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Israel bombardea Beirut y despierta fantasmas de guerra en la capital libanesa

Cuando al mediodía de este viernes, Israel lanzó su primera orden de evacuación para los suburbios meridionales de Beirut en cuatro meses del alto el fuego, Sawsan dormía plácidamente en su hogar, a apenas 400 metros del inmueble que el Ejército del país vecino amenazaba con bombardear.
El aviso, apenas hora y media antes de que dos misiles redujeran a escombros el edificio, despertó para muchos residentes del extrarradio del Dahye los fantasmas de un conflicto durante el que sus barrios fueron bombardeados cruentamente, casi siempre tras órdenes de evacuación como la de este viernes.
«Estaba durmiendo cuando el conserje llamó a la puerta para avisarme, me desperté, y vi que tenía muchas llamadas y mensajes de familiares alertándome (…) Puse ropa en una mochila y la primera explosión de aviso me atrapó en el departamento; todo tembló y entonces salí corriendo«, relata Sawsan a EFE.
Los cazas israelíes llevaron a cabo tres simulaciones de ataque a intervalos, hasta que, finalmente, el bombardeo real resonó con fuerza por toda la capital.
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Israel bombardea Beirut y despierta fantasmas de guerra en la capital libanesa
La mujer, de 30 años, explica que el ataque tuvo lugar unos 15 minutos después de que abandonara corriendo su casa en el barrio de Hadath y no esconde que está «asustada» mientras deja pasar el tiempo junto a otros evacuados congregados alrededor de una iglesia no muy lejos de lugar del ataque.
«Cuando escuché el sonido recordé lo que sentía durante la guerra y me sentí fatal. Estaba nerviosa, notaba como mi cuerpo temblaba», afirma la vecina.
Durante la cruenta ofensiva área israelí que golpeó el Líbano entre el 23 de septiembre y el 27 de noviembre de 2024, y que acabó convirtiendo el Dahye en un suburbio fantasma hasta la entrada en vigor de un alto el fuego, Sawsan dormía en el coche o en la calle.
«Ahora estamos otra vez aquí afuera esperando», lamenta.
Las últimas explosiones habían resonado en el Dahye la madrugada del 27 de noviembre, cuando el reloj se acercaba a la entrada en vigor del cese de hostilidades, y desde entonces el suburbio capitalino vivía en calma pese a la repetición de algunos ataques en zonas más meridionales.
Sin embargo, a primera hora de este viernes, dos cohetes fueron lanzados desde el Líbano hacia el norte de Israel, provocando en respuesta una serie de bombardeos contra el sur del territorio libanés, el más grave de los cuales causó al menos tres muertos y 18 heridos en Kfar Tebnit.
Al mediodía, llegó el ataque al lado de Beirut, disparando los miedos a una nueva espiral de violencia.
Farid, otro vecino de Hadath que este viernes tuvo que abandonar su hogar corriendo, reconoce que no se puede sacar de la cabeza la posibilidad de que se reactive la guerra y solo espera que este ataque no sea el inicio de un regreso a la situación que les tocó vivir hasta finales del pasado año.
«Si la guerra vuelve tengo que cuidar de mi mujer, de mis hermanas y padres. Tengo que estar pendiente de mi vida y de la suya, y me preocupa; si ahora pasase algo en mi casa no tendría otro hogar donde vivir», lamenta a EFE el joven, de 32 años.
«Durante la guerra dormíamos en el coche, solo entrábamos a casa de vez en cuando para ducharnos y volvíamos al coche», recuerda.
Por ello, al enterarse de la nueva orden de evacuación israelí lo primer que sintió fue «miedo» a tener que volver a pasar sus días de aquella forma. También le cruzó la mente un pensamiento claro: «No quiero vivir en un coche», comenta Farid.
Mostafa es cristiano, tiene 51 años y el caos de este viernes le dejó atrapado en la carretera de Hadath mientras iba a buscar a su hijo.
Después de que el Ejército israelí avisara en la red social X de que tenía planes de hacer volar por los aires un edificio en la zona, la población salió corriendo a las calles entre disparos al aire para avisar del peligro y las autoridades anunciaron la cancelación de clases en el área.
Sin embargo, pese a todo, Mostafa no comparte los miedos a un nuevo ciclo de violencia de envergadura, ya que está convencido de que el lanzamiento del cohete no tiene nada que ver con Hezbollah.
«No creo que la guerra vaya a volver a empezar, no estoy asustado, solo es una amenaza», zanja, mientras las autoridades libanesas tratan de establecer la autoría del ataque simbólico que despertó a los cazas israelíes.
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Voters react to SOTU moment when Trump got standing ovation from longtime Dem nemesis

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Polling data tracking voters’ real-time reactions to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, showed Independents and Republicans were highly motivated when the president urged members of Congress to pass restrictions on congressional stock trading, but Democrats appeared less enthused.
This moment in Trump’s address was one of the few moments during the speech when Democrats inside the House chamber, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., offered standing applause.
«They stood up for that, I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it,» Trump quipped after calling for an end to congressional stock trading. «Think Nancy Pelosi would stand up if she was here? Doubt it. Pass the Stop Insider Trading Act without delay,» the president continued to a roaring applause. During one moment, a camera panned over to Warren, who could be seen standing and clapping.
Republicans and Independents showed a marked difference in positive feelings, as opposed to Democrats, after President Trump urged lawmakers to pass tougher restrictions on congressional stock trading. (Fox News)
The dial test administered by Lee Carter, the president of Maslansky & Partners, showed that after Trump said the Stop Insider Trading Act must be passed «without delay» that Democrats remained largely stagnant, but Republicans and Independents reacted far more positively.
As the crowd inside the House chamber Tuesday night continued to applaud following Trump’s remark that a law on congressional stock trading restrictions should be passed immediately, the Democrats’ dial returned to baseline. It had taken a turn downwards after Trump took a jab at Pelosi over the matter. She has long been the brunt of criticism over the success of her stock portfolio and the manner in which certain trades have lined up with matters in front of lawmakers.
The group of voters monitored during the president’s speech Tuesday night, included 29 Democrats, 41 Republicans and 30 Independents.
Warren and other Democrats could be seen giving a standing ovation to the president’s urgency around adding stricter restrictions to congressional stock trading. Warren was also reportedly seen standing after Trump insisted Iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.
When asked to respond to Trump’s jab at her Tuesday night, Pelosi told Trump to «look at your own self.»
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«The inference he wants to draw is there was something wrong with that, which there wasn’t, and if there was, people get prosecuted for it. For a long time now we’ve been trying to pass this law. It doesn’t have — now it has more support than it had before, and —» Pelosi said before being cut off by CNN’s Kasie Hunt, who pointed out Warren stood up to applaud Trump’s urging to pass the Stop Insider Trading Act.
«Well, we all did. I did too,» the former House speaker shot back. «He said, ‘Did Nancy stand up?’ Yeah, I did too. A lot of people stood up, a lot of Democrats stood up.»

Lawmakers attend the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Stop Insider Trading Act would go beyond the current rules members of Congress must follow when trading on the stock market, ushered in by the 2012 STOCK Act. Since 2012, lawmakers have attempted to implement tighter federal restrictions to no avail.
While Trump’s urging to get the latest restrictions passed was one of the rare moments that Democrats appeared to applaud the president during his SOTU speech, left-wing nonprofit groups have simultaneously argued that the Stop Insider Trading Act does not actually go far enough to stop insider trading.
«Passing SITA would hide insider trading instead of stopping it, leading to the same concerns we see today,» said a statement earlier this month from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). «The only path forward that can rejuvenate the American people’s faith in Congress is serious reform though meaningful bipartisan cooperation.»
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CREW points to a bill it believes would do a better job at reining in insider trading among lawmakers called the Restore Trust in Congress Act, which «effectively bans members of Congress from buying, selling and owning stocks and their equivalents and ends the conflicts of interest that have plagued Congress for far too long.»
«Abandoning viable, bipartisan legislation in favor of partisanship and ineffectual half measures would be a political and ethical failure that would further erode Americans’ trust in government,» CREW insisted.
Fox News Digital’s Marc Tamasco contributed to this report.
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US military aircraft involved in ‘incident’ during training in Philippines, service members sent for treatment

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A U.S. military aircraft slammed into a concrete barrier during a takeoff attempt from a Philippine roadway, according to a report, and officials confirmed American service members on board were injured.
The incident happened Tuesday in Central Luzon, Philippines, as the aircraft was conducting training, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command confirmed to Fox News Digital in a statement.
«Two service members were transported to a medical facility for medical attention,» the statement said. «One of the individuals has been discharged, while the other remains in medical care and is in stable condition. No civilians were injured.»
The command said that the incident is currently under investigation.
The U.S. military did not immediately provide comment to Fox News Digital about the reported incident involving a U.S. Air Force transport plane crashing into a concrete barrier during takeoff in the Philippines on Tuesday. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images, File)
The accident happened during contingency training on a bypass road in Laoac town, The Associated Press reported, citing a local police report.
The aircraft had successfully landed but veered off course during takeoff and struck a concrete barrier, Philippine officials told the outlet.

Two American soldiers are seen in front of a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) vehicle parked outside the World Trade Center during the 2024 Asian Defense and Security Exhibition (ADAS), in Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Sept. 25, 2024. (Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Philippine officials reportedly said that the training exercise, which was fully coordinated with local civilian, police and military authorities, was designed to prepare forces for emergencies when traditional runways are unusable due to disasters such as typhoons or earthquakes.
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U.S. forces frequently deploy aircraft in the Philippines to assist with humanitarian relief following natural disasters. The 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement allows U.S. troops to train alongside Filipino forces.
The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the region, particularly in the South China Sea, where China and the Philippines have clashed over disputed territory.

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese coast guard ship uses water canons on a Philippine Coast Guard ship near the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal, South China Sea as they blocked its path during a re-supply mission on Aug. 5, 2023. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP, File)
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The U.S. has reaffirmed that it would defend the Philippines under a mutual defense treaty if its forces were attacked.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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