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Israel Issues Evacuation Notices in Beqaa and Southern Lebanon

The Israeli military on Thursday called on residents to leave parts of the Beqaa and the South, warning that Israeli forces would again target these areas. The notices to evacuate were issued for residents in specific areas of the Beqaa in the east and Tyre in the south, both regions regularly struck by Israeli warplanes. "Urgent warning to the ...

Increased Fire-Exchange in South and Beqaa

The Israeli Army is continuing its attacks on Lebanon. In the south, an Israeli airstrike targeted the town of Anqoun, Saida on Thursday morning. Labbouneh and the outskirts of the town of Naqoura were also shelled, with the bombardment recurring on the same areas less than an hour later. The Israeli Army escalated its attacks from midnight ...

Fierce Fronts in South and Beqaa Amid Cautious Calm in Beirut

Following a tense night, fire exchange continued on Tuesday morning between Israel and Hezbollah amid rising casualties and injuries. Early Tuesday morning, the city of Baalbeck and the villages of the district were subjected to a series of simultaneous Israeli air raids, the most intense of which was towards the southern entrance of Baalbeck, ...

North Lebanon's Ayto Hit by Israeli Strike for the First Time, Killing 19

Israeli warplanes struck a residential apartment in Ayto in the Zgharta district on Monday, the first such attack targeting the north Lebanon town. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the preliminary death toll has risen to 19, with four injured. Rescue operations are still ongoing. The targeted apartment was leased to displaced families ...

Israeli Strikes in East and South Lebanon Reap More Victims

While the southern suburb of Beirut, a Hezbollah hotbed, remained cautiously calm, southern Lebanon and the Beqaa were subjected to violent attacks on Saturday, resulting in several deaths and injuries. The Lebanese Army suffered more losses overnight Friday to Saturday in an Israeli strike that hit Bayssariyeh (Saida), killing a soldier and his ...

Two Soldiers Killed in South Lebanon Amid Ongoing Israeli Raids

Two Lebanese army soldiers were killed and three were injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike next to an army checkpoint in the town of Kfar Yatar in south Lebanon, an army statement said. The attack blocked the road and ambulance teams encountered difficulties in evacuating the wounded. Israeli fighter jets carried out relentless raids ...

Airstrikes Continue, Eight Rescue Workers Killed in Derdghaya

Civil Defense personnel continue to be the target of Israeli strikes. According to provisional figures, eight rescue workers were killed shortly before midnight on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on a Civil Defense barracks in Derdghaya. Search operations are currently underway to find the missing persons.   For its part, the israeli army also ...

Israeli Attacks Continue in South, Bekaa and Chouf

At around 1 PM, an Israeli raid targeted the Dar Salam hotel in the Wardanieh locality of Iqlim el-Kharroub, in the Chouf caza. Preliminary figures put the death toll at “six and injuries at ten.” The hotel housed some 82 people, mostly displaced families from south Lebanon. This was the fourth raid in the space of a few days to target the ...

Israeli Bombardments Continue to Intensify Across Lebanon

The situation in Lebanon continues to escalate, with intensified Israeli bombardments targeting various regions, particularly the southern suburbs of Beirut and south Lebanon. Attacks on Beirut’s Southern Suburbs The southern suburbs of Beirut faced a severe wave of Israeli airstrikes overnight, with over 25 hitting the area. This bombardment ...

Baalbeck Festival: A Memorable Ode to the Oud

The Baalbeck International Festival finally took place, albeit far from the City of the Sun. On Thursday evening, at the Caracalla Theatre in Beirut, Charbel Rouhana, accompanied by his Lebanese sextet, and the Trio Joubran, enchanted the audience, giving pride of place to the oud, an instrument symbolizing peace and harmony.

Tensions Intensify in Lebanon as Israel Targets South and Bekaa Regions

The security situation in Lebanon deteriorated on Wednesday following a series of Israeli airstrikes that resulted in several deaths and injuries. An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle on Wednesday afternoon on the Syrian-Beirut border near the Zabadani Bridge. The attack resulted in the deaths of four individuals, including Firas Qassam, ...