It’s awful newspeak to say “southern Lebanon”. I’m originally from there and have family there. The entire country is less than 150 miles from tip to tip.

It’s a way of segmenting the country to not sound bad. Israel is again bombing Lebanon. There is no country called “southern Lebanon”.

I’ve seen this language used for years to justify bombing and occupation.

They just murdered another journalist, but not really because “Israel fired artillery into the area they were gathered…” sounds almost like “police officer involved in a shooting accident…”.