BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has filed a new complaint with the UN Security Council against Israeli aggression over a deadly airstrike that killed four firefighters. An Israeli drone strike targeted a civil defense fire truck in the town of Froun in southern Lebanon on September 7, leaving four firefighters dead. The complaint was submitted by [&hell...
The chaos and confusion following the explosions have rattled the group to its core, with hundreds of its members injured and its communication network compromised Muslim Network TV BEIRUT, Lebanon (MNTV) – A series of devastating explosions involving Hezbollah’s communication devices has left at least nine people dead and over 2,800 inj...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Hezbollah’s second-in-command warned on Saturday that an all-out war by Israel aimed at returning 100,000 displaced people to their homes in areas near the Lebanon border would displace “hundreds of thousands” more. Naim Qassem, number two in the Lebanese group, was speaking after Defence Minister ...
JERUSALEM / BEIRUT (AA) – Israel has claimed that 30 rockets were fired from Lebanon, landing in open areas in the Upper Galilee, northern Israel. In a statement, the Israeli army said: “About 30 shells were fired from Lebanon and fell in the Metat area in the Upper Galilee without causing injuries. “Following airstrikes on […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has said that it detected the launch of 1,307 rockets and drones from Lebanon in August, the largest salvo since the start of this year. In a statement, the Shin Bet domestic security service said around 42 rockets and drones were fired daily from Lebanon into Israel last month. According to […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a vehicle in southern Lebanon early Monday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The attack hit the car in the border town of Naqoura, the ministry statement added. Tensions have risen along Lebanon’s border with Israel amid cross-border attacks between resistance...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon for a year, calling for a “de-escalation” of a recent surge in violence between Israel and Hezbollah. A unanimously adopted resolution said the council “decides to extend the ...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has backed Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, saying it had “the right to self-defense.” “At the weekend we had a threat of escalation, above all from Hezbollah, which had already made massive threats in advance and then proceeded with rockets and shelling of Israel. In fact, in the light of this threat, […]...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Sunday’s strikes in Lebanon were “not the final word” in his country’s military campaign against Hezbollah. “We are striking Hezbollah with surprising, crushing blows… This is another step towards changing the situation in...
UN BASE 964 — AFP On the deserted border between Lebanon and Israel, Spanish UN peacekeepers have for more than 10 months effectively been caught in a war zone. Several Blue Helmets have been wounded in the crossfire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, which has also left dozens of Lebanese civilians dead in...
