Published: 6 August 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Israel in advanced discussions to send medical equipment to Lebanon — TV (Times of Israel)
Contacts being moderated by United Nations, which reportedly says Lebanese government has received aid offer but not yet issued official response
Lebanese PM: 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate caused ‘disaster in every sense’ (Times of Israel)
Hassan Diab says agricultural fertilizer stored for years in a portside warehouse blew up in massive explosion heard in Cyprus, 150 miles away
‘This is Lebanon, this is our destiny’ (Foreign Policy)
A pair of gigantic blasts that obliterated Beirut’s port and smashed the city centre is the last thing we needed.
Israeli square bathed in Lebanese colours in rare show of support over Beirut blast (ABC)
In wake of Beirut blast, Lebanon is bound to implode (Haaretz)
The likely cause of the explosion at Beirut's port was the gross incompetence of Lebanese authorities. The devastation could hasten Lebanon's economic collapse and stoke unrest
Ex-Israel MK declares Lebanon blast as 'gift from God' (Middle-East-Monitor)
Far-right MK says only offer help if it's in Israel's strategic interests (Times of Israel)
Bezalel Smotrich, an MK from the right-wing opposition Jewish Home party, wrote on Twitter that Israel should only offer Lebanon help if it is in Israel’s strategic interest. “Morally, we have no obligation or need to extend a helping hand to an outright enemy state,” he wrote.
Photo: At nightfall, windows of a 13-storey building's facade on a Tel Aviv square were filled with light in the design of Lebanon's flag (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
