This is a blatantly genocidal threat. An entire nation is equated with a militant group, and warned that they will be destroyed if 'they' as a whole do not eliminate that militant group. The assertion genocidally equates the "people of Lebanon" with culpability for Hizbollah.
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Adam Tooze
@adam_tooze
A direct threat that Israel will reduce Lebanon, like Gaza, to rubble. A threat disguised as natural process "fall into abyss of destruction and suffering". This is what we, in the US are backing. theguardian.com/world/live/202
