IDF: ‘Number of launches’ from Lebanon toward northern Israel
The IDF reported a “number of launches” from Lebanon toward northern Israel in the areas of Metula, Ghajar and Malkia throughout the day today.
The IDF also said fighter jets struck a “Hezbollah military compound and terrorist infrastructure” in the area of Ayta ash Shab, as well as additional Hezbollah military infrastructure in Kfarkela.
Anti-war protesters walk out of Sen. Warnock’s Atlanta sermon
A group of protesters conducted a silent walkout of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s sermon this morning at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, a bastion of the civil rights movement and former home to Martin Luther King Jr.
The church’s livestream of the sermon shows a group stand up and take off their jackets to reveal shirts while Warnock speaks about capital punishment and execution of prisoners. Warnock, a senior pastor of the church, then seems to address the walkout by asking the group to stay.
“I want to thank God for the students and the young folk who are here,” Warnock says. “I wish they’d hang out so we could talk after church. Let them know that they’re welcome to stay; let’s talk after church.”
TikTok creator Erynn Chambers, whose username is @rynnstar, posted a video to her account of the group, whose members identified themselves as part of the protest. The video offers a clear angle to the back of the shirts, which say “Stop arming Israel” and “Permanent ceasefire now.”
A representative for Chambers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An X user also posted what appeared to be the same video, saying the demonstration included various members of Atlanta’s Black community, including students and alumni of the Atlanta University Consortium. The user did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The user wrote on X that they voted for Warnock because they believed he would stand for what’s right but said Warnock has “failed the Palestinian people,” as well as his…
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