BEIRUT (AA) – Israel killed at least 10 people in overnight airstrikes in southern Lebanon, marking the deadliest violations of the cease-fire agreement reached last week, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Tuesday. A ministry statement said an Israeli strike killed six people and injured two others in the town of Haris in Bint Jbeil [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House says that a nearly week-old cease-fire agreement in Lebanon is “largely” being respected after Hezbollah responded to a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the country in spite of the cease-fire deal. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby described Israel’s attacks since...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah targeted the Roueissat Al-Alam Israeli military post in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills, describing the action as a “preliminary defensive warning” in response to ongoing Israeli violations of the cease-fire agreement. In a statement, Hezbollah cited multiple breaches, including Israeli gunfire on civilians, airstri...
HAMA, Syria (AA) — Armed groups opposing Bashar al-Assad’s regime have captured eight more settlements in the Syrian province of Hama. The opposition forces, engaged in clashes with regime forces for six days, have made significant territorial gains, taking control of regional hub Aleppo, as well as areas south of northwestern Idlib prov...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights office has urged all parties to respect the cease-fire reached between Israel and Lebanon while resolving differences related to implementation. Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence, during a UN press briefing in Geneva, underlined that the cease-fire in Lebanon is a “huge relief” for the millions who have...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Lebanese army says that it has begun assuming its missions in southern Lebanon, a day after a cease-fire deal with Israel. A military statement said that army units began to assume their missions in the south, the Bekaa region, and southern Beirut, including setting up checkpoints, opening roads, and detonation of [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Biden administration has provisionally approved a $680 million weapons sale to Israel, including precision munitions like JDAM kits and small-diameter bombs, according to a report. US officials recently briefed Congress on the proposal, a customary step before a public announcement, the Financial Times reported, cit...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A rocket fired from resistance forces in Lebanon has caused heavy damage in an Israeli settlement in northern Israel, local media reported. Israeli Channel 12 said five rockets were fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon into Upper Galilee in northern Israel. According to the broadcaster, a rocket hit a building in the Kiryat [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah is expected to be announced within two days, according to Israeli media. The public broadcaster KAN, citing an Israeli source, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been consistently obstructing a cease-fire with Hamas, has in this...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least six Israeli soldiers have taken their own lives in recent months, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth has revealed, citing severe psychological distress because of wars in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon as the primary cause. The investigation suggests the actual number of suicides may be higher, as the Israeli [&h...
