Beirut, Lebanon — AFP The United Nations children’s agency has warned that Israel’s attacks in Lebanon are taking a heavy mental and physical toll on children. “We are deeply alarmed by the situation of children and families who have been forced from their homes,” Edouard Beigbeder, the Lebanon representative for ...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP France’s top diplomat on Sunday urged de-escalation between Israel and the Hezbollah movement during his second visit to Lebanon since cross-border tensions flared alongside the Gaza war. Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group have exchanged near-daily fire since Israel’s war on Gaza bega...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories– AFP Hamas has said that it is studying Israel’s latest counterproposal for a Gaza cease-fire, a day after media reports said a delegation from mediator Egypt was in Israel trying to jump-start stalled negotiations. The armed wing of Hamas also released video footage of two men held hosta...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israel’s army said Monday four of its troops were wounded inside Lebanese territory after Hezbollah said it had targeted a group of Israeli soldiers with “explosive devices” when they crossed the border. It is the first time Hezbollah has claimed such an attack during six months of near-daily cross...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said Monday several Israeli soldiers were killed and injured in a bomb explosion in southern Lebanon. The group said that its fighters had detonated several explosive devices at an Israeli force in Tal Ismail area near Lebanon’s border with Israel, leaving several soldiers killed and injured. There was no...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP A source within Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said Israel struck Sunday one of its buildings in Lebanon’s east, close to the Syrian border, as tensions soared after Iran directly attacked Israel. “The Israeli strike targeted an area… near Baalbek and targeted a two-storey building belonging to He...
Baalbek, Lebanon – AFP Israeli air strikes near Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek killed one person on Monday, a security source said, in the second raid in the region since cross-border hostilities in October last year. Since October 8, the day Israel launched its ongoing war on Gaza, Hamas ally Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said Monday that it had attacked with drones an Israeli military barracks in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights. The group said that four drones struck the Kilaa barracks, 15 kilometers from the Lebanese border. Hezbollah said its fighters also targeted the Jall Al-Alam site near the Lebanese border with “app...
NEW DELHI (AA) – An Indian national was killed by an anti-tank missile launched from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi has said. Southern Lebanon has been targeted by Israel several times over the past few weeks, leading to dozens of casualties. In a statement issued Tuesday morning, the Israeli [&he...
BEIRUT (AA) – An Israeli airstrike killed three paramedics associated with Hezbollah’s Islamic Health Society in southern Lebanon on Monday. In a statement, the society said the fatalities occurred when Israeli fighter jets struck an ambulance center in the town of Odaisseh. The Lebanese Health Ministry said two other paramedics were injured i...
