Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Wednesday warned against an “escalation” in Lebanon after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of an operation. “We don’t want to see that escalation of the conflict which would just lead to further loss of life from both Israelis and the Lebanese pe...
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has issued a call to destroy the Lebanese group Hezbollah. He said this as he visited the Kiryat Shmona illegal Israeli settlement following a Hezbollah rocket attack that sparked fires in several areas in northern Israel. Israeli firefighting teams on Tuesday continued to battle fir...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Lebanese official media said Israeli strikes on a car and a motorcycle in the country’s south killed two people Monday. Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has traded near-daily cross-border fire with Israel since October last year. “An enemy drone strike targeted a motorcycle in Naqura,” a coastal town near ...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah said it launched a series of attacks on Israeli military positions after state media reported Israel had stepped up its own strikes the night before. Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on October 7, the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border has remained tense. On Sat...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israeli strikes on south Lebanon on Sunday killed five people, official media and a source close to Hezbollah said. Lebanon’s Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has traded regular cross-border fire with Israel since the Palestinian group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel. Lebanon’s official National News...
BEIRUT (AA) – Two more Hezbollah fighters were killed by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese pro-Palestine resistance group said. The group identified the slain fighters as Mohamed Ali Butoam and Ali Hassan Soltan, without providing any details about the circumstances of their death. The announcement came shortly after Lebanese me...
ISTANBUL (AA) -Leaders from the Arab and Muslim world have extended their condolences to Tehran following the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian and other top officials in a helicopter crash. “Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani expressed his deepest condolences to the Iranian government and ...
Beirut, Lebanon – – AFP Israeli air strikes hit an area of southern Lebanon far from the border, with Hezbollah announcing one dead fighter and official media saying two Syrian children were killed. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said “Israeli strikes targeted Najjariyeh and Addousiyeh”, two adjace...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Lebanon’s pro-Palestine resistance group Hezbollah says it launched on Thursday “more than 60” rockets at Israeli military positions in retaliation for overnight air strikes on the country’s east. Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire following the October 7 launch of...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Hezbollah claimed responsibility Monday for a strike that Israel said wounded four soldiers in the country’s north, the latest cross-border fire in more than seven months of clashes. Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire following the Palestinian group’s October 7 attack on south...