If your reporting comes off as apologia for one Iranian-funded terror group, chances are it will do the same for others. Such is the case for CBS’s Imtiaz Tyab, who detoured from his normal duties as the network’s resident Hamasnik in order to provide cover to Hezbollah.
THIS IS WHAT ISRAELI RETALIATION LOOKS LIKE, says the angry Tyab, mad that Israel dared retaliate after Hezbollah murdered 12 children. Watch the intoned indignation:
CBS EVENING NEWS
7/30/24
6:30 PM
NORAH O’DONNELL: Tonight, Israel says it has eliminated that key Hezbollah commander in a strike using fighter jets. Now the big question: How will the terror group respond? Good evening. I'm Norah O'Donnell, and thank you for being with us. The world is watching what happens next as fears arise that an all-out war could erupt on Israel's northern border. We are just learning that three people are dead and 74 others are injured in the Beirut strike. That's according to Lebanon's health ministry. But the IDF says it got its target. Why does it matter? Well, the right-hand man to Hezbollah’s secretary general was targeted. Remember, he was a commander involved in the 1983 attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut that killed hundreds of U.S. military personnel. CBS's Imtiaz Tyab reports from the neighborhood that was hit.
IMTIAZ TYAB: This is what Israeli retaliation looks like. Beirut's densely populated southern Dahiah neighborhood, showered in debris following the precision strike by Israeli fighter jets. When we arrived at the scene shortly afterwards, hundreds had already gathered. Well, just over my shoulder there you can see there is one of the buildings that was damaged by the Israeli strike, and there’s a scene of real chaos here, but also of real anger.
Real anger, says Tyab, after the Israeli strike. One wonders how much anger was felt at the murder of 12 children in Hezbollah’s attack on a soccer field, in comparison. Tyab can’t even bring himself to say that they were children:
The attack comes just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a severe response after 12 young people were killed in the Golan Heights in a rocket attack launched from Lebanon.
“Young people” is stylistically very close to “youths”, a term often used to sanitize terrorists in the media. Using this term to describe children obscures the horrific nature of that attack.
Tyab’s bleatings should come as a surprise to no one. In fact, they were foretold by our own colleague Curtis Houck. One piece of that report sticks out- Tyab’s parroting of Hezbollah’s paymasters in Iran:
Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has issued a blistering warning to Israel against attacking Lebanon, saying it would be a great mistake with heavy consequences. And the question now is when will Israel carry out strikes in Lebanon? Still, there are signs Israeli leaders may also be looking to avoid an all-out war with Hezbollah and only carry out limited strikes given its own military’s fatigue after nearly ten months of brutal warfare in Gaza[.]
Exit question: how pissed is Tyab going to be when he has to report on Israel taking out Hamas terror leader Ismail Haniyeh? In his house in Teheran?
Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on the CBS Evening News on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024:
NORAH O’DONNELL: Tonight, Israel says it has eliminated that key Hezbollah commander in a strike using fighter jets. Now the big question: How will the terror group respond? Good evening. I'm Norah O'Donnell, and thank you for being with us. The world is watching what happens next as fears arise that an all-out war could erupt on Israel's northern border. We are just learning that three people are dead and 74 others are injured in the Beirut strike. That's according to Lebanon's health ministry. But the IDF says it got its target. Why does it matter? Well, the right-hand man to Hezbollah’s secretary general was targeted. Remember, he was a commander involved in the 1983 attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut that killed hundreds of U.S. military personnel. CBS's Imtiaz Tyab reports from the neighborhood that was hit.
IMTIAZ TYAB: This is what Israeli retaliation looks like. Beirut's densely populated southern Dahiah neighborhood, showered in debris following the precision strike by Israeli fighter jets. When we arrived at the scene shortly afterwards, hundreds had already gathered. Well, just over my shoulder there you can see there is one of the buildings that was damaged by the Israeli strike, and there’s a scene of real chaos here, but also of real anger. In a move almost unheard of, the Israeli military immediately announced that it was responsible for the attack and named its target. This man, Fuad Shukr, one of Hezbollah’s most senior military leaders, wanted by the U.S. with a $5 million bounty on his head. Shukr played a central role in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut which killed 241 U.S. military personnel and wounded 128 others. Israel says he was killed in the strike, but Hezbollah has yet to confirm. The attack comes just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a severe response after 12 young people were killed in the Golan Heights in a rocket attack launched from Lebanon. Hezbollah insists it won’t stop its attacks until there is a cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. And CBS News has learned Israel informed top U.S. officials before carrying out the strike here in Beirut, with the State Department insisting an all-out war is not inevitable, Norah, but following tonight's attack, Hezbollah will no doubt respond.
O’DONNELL: Very important story, Imtiaz Tyab. Thank you very much.
