Bekaa

Devastation Mounts Amid Escalating Tensions Between Hezbollah and Israel

The situation on the ground leaves little room for hope of an imminent ceasefire as hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel escalate. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly preparing for a potential ground operation deep into Lebanese territory if Hezbollah does not agree to a ceasefire, according to the Wall Street ...

Thermal Balloons and Drones Over Baalbeck for the First Time

Tensions continue to escalate between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, while strikes also continue to target the Beqaa and extend to other areas. Attacks on the Beqaa For the first time, an Israeli balloon, accompanied by an active drone presence in the Beqaa region, flew over the villages of Baalbeck in the eastern Lebanon mountain ...

Lebanon's wine region wrestles with war

The moment Israel's strikes on Lebanon's Bekaa Valley cease, Roland Abou-Khater straps a white flag to his truck, watches the sky for warplanes, then whisks a harvesting team to near the firing line. His vineyards in Lebanon's wine heartland, where Hezbollah holds sway, have become a death trap since Israel last month shifted its focus from Gaza ...

Car Targeted on Main Highway as Israeli Strikes Intensify Across Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes continued across various Lebanese regions on Monday, with the latest attack targeting a vehicle in Arayya on the Beirut-Damascus highway.   According to initial reports, an Israeli drone carried out an apparent targeted attack, injuring one person who happened to be standing next to the vehicle. The targeted car “continued ...

Intense Israeli Strikes Escalate in South Lebanon and Beqaa

While calm continued to prevail in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, Israel continued targeting southern Lebanon and the Beqaa.  Southern Lebanon Several towns in Bint Jbeil were subjected to a raid on Sunday afternoon, including Ainata. It was also reported that an Israeli raid blocked the road between Ain Ebel and Bint Jbeil. An Israeli ...

Israeli Strikes Continue Across South Lebanon and Beqaa

Israel continued to target several areas in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa on Saturday. In Beirut’s southern suburbs, a cautious calm prevailed after an intense night on Friday.  Over the last 24 hours, 76 air strikes have been recorded on different parts of Lebanon, mainly in the south, bringing the total number of attacks since the beginning ...

Four Israeli Raids in South Lebanon

Southern Lebanon awoke on Tuesday to four raids on the localities of al-Bisariya, Jabshit, al-Mansouri and el-Heniyeh. No casualties were reported. This was Israel's response to the launch of a rocket launcher from the town of Tiri towards northern Israel on Tuesday morning. Earlier, Hezbollah declared that it had targeted "the Meron air control ...