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UNICEF: Dozens of Children Killed as Israel-Hezbollah War Intensifies
UNICEF: Dozens of Children Killed as Israel-Hezbollah War Intensifies

This is Beirut 10/03 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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At least 83 children have been killed and 254 others wounded since the outbreak of the March 2 war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to a statement issued Monday by UNICEF. The agency’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, said the figures highlight the growing toll of the conflict on children ...

One Week of Escalation between Israel and Hezbollah
One Week of Escalation between Israel and Hezbollah

This is Beirut 10/03 08:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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On the morning of Monday March 2, Hezbollah opened fire against Israel, reigniting the Israel-Hezbollah front in support of Iran.  Israel Strikes Targets in Lebanon The Lebanese Health Ministry’s casualties toll for the week totaled at least 486 people killed and at least 1313 people injured since last Monday’s ...

Syria Accuses Hezbollah of Firing Shells into its Territory
Syria Accuses Hezbollah of Firing Shells into its Territory

This is Beirut 10/03 05:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syria said Iran-backed Hezbollah had fired artillery shells into its territory from Lebanon overnight, state media reported on Tuesday, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese Shia movement. Syrian army officials said artillery shells fired from Lebanon landed near the town of Serghaya, west of Damascus, the state news agency ...

Hezbollah Says No Choice But 'Resistance', Self-Defense
Hezbollah Says No Choice But 'Resistance', Self-Defense

This is Beirut 09/03 21:10 - Reading : less than a minute

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The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohamed Raad vowed to continue fighting Israel "whatever the cost", on Monday, in remarks broadcast by Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV. Defending his party, and blasting the Lebanese government, Raad said the group's goal is to "to drive the enemy out of our occupied land... And quite plainly, we have no other ...

Lebanon Says 486 Killed by Israeli Strikes Since Last Monday
Lebanon Says 486 Killed by Israeli Strikes Since Last Monday

This is Beirut 09/03 19:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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The toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon rose to 486 people killed and 1,313 wounded since the start of fighting last week, the Lebanese health ministry said Monday. "The toll of the Israeli aggression from dawn on Monday, March 2, until Monday afternoon, March 9, has risen to 486 martyrs and 1,313 wounded," the ministry said in a ...

Israel’s Goals and Challenges in the New Hezbollah War
Op-edIsrael’s Goals and Challenges in the New Hezbollah War

Seth J. Frantzman 09/03 16:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Hezbollah’s opening of a front from Lebanon in support of Iran was not a surprise for Israel, which is again discussing the forcible dismantling of the organization. It remains unclear whether Lebanon is ready to disarm Hezbollah, and whether Israel will be able to do so itself. The new war is escalating, one that Israel and Hezbollah have ...

Parliament Delays Elections by Two Years
Parliament Delays Elections by Two Years

This is Beirut 09/03 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lebanon’s parliament voted to postpone the May 2026 parliamentary elections by two years, with 76 lawmakers in the 128-seat chamber voting in favor of the extension.  Lebanon last held parliamentary elections in 2022 and had already been considering an extension of the current parliament’s mandate before the latest round of ...

The Lebanese Army Goes Rogue
Op-edThe Lebanese Army Goes Rogue

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 09/03 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), under its commander Rodolphe Haykal, has defied the state it is sworn to serve, effectively siding with Hezbollah at a moment when Lebanon teeters on the edge of the abyss. After Hezbollah drew Lebanon back into war on March 2, the Lebanese cabinet rushed into an emergency meeting and banned the militia’s ...

When the State Decides but Cannot Enforce
Op-edWhen the State Decides but Cannot Enforce

Marwan El Amin 09/03 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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After Hezbollah once again turned Lebanon into a battlefield at the behest of the Iranian regime, all eyes turned to see whether the Lebanese state could undertake tangible measures to counter this existential risk. Hours after Hezbollah lobbed rockets into Israel on March 2, the Lebanese government convened an emergency meeting at the ...

Israel Strikes Beirut's Southern Suburbs, Targeting Qard al-Hassan Branches
Israel Strikes Beirut's Southern Suburbs, Targeting Qard al-Hassan Branches

This is Beirut 09/03 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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An additional Israeli raid pounded the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday following several Israeli warnings followed by mock raids. In parallel, the Lebanese Army (LAF) blocked the roads leading to all Qard al-Hassan branches in the capital Beirut and Saida following latest warnings by the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee. ...

Heavy Clashes Erupt in Eastern Lebanon as Hezbollah Confronts Israeli Airborne Operation
Heavy Clashes Erupt in Eastern Lebanon as Hezbollah Confronts Israeli Airborne Operation

This is Beirut 09/03 10:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Hezbollah said on Monday it fought Israeli forces who landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border, the second such operation since the outbreak of the latest conflict with Israel. Heavy fighting broke out overnight in eastern Lebanon after Israeli forces carried out what appeared to be an airborne insertion near the ...

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