Itamar Ben-Gvir Calls for Beirut Suburbs to Be Flattened as Israel-Lebanon War Escalates
June 8, 2026
DESTROY THEM COMPLETELY.”
Not a fringe comment. Not a slip of the tongue.
A sitting Israeli minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, openly called for the flattening of Beirut’s southern suburbs.
An entire community reduced to a target. Thousands of families reduced to a military objective.
This is the language of collective punishment. The language of dehumanization. The language that turns homes into rubble and civilians into statistics.
Beirut is not a threat to be erased.
Its people are not disposable.
Its neighborhoods are not legitimate targets.
When public officials openly advocate for the destruction of civilian areas, the world should not look away.
Lebanon deserves security.
Lebanese civilians deserve protection.
And calls for the destruction of entire communities must be condemned without hesitation.
Source: @middleeasteye
#Lebanon #Beirut #HumanRights
English Script:
Ben Gvir: We are here at the northern border in the Shtula settlement. We say in all honesty, the suburbs of Beirut needs to be flattened, they need to be flattened. I opposed the previous ceasefire, and today I’m also saying the suburbs must be flattened. The Israeli army is doing its job. There are 600 Hezbollah fighters who, thank God, have been eliminated in the past weeks, bit it’s not enough. What really hurts them is the suburbs. We need to target them, flatten them and completely destroy them. Again, flatten the suburbs, Hezbollah is in the suburbs. That’s why we have to eliminate Hezbollah’s presence in the suburbs. That’s the message. I am saying it here and I’m also saying it to our dear PM Bibi Netnayhau. I love you and I respect you, but now is the time to flatten the suburbs. We have the utmost respect for Trump and we owe him our thanks for the cooperation. But the red line is harming civilians and soldiers and the suburbs must be flattened to the ground.
