America has sent humanitarian aid to Lebanon and Israel has promised to open safe passages for humanitarian groups to deliver more supplies:
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The first shipment of American aid for Lebanon arrived in Beirut on Tuesday and Israel promised to open vital safe passages as humanitarian groups pushed more convoys of supplies to tens of thousands in the war-torn south.
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The shipment included two large-scale medical packages "aimed at meeting the most urgent needs," holding enough medicine and health supplies for 20,000 people for three months, the U.S. Embassy said. The goods were given to the international Red Cross to distribute, it said.
Of course, these shipments will directly or indirectly aid Hezbollah. They will free up resources for use by Hezbollah or may be directly used to treat Hezbollah terrorists and their supporters.
And corridors for delivery of humanitarian assistance may easily be used for terrorist smuggling or for bomb attacks against Israel.
But once again, America and Israel are doing the right thing, simply because it is the right thing, and despite the costs and risks to themselves.
For all the thanks it will buy them.
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