par This Is Beirut, 01/10 15:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United Nations warned Israel on Tuesday against a "large-scale ground invasion" of Lebanon, after the Israeli military began a ground assault. "With armed violence between Israel and Hezbollah boiling over, the consequences for civilians have already been terrible,” Liz Throssell, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters in ...
par Malo Pinatel, 01/10 15:01 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Since Monday, the Israeli military has significantly intensified its strikes across Lebanon, killing over a thousand Lebanese civilians in the process. A key objective of this campaign is to counter the main threat Hezbollah poses to Israel: its arsenal of rockets and precision-guided missiles. This concern is echoed by the Israeli government's ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/10 04:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
As Israel announced its ground incursion on Lebanon, Syria's official news agency SANA said the country's air defense systems were intercepting "hostile targets" in the Damascus area. Syrian state media said three civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Damascus early Tuesday and nine others were wounded, citing a military source. "The ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/10 02:43 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel has begun ground incursions into southern Lebanon, as confirmed by the Israeli Army in an official announcement in the early hours of Tuesday morning. “The Army began a few hours ago a targeted and demarcated ground operation in southern Lebanon,” according to a statement by the Israeli Army spokesperson Daniel Hagari. An artillery ...
30/09 23:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Shortly after Israel served a warning to residents of the southern suburb of Beirut to evacuate, the area was rocked by a spate of violent airstrikes which resounded across the city and its surroundings. Israeli warplanes carried out at least four rounds of airstrikes which reportedly levelled several buildings to the ground. There was no ...
30/09 23:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon have been unable to conduct patrols because of the intensity of Israeli strikes and Hezbollah's rockets targeting Israel, a UN spokesman said Monday. With more than 10,000 personnel, the peacekeeping force has been stationed in Lebanon since 1978, with its role strengthened after a 33-day conflict between ...
30/09 22:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel is "currently conducting" limited ground operations targeting Hezbollah inside neighboring Lebanon, the US State Department said Monday. "This is what they have informed us that they are currently conducting, which are limited operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told ...
par gdeveloper, 30/09 21:18 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army has imposed a closed military zone in the areas of Kfar Giladi, Misgav Am and Metula in northern Israel until Sunday October 6. The military says the move follows a fresh assessment. The order has been signed by the chief of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin. The Israeli army noted that entry to these areas is "strictly ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 30/09 21:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
At the speed at which political and security developments are unfolding in Lebanon and the region, even though Tel Aviv has succeeded in weakening Hezbollah, the possibility of an Israeli ground operation, still under consideration, remains militarily and strategically risky for Israel. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Israelis have ...
par Samar Kadi, 30/09 21:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has stressed that the United States-French proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which was endorsed by European and Arab countries during the United Nations General Assembly last week “is still standing.” “It's still on the table. There's still hope, but there's little time left,” ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/09 20:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday said ground forces could be used against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, adding military operations will go on despite the killing of the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah. Gallant made the comments while speaking to Israeli troops deployed to the northern border, where cross-border fire with ...
par gdeveloper, 30/09 20:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel is "currently conducting" limited operations targeting Hezbollah inside neighboring Lebanon, the US State Department said Monday. "This is what they have informed us that they are currently conducting, which are limited operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told ...