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Hezbollah said on Tuesday that its rocket and drone attack on Israel was a "defensive act" after more than a year of Israeli strikes despite a ceasefire. "For fifteen months, Israeli aggression against Lebanon has continued through killing, destruction, bulldozing, and all forms of criminal acts," a statement from the ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 21:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel's military spokesman, Brigadier General Effie Defrin, on Monday said "all options are on the table" when asked by a journalist whether Israel was going to expand its strikes on Lebanon into a ground offensive. "We are operating in Lebanon as well in order to remove a significant threat... Bottom line, all options are on ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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In a statement to This is Beirut, a senior U.S. official expressed that Hezbollah’s involvement in the war with Iran was a blunder and the organization will see consequences. “Hezbollah has made a grave mistake by entering this war at Iran’s direction,” the official said. They added that “This is a deliberate act of ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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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 ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 16:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir on Monday warned that his country would strike "all terrorist leaders and factions" across the Middle East, vowing to deal a severe blow to Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. "We will end this campaign with not just Iran being struck but with Hezbollah suffering a devastating blow," Zamir ...
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For years, Iran’s use of cryptocurrency was written off as pocket-change militant fundraising. A slew of enforcement actions now shows something far more consequential: Tehran and its terror allies have woven digital assets into the core financial architecture that bankrolls their war machines. By integrating crypto into their control of ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced on Monday that the military has issued 18 urgent evacuation warnings for buildings it says are used by Hezbollah across several areas in Lebanon. The warnings state that Israeli forces will soon strike what they describe as Hezbollah military infrastructure, ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after the Cabinet session at Baabda Palace: “The Council of Ministers, in implementation of the Constitution, the National Accord Document, and the government’s ministerial statement, and after rejecting and condemning the rocket-launching operation claimed yesterday by Hezbollah, as it contradicts the principle ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 13:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In an extraordinary session held at Baabda Palace, Lebanon’s Council of Ministers on Monday adopted sweeping decisions aimed at asserting state authority over armed activity within Lebanese territory, following renewed rocket launches from southern Lebanon and escalating regional tensions. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced that the ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Renewed Israeli airstrikes targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday, following a wave of overnight raids from Sunday into Monday that struck the Dahye area and multiple locations across southern Lebanon. Shortly after the latest strike, Israeli army Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee said the military had targeted “a ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 07:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
New strikes hit an Iraqi military base housing Kataeb Hezbollah, a source from the pro-Iran armed group said on Monday. "Three strikes hit Jurf al-Nasr," a Kataeb Hezbollah source told AFP, referring to a military base that serves as one of the main bastions of the powerful armed group that has been repeatedly targeted since the start ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 07:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Al Arabiya reported that Haj Mohammed Raad, the head of the Hezbollah parliamentary group and deputy to Hezbollah’s secretary-general Naim Qassem, was killed in the Israeli airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs. On Monday morning, Hezbollah fired rockets and drones across Lebanon’s southern border into Israel, marking ...