Lebanon buries 7 killed amid street battles over port probe
3 years, 2 months ago

Lebanon buries 7 killed amid street battles over port probe

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon on Friday mourned seven people killed in gunbattles on the streets of Beirut the previous day, a confrontation that erupted over a long-running probe into last year’s massive port blast in the city and raised fears of the country being drawn into further violence. Underlying the violence are Lebanon’s entrenched sectarian divides and growing pushback against the port investigation by the two main Shiite Muslim parties, the powerful Hezbollah militant group and its allied Amal Movement. The violence broke out at a protest organized by Hezbollah and Amal which called for the removal of the lead judge investigating last year’s massive explosion at Beirut port. A senior Hezbollah official, Mohammed Daamoush, said in a sermon during Friday prayers that the group will keep pushing to get Bitar removed and “return the port investigation on its right track.” He did not elaborate but analysts close to Hezbollah said they expect Shiite Cabinet ministers and some of their allies to boycott Cabinet meetings.

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A diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria
1 week, 3 days ago

A diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Analysts say the diminishment of Hezbollah will have big consequences for Lebanon, where for decades it has been a …

4 killed as Israel shakes central Beirut with powerful strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon
1 month ago

4 killed as Israel shakes central Beirut with powerful strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Firstpost  

An Israeli airstrike in central Beirut killed at least four people and injured many, in a major attack against Hezbollah A powerful airstrike killed at least four people in central Beirut early on Saturday, the health ministry said, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel pressed its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. It marked the fourth Israeli airstrike this week …

22 killed as Israeli strikes target Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut: Report
1 month ago

22 killed as Israeli strikes target Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut: Report

India Today  

Successive Israeli strikes pummelled Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold on Thursday as authorities said raids in eastern Lebanon killed 22 people, and Hezbollah claimed its deepest attack on Israel in more than a year of hostilities. Lebanon's official National News Agency reported at least 12 strikes, some of them "very violent", on Beirut's southern suburbs throughout Thursday, targeting districts including Shiyah, …

Six Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon as Beirut hit by second day of air strikes
1 month, 1 week ago

Six Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon as Beirut hit by second day of air strikes

ABC  

At least eight Lebanese citizens have died in air strikes and six Israeli soldiers killed in combat after another day of fighting on Wednesday in Lebanon, as Israel continues its offensive against Hezbollah. The Israeli military said its air force had destroyed nine Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and command centres in strikes in the Beirut area, and that Hezbollah fired …

Israel-Hezbollah war: Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon’s Beirut Suburbs leave 40 dead, including children
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hezbollah war: Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon’s Beirut Suburbs leave 40 dead, including children

Live Mint  

Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital city of Beirut in the past 24 hours resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people, including several children, Lebanese authorities said as reported by Reuters. Earlier on Saturday, an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre left at least seven people dead, among them five siblings, …

Hezbollah claims Israeli army repelled in southern Lebanon, reports entire family of nine killed in Gaza
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hezbollah claims Israeli army repelled in southern Lebanon, reports entire family of nine killed in Gaza

ABC  

Hezbollah said it was fighting Israeli troops in a border area in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, after announcing it had repelled two previous infiltration attempts near other frontier villages. It said in two previous statements that Israeli forces "attempted to infiltrate the border town of Bilda" in the south-east and advance towards the border area of Labouneh on Wednesday morning, …

Beirut burns as huge blasts rip through Lebanon's capital in another night of airstrikes by Israel - as Hezbollah fire rocket salvo at Israeli city of Haifa
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Beirut burns as huge blasts rip through Lebanon's capital in another night of airstrikes by Israel - as Hezbollah fire rocket salvo at Israeli city of Haifa

Daily Mail  

Beirut has been left burning after huge blasts ripped through Lebanon's capital in another night of airstrikes by Israel. Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb late October 6, 2024 Flames and smoke rise from an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, October 7, 2024 Israeli rescue force members …

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah transformed the militant group into a potent regional force
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah transformed the militant group into a potent regional force

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who transformed the Lebanese militant group into a potent paramilitary and political force in the Middle East, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the group said. Nasrallah, who spearheaded Hezbollah’s war against Israel in 2006 and got the group heavily involved in neighboring Syria’s brutal conflict, was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on …

Hezbollah targets base near Haifa after Israeli strike in Beirut killed 37, including top commander
3 months ago

Hezbollah targets base near Haifa after Israeli strike in Beirut killed 37, including top commander

Associated Press  

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced that it fired a barrage of missiles at a military base deep inside Israel early Sunday following an Israeli airstrike more than a day earlier that killed at least 37 people, including one of the militant group’s senior leaders as well as women and children. The Israeli government braced for an …

Watch: Hezbollah holds funeral for four killed in Lebanon pager explosions as walkie-talkies targeted
3 months ago

Watch: Hezbollah holds funeral for four killed in Lebanon pager explosions as walkie-talkies targeted

The Independent  

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At least 12 people killed, thousands injured after Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon
3 months ago

At least 12 people killed, thousands injured after Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon

ABC  

At least 12 people have been killed and about 2,800 others injured after pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah exploded in a wave of blasts across Lebanon. Inside Lebanon’s Hezbollah heartland Photo shows A group of men in red berets stand in a huddle Hezbollah and Israel's war is escalating. "We hold the Israeli enemy fully responsible for this …

Hezbollah thought pagers would be safer than mobiles. Then the devices exploded across Lebanon
3 months ago

Hezbollah thought pagers would be safer than mobiles. Then the devices exploded across Lebanon

ABC  

Six months ago, Hezbollah's secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah called on the group's members and their families in southern Lebanon to forgo their mobile phones. Exploding pagers wound thousands in Lebanon Photo shows Hundreds of people gather outside a hospital between ambulances Lebanon's Health Ministry says a child is among those killed by a wave of exploding pagers which the militant group …

Hundreds of Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon as their pagers explode: Report
3 months, 1 week ago

Hundreds of Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon as their pagers explode: Report

Hindustan Times  

Hundreds of members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, including fighters and medics, were seriously wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, a security source told Reuters. Hundreds of Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon as their pagers explode: Report A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the "biggest …

Inside Hezbollah’s heartland, the secretive region Israel has in its sights
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Inside Hezbollah’s heartland, the secretive region Israel has in its sights

ABC  

In Lebanon’s Hezbollah heartland, portraits of Iranian leaders loom over the tangle of Beirut streets. Tensions have heightened even further in the past 24 hours, after Israel's pre-emptive strikes that have left at least one person in Lebanon dead, and Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets and drones. Where it once felt impossible to pass Israel's Iron Dome defence system, …

Lebanon gives tour of Beirut airport to refute arms claims, amid fears of war with Israel
6 months ago

Lebanon gives tour of Beirut airport to refute arms claims, amid fears of war with Israel

LA Times  

Fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah carry out a training exercise in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern Lebanon in May 2023. According to the un-bylined Telegraph story, one Beirut airport staffer reported seeing “unusually big boxes” arriving on a flight from Iran in November and that a high-ranking Hezbollah member oversaw customs shipments. The caretaker Lebanese Transportation …

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group warns archenemy Israel against wider war
6 months ago

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group warns archenemy Israel against wider war

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could help it target more critical positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war, the militant group’s leader warned on Wednesday. Israel’s military chief, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, visited Israeli air-defense soldiers near the border with Lebanon on Wednesday, saying Israel was aware of Hezbollah’s capabilities demonstrated …

5 Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon
6 months, 3 weeks ago

5 Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon

China Daily  

Smoke billows over a southern Lebanese village near the border with Israel, following an Israeli airstrike on May 25, 2024. BEIRUT - Five Hezbollah members were killed and three civilians wounded on Sunday evening in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese villages, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua. The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that an Israel drone targeted, with three air-to-air missiles, …

Lebanon security source says 4 Hezbollah dead in Israeli strike
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon security source says 4 Hezbollah dead in Israeli strike

The Hindu  

A Lebanese security source said four Hezbollah members were killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the country's south, the latest such raid in months of cross-border hostilities. Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement began attacking Israel in support of ally Hamas a day after the Palestinian militant group's unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel that sparked war in the …

Hezbollah says targeted Israel base in retaliation for fighters’ killing
8 months ago

Hezbollah says targeted Israel base in retaliation for fighters’ killing

The Hindu  

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said it attacked an Israeli army base on Wednesday, with Israeli medics reporting the strike wounded 14 people, including two seriously, in a northern village. But Wednesday’s incident marked the third day in a row that Hezbollah strikes wounded people in Israel, with regional tensions high after Iran launched a direct attack on Israel over the weekend …

Hezbollah field commander, 3 fighters killed in Israeli strikes in S Lebanon
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Hezbollah field commander, 3 fighters killed in Israeli strikes in S Lebanon

China Daily  

BEIRUT -- Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Monday killed a field commander and three other members of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua. One of the air strikes destroyed a house in the southern village of Sultaniyeh and damaged nearby houses, killing the Hezbollah commander Ali Ahmed Hussein Jaafar and two other members while injuring …

Israel kills Hezbollah field commander in Lebanon strike
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel kills Hezbollah field commander in Lebanon strike

Al Jazeera  

Ali Ahmad Hussein of the Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Forces ‘eliminated’ by Israeli jets alongside three other fighters in an overnight strike. The Israeli military says it has killed a Hezbollah commander in an overnight air strike in Lebanon, as the United Nations warns that shelling was spreading and urges a halt to the cycle of violence. Ali Ahmad Hussein of …

Hezbollah says 2 paramedics, fighter dead in Israeli strike on Lebanon
10 months ago

Hezbollah says 2 paramedics, fighter dead in Israeli strike on Lebanon

The Hindu  

Two paramedics affiliated with Hezbollah and one of the group's fighters have been killed in an Israeli strike on a south Lebanon border village, the group and a security source said Friday. The Israeli army said late Thursday it had struck a Hezbollah "military compound" in south Lebanon's Blida, amid near-daily cross-border fire between the arch foes since the Israel-Hamas …

Ten civilians killed in Israeli air strikes on Lebanon
10 months, 1 week ago

Ten civilians killed in Israeli air strikes on Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

Hezbollah pledges retaliation as Israel claims assault was its response to rocket attack that killed one of its soldiers. Israeli air raids in southern Lebanon have killed at least 10 civilians, including children, and three Hezbollah fighters, in the deadliest attack in more than four months of cross-border exchanges. On Thursday, the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah announced retaliation for the …

France urges Lebanese leaders to work on bringing calm along the border with Israel
1 year ago

France urges Lebanese leaders to work on bringing calm along the border with Israel

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — France’s foreign minister urged Lebanese leaders on Monday to work on reducing tensions along the border with Israel, warning that the Israel-Hamas war could still spread to other parts of the region. Catherine Colonna’s visit to Lebanon came a day after she visited Israel, where she called for an “immediate truce” aimed at releasing more hostages, getting larger …

At least three killed in south Lebanon as Israel, Hezbollah resume fighting
1 year ago

At least three killed in south Lebanon as Israel, Hezbollah resume fighting

Al Jazeera  

Israeli shelling kills a woman and her son in Houla as Hezbollah says one of its fighters is also killed. Israeli shelling has killed three people in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s state news agency reports after the end of a truce between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas prompted a resumption of hostilities at the Israel-Lebanon border. Lebanon’s National News …

Hezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the group’s senior fighters
1 year, 1 month ago

Hezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the group’s senior fighters

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The militant Hezbollah group fired more than 50 rockets at military posts in northern Israel on Thursday, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a home in southern Lebanon killed five of the group’s senior fighters. The waves of rockets sent over the border represented one of the most intense bombardments since Hezbollah started attacking Israeli posts in …

Attacks by Lebanon's Hezbollah group would 7 Israeli troops, 10 others along border with Israel
1 year, 1 month ago

Attacks by Lebanon's Hezbollah group would 7 Israeli troops, 10 others along border with Israel

The Independent  

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Attacks by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group wound 7 Israeli troops, 10 others along border with Israel
1 year, 1 month ago

Attacks by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group wound 7 Israeli troops, 10 others along border with Israel

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Attacks by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group Sunday wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 other people, Israel’s military and rescue services said. “The security status will not remain such that the civilians of the north do not feel safe returning to their homes.” The Israeli military said in a statement that “seven IDF soldiers were lightly injured as a result …

Hezbollah says it is introducing new weapons in ongoing battles with Israeli troops
1 year, 1 month ago

Hezbollah says it is introducing new weapons in ongoing battles with Israeli troops

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said Saturday his fighters have introduced new weapons, including a missile with a heavy warhead in the ongoing fighting along the Lebanon-Israel border, adding that they will keep using the tense frontier to pressure Israel. Supporters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group raise their fists in salute as they listen to a …

Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad chiefs discuss route to ‘victory’ on Israel
1 year, 1 month ago

Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad chiefs discuss route to ‘victory’ on Israel

Al Jazeera  

Hezbollah has had near-daily exchanges of fire with Israeli forces along the border since the Gaza war erupted. The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group has met top Palestinian armed group leaders from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, discussing what their alliance must do to achieve an “all-out victory” over Israel, according to a statement by Hezbollah. The statement said …

Hezbollah official says his group already ‘is in the heart’ of Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 2 months ago

Hezbollah official says his group already ‘is in the heart’ of Israel-Hamas war

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A top official with Hezbollah vowed that Israel will pay a high price whenever it starts a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and said Saturday that his militant group based in Lebanon already is “in the heart of the battle.” The comments by Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, came as Israel shelled and made drone strikes …

Hezbollah says it's 'stronger' than before amid border clashes with Israel
1 year, 2 months ago

Hezbollah says it's 'stronger' than before amid border clashes with Israel

India Today  

Lebanon's Hezbollah warned its adversaries on Wednesday it was "thousands of times stronger" than before, as its fighters exchanged fire at the border with Israeli forces in violence fuelled by the war between Hamas and Israel. Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, in a speech to thousands of supporters, said US President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "malicious Europeans" …

5 Hezbollah fighters are killed as tensions flare along the border between Lebanon and Israel
1 year, 2 months ago

5 Hezbollah fighters are killed as tensions flare along the border between Lebanon and Israel

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Clashes erupted Tuesday along the Lebanon-Israel border that left five Hezbollah fighters dead, marking the largest number of casualties for the militant group in a single day as tensions with Israel escalate. “If Hezbollah makes a mistake, it will be annihilated.” The escalation comes amid fears that the war could spread into Lebanon, where Hezbollah has expressed strong …

Hezbollah brag of 100,000-strong force aimed at foes at home
3 years, 2 months ago

Hezbollah brag of 100,000-strong force aimed at foes at home

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A boast by the leader of Hezbollah that he commands 100,000 fighters came as a surprise to many Lebanese, not least because it was addressed to a domestic audience rather than the militia’s archenemy Israel. “This is more about flexing Hezbollah’s muscles to demonstrate its power against other opposing political parties that want to undermine it,” said Dina …

Hezbollah accuses Lebanese Forces of killing its supporters
3 years, 2 months ago

Hezbollah accuses Lebanese Forces of killing its supporters

Al Jazeera  

Nasrallah accuses Christian Lebanese Forces of shooting its members after several people died in clashes last week. Beirut, Lebanon – Hezbollah’s leader has accused the Lebanese Forces party of shooting at their supporters and killing seven people last Thursday near a protest against the judge investigating the Beirut Port explosion. “The real programme of the Lebanese Forces party is civil …

Analysis: Beirut street battles may spell even darker times
3 years, 2 months ago

Analysis: Beirut street battles may spell even darker times

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The most powerful men in Lebanese politics have been in charge for decades, some since the early 1970s. Armed, they marched into predominantly Christian neighborhoods of the Lebanese capital, some shouting “Shiite, Shiite!” Hezbollah and Amal, two Shiite parties that fought pitched battles against each other in the ’80s but are now close allies, accused the Lebanese Forces …

Beirut rocked by deadly gun battles: Live updates
3 years, 2 months ago

Beirut rocked by deadly gun battles: Live updates

CNN  

Bullets hit a building amidst clashes in Beirut on Thursday. Dozens of supporters of Iran-backed Hezbollah and their Shia allies Amal were marching towards the country’s Justice Palace when unknown gunmen and snipers fired from rooftops causing demonstrators to take cover and disperse. The Iran-backed militant and political group Hezbollah had called Thursday’s protest to demand the removal of Tarek …

Lebanese army arrests nine people after Beirut violence
3 years, 2 months ago

Lebanese army arrests nine people after Beirut violence

Al Jazeera  

President Michel Aoun vows to bring perpetrators to justice, as six killed by gunfire and more than 30 others wounded. “Six people died today, tens of people injured, a lot of destruction – all because two corrupt ministers do not want to attend a hearing with a judge who has accused them of negligence … they are both now running …

At least 6 killed, dozens wounded in gunfire near Beirut protest
3 years, 2 months ago

At least 6 killed, dozens wounded in gunfire near Beirut protest

Al Jazeera  

Gunfire erupts near Hezbollah-led protest calling for the removal of the judge from Beirut blast investigation. Beirut, Lebanon – At least six people have been killed and dozens of others wounded when gunfire erupted as Hezbollah supporters gathered to protest against the judge investigating the Beirut port explosion. Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters and allies wearing black gathered at the Beirut …

Hezbollah moves into the crosshairs as Lebanon sinks into poverty and despair
3 years, 3 months ago

Hezbollah moves into the crosshairs as Lebanon sinks into poverty and despair

LA Times  

Driving back to base after firing rockets toward Israeli positions from a border area last month, a group of Hezbollah fighters was accosted by angry villagers who smashed their vehicles’ windshields and held them up briefly. “Hezbollah is facing its most consequential challenge in maintaining control over the Lebanese system and what is called the ‘protective environment of the resistance’ …

5 killed, over 10 injured in clashes in Beirut: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

5 killed, over 10 injured in clashes in Beirut: Report

India TV News  

Five people were killed and over 10 others were wounded on Sunday in an armed clash between supporters of Hezbollah and a rival faction in Khaldeh at the southern entrance of Beirut, al-Jadeed local TV channel reported. The armed clashes erupted after the funeral of Ali Chebli, a Hezbollah supporter who was killed during a wedding in the area on …

Lebanon’s powerhouse Hezbollah hit by backlash after blast
4 years, 3 months ago

Lebanon’s powerhouse Hezbollah hit by backlash after blast

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Sara Jaafar joined a group of political activists gathered on Aug. 4 to discuss strategies to challenge Lebanon’s entrenched rulers when their building was shaken and the windows blasted out by the giant explosion that rocked Beirut. After that, Hezbollah began seeping into the system — from having a handful of Parliament members to becoming Lebanon’s most powerful …

Israel says it thwarts Hezbollah infiltration attempt
4 years, 4 months ago

Israel says it thwarts Hezbollah infiltration attempt

The Hindu  

The Israeli military on Monday said it thwarted an infiltration attempt by Hezbollah militants - setting off one of the heaviest exchanges of fire along the volatile Israel-Lebanon frontier since a 2006 war between the bitter enemies. "Hezbollah and the state of Lebanon bear full responsibility for this incident and any attack that comes from Lebanese territory against the state …

Israel says it thwarts Hezbollah infiltration attempt
4 years, 4 months ago

Israel says it thwarts Hezbollah infiltration attempt

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Monday said it thwarted an infiltration attempt by Hezbollah militants — setting off one of the heaviest exchanges of fire along the volatile Israel-Lebanon frontier since a 2006 war between the bitter enemies. “Hezbollah and the state of Lebanon bear full responsibility for this incident and any attack that comes from Lebanese territory against …

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