Baalbeck

Shiite-Majority Region Rejects Amal, Hezbollah Aid Role

The Union of Associations of Baalbek-Hermel, along with several NGOs assisting displaced people, has voiced opposition to transferring displacement aid to the Council for the South, citing concerns over corruption. In a statement, the union pointed to what it described as the council’s poor track record over the past two decades, arguing that ...

Israel Pounds South Beirut as Hezbollah Launches New Rocket Attack

Israel pounded Beirut's southern suburbs late Wednesday night, while militant group Hezbollah fired rockets and missiles at northern Israel in a new operation, as the death toll in Lebanon climbed past 630. Earlier on Wednesday, Israel had struck the heart of the capital for a second time since the country became a front in the wider conflict ...

Israeli Strikes Hit Beirut Suburbs, Bekaa, and Southern Lebanon After Evacuation Warnings

Israel launched a new wave of airstrikes across Lebanon early Wednesday after issuing evacuation warnings to residents in Beirut’s southern suburbs. The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, urged residents in the neighborhoods of Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh to leave the area immediately, saying the military ...

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

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. ...

Lebanon and Israel See More Strikes Overnight

Israel and Hezbollah continued their attacks overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday morning, including in areas of Lebanon without significant Hezbollah activity. Israel stated that it had struck around 60 targets in Lebanon “belonging to the Hezbollah and Hamas organizations.” An Israeli strike hit Aramoun and ...

Israel Signals Unwavering Resolve to Eliminate Hezbollah

Lebanon was drawn into the widening Middle East war on Monday after Hezbollah fired rockets toward Israel, saying the attack was in support of its backer Iran and in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. Israel responded with intense airstrikes, targeting Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the ...

Israel Intensifies Campaign in Lebanon Against Hezbollah as Israeli Army Plans Next Steps

Over the course of Monday following Hezbollah’s strikes on Israel, the Israeli army stated that it struck around 70 targets in Lebanon within 24 hours. Israeli jets carried out attacks across Beirut’s southern suburbs, southern and eastern Lebanon. As of Monday evening, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reports that at least 52 were ...

Israeli Strikes Destroy Hezbollah Weapons' Depot, kill Operative

Israel struck a vehicle near Phoenicia University on the Zahrani–Tyre highway in southern Lebanon. Shortly after the attack, the Israeli army said it had targeted a Hezbollah member in the Saida district, north of the Litani River. The raids killed one person and injured eight others. Later in the day, the Israeli army issued an urgent ...

Israel Strikes Northern Bekaa as South Sees Escalation

Israel struck the northern Bekaa Valley on Friday, causing material damage but no reported casualties. The first strike hit the public road linking Majdaloun and Baalbek with two missiles, while the second targeted a site near Dar Al-Amal Hospital in Baalbek. Local reports said the Baalbek strikes were aimed at a military official affiliated with ...

Two dead in Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Israeli strikes in south Lebanon killed two people on Wednesday, authorities said, as Israel said it targeted operatives from militant group Hezbollah. Israel has kept up regular strikes in Lebanon despite the November 2024 truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, usually saying it is targeting members of the ...

Israel Shells Hezbollah Radwan Force Sites

The Israeli army announced Friday that it carried out a series of intense air raids targeting what it described as a training complex belonging to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, along with military buildings in southern Lebanon. In a post on the platform X, the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the strikes targeted a ...