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South Lebanon: Israel Transfers Major Military Division From Gaza to Lebanese Border

Following a day that witnessed remarkable heat, the Israeli Army Radio announced “the transfer of one of the largest military divisions from the Gaza Strip to the outskirts of the Lebanese border.” Israel will witness massive missile attacks, reaching a rate of 2,500 to 3,000 missiles per day, if an official war breaks out between Israel and ...

Tension Persists in South Lebanon

The Israeli military continued its attacks overnight, conducting raids on the town of Khiam and launching artillery shells towards Sarda Hill and the town of Wazzani. Simultaneously, Israeli reconnaissance planes have been observed flying over Saida and its eastern areas since dawn on Sunday. Field sources reported a significant explosion heard ...

Violence Resumes on the Southern Front on Friday

Two houses were targeted early on Friday afternoon. A house was hit in the city of Khiam by an Israeli Merkava tank with two shells, and the another house was targeted in a loud aggression with two air-to-ground missiles in Aita al-Shaab, completely destroying it. Additionally, the hill of Hamames, the eastern outskirts of the town of Odaisseh ...

Gradual Escalation in South Lebanon

Tensions rose again on Wednesday on the southern borders, following a night marked by violent exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army. In the afternoon, the Israeli army announced that six soldiers had been wounded in a bombardment from southern Lebanon on a building in Arab el-Aramcheh. One of the wounded is in critical ...

Southern Front: Hezbollah Claims Strikes that Wounded Israeli Soldiers

Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Monday for a strike that Israel said wounded four soldiers in the country's north, the latest cross-border fire in more than seven months of clashes. Hezbollah fighters fired "a guided missile" at an Israeli Merkava tank across the border on Monday morning, destroying it "after closely monitoring the ...

South Lebanon: Two Deaths in Israeli Drone Attack

Tensions in South Lebanon increased on Thursday afternoon, as an Israeli drone hit a car on the road linking Qana to Ramadiya in the Tyre caza, resulting in two casualties. Israeli artillery shelling also hit deeper, reaching the plain of Marjayoun, while warplanes fired four missiles at Mrouj al-Rayhan and Dhour Sujud. At the same time, the ...

Hamas Military Official Killed in Israeli Attack in East Lebanon

A Hamas military official, the Palestinian Charhabil el-Sayyed, was killed in an Israeli strike targeting his car early on Friday evening in the Masnaa-Majdel Anjar region, near the Lebanese-Syrian border in the Bekaa. His companion, also Palestinian, was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. In the evening, Israeli raids ...

Mikati Calls on International Community to Halt Israeli Attacks on Southern Lebanon

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati called on the international community to put an end to the “terrorist” attacks carried out by Israel against southern Lebanon. In a speech delivered on Wednesday, July 3, at a conference titled “Lebanon: Situation and Role in Light of Israeli Violations and International Covenants,” Mikati reiterated ...

Nasrallah's Former Bodyguard Killed on Damascus-Beirut Road

Abu al-Fadl Qarnabash, the former key bodyguard of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, was killed on Tuesday afternoon in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his car on the Damascus-Beirut Road near the Ya'four-Saboura checkpoint, according to information obtained by This is Beirut. Qarnabash had a role within the pro-Iranian ...

South Lebanon: Forests Set on Fire

Israeli attacks persisted on the southern border with heavy shelling on Thursday. The southern and eastern outskirts of Mays al-Jabal were targeted by phosphorus artillery bombardments, while a number of interceptor missiles exploded in the airspace of the village and its surroundings, causing fires. The surrounding areas of Hula, Wadi Salouki, ...

Widespread Reactions to Israeli Attack in South Beirut

The Israeli air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs propmted widespread reactions Tuesday evening. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned  the “blatant attack.” Caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib also condemned the attack, announcing that he was planning to lodge a complaint with the United Nations. Hezbollah ...