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Lebanese President: Lebanon Waiting for U.S. to Set Date for Negotiations

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Lebanon is waiting for the United States to set a start date for delegation level direct negotiations with Israel, according to remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday. Aoun said Lebanon is pursuing a negotiated path to address the ongoing situation with Israel, stressing that all steps taken so far have been conducted in ...

Lebanon Army Says Israeli Strike in South Kills Two Including Soldier

This is Beirut, 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lebanon's army said Wednesday that one of its soldiers was among two people killed in an Israeli strike in the country's south, the latest deadly raid despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. "A soldier and his brother were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted them in the town of Khirbet Selm in Bint Jbeil (district) while they were ...

Why Hezbollah and Israel May Be Betting Against the Lebanon Truce

Marwan El Amine, 28/04 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Lebanon–Israel truce, extended by three weeks last Thursday, is already being put to the test. Escalating military exchanges in southern Lebanon are exposing both its fragility and the complicated political realities surrounding it. Both Israel and Hezbollah appear to see a potential breakdown of the truce as an opportunity to reshuffle the ...

Israeli Defense Minister Says Lebanese President is 'Gambling' Country's Future

This is Beirut, 27/04 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz met with UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on Monday, telling her that "if the Lebanese government continues to shelter under the shadow of the Hezbollah terror organization, fire will burn the cedars of Lebanon."  Earlier in the day, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon ...

Israeli Army Strikes Bekaa Valley as Targets Expand

This is Beirut, 27/04 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military said it was “currently striking Hezbollah infrastructure in the Bekaa Valley” on Monday, marking the first time since the Israel–Lebanon ceasefire began that it has hit targets outside southern Lebanon.  Like the south, the Hermel and Baalbeck areas of the eastern Bekaa Valley are predominantly Shia areas and a ...

Lebanese President Aoun Accuses Hezbollah of National 'Betrayal'

This is Beirut, 27/04 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday accused Hezbollah of “betrayal” and openly challenged the group’s decision to take Lebanon to war, asking whether it had secured national consensus before doing so. “Did you have national consensus when you went to war?” Aoun questioned, in a direct message to Hezbollah, as ...

Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem Rejects Direct Talks, Vows to Maintain Armed Resistance

This is Beirut, 27/04 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Monday rejected direct negotiations with Israel, reaffirmed the group’s commitment to armed resistance, and sharply criticized the Lebanese government’s recent political course in a statement addressing the latest developments in the country. In a written statement, Qassem said Hezbollah ...

If Boycotting Israel Requires a Law, Is It Truly Popular?

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 27/04 11:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Hezbollah and its global Intifada allies claim that the overwhelming majority of Lebanese, Arabs, and people of conscience view Israel as pure evil, a cancer to be eradicated. Yet if this hatred is truly so deep and universal, why does Lebanon still need to enforce its heavy-handed law boycotting Israel? The statute criminalizes any contact with ...

Lebanon Says Israel Strikes Kill 14 in Deadliest day Since Truce

This is Beirut, 27/04 01:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on the country's south on Sunday killed 14 people, the deadliest day since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war came into force over a week ago. It came as Israel and the Iran-backed group traded fresh accusations of breaching the fragile truce, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the ...

Israel Orders Evacuation on Seven Towns North of Litani River

This is Beirut, 26/04 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Following a number of reports of fighting in the area, the Israeli Defense Forces have issued evacuations on seven towns in the Nabatieh District north of the Litani river, saying that Hezbollah continues to violate the ceasefire agreement and that the army was “compelled to act forcefully.” The towns form a pocket where the Litani ...

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