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Southern Lebanon: Escalating Confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah

As concerns about a major escalation in southern Lebanon grow, military operations between Hezbollah and Israel continue to intensify. On Saturday evening, Israeli raids targeted several localities in the Hermel region north of the Bekaa, including Hosh al-Sayyed Ali and the Kawakh area. The Israeli army claimed to have bombed Hezbollah weapons ...

Landing in Masyaf: No Confirmation from Israel, No Denial from Syria

Neither Israel nor Syria has confirmed nor denied Western reports of a landing operation carried out by Israeli special forces in Masyaf, Syria. The operation allegedly targeted the Scientific Studies and Research Center facilities during the night of September 8-9. However, residents in the Tartous region reported hearing helicopters flying ...

Houthis Urge Tel Aviv Residents to Evacuate to South After Missile Strike

The Houthis issued an announcement on Sunday warning the residents of Tel Aviv, in central Israel, that the area had become an active war zone, urging them to evacuate to a "humanitarian zone" in the Negev desert. Earlier in the day, a missile triggered a rush to shelters in central Israel on Sunday, a rare incident that caused no casualties but ...

Rising Tensions: Increased Bombing in South Lebanon and Upper Galilee

On Sunday, tensions between Hezbollah and Israel escalated on the southern front. In the early evening, Hezbollah announced that it had launched drones to attack the command headquarters of the Military Gathering Battalion in the Golan Division at the Yarden barracks, resulting in casualties and injuries. However, Israeli media reported that five ...

War Diary: Day 345

From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for September 15, 2024.

Israel Recruits “Asylum Seekers to Fight in Gaza”

The Israeli Ministry of Defense is recruiting African asylum seekers to carry out "potentially deadly" operations in Gaza in exchange for obtaining permanent resident status in Israel, according to reports by the Israeli media outlet Haaretz. Defense officials, speaking unofficially, confirmed to the center-left daily the existence of this ...

Leaflets Over Wazzani Create Stir in Lebanon and Israel

On Sunday, the Lebanese population was caught up in reports about leaflets supposedly dropped by an Israeli drone over the Wazzani and Ghajar areas. The leaflets, addressed to "residents and displaced persons" in the refugee camps, instructed them to evacuate their homes immediately and move north to the region of Khiam by 4 PM, warning them not ...

One Dead in an Israeli Raid on Houla

In a flurry of escalating tensions along the Israeli-Lebanese border, Israeli artillery strikes continue on Monday. An Israeli air raid on the town of Houla Monday afternoon killed one Hezbollah combatant and injured two. Israeli artillery had targeted the town of Aita al-Shaab with three heavy shells on Monday morning. It launched three ...

War Diary: Day 346

From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for September 16, 2024.

Relative Calm on the Southern Front Tuesday Morning

On Tuesday morning, in contrast to the previous day, a noticeable calm settled over the southern front. Israeli military fired shells targeting the outskirts of Alma al-Shaab and Yarine in the western sector. Concurrently, an Israeli sweep operation was initiated from Malkiya and Bayad towards the town of Blida. Fighter jets broke the sound ...

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Among Over 2000 Injured in Israeli Pager Attack

In an unprecedented development, Israel sabotaged the pager network used by Hezbollah members, detonating the devices' batteries, simultaneously injuring over a thousand, including the Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani. Three were also killed in the technological attack, including the son of Hezbollah MP Ali Ammar, a Hezbollah member ...

Latest Toll of Pager Explosions: 11 Killed, 4000 Wounded, Hezbollah Accuses Israel

Eleven people, including the son of Hezbollah MP Ali Ammar, were killed and 4000, mostly Hezbollah members (according to an initial assessment), as well as the Iranian ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, were simultaneously injured across Lebanon on Tuesday in an unprecedented Israeli technological attack targeting their Pagers, according to the ...