par This Is Beirut, 26/07 09:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Driven by harsh criticism from various political groups of its unilateral move to open its so-called “support front” for Gaza in south Lebanon, Hezbollah decided to involve the “Resistance Brigades” that it formed in the July 2006 war, in the confrontations against Israel. The aim is to give a multi-sectarian and comprehensive national ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/07 15:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Border clashes between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Friday. Israeli warplanes destroyed one house and damaged three others in an attack on the outskirts of Markaba, killing two Hezbollah fighters. Both had apparently succumbed to wounds they had sustained. The pro-Iranian group first announced the death of one combatant, identified as ...
26/07 19:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military is gearing up for a “decisive offensive” against Hezbollah, according to Major General Ori Gordin, the commanding officer in the country’s north. This comes after months of deadly exchanges across the border, which intensified following the October 7 attack by Hamas on southern Israel, sparking the ongoing war in the ...
par Élie-Joe Kamel, 26/07 21:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s air defense units “fired an anti-aircraft missile” at Israeli warplanes flying over south Lebanon”, forcing them “to retreat from the Lebanese airspace”, according to a communiqué published by Hezbollah on the night of Thursday to Friday. Is it a game changer or an incident that can be exploited politically by ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 27/07 13:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army announced shooting down a drone coming from Lebanon over the Israeli maritime economic zone where oil and gas wells are located, notably the Karish field. Israel continues to extract gas and oil from this field despite the ongoing war in Gaza and southern Lebanon. According to the Israelis, the destruction of this drone was ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/07 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Artillery exchange between Hezbollah and the Israeli army carried on intermittently on Saturday. Late in the afternoon, Hezbollah announced the death of four of its fighters, Naim Ali Farhat, Mohammad Ali Moustafa Mreish, Ahmad Hikmat Moussa and Hassan Helal al-Saidi. Earlier, the Israeli Air Force conducted two raids on houses in Kfar Kila, ...
par gdeveloper, 28/07 11:47 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel's army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi says a rocket that hit a football pitch in the town of Majdal Shams "is a Hezbollah rocket" in footage released by the military on Saturday. Israel's military says Hezbollah fired the rocket from Lebanon, killing 12 youngsters who were between 10 and 20 years old in Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Hezbollah ...
par Malo Pinatel, 28/07 13:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
As the town of Majdal Shams, located on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, is still recovering after the missile attack that killed twelve people, the Israeli army has reported that the projectile was likely an Iranian-made Falaq-1 rocket. We know it is a Falaq rocket with a 53 kg warhead," said Israeli Army Chief of Staff General Herzi Halevi. ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/07 18:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Golan Heights, a rocky plateau where 12 youths were killed Saturday amid clashes between Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israeli forces, is a strategic territory partially captured by Israel from Syria. Following the conquest of about two-thirds of the plateau during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, Israel in 1981 annexed the area in a move not recognized ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/07 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon called on Sunday for an international investigation into a strike that killed 12 people, including children, in Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. The Lebanese government warned against large-scale retaliation in the wake of the deadly incident. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/276129"] The Israeli military reported ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/07 20:11 - Reading : less than a minute
For former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt, Israel’s claim that Hezbollah fired a rocket at Majdal Shams “is a lie.” In an interview with the Al-Jazeera news channel on Sunday, Joumblatt said that Hezbollah “respects the rules of engagement in its operations and retaliates when Israel breaks them.” He also stated ...
par Michel Touma, 29/07 10:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Another massacre, another senseless tragedy. This time, it’s the innocent lives of twelve children and teenagers that have been claimed by a missile strike in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Golan Heights under Israeli sovereignty. They were participating in, or merely watching, a soccer match. This horrific event underscores the ...
