Lebanese Warfront, US Troops Deployed To Middle East, TSA and Travel
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Israeli airstrikes killed three journalists, 10 paramedics and a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon this weekend.
What recent events occurred on the Lebanese warfront?
Israel's prime minister ordered the military to expand its invasion of southern Lebanon. Well over a million Lebanese people have already been displaced by Israeli attacks. I'm Leila Fadil, that's Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. Iran agreed to let 20 ships through the Strait of Hormuz as Pakistan emerges as a mediator in the war.
How are U.S. troops being deployed to the Middle East?
But thousands of U.S. troops are arriving in the Middle East, and Iran says any ground invasion will be met with force. So is a deal coming, or is this war widening?
And Congress still hasn't reached a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
What impact do Iranian actions have on the conflict?
President Trump says he has a plan to pay TSA.
Why are TSA workers not being paid during the shutdown?
How soon could paychecks go out?
What are the current challenges faced at U.S. airports?
Stay with us.
How is Congress addressing funding for the TSA?
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One front in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is widening in Lebanon. Last night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he's expanding his invasion of that country.
The toll inside Lebanon is devastating. Officials say well over a million people have been displaced. More than 1,200 people have been killed, including, just this weekend alone, three journalists, 10 paramedics, and a U.N. peacekeeper.
NPR's Lauren Frayer has just returned from southern Lebanon and joins us now in Beirut. Good morning, Lauren. Good morning, Leila. So where are you returning from exactly, and what did you see and hear?
Frightened civilians fleeing Israeli bombardment, warplanes constantly overhead, sonic booms, but also resilience. We went to a Palm Sunday procession in the rain. I was in the southern town of Jazin in the mountains. Here's what it sounded like at a school converted into a shelter for the displaced. And that's the principal of the school, Colette Slim, describing these waves and waves of people fleeing northward. Her school is now full. You could hear children playing in the yard there. And she's now forced to turn people away. It's worth looking at a map to understand the geography of this. First, last week, Israeli officials said they would take Lebanese territory up to the Latani River. That's a river that runs east-west, about 10 to 20 miles north of the current Israel-Lebanon border.
A few days later, they ordered residents out of a zone about 10 miles beyond that, north of the Zahrani River. And now Netanyahu's announcement about this widening invasion is creating more confusion and more fear here.
I mean, what does Israel say is its aim here? Why is it invading further into Lebanon?
Israel says it wants to create a buffer zone where Hezbollah can no longer fire rockets across the border into northern Israel, which it is still doing by the thousands. An Israeli soldier with U.S. citizenship grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, is the latest Israeli killed in combat inside Lebanon. You'll know, Leila, this is a zone that Israel occupied in the 1980s and 90s, and many Lebanese fear history is repeating itself now. Israeli officials say in Lebanon they want to duplicate the Gaza model, and we've all seen images of the destruction in that territory.
Now, Jazin is also where three Lebanese journalists were targeted and killed over the weekend, right?
That's right. Ali Shaib, a veteran television correspondent, really a household name here in Lebanon, along with sibling journalists Fatima Fatouni and her cameraman brother Mohamed Fatouni. Afterward, their father Abbas Fatouni appeared on TV. He's saying he was proud of his children, and Israel, as you noted, says it targeted them deliberately. And why? Well, Shahab worked for a Hezbollah-affiliated TV channel. The Israeli military accuses him and Mohamed Fatouni of being militants operating under the guise of journalists.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:08
2
What recent events occurred on the Lebanese warfront?
0:08–0:28
3
How are U.S. troops being deployed to the Middle East?
0:28–0:41
4
What impact do Iranian actions have on the conflict?
0:41–0:44
5
Why are TSA workers not being paid during the shutdown?
0:44–0:46
6
What are the current challenges faced at U.S. airports?
0:46–0:47
7
How is Congress addressing funding for the TSA?
0:47–0:55
8
What is President Trump's plan to pay TSA workers?
0:55–13:05
Speakers
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