Beirut bombings: Israel’s long history of assassination attempts in Lebanon
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Beirut bombings: Israel’s long history of assassination attempts in Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

A drone strike on the southern Beirut neighbourhood of Dahiyeh this week killed several Hamas leaders including Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy leader of the group’s political wing and founder of the military wing, Qassam Brigades. 1972 – Aftermath of Lod Airport killings One of Israel’s first targets in Lebanon was Ghassan Kanafani, a prominent Palestinian author and poet who was assassinated on July 8, 1972 in Beirut along with his 17-year-old niece. 1988 – Attempt to kill Ahmad Jibril On December 9, 1988, Israel raided Palestinian bases in southern Lebanon, targeting Ahmad Jibril, then secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati called the killing an “Israeli crime”.

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Israeli strikes kill five in southern Lebanon amid shaky ceasefire
2 weeks ago

Israeli strikes kill five in southern Lebanon amid shaky ceasefire

Al Jazeera  

Attacks on several towns come as officials from countries including the US and France meet with a Lebanon official in Beirut. At least five people have been killed in Israeli attacks on several towns in southern Lebanon, the country’s Health Ministry has said, amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanese armed forces deploy The Lebanese army said it …

Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire's limits
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire's limits

New Indian Express  

JERUSALEM: Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. New fire exchange threatens Lebanon ceasefire Lebanon's Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike …

One killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon as Netanyahu says war is not over
3 weeks, 1 day ago

One killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon as Netanyahu says war is not over

Al Jazeera  

Israeli officials threaten to expand attacks on Lebanon if the ceasefire with Hezbollah collapses. An Israeli drone strike has killed one person in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese health authorities, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to enforce the ceasefire with Hezbollah “with an iron fist”. Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health and state media said Israeli forces carried out several …

Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire’s limits
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire’s limits

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump demanded the immediate release of …

Israel kills 11 people in Lebanon; Hezbollah attacks Israeli site
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Israel kills 11 people in Lebanon; Hezbollah attacks Israeli site

Al Jazeera  

Lebanese group says it launched a ‘warning’ attack in response to ‘repeated’ Israeli violations of fragile ceasefire. Israel has killed eleven people, including a State Security officer, in separate attacks in Lebanon as it continues its assaults on the country since the ceasefire with Hezbollah came into effect last week. The truce agreement was pushed to the brink on Monday …

Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

China Daily  

Naji Zein, a 72-year-old Lebanese who fled his home during the conflict, reads a verse from the Quran as he visits his home in Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on Saturday. AFP JERUSALEM — The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday against Hezbollah activities that it said "posed a threat", days into a fragile cease-fire between …

Middle East: 3 die in overcrowding outside Gaza bakery amid food shortage. Israel strikes in Lebanon
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Middle East: 3 die in overcrowding outside Gaza bakery amid food shortage. Israel strikes in Lebanon

LA Times  

Displaced residents walk on the rubble of their destroyed house in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon. In discussing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and now-former-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the court said it found grounds to believe the men “bear criminal responsibility for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare.” The war between Israel and Hamas began on …

Israeli airstrikes leave massive trail of destruction across Lebanon
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Israeli airstrikes leave massive trail of destruction across Lebanon

Associated Press  

For more than 60 days, Lebanese have watched stunned as Israeli strikes smashed into buildings, raising giant explosions and palls of smoke in the heart of the capital and other cities. In the southern city of Tyre, a towering bank of black and white smoke rose from the heart of downtown like a storm front and drifted over the Mediterranean …

Israel launches airstrike on Lebanon day after ceasefire, says Hezbollah violated truce
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Israel launches airstrike on Lebanon day after ceasefire, says Hezbollah violated truce

New Indian Express  

Israeli officials have said forces will be withdrawn gradually as it ensures that the agreement is being enforced. A Lebanese military official said Lebanese troops would gradually deploy in the south as Israeli troops withdraw. The ceasefire agreement announced late Tuesday ended 14 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began a day after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack …

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire: Lookback at the pager explosions that led to all-out war
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire: Lookback at the pager explosions that led to all-out war

Hindustan Times  

Israel and Lebanon's Shia Islamist militant outfit Hezbollah have reached a ceasefire after months of deadly conflict which stemmed from ever-present tensions over the Gaza war but went through the roof after the wave of explosions on September 17 and 18 this year in handheld pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to the Lebanese group's members, killing 37 people and injuring thousands. …

Celebrations and taking stock as cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel takes hold
4 weeks ago

Celebrations and taking stock as cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel takes hold

LA Times  

War is often less seen than heard, and as a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel came into effect on Wednesday morning, Ibrahim Najdi marveled at the absence of one particular sound: the buzz of Israeli drones that had been a near-constant presence in Beirut over the last few months. The Lebanese army said in a statement on Wednesday that it …

Israel bombards Beirut suburbs as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah
4 weeks ago

Israel bombards Beirut suburbs as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah

The Independent  

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Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to ceasefire deal in Lebanon
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to ceasefire deal in Lebanon

The Independent  

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Israel launches intense airstrike in Lebanon amid ceasefire negotiations with Hezbollah
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel launches intense airstrike in Lebanon amid ceasefire negotiations with Hezbollah

India TV News  

As ceasefire talks between Israel and Hezbollah seemed to be coming to a head, Israeli airstrikes struck many locations in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 12 people. According to reports, the planned agreement calls for a two-month truce during which Hezbollah would remove its fighters from regions near the Israeli border and Israeli soldiers would leave southern Lebanon. Hard-line …

Over 29 Dead As Israeli Airstrikes Flatten Building In Lebanon, Targeting Senior Hezbollah Leader
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1 month ago

Over 29 Dead As Israeli Airstrikes Flatten Building In Lebanon, Targeting Senior Hezbollah Leader

ABP News  

A series of Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon claimed dozens of lives, including 29 fatalities in a devastating attack that flattened a multi-story residential building in the densely populated Basta area of central Beirut. As per the report, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Israel said it had struck Hezbollah targets Saturday morning after issuing evacuation orders covering several buildings “to …

Lebanon news: 29 killed in Israel’s airstrikes on Beirut, dozens more dead in others areas
Top News
1 month ago

Lebanon news: 29 killed in Israel’s airstrikes on Beirut, dozens more dead in others areas

Live Mint  

Lebanon news: Israel has killed 29 in Beirut and at least dozens more in a series of airstrikes across Lebanon, in what the military claims are attacks on Hezbollah centres situated in civilian areas, ANI reported. Besides the capital city, Israel also struck Shmistar in the Baalbek-Hermel region in eastern Lebanon, killing at least 13 people, including four children, and …

Israel hits Beirut with new strikes as weekend death toll reaches 29
Top News
1 month ago

Israel hits Beirut with new strikes as weekend death toll reaches 29

China Daily  

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, seen from Baabda, as Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport is pictured in the background, Lebanon Nov 24, 2024. BEIRUT - Israel launched multiple waves of airstrikes on Beirut and its southern suburbs on Sunday night, following earlier strikes that killed at least 29 people and wounded 66 others in the Lebanese …

Israel hits Beirut with new strikes as weekend death toll reaches 29
1 month ago

Israel hits Beirut with new strikes as weekend death toll reaches 29

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-25 09:00 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, seen from Baabda, as Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport is pictured in the background, Lebanon Nov 24, 2024. BEIRUT - Israel launched multiple waves of airstrikes on Beirut and its southern suburbs on Sunday night, following earlier strikes that killed at least 29 people and wounded …

Intense Israeli attacks cause carnage in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut
1 month ago

Intense Israeli attacks cause carnage in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut

Al Jazeera  

Israel has conducted multiple attacks against Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut, and battles have raged in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah claimed 50 attacks on Israeli targets in one day. The Israeli military said Hezbollah fired 250 projectiles into Israel on Sunday, part of a wave of attacks the armed group said have targeted areas that include the Ashdod naval base …

Israel hits Beirut with new strikes as weekend death toll reaches 29
1 month ago

Israel hits Beirut with new strikes as weekend death toll reaches 29

China Daily  

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, seen from Baabda, as Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport is pictured in the background, Lebanon Nov 24, 2024. BEIRUT - Israel launched multiple waves of airstrikes on Beirut and its southern suburbs on Sunday night, following earlier strikes that killed at least 29 people and wounded 66 others in the Lebanese …

Hezbollah fires 250 rockets & projectiles from Lebanon into northern, central Israel
1 month ago

Hezbollah fires 250 rockets & projectiles from Lebanon into northern, central Israel

Firstpost  

Hezbollah fires rockets after strikes on Beirut Hezbollah began firing rockets, missiles and drones into Israel after Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack out of the Gaza Strip ignited the war there. Image- AP Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group’s heaviest barrages in months, in response …

Israel kills at least 30 more people in attacks on Gaza and Lebanon
1 month ago

Israel kills at least 30 more people in attacks on Gaza and Lebanon

The Independent  

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Israeli Strikes in Beirut Kill 20 Amid Cease-Fire Talks
Top News
1 month ago

Israeli Strikes in Beirut Kill 20 Amid Cease-Fire Talks

Deccan Chronicle  

Beirut: Israeli airstrikes on Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon's Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded in the strikes, which were the fourth in central Beirut in less than a week. Despite a …

Israeli airstrikes kill 20 in Beirut as ceasefire talks falter, over 3,500 killed so far in Lebanon
1 month ago

Israeli airstrikes kill 20 in Beirut as ceasefire talks falter, over 3,500 killed so far in Lebanon

Live Mint  

At least 20 people have been killed on November 23, in continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon and its capital city Beirut, according to an AP report. Citing officials, the report said that Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut “continued without warning”, while there is yet to be any agreement around a ceasefire deal. Walid Al-Hashash, a first responder with the Lebanese …

20 dead, many injured in Israeli strikes in central Beirut amid ceasefire talks
1 month ago

20 dead, many injured in Israeli strikes in central Beirut amid ceasefire talks

India Today  

Israeli airstrikes on Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a ceasefire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded in the strikes, which were the fourth in central Beirut in less than a week. Despite a warning …

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel
1 month ago

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel

NPR  

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel toggle caption Oded Balilty/AP/AP BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese military said. Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even as Lebanon's military …

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier, wounds 18 as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel
1 month ago

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier, wounds 18 as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel

New Indian Express  

BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese military said. Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even as Lebanon's military has largely kept to the sidelines. The Israeli military expressed regret over the strike, saying it …

Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 people
1 month ago

Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 people

The Independent  

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Israel vows decisive action against Hezbollah; airstrikes in Lebanon kill 30
1 month ago

Israel vows decisive action against Hezbollah; airstrikes in Lebanon kill 30

Firstpost  

Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli air strikes on the east and south of the country killed at least 30 people on Saturday. Image- AP Israel has pledged to “continue to act decisively” against Hezbollah following airstrikes in eastern and southern Lebanon that reportedly killed at least 30 people. Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz told his US counterpart on Saturday that …

Israeli Airstrikes Kill At Least 15 In Central Beirut As Diplomats Push For Cease-Fire
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1 month ago

Israeli Airstrikes Kill At Least 15 In Central Beirut As Diplomats Push For Cease-Fire

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 15 people, officials said, as the once-rare strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without Israeli warning, and as diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Residents observe the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. via Associated …

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for a cease-fire
1 month ago

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for a cease-fire

Associated Press  

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded in the strikes, which were the fourth in central Beirut in less than a week. Despite …

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 …

Israeli missiles target Lebanon capital Beirut as Tel Aviv escalates strike on Hezbollah strongholds
1 month ago

Israeli missiles target Lebanon capital Beirut as Tel Aviv escalates strike on Hezbollah strongholds

Live Mint  

Israel-Hezbollah Conflict: At least four missiles were fired in an airstrike targeting Beirut's Basta neighbourhood early on Saturday, as Israel intensified its military campaign against Hezbollah, several media reports confirm. Recently, the conflict has intensified with Israel's airstrikes on southern Lebanon, Beirut's southern suburbs, and the Bekaa Valley, where many of Hezbollah's top leaders have been killed. It marked the …

Israeli strikes without warning in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for cease-fire
1 month ago

Israeli strikes without warning in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for cease-fire

LA Times  

An excavator removes a destroyed car as rescue workers gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut on Saturday. Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without Israeli warning, and as diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon’s Health …

Dozens killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, including 29 in central Beirut
1 month ago

Dozens killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, including 29 in central Beirut

CNN  

CNN — Dozens of people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon this weekend, including 29 who died after an attack flattened a multi-story residential building in central Beirut, according to Lebanese officials. Adnan Abidi/Reuters Saturday’s attack in Basta marks the latest in a string of Israeli strikes on central Beirut in recent weeks, following the killing of a …

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for cease-fire
1 month ago

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for cease-fire

NPR  

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for cease-fire toggle caption Hassan Ammar/AP BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon's Health Ministry said 66 people …

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a hospital director in Lebanon and wound 9 medics in Gaza
1 month ago

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a hospital director in Lebanon and wound 9 medics in Gaza

Associated Press  

Israeli airstrikes killed a hospital director at his home in northeastern Lebanon and six others, while at least five paramedics were killed by Israeli strikes in the country’s south on Friday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Allam was one of the best citizens of Baalbek.” In two separate episodes on Friday, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed five paramedics with Hezbollah’s …

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, …

Israel pounds eastern and southern Lebanon as truce talks continue
Trending News
1 month ago

Israel pounds eastern and southern Lebanon as truce talks continue

Al Jazeera  

US mediator Amos Hochstein said a ceasefire was ‘within our grasp’ during a visit to Lebanon. Israeli air raids have killed dozens of people in the Baalbek region in eastern Lebanon, a local official said, as a United States mediator sought to advance ceasefire talks in Israel. Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said the Israeli attacks in …

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire as truce hopes rekindled
Trending News
1 month ago

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire as truce hopes rekindled

China Daily  

BEIRUT/GENEVA — An Israeli airstrike killed five people in central Beirut on Monday, Lebanon's Health Ministry said, the second day in a row Israel has hit a target within the capital as it presses its campaign against the armed group Hezbollah. Hezbollah said in a statement it launched a salvo of drone attacks at "sensitive military sites" in Tel Aviv. …

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire as truce hopes rekindled
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1 month ago

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire as truce hopes rekindled

China Daily  

Civil defense teams and civilians take part in a search and rescue operation after an Israeli attack on a building in the al-Jala neighborhood of Gaza City on Monday. DAWOUD ABO ALKAS VIA GETTY IMAGES BEIRUT/GENEVA — An Israeli airstrike killed five people in central Beirut on Monday, Lebanon's Health Ministry said, the second day in a row Israel has …

Israeli attack kills 3 more Lebanese soldiers as death toll passes 40
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1 month ago

Israeli attack kills 3 more Lebanese soldiers as death toll passes 40

Al Jazeera  

The number of Lebanese troops killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023 is reported to have reached 41 after latest attack kills three soldiers in southern Lebanon. Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an army base in southern Lebanon’s town of Sarafand, while at least 17 civilians living nearby the facility were injured, the …

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire as truce hopes rekindled
1 month ago

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire as truce hopes rekindled

China Daily  

Civil defense teams and civilians take part in a search and rescue operation after an Israeli attack on a building in the al-Jala neighborhood of Gaza City on Monday. DAWOUD ABO ALKAS VIA GETTY IMAGES BEIRUT/GENEVA — An Israeli airstrike killed five people in central Beirut on Monday, Lebanon's Health Ministry said, the second day in a row Israel has …

Strikes hit Beirut and Israel as US seeks ceasefire deal
1 month ago

Strikes hit Beirut and Israel as US seeks ceasefire deal

Live Mint  

An airstrike killed five people in central Beirut, and rockets fired from Lebanon killed one person in northern Israel and caused several injuries in a Tel Aviv suburb, amid a continuing U.S. push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hezbollah militants. Two separate strikes on Sunday also hit central districts in Beirut, killing Hezbollah’s main spokesman and several other …

Israeli strike in Beirut kills five as Lebanon and Hezbollah accept US ceasefire proposal
1 month ago

Israeli strike in Beirut kills five as Lebanon and Hezbollah accept US ceasefire proposal

ABC  

An Israeli air strike has killed five people in central Beirut, according to Lebanon's health ministry, the second day in a row Israel has hit a target within the capital. Israel has dealt big blows to Hezbollah since late September, killing its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, pounding wide areas of Lebanon with air strikes, and sending troops into southern Lebanon. …

Schools closed in Beirut after deadly Israeli strike
1 month ago

Schools closed in Beirut after deadly Israeli strike

Raw Story  

Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital killed six people including Hezbollah's spokesman, the latest in a string of top militant targets slain in the war. Six people were killed in the strikes, according to Lebanese health ministry figures, including Hezbollah media relations chief Mohammed Afif, the group and Israel's military said. On …

Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital
1 month ago

Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital

Associated Press  

Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Lebanon’s capital late Monday evening, slamming into an area near the Parliament, several embassies and the U.N. headquarters, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. He said Israel will continue allowing trucks into Gaza but the U.N. and international organizations must step up aid distribution, and “the focus must also shift …

Israeli strikes in Lebanon stir fears of sectarian strife
1 month ago

Israeli strikes in Lebanon stir fears of sectarian strife

Live Mint  

DEIR BILLA, Lebanon—Christians in this small northern Lebanese village keep a lookout at night for unwanted visitors, asking drivers headed up the hill toward the Shia part of the neighborhood what their purpose is. Lebanon’s religious fault lines—the patchwork of Christian, Shia and Sunni Muslim, and other faith groups making up this country of some 5.5 million people—are straining as …

Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies

LA Times  

Firefighters and rescuers gather outside a computer shop hit by an Israeli airstrike Sunday in central Beirut. An Israeli airstrike slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital near key government and diplomatic buildings late Monday, killing at least five people as the U.S. pressed ahead with cease-fire efforts. Minutes after Monday’s strike, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib …

Hezbollah confirms killing of media chief Mohammad Afif
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1 month, 1 week ago

Hezbollah confirms killing of media chief Mohammad Afif

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-18 20:23 BEIRUT -- Hezbollah has mourned the party's media chief, Mohammad Afif, who was killed on Sunday in an Israeli raid targeting the office of Syria's Ba'ath Party in the Lebanese capital Beirut. "We mourn a great media leader and a great martyr on the path to Jerusalem, Hajj Muhammad Afif al-Nabulsi, who departed in a …

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