par Natasha Metni Torbey, 19/09 17:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Norta Global Ltd has emerged in the investigation of the booby-trapped pagers that exploded on Tuesday in Lebanon, killing 12 and injuring over 3,000, mostly Hezbollah fighters. According to Hungarian media Telex, this Bulgarian company, founded on April 14, 2022 (one month after the establishment of the Hungarian PR firm BAC Consulting Kft), is ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/09 20:07 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday urged against "escalatory actions by any party" in the Middle East, following the explosions of devices of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah blamed on Israel. "France and the United States are united in calling for restraint and urging de-escalation when it comes to the Middle East in general and when ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/09 20:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Thursday evening, a strike against "the headquarters of the 810th Harmon Brigade in the Ma'aleh Golani barracks with a barrage of Katyusha rockets" claimed by Hezbollah killed two soldiers in the Israeli army. The Israeli army reported that "an officer and a soldier were killed and another soldier seriously injured in an anti-armor missile ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/09 21:14 - Reading : less than a minute
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel
Commenting on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's speech, Yoav Gallant, Israel’s Defense Minister, threatened that “Hezbollah will pay an increasing price as time goes by.” “Our goal is to ensure the safe return of Israel’s northern communities to their homes,” stated Gallant in a statement following Nasrallah's speech, which ...
19/09 21:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has vowed retaliation against Israeli attacks involving booby-trapped communication devices, which he described as a “declaration of war.” Nevertheless, his primary focus remains securing a ceasefire in Gaza. With a somber demeanor, an occasionally muffled voice and a delivery punctuated by sighs, Hezbollah ...
19/09 22:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions in South Lebanon increased significantly, as Israeli raids on various villages and areas in the region intensified on Thursday night. Several Israeli media outlets indicate that over fifty raids were carried out in less than an hour, following the discovery of several Hezbollah launchers that were preparing to blast northern Israel. In ...
20/09 10:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two people from Taiwanese companies were questioned as part of a probe into pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, investigators said Friday, as top officials insisted the devices were not from the island. Questions and speculation have swirled over where the devices came from and how they were supplied to the ...
20/09 13:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a significant escalation since the onset of cross-border confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel on October 8, Israeli artillery resumed striking targets in southern Lebanon following a violent Thursday night. Israeli bombardment on Friday targeted Bayt Lif killing a Hezbollah member. Israeli artillery also targeted the outskirts of the ...
par Antoine Saadé, 20/09 15:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A virtual meeting was conducted via Zoom between the Ministry of Health and hospital administrations, where it was agreed that all injured individuals would receive treatment at the ministry’s expense. The ministry committed to promptly reimbursing the hospitals upon receiving reports on the number of injuries and their conditions. ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/09 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The target of the Israeli airstrike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut Friday afternoon was Ibrahim Aqil, according to security sources. Aqil is chief of the Radwan forces, Hezbollah’s top military body. As shown on the Department of State’s website, on April 18, 2023 (the anniversary of Hezbollah’s bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut), the US ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/09 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The recent Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs resulted in the death of Ibrahim Aqil, the head of Hezbollah's elite military unit, the Radwan force. This specialized unit gained notoriety for its pivotal role in the abduction of two Israeli soldiers in July 2006, an event that sparked « the July War ». Originally known as the ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/09 18:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The southern front remained ablaze on Friday. Late in the afternoon, Hezbollah announced that it had fired a volley of Katyusha rockets at an Israeli intelligence base, which it accused of being responsible for the “assassinations”. The attack followed an Israeli air raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut, which claimed the lives of Ibrahim ...
