Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Hezbollah on Wednesday said none of Israel would be spared in a war, after Israel said it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said “no place” in Israel would “be spared our rockets”, in a televised address broadcast. Meanwhile, witnesses and the civil ...
BEIRUT (AA) – President Joe Biden’s senior adviser Amos Hochstein on Tuesday stressed immediate political solution to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group. Following a meeting with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, he said, “The conflict on both sides of the Blue Li...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP A US envoy held talks with top Israeli leaders to press for de-escalation on the Lebanese border, as an Israeli official said Hezbollah had fired thousands of projectiles towards Israel in the last eight months. Israel and Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have traded near-daily cross-border fire since October last year...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli forces struck Gaza on Friday as truce efforts failed to make progress and tensions surged on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. Witnesses reported strikes on the southern city of Rafah and central areas of the Gaza Strip. At Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah, men...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A civilian was killed and at least seven others injured in an Israeli nighttime strike on southern Lebanon, the country’s national news agency reported on Friday. “Enemy warplanes launched a raid targeting a house” in the town of Janata, killing one civilian and injuring seven other civilians, the ...
BEIRUT (AA) – The US Embassy in Beirut has advised American citizens in Lebanon to avoid travel to areas along the borders with Israel and Syria. The embassy also cautioned US citizens against traveling to refugee settlements or participating in demonstrations or large gatherings across the country. The warning came hours after a shootout outs...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Wednesday warned against an “escalation” in Lebanon after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of an operation. “We don’t want to see that escalation of the conflict which would just lead to further loss of life from both Israelis and the Lebanese pe...
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has issued a call to destroy the Lebanese group Hezbollah. He said this as he visited the Kiryat Shmona illegal Israeli settlement following a Hezbollah rocket attack that sparked fires in several areas in northern Israel. Israeli firefighting teams on Tuesday continued to battle fir...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Lebanese official media said Israeli strikes on a car and a motorcycle in the country’s south killed two people Monday. Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has traded near-daily cross-border fire with Israel since October last year. “An enemy drone strike targeted a motorcycle in Naqura,” a coastal town near ...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah said it launched a series of attacks on Israeli military positions after state media reported Israel had stepped up its own strikes the night before. Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on October 7, the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border has remained tense. On Sat...
