same high standard as Israel and all other countries. They don’t get to get away with their actions just because they are terrorists.
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Youre-doin-great Apr 12, 2026 -40
Collateral damage = bombing kids at school
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Goosepond01 Apr 12, 2026 -41
Hezbollah are 100% bad and absolutely deserve to all be put on trial for crimes against humanity... but so does the israeli leadership Terrorism is difficult to fight as it uses a largely innocent population to hide and it uses dirty tactics, but this doesn't make it ok for Israel to do what it has done, you can't stoop to the same level as terrorists to try and defeat them. It's been pretty clear that Israel doesn't want a more stable middle east, it wants a more stable middle east owned or controlled by Israel and continuing conditions where they have an amount of legitimacy to bomb and invade other countries is the way they think they can do this best but more and more people are seeing the truth now. Israel being a rich, western backed (although thankfully it is losing some of that status) country with other gulf states who are somewhat friendly really could have worked together to try and end poverty, and to try and give people less and less of a reason to become terrorists, but they didn't and their actions are not acceptable.
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AffectionatePaint83 Apr 13, 2026 +24
'could have worked together to try and end poverty, and to try and give people less and less of a reason to become terrorists' They did. They let Gazans into Israel proper to work, and make stable income, to show that working with Jewish people is in fact not a bad thing. Instead, they used it to scout places to attack during 10/7. Now you want them to do that for the Hez, who also have death to Jews coded into their founding philosophy. Nah, they can have bombs instead.
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Goosepond01 Apr 13, 2026 -8
>Now you want them to do that for the Hez, who also have death to Jews coded into their founding philosophy. Nah, they can have bombs instead. You think people are just like born terrorists? plenty of Gazans are just normal peaceful people, you can't punish them all for a terrorist minority, as for Israel being nice to palestinians that is largely nonsense with all the forced seizures of land, property, bombing and other bad stuff. really not hard to spend like 5 mins looking at Israeli warcrimes on wikipedia, it's more than just bombing and killing, it's systematic starvation. as for letting Gazans in to Israel that isn't enough, they were constantly blocking aid to Palestinians, blocking economic development whilst also stealing property and land.
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Mission_Scale_860 Apr 13, 2026 +3
No I think people choose to become terrorists
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infraGem Apr 12, 2026 +52
Don't store weapons in civilian areas
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DunkingTea Apr 12, 2026 -47
The civilians don’t get a say though - that’s the whole point? It’s like if US cities got bombed and you said “well Trump shouldn’t have attacked Iran”. Technically he shouldn’t have, as it is what caused it. But it’s not the civilians fault. Just as the Iranian civilians aren’t to blame. It’s just a few mad men, with mad ideas, which are causing wars which are maddening. Edit: amazing how listnook supports literal war crimes as they’re not Americans getting killed.
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SkinnyFatSoldier Apr 12, 2026 +27
It’s their government though, not just a few people. Unfortunately, we all suffer the consequences of our government’s actions
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TheMCMC Apr 13, 2026 +13
Is Trump stockpiling rockets in your basement? If he was then blowing up your house is a military action. If they blow up your house just for fun it’s not.
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infraGem Apr 13, 2026 +1
>The civilians don't get a say though - that's the whole point? Collateral damage and casualties are very sad and unfortunate. It is horrible that the terrorists using them don't care about that.
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FlibbleA Apr 13, 2026 -5
[When Israel continues daily bombing after agreeing to a ceasefire and self admitting to at least 500 strikes. ](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/un-experts-warn-against-continued-violations-ceasefire-lebanon-and-urge)What are you meant to do?
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TitaniumMailbox Apr 13, 2026 +1
MFers really don't read the ceasefire agreement and then confidently talk about ongoing Israeli strikes in Lebanon SMH.
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FlibbleA Apr 13, 2026 +1
I am not talking about ongoing. I am talking about the 2024 ceasefire that resulted in Israel never ceasing fire, it was firing day 1 of the agreement, never left Lebanon and prevented civilians from returning to their homes, all violations.
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AlexandbroTheGreat Apr 12, 2026 +85
Everyone knows this. Everyone knows everyone knows this. The only reason anybody plays pretend is because a few Western leftists would rather LARP as naive than anti-semetic. 
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Kenichi2233 Apr 12, 2026 +62
And then they target Isreali civilliaj to piss off Israel so Lebonese civilian can get caught in the cross fire. Then they use the carnage to recruit more gullible teenager to die for there "jihad". F*** Hezbollah and those who support them Also Netanyahu need to stop picking fights with his neighbors
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xmuskorx Apr 12, 2026 +33
israel has not been in Lebanon since 1980s? what excuse do they have to keep attacking???
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Kenichi2233 Apr 12, 2026 +30
This started in the 1980s when the PLO based in Lebanon launched rockets at Israel. Then Irsael invaded thus sowing the seeds for the foundation of Hezbollah. Since then they have been trading blows and Iran keeps Hezbollah funded with missiles.
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xmuskorx Apr 12, 2026 +54
it's been 45 years since Israel not been there. there is no excuse for Hezbollah activity.
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Kenichi2233 Apr 12, 2026 +24
Jihad apparently 
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No-Space937 Apr 12, 2026 +16
\*2000 was the withdrawl from Southern Lebanon. Still a long ass time, and I find it equally disengenous how Hezbollah were certainly doing nothing about the Syrian occupation that was occuring throughout that same time period plus an addition 6 years more.
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Smothdude Apr 13, 2026 +1
And people just don't know about 2006 war or...?
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Best_Change4155 Apr 12, 2026 +22
>Also Netanyahu need to stop picking fights with his neighbors ?
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ATertiaryEffect Apr 12, 2026 +11
But you get told you're heartless if you say they should have been bombed 
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macross1984 Apr 12, 2026 +28
Hazbollah going low tech (walkie talkie), no tech (paper) and division compartmentalized to prevent information leak make it harder to infiltrate but at the same time made their job fighting Israel less efficient. And they are very wary of attack from sky when the commander abruptly ended interview and over the phone the reporter heard the buzzing sound of drone or jet.
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Upset_Albatross_9179 Apr 13, 2026 +7
You have to wonder if the active signal was helping whatever drone find him.
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Designer_Professor_4 Apr 12, 2026 +293
It was nice of him to confirm that Hezbollah had no intentions of disarming.
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F4ntasticPants Apr 12, 2026 +174
And that they have been violating the most major point of the ceasefire agreement since day 1.
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BoppityBop2 Apr 13, 2026 -128
Why would they, you disarm and you then have no ability to resist. Look at the West Bank. The disarmament by the PLO has literally allowed the Settlers to expand without much resistance. 
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Designer_Professor_4 Apr 13, 2026 +102
That would be the Lebanese armies job.   Hezbollah had basically been a self destructive group, that gets other Lebanese killed along with them.      They claim they're there to resist,  but after the PLO was crushed and Israel finally left,  Israel hasn't even looked towards lebanon.   Instead twice now Hezbollah has decided to attack them based on other wars (gaza, iran).  Israel invaded and blows them up and Hezbollah cries look! this is why we exist to defend lebanon from Israel trying to take lebanon.    We'll no shit they're getting attacked they launched thousands of missiles at Israel wtf did you expect them to do, ignore it?
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F4ntasticPants Apr 13, 2026 +75
> Why would they Because it was one of the main points in the ceasefire agreement *they agreed to* ?
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Cobrastrikenana Apr 13, 2026 -88
Anything else in that comment you wanna address or are we just gonna ignore land getting stolen daily?
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F4ntasticPants Apr 13, 2026 +55
.. Which is literally *because* Hezbollah refused to disarm. The *entire reason* Israel is pushing deeper is because Hezbollah isn't doing what they agreed to do. Had they disarmed and moved past the Litani, Israel would have no reason (nor excuse) to move in.
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F4ntasticPants Apr 13, 2026 +57
The West Bank is not relevant to this discussion. We're talking about Hezbollah faking disarming in their ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, "dumbass"
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BoppityBop2 Apr 13, 2026 -29
It is relevant when the PLO negotiated with Israel to disarm, then disarmed and then saw more incursion on their lands and more abuse of their rights. 
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Mission_Scale_860 Apr 13, 2026 +19
It’s not relevant to the discussion on why Israel is invading Lebanon
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Kaarothh Apr 13, 2026 -5
Then give us your home and leave
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PrestondeTipp Apr 12, 2026 +168
Wait a second...NPR is interviewing, and providing a softball fluff piece, for an actual Hezbollah terrorist? What the f*** is going on in America. Open air insane asylum. > "Let's just say my expertise is those things that fly," he laughs. He means rockets, which Hezbollah has been firing into northern Israel by the thousands. Jesus Christ.
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theefle Apr 13, 2026 +42
Haven't you heard? Britain even politely asked Israel to stop fighting Hezbollah, a group that Britain itself designates as a terror org. Why? Because big daddy terror sponsor, sometimes known as iran, is mad about it. All of the rules and designations are made up, nobody actually behaves like its wrong to rain rocketry at civilian centers. What matters is getting the clicks, the oil, the $$$
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StrangeMan18 Apr 12, 2026 +31
Many Isis members have too been interviewed, its part of normal journalism to want to hear both sides, even if you think one is objectively evil
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silverpixie2435 Apr 13, 2026 +38
Normal journalism is to actually interrogate people especially terrorists. Not just give them a platform to laugh Why not a single question posed to this terrorist on the overwhelmingly majority of Lebanese society that wants Hezbollah disarmed?
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HigherandHigherDown Apr 13, 2026 +2
I assume they want to ask what they can without getting kidnapped and tortured like that other journalist.
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Westbrooks3ptShot Apr 12, 2026 -103
In this instance hezbollah is only thing stopping Isreal from invading and occupying Lebanon. Not surprising that people are viewing them as the morally righteous party here.
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fury420 Apr 12, 2026 +38
Israel literally withdrew from Lebanon back in 2006 in exchange for an agreement that Hezbollah would be disarmed... which never happened.
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Westbrooks3ptShot Apr 12, 2026 -48
Withdrew… so they should be congratulated for stoping their own invasions. That’s where you’re at? Isreal also signed a ceasefire with Gaza and has yet to stop firing. Hard to see them as the justified ones.
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fury420 Apr 12, 2026 +34
>Withdrew… so they should be congratulated for stoping their own invasions. That’s where you’re at? Hezbollah was the one that started the 2006 conflict by attacking Israel and taking Israeli soldiers hostage. Israel then invaded to recover their soldiers and deal with Hezbollah, and withdrew from Lebanon in exchange for an agreement that Hezbollah would be disarmed. The barrage of Hezbollah rocket fire starting Oct 8th proved very clearly that Hezbollah was not disarmed in southern Lebanon. >Isreal also signed a ceasefire with Gaza and has yet to stop firing. Why should they when Hamas is not complying with the terms either?
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cammcken Apr 12, 2026 +21
>congratulated for stoping their own invasions Hezbollah started [that specific war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War). Although in the wider picture it's part of the long ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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MVP_Legend_87 Apr 12, 2026 +82
This is false. Hezbollah is the reason there's even a conflict with Israel now. Even the PM of Lebanon admitted this and called out Hezbollah for starting the conflict over once more. Israel wouldn't be anywhere near Lebanon if Hezbollah wasn't attacking Israel.
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psychoCMYK Apr 12, 2026 -65
Hezbollah wasn't attacking Israel during the ceasefire between the US and Iran, Israel insisted it wasn't covered in the ceasefire and attacked Lebanon. That's why the ceasefire fell apart. 
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booty_explorer_251 Apr 12, 2026 +44
Hezbollah doesn't get to decide when a ceasefire starts. Especially after they violated a ceasefire with Israel twice. between 2006-2023 there was a ceasefire which in 8/10/2023 they decided to violate to support Hamas (mind you Israel wasn't invading Gaza yet back than)
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ThomYorkeSoup Apr 12, 2026 -40
There could have finally been peace but because of Netanyahu violating the most recent ceasefire we'll never know
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ComprehensiveLaw1012 Apr 12, 2026 +24
The only people saying Lebanon was included in the ceasefire is Iran and Pakistan (they of the defense minister who just called for Israel's annihilation). Choose who you want to believe, but there is absolutely zero concrete information saying that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire.
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psychoCMYK Apr 12, 2026 -29
You are trying to justify Israel bombing Lebanon while there was actually peace for once. 
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ComprehensiveLaw1012 Apr 12, 2026 +18
I'm sorry that the unclear circumstances of the parameters of the ceasefire go against your preferred narrative. Unfortunately for you, your imagination does not impact reality.
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psychoCMYK Apr 12, 2026 -33
Israel is not defending itself. It's attacking Lebanon. Rockets don't care about your narratives, and they were only going one way that day. 
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xmuskorx Apr 12, 2026 +154
I don't want to open this and give it clicks. is this npr doing a fluff piece on an actual terrorist?
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AK_Panda Apr 13, 2026 +78
Looks like Hezbollah scoring an own goal tbh. "Yeah bro of course we had a bunch of munitions hidden away in civilian areas, no we didn't comply with dearming them"
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GlassBit7081 Apr 13, 2026 +6
I suspect they are more broken than they realise. The veterans are gone. Structure and hierarchy is shaky and Israel is relentlessly targeting the capable remainders.
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Best-Research4022 Apr 13, 2026 +2
That’s why Israel has destroyed the southern villages they all have tunnels underneath, with no residents hezbollah can’t blend in anymore
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PrestondeTipp Apr 12, 2026 +90
Yes, precisely
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xmuskorx Apr 12, 2026 +52
let me guess, not a single tough question was asked? it's amazing how journalism as a profession has fallen so low ..
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Icy-Ask3943 Apr 12, 2026 +64
"Every terrorist is terrorist for a reason. Let's show their human side. Tell us your favorite color?" - NPR and BBC
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xmuskorx Apr 12, 2026 +63
April 1945... Journalist: "dear Adolph, thanks for calling in. we heard you are in a bunker. must be tough on your family. can you tell us how you are dealing with all Berlin bombings?"
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potential-okay Apr 12, 2026 +15
Ok this one got me good 😂
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glumjonsnow Apr 13, 2026 +14
they're amateurs compared to the guardian tbh: [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/from-isis-recruit-to-influencer-tareena-shakil](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/from-isis-recruit-to-influencer-tareena-shakil) the guardian has a gold medal in terror puff piece
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Additional_Week_3980 Apr 12, 2026 +20
sadly yes.
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glumjonsnow Apr 13, 2026 +11
yea they really tried here, it's super embarrassing esp after they just got raked over the coals for their sympathetic coverage of hezbollah. so bad their public editor had to respond and defend them. at this point it has to be on purpose - it's been pointed out so often
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FinndBors Apr 12, 2026 +7
I don’t know what you consider a fluff piece but I am absolutely interested to hear an interview with a hezbollah commander even if I absolutely disagree with them. What do you think journalism is for?
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xmuskorx Apr 12, 2026 +34
did they ask him any tough questions? "what is your end goal?" "do you intend to destroy Israel?" "are you financed by Iran?" that's what journalism is for. not asking A SINGLE TOUGH QUESTION is journalistic malpractice. it's not an interview, it's a soft ball fluff piece.
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silverpixie2435 Apr 13, 2026 +15
Ask him the most basic questions? Like its not even a secret that Lebanon itself hates Hezbollah and wants them disarmed. Basic polling confirms that. So why not ask a single question about it?
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yosisoy Apr 13, 2026 +13
It's a PR piece, not journalism
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Persimmon9 Apr 13, 2026 +28
Does NPR understands that this is pro Israel? How did they let that happen? That editor will be reprimanded for certain. So hezb didn't disarm and the big attack was actually against them and not aimed at civilians.
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UseBackground2370 Apr 13, 2026 +23
and why is the world interviewing terrorists now? 
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Scagnettio Apr 13, 2026 +9
That's what journalist do.
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omniuni Apr 12, 2026 +32
How gracious NPR has become to interview and sugarcoat a terrorist. Even starting off with a quote about occupation without noting that this happened after almost a year of them bombing Northern Israel from that location and tens of thousands of Israelis being evacuated for months. It's not that you're being occupied, Mr. Terrorist, it's that you've picked a fight with a gorilla and you're losing. You could literally have just *not started this in the first place and lived in peace*. (Note: Referring to the current conflict. I'm not going to get into historical who started what.)
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Behemothheek Apr 13, 2026 +2
Even as someone very critical of Hezbollah this was a fascinating read
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K0TEM Apr 13, 2026 +4
So journalists are now either interview terrorists (like in Lebanon) or join them (like in Gaza). What the hell is happening?
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giboauja Apr 12, 2026 -55
I hate when Israel gets to be technically correct about a grievance, while acting are on more extreme agenda. 
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The_Bitter_Bear Apr 13, 2026 +21
"I hate that the facts don't align with my feelings and TikTok feed".
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xmuskorx Apr 13, 2026 +24
Did you consider that the grievance is 100% legitimate and not "technical" at all? maybe Israel is acting in basic self-defense after DECADES of being bombed by Iranian proxies? Same same old, it was always considered an "extreme agenda" for jews to simply survive...
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PhantasmologicalAnus Apr 13, 2026 +32
I like how they just keep smashing known terrorists, no matter what others say. It's great.
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Unlucky_Accountant71 Apr 12, 2026 +15
These comments are so wild to me
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