The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has said that approximately 250,000 people have crossed from Lebanon into Syria following Israel’s intensified attacks. Filippo Grandi wrote on X that hundreds of thousands of people were left destitute or displaced by Israeli air strikes. He added that local authorities, the Syrian Red Crescent, the...
Amid Israel’s ongoing ground offensive, the United States has expressed concern for the safety of UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller emphasizes the vital role of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in maintaining security. UN forces are responsible for upholding UN Security Council res...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah says it repelled two attempted incursions by Israeli forces into southern Lebanon, resulting in injuries among Israeli soldiers. In a statement, Hezbollah reported that its fighters targeted advancing Israeli troops with artillery and rocket fire in the Labbouneh area, ultimately forc...
BEIRUT (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Tuesday evening that Israel had killed Hashem Safieddine, the potential successor to assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, without directly naming him. Netanyahu made the announcement in a recorded speech, addressing the Lebanese people and delivering unpreceden...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US State Department reacted Tuesday to the support of Hezbollah for efforts by Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to reach a cease-fire with Israel. “Where have they been for a year? For a year, the world has been calling on Hezbollah to stop the attacks across the border into Israel,” spokes...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday discussed the latest developments in the Middle East with his Egyptian Foreign Minister Bedr Abdulati. In a phone call, Blinken thanked Abdulati for Egypt’s continued efforts to reach a cease-fire agreement in Gaza that would secure the release of Israelis held in Gaza and for ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army deployed a fourth division on Tuesday for its ongoing ground invasion of southern Lebanon. A military statement said the army’s 146th Reserve Division began ground operations in the western sector of southern Lebanon. Three other divisions — the 98th, 36th, and 91st — are already operating in...
Thousands gathered at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, on Sunday to attend the funeral of Hajj Kamel Ahmad Jawad. Jawad was a Dearborn resident killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on October 1. He was visiting the country to meet his elderly mother. At the commemoration service, Jawad’s children spoke about [&hellip...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Monday it deployed a new division for its ongoing ground operation in southern Lebanon. A military statement said the army’s 91st Galilee Division, which includes the 3rd and 8th Reserve Brigades and the Northern Nahal Brigade 228, was dispatched into southern Lebanon. “Since the beginning of the wa...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has admitted that it targeted a mosque in southern Lebanon, alleging that Hezbollah members were using it as an “operations base.” The Israeli army claimed in a statement that its air force carried out a “precise strike late on Hezbollah fighters operating from a command center located within the mosqu...
