The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. This comes after Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced “a new phase” of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza and pro-Palestinian militants in Lebanon. According to the IDF, warplanes struck a rocket …
Read More »Lebanon is at war – PM
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said his nation is at war after electronic devices exploded across the country for two days in a row, killing more than 30 people and injuring thousands of others. On Tuesday, pagers used by members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah detonated simultaneously, killing …
Read More »Israel bombs targets in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it carried out airstrikes against multiple targets in southern Lebanon. This came after Israeli officials vowed to retaliate after 12 people were killed when a rocket hit a football field in the occupied Golan Heights. The attacks were reported by multiple news …
Read More »Last chance to prevent war with Lebanon – Israel
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has warned that now is the last chance to avoid a full-scale clash between West Jerusalem and Hezbollah, insisting that the Lebanon-based militia must withdraw from the southern part of the country. The statement came after Israel accused Hezbollah of a rocket attack on a soccer …
Read More »On the brink of disaster: Israel threatens Lebanon with war – what could go wrong?
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz met his French counterpart on Monday, warning him that “time [is] running out to find a diplomatic solution in Lebanon,” and indicating that his country was prepared to go to war if diplomacy fails. The reason is that, since October 7, Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based group …
Read More »Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon
Air raid alarms sounded across northern Israel on Thursday afternoon amid reports of a rocket barrage fired from Lebanon. At least one projectile has been intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome system, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed. The Israeli Magen David Adom rescue service said at least one person was …
Read More »Lebanon warns Israel
A battle over Mediterranean waters rich in natural gas deposits bubbled up on Sunday when Lebanese President Michel Aoun warned Israel that trying to tap the offshore riches without first resolving a territorial dispute would be seen as a “provocation.” “Any action or activity in the disputed area represents a …
Read More »Massive fire, explosions rock Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
The fire erupted at the Burj el-Shemali camp located just outside the southern Lebanese city of Tyre late on Friday. The camp is the second-largest settlement of 12 Palestinian refugee camps scattered across the country. Unverified footage from the scene circulating online shows a building engulfed in flames, with a …
Read More »Kuwait orders Lebanon’s top diplomat to leave country in regional row over comments on Yemen
The diplomatic crisis in the Gulf region further worsened on Saturday, when Kuwait evicted Lebanon’s senior diplomat and also recalled its ambassador from Beirut. On Friday, Saudi Arabia gave a Lebanese ambassador two days to leave and imposed a blanket ban on all imported goods from the country. Hours later, …
Read More »The US is waging a war on poor, unfortunate Lebanon, which has been an unruly playground of Western misdeeds for decades
Lebanon is a country in crisis. Its economy is on the brink, teetering under power shortages and experiencing sporadic political violence and unrest, with six people having been shot dead on Thursday. Some are contemplating that it may now be classed as a ‘failed state’. The mainstream media craft a …
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