JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Thursday that it had begun “limited and targeted” ground operations in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah said it attacked Israeli soldiers in the border area. A military statement said the army’s 98th Division and 7th Brigade “have been preparing for limited, localized and targeted ope...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has said that Tel Aviv will only accept a cease-fire in Lebanon when pro-Palestinian resistance group Hezbollah has been pushed away from the border to the north of the Litani River and disarmed, according to the Israeli media. “The only acceptable way for Israel to agree to […...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem has said that the group will elect a new leader “as soon as possible.” “We will choose a secretary-general as soon as possible according to the party’s structure,” Qassem said in a televised speech. “The choices will be easy,” he added. Hezbollah Secretary-General H...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged Israel on Saturday to abandon “essentially terrorist methods of settling political scores” as he commented on the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Lavrov said at a news conference in New York that he had the impression that Israel is trying to provoke Ira...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US Department of State updated on Saturday its travel advisory for Lebanon, asking the families of diplomats to leave the country. The advisory said it ordered the departure of non-mission-employed eligible family members (EFMs) and authorized departure for mission-employed EFMs and non-essential US direct hire employ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said the Israeli killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut was “a measure of justice” and reiterated the US support for Israel against Hezbollah. In a statement, Biden said Nasrallah and Hezbollah were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade reign of ...
LONDON (AA) – The UK Foreign Ministry has issued an urgent call for all British nationals in Lebanon to leave the country as soon as possible, citing growing concerns over the region’s deteriorating security situation. In a statement, the ministry emphasized the immediate need for British citizens to secure seats on the next availa...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US did not have “advanced warning” of the recent Israeli strike in Beirut which is claimed to have killed Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah, the Pentagon said. “The United States was not involved in this operation, and we had no advanced warning,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh t...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah announced on Saturday that its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had been “martyred” following what it described as a “treacherous Zionist raid” on the southern suburb of Beirut. In a statement, Hezbollah declared: “Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hezbollah, has joined his gr...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An Israeli army spokesperson on Saturday claimed that Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, was killed in a major airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburb. Nasrallah was reportedly killed in “intense and unprecedented” airstrikes Friday evening by Israeli F-35 jets on a ta...
