Ain Yaaqoub, Lebanon – Shredded clothing, dusty broken table legs, torn copies of the Quran, a red “I love you” teddy bear and a book on Aristotle amid piles of socks – these, among many other things, lie strewn amid the rubble in the northern Lebanese village of Ain Yaaqoub in Akkar following a deadly Israeli air raid. Monday night’s …
The Ottoman-era arches of this city’s Old Market had stood witness to the many conflicts that have plagued Lebanon’s south. “Over the past days, we have witnessed increasingly severe impact on civilian infrastructure and civilians across Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes,” Imran Riza, the U.N.’s humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, said in a statement following the strikes on Nabatieh. He added …
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An American father-of-four has been killed in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, US officials have confirmed. Kamel stayed in Lebanon to look after his mother and other vulnerable people when he was hit Devastation in Nabatieh, Lebanon, where Kamel was working before he died Lebanese Red Cross teams conducted search and rescue operations in Nabatieh, Sep 27 The 36th Division, including …
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 …
Two women and five children were among at least 13 people killed as Israeli airstrikes pounded the city of Rafah on Gaza’s southern border, according to the hospital that received the remains. Here’s the latest: BIDEN CALLS ISRAEL’S RESPONSE ‘OVER THE TOP’ WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday called Israel’s military response in Gaza “over the top” and said …