LBC callers react to latest attacks in Lebanon and Israel

The conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, with unprecedented sabotage of pagers and walkie talkies injuring and killing a combination of Hezbollah agents and civilians in Lebanon.
More traditional strikes are also raining down on both sides of the border. Most recently 31 people were killed in an Israeli strike, including seven women, three children and two Hezbollah commanders.
Matt Frei and Ali Miraj hear the thoughts of LBC callers, many of whom fear 'perpetual war' in the region. What next for the Middle East?
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[@nihal3075]

West always mocks Germany for Nazis. What these callers are saying is similar to that of Nazis. Only difference is Nazis were specific on Jews and they are on Middle East. Ignoring second most Jews population is living in Iran. This is how media create narrative/opinion of masses. Like in WW2, in Rwanda etc.

[@allegrap1054]

Weren’t Black people and anyone that wasn’t white targeted too?

[@ulf5738]

We in the west did so much BS in the Middle East so I don’t blame them for hating our guts. The double standards are completely insane.

[@JoebloggZee]

You clearly aren’t Western

[@donnavorce8856]

​@@JoebloggZeebut I am.

[@donnavorce8856]

💯

[@MrSatnavatron]

@@JoebloggZee why isn't a western person allowed to have this view , did you make money from those wars ?

[@JoebloggZee]

@@MrSatnavatron The same reason why you think Israel are wrong for doing what they are 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@SuperGreen36]

What a horror this man is. Where is his humanity ?

[@hilarymiseroy]

You don't win wars by being weak.

[@robertcampomizzi7988]

What would be humane about Osrael not taking out the threat and letting their own peole get attacked?

[@robertcampomizzi7988]

2:24 there it is. I found his humanity

[@thekurgan3688]

@@robertcampomizzi7988 lefties don’t understand facts or logic

[@TMan786]

He's a Zionist.

[@damianleah6744]

The problem is people don’t know history, then comment on things they know absolutely nothing about.

[@Loner-Wolf]

Are you projecting on yourself?

[@damianleah6744]

@@Loner-Wolfwhat are you talking about?

[@Loner-Wolf]

@@damianleah6744 I'm talking about you baby

[@erichardy32]

​@@Loner-Wolf bizarre comments.

[@Loner-Wolf]

@@erichardy32 is it? Is it really? I just answered the man's question. He asked me what I'm talking about and I said I talking about him. What is bizarre about that?

[@AbdulkarimBirigigi]

Mentally disturbed by the caller.

[@SueBrown-c5d]

The host doesn't seem interested in the truth.

[@thaerjasim4549]

So am I, they d Want to stop the bout because they are worried immigrants are taking over Britain but they have no problem with Israel taking over Palestine, What a hypocrisy

[@thaerjasim4549]

So am I, they d Want to stop the bout because they are worried immigrants are taking over Britain but they have no problem with Israel taking over Palestine, What a hypocrisy

[@thaerjasim4549]

Host should find another job

[@ahlambirani1199]

Every accusation is a confession. No need for anything else to be said.

[@delete.yourself]

Exactly this.

[@ihatetoshiba]

It is ironic how people seem to always overlook how Israel was founded, and what Israel has been doing consistently the 76 years since its founding.

[@facehugger3]

Trying to live in peace .

[@janmariablackwell8138]

@@facehugger3 Perhaps the people who moved there but the reality is, Israel is just a huge military base for the West and that's why the West have to support them.

[@traceypierce1693]

Israel was founded over 3000 years ago . The first jew was Abraham. They have more rights to Israel than any Islamic terrorist group ofThe Muslim brotherhood.

[@mustaphastjules1194]

What have they been doing? Trying to live in peace among 7th century barbarians.

[@NachoMon-rea]

It’s ironic how people seem to overlook how any and all countries were created and now religion is the root of most modern conflicts

[@kamelmebhah4979]

Out of 1300 viewers 26 like this video. It says it all.

[@eddiecalderone]

You know that is irrelevant

[@missyuna06]

Its scary how little these people know about the history in Palestine, the reason why Hizbollah and Hamas exists?!These callers makes me SICK

[@njnative8111]

How does a country who is occupying another, committing apartheid against a group of people say they have the right of self-defense. People have rights, the Palestinians rights have been trampled and violated for 70 plus years.

[@ookiemon]

my dear, ypu are being lied to by a thousand different ways. do some research. and not in tiktok.

[@jameslazzara6260]

Cry me a river achmed

[@victoria9590]

​@@ookiemonEnglish is clearly not your first language and when you are trying to argue against facts I think Tik Toc is obviously above your understanding

[@wiseget]

Hassan Nasrallah!⏰

[@mettie1982]

😂😂😂😂

[@mrsushiman226]

These callers are mentally disturbed

[@SpamMouse]

LBC encourages them.

[@tinaforbes1059]

You're not wrong there. Them children played football was not Jewish. They were Syrian's children/Syrian's territory occupied by the Zionists .

[@supermazingerz72]

@@tinaforbes1059 that is not occupied territory, that’s territory obtained by defeating your enemy that posts a threat to your country. That’s completely legal

[@XTRAIT-em4rx]

Israel does want war. They want the West to fight it for them.

[@tinaforbes1059]

@@supermazingerz72 The Golan Hight is part of Syria 🇸🇾/@ The UN .

[@Jlde2024]

LBC is pathetic

[@elegantera73]

Pathetic broadcast. Full of lies, and hardly any pushback by the hosts. Try again.

[@charliet5678]

Hand picked these bot callers. A radio show host and a caller talking down international law, I thought I had tuned in to GB news.

[@khalidkhan1534]

Israel has a story for all of its Crimes, but not anything about why people can't Resist Occupation. The phrase 'Israel has a Right to Defend Itself', belies the fact that itself is an Occupying Force, so legally it doesn't.

[@IcarianX]

Nothing excuses October 7th. October 7th excuses everything.

[@kieran2842]

@@IcarianX This didn't start on 7th October

[@nicoleg-]

​@@kieran2842That was actually his point.

[@Jouantiese]

Terroristic self-occupation negate any right of resistance.

[@wiseget]

Hassan Nasrallah!⏰

[@damianleah6744]

Just because someone says it’s a fact. Doesn’t make it so.

[@robertcampomizzi7988]

Then it isn't a fact.

[@pugs425]

The trauma .& suffering of having to live in hotels 😂, sheltered from the elements; heat, rain, insects, mosquitoes, water on tap.

[@supermazingerz72]

Yep. That tells you the difference on how Israel treats his people and how Hamas treats their people. Case closed

[@haniffrasheed-np6rz]

Where were these callers for the past 57 years of the Israeli occupation they think this all started on oct 7.

[@rosarose3443]

How many Jews are left in the middle East?

[@mbcfc]

He let's second caller say the pager explosions was not indiscriminate. This is poor as always from LBC pathetic station. Then host says I agree with you

[@robertcampomizzi7988]

Did they blow up any and every pager or just the pagers that they discriminated that were owned by Hez?

[@cebusapella9125]

@@robertcampomizzi7988 They blew up every pager with no regard to where the pagers were or who was handling or carrying them at the time. Pagers blew up in markets, schools, hospitals; they could have been on planes ffs. That is indiscriminate.

[@supermazingerz72]

@@cebusapella9125what about when Hezbollah launch rockets? They don’t care where they land. That’s indiscriminate, so why Israel should be worried about where they were at the moment?

[@007thecookster]

@@cebusapella9125 I think this guy motti roller is a genius

[@yogibier]

How can an occupying power claim to be the victim ?!

[@derry3344ii]

Typical English man thinks this started 7th.

[@jameskrell4392]

This phase did, you act like a Monster this is what comes back on you.

[@baimaa]

England went from a world colonial superpower to a tail folding moaning dog behind America. The first two callers show how declined The great Britain has become. The use of the small letter "g" is deliberate.

[@abdulaijalloh3432]

The caller lied to his teeth and not even ashamed and the host unable to challenge him on fact.

[@abdulaijalloh3432]

Are the hosts so less informed that they agree with the caller that hesbullah targets are unguided when we all know hesbullah has calibrated their attacks not to hit civilians.

[@daveaustin1093]

All I can say to David the caller, what the Israelis were doing to the Palestinians for 70 years before 7/11 in Palestine. On whose land millions of illegal settlers living now. What teaching they give in Israel to their children from the age of five about Palestinian ? Where Israel borders supposed to be. By the way David are you British or Israeli ?

[@D-E-S_8559]

The first caller forgets that the UK already did what he's describing-he should brush up on his history of the British Empire, and that includes it's role in Palestine...

[@Spikesons]

Israel has chosen to seek "safety" by becoming the Sparta of the Middle East -- rather than investing it's political and cultureal capacities to determine how to live in that region with it's neighbors. Tragic.

[@jameskrell4392]

BS its neighbours what Israel destroyed

[@enaya1976]

These callers live in a parallel earth where only Israil exists. No other nation and TRUTH does not exist. It's funny how that understands the truth.

[@ashmalkahn3791]

Check the facts dude - it may as well be Bibi talking 😳😳😳😳

[@bashirhersi2829]

The first caller is so extreme than any other human being on the planet

[@josephdebri8941]

The first guy on the phone is completely indoctrinated, deluded and deranged. The second guy is disturbed by all the rockets coming over but nothing about the 2000lb bombs which have flattened Gaza . And 'indescriminative' is not a word

[@timeames2509]

The first caller is totally correct.

[@erinkay4910]

Israel has the right to self defense period!

[@carlosillich787]

Ok we'll take your word for it.​@@timeames2509

[@jake751]

​@@timeames2509in a disturbed mind.

[@AmirLevinson]

In fact, you seem to be indoctrinated by the progressive woke hate ideology, who tends to blame the victims.

[@VoiceSriLanka]

Medieval group ? 😂 what about Israelis ? Aren’t they medieval when they talk about 3000 year old promised land ? 😂

[@gao1812]

Thanks to that caller for speaking the truth ❤

[@compositestechbb9087]

Israel is the strongest army in the world he says, meanwhile without being handed cash and weapons from the u.s. they wouldnt exist. "Strongest army" lol

[@compositestechbb9087]

This is entirley israels fault. In the 2 weeks preceeding the oct 7th attack netanyahu displayed a "new middle east" map without any Palestinians. Then gyvir and a couple thousand people stormed the al aksa mosque. They held 5600 palestinians in administrative detention meaning there were no formal charges of any wrong doing. 170 were children. Why does no one talk about them just stealing land in the west bank? A targeted attack wounding 4000 people and only taking out 35-40 people.

[@themossad]

Happy Eid il beep

[@tijaniademola5834]

Why is the second caller ignoring the fact that IOF has sent more rockets and bombardment than Hesbulla

[@jacquesbrits5822]

What about the Palestinians? What about the West Bank? You forgot to mention out of convenience

[@frogprincereader]

Israel are so up their own behind they don’t care about anyone else

[@facehugger3]

There are no such people as palestinians. The west bank is more accurately called Judea and Samaria.

[@jacquesbrits5822]

@@facehugger3 there are people that calls themselves Palestinians and happen to live on that land, shame on Israel for treating them like this....

[@facehugger3]

@@jacquesbrits5822 If you deliberately start a war it will have unplesant consequences if you lose it. They were all celebrating on October the 7th remember?

[@wiseget]

Hassan Nasrallah!⏰

[@ghulamhussain687]

Bring back Sangita

[@suchisthismystery2814]

*LBC - UNSUBSCRIBED*

[@ilikebrowncars9692]

Israeli defenders sound mental round about now

[@John_Urnagbob]

One mistake??? You could write books on how many intentional 'mistakes' they've made. 😅

[@white240490]

True, but You’ll be called “anti semetic” before you finish the first second.

[@tijaniademola5834]

How come none of the calls OAP has taken has somebody rebuking Israel…. Those that mean the callers share the same thoughts as majority of people in the UK

[@donnavorce8856]

Expropriation always the plan and never a secret. Herzl wrote about it in 1895. Their big dream.

[@tinasmith9228]

I wish every person could feel what it must be like to be under occupation and repression for 85 years, being treated like an animal, knowing generations of your family killed? This is the root cause of all these atrocities and always will be until Palestinians can live a normal life like us.

[@edmann1820]

I wish no one knew what that felt like

[@wiseget]

Hassan Nasrallah!⏰

[@delete.yourself]

These callers would have a very different take on the situation if they experienced the occupation and repression first hand, rather than throwing stones from their ivory towers in North London.

[@paulmcintyre5444]

Why would Palestinians want anything but revenge?

[@timeames2509]

Because they will never win by constantly attacking Israel.

[@mustaphastjules1194]

Revenge for what? What did Israel do them?

[@timeames2509]

@@mustaphastjules1194 Agree, some just don't get it very sad.

[@ulf5738]

@@mustaphastjules1194Israel killed 100 times more Palestinians than the other way around.

[@wiseget]

Hassan Nasrallah!⏰

[@jaskumar8079]

This caller needs a reality check

[@collins48lc]

For what the truth

[@vinupillai5511]

​@@collins48lcyes he needs to be fact checked with the truth

[@timeames2509]

​@@vinupillai5511This caller is spot on.

[@shahidanwar6761]

Just remembered what goes around comes around And your leaders won't be around to pay the price

[@charliet5678]

The first caller spat lie after lie after lie and was not corrected on a single one. I dont know what's worse either at worst they are lying and ill informed or at best just parroting the same lies and the radio show host should correct this.

[@alphapen_dragon8554]

Anybody who stating point of the middle east war is on 10/7...i stop taking you seriously... That's like starting the Vietnam war at the TET offensive...

[@collins48lc]

Haven't a clue have you

[@deans5086]

Sure. How about we start it in 1517 when Jews were being ethnically cleansed and massacred by Ottoman Turks and Arab villagers. We saw these sorts of things happen for centuries, until Jews decided to start fighting back in 1936.

[@mauroalves317]

@@collins48lc him or you? seems you are the one clueless here...what is wrong with his statement?

[@robertcampomizzi7988]

When they write the history book, the beginning of this war will not be stated as beginning in the 20th century. The start of this war was Oct 7. The conflict has been longer, sure. But that doesn't mean that you get to just change the way words are used because you feel like it.

[@timeames2509]

​@@mauroalves317Because Oct. 7th was way over the top.

[@guardian100]

A "war crime " ,don't make me laugh ,war is a crime end of story .

[@iyassartawi1150]

The caller said the attacks on the children was phenomenal

[@facehugger3]

The 12 israeli children unalived playing football never seem to get mentioned for some reason.

[@ulf5738]

What about the 20.000 Palestinian kids murdered by American bombs launched by Israel?

[@laurendal1588]

Because they were not Israeli…

[@mads888]

They were not jews or zionists. They were from syria

[@ulf5738]

@@facehugger3 for some reason 20.000 dead Palestinian kids doesn’t seem to get mentioned often enough

[@chalocoy]

They were Druze and it was a misfire from the iron dome that hit them

[@michaelkealy2822]

Guy in the studio isnt fit for purpose

[@DoronAvramov-gk2zp]

Lebanon is now going to play the victim card - from overconfidence to chaos

[@daraghokane4236]

They are the victim of a horrific terrorist attack

[@Frank.and.Beanzz]

Lebanon are the victims. I mean it's Hezbollah that's the terrorist right. Not Lebanon.

[@facehugger3]

Terrorists really do need to read instructions. The do not explode button is next to the on/off switch.

[@jimmyJohnstone-r7n]

Israel is doing the job on the west's behalf.

[@r.b6170]

People need to stop listening to these programmes if they're just going to invite ' fanatics and loonies ' in a bid to merely entertain people. We get enough entertainment from " piece of Morgan ".

[@Human_Herbivore]

If Iran is a nuclear threat, that makes it even dumber, Trump pulling out of Iran nuclear deal.

[@jimmyjonga8048]

The rockets the rockets. Go have a look at the rocket map on October the 8th. It was Israel who were overwhemlingly hitting Lebanon and they have tried to attack Lebanon before. They want Greater Israel. They have said it. Go look at the borders of Greater Israel. What is it you dont understand. Palestinians have no trauma. Who are these people.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Only Israel could be attacked by seven different directions simultaneously from and considered the aggressor.

[@Unchainedboar]

yeah i agree, no one wants civilian casualties but how long are you supposed to just sit by and hope these problems go away

[@gavthegunner14]

They're stealing land and killing babies though? So understandable

[@gullygullible9774]

No Israel is not an aggressor it's the people off Israel who are aggressors and the sooner it learns Nobody in this world would sit next to them and that is never going to change for You or Dave 😢

[@deans5086]

@@gullygullible9774 And that attitude is why Israel has to do what it does.

[@timeames2509]

​@@gullygullible9774Israel is just defending themselves period.

[@v8rodder]

LBC: the station for Jew-haters, and that includes most of the presenters...

[@GirmaKassa-ip7ht]

The British record in Basra is far worse than Israel

[@peterdlima543]

Rationalise thinking to the world should be free where people will understand the contribution to humanity has come from the Israelis not the Palestinians

[@deanfs89]

I love the hypocrisy when people (usually Americans) argue guilt through association. Like how the Lebanese & Palestinian people could have overrun their terrorist organisations if they wanted to & therefore should pay the price on behalf of those organisations. Pointing that logic back at the west & all of us deserve to be punished then.

[@mohammedtasin2792]

What a ignorant caller knows nothing

[@lynnsliney7262]

How many isrealI citizens have been killed up to this part of the war. How many Palestinians citizens have been killed who is on the moral high ground.

[@rosarose3443]

When Hamas planned their invasion of Israel. Why didn't they include the safety of their innocent women and children in those plans? They hide the hostages in hundreds of tunnels deep underground beneath every home, hospital, school and mosque. Why didn't they allow their own civilians to shelter deep underground in those very same tunnels? Evidently the hostages are of more value to them than their own women and children or they would have put their safety.sbove all others.

[@aidarmay341]

What if you look to the chart of Israel ?!

[@jimcunningham9975]

Narrative to suit the mainly not British listeners in Londonstani

[@ruhelmiah2133]

First know the history and then call. Where did isreal come from??

[@themossad]

Happy Eid il beep

[@alishahid6932]

They think it started on 7 oct

[@themossad]

Netanyahu is by far the most popular politician in Israel. Latest polls indicate.

[@TaraBodhi1]

You can tell he has formed his opinion not on fact but on GB News

[@diddydum]

Most rockets have been from Israel not Lebanon. There s a recent BBC article on this.

[@SpamMouse]

Israel does not fire rockets.

[@laurendal1588]

@@SpamMouse Jeez, I guess it makes it all better it’s not rockets and just 2000lbs bombs or strikes, or what have you.

[@brianatkinson4407]

their flag just about sums it up

[@shakeelsuleman8883]

Party political broadcast for Le Kud

[@timeames2509]

Trump will give Israel the respect they deserve.

[@jdocean1]

Trump is going to prison. He’s not going to be giving you anything.

[@bigcrazewolf]

This man is ignoring the fact Isreal is an apartheid state that occupies territory from other countries, and also has open air prisions.

[@Jouantiese]

You can't even spell your propaganda correctly 😂

[@taniya8629]

​@@Jouantieseikr. This person spells Pissrael as Israel. I mean people need to learn spellings lol

[@wiseget]

Hassan Nasrallah!⏰

[@taniya8629]

@@wiseget Pissrael...tick tock tick tock...

[@rosarose3443]

How many indigenous Jews now live in middle eastern apartheid states?

[@janmariablackwell8138]

I honestly don't think this man has a clue. Israelis appear to be losing all their humanity.

[@jake751]

They never had any.

[@timeames2509]

​@@jake751They have alot more than their enemies.

[@HectorHectorious]

David is the worst kind of ignoramus, the kind that believe they are educated!

[@theone.8884]

This caller is blind.

[@you-to-beornot-to-be9629]

israHELL The United States of israHELL

[@Farrelbrest]

This caller is correct

[@SEPTaskForce]

LBC is selling out / sold out? To alternative facts… just embarrassing hearing these people fail to compete with KZbin and twitch personalities’ grasp on reality 🤣🤣

[@hassanhikmet]

This presenters whants to keep his Job.

[@SueBrown-c5d]

Also his bias.

[@IanMartin-vb3im]

No one wants peace never a true word every sad .

[@mlo886]

I totally agree with the first caller

[@marksmit1026]

David if hate Israel just say it

[@nasarkhalique]

If they are able to target the Terrorist why didn't they do that with Hamas and why are 40,000 dead in Gaza when Israelies saying they are after Hamas in Gaza what they mean in Gaza is Gen I cid

[@rosarose3443]

Because Hamas did not order pagers etc and distributed them to all their militants.

[@wiseget]

Hassan Nasrallah!⏰

[@BasharZapen]

He talks about 'inversion of the truth' while inverting the truth himself...

[@collins48lc]

No he's telling the truth

[@carlosillich787]

​@@collins48lcok, if you say so😂

[@billytheadult6247]

The very basis of this man's logic is faulty, and therefore his faulty conclusion. When you formulate an egregiously erroneous hypothesis one must look deeper into your introspect. The basis must either be mendacity or idiocy.

[@SueBrown-c5d]

David the called speaks truthfully. I agree with all he said. BBC need to wake up.

[@ZeroGods4595]

Israel has lost the world 😢

[@yoelmarson4049]

Matt is shockingly naive and ignorant

[@stuc3195]

I have no sympathy for those that would see me and my people destroyed.

[@siphoshabalala1480]

This is for those who who fake themselves pretend as a Jewish people here is your verse revelation (3:9)

[@jacobcohen9205]

There has never at any time in history bn a war without there being civilian casualties.

[@facehugger3]

The first caller is 100% correct.

[@thesystemera]

That caller 😂😂😂

[@musicmarch1]

What a nonsense statement!

[@JoebloggZee]

I agree with caller 1 🖕🏻 the rest

[@justhefacts8358]

All this has done is garentie future attacks 😢