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Hamas Operates Under Hezbollah Tutelage in Lebanon, Documents Reveal

This is Beirut, 26/03 18:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The IDF released a cache of Hamas internal documents found in the Gaza Strip, giving formal proof that Hamas operates under Hezbollah supervision in Lebanon. The documents, dated to the period prior to Hamas’s October 7th terror attacks, show that Hezbollah agreed to assist the group with “equipment, training, and facilities" and that Hamas ...

What is Israel’s Invasion Calculus in Lebanon?

Jeremy Brecher, 26/03 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel appears poised to dramatically expand its invasion in southern Lebanon, with troops pushing deeper into the country as officials increasingly adopt rhetoric about establishing a buffer zone. On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told local officials in northern Israel that the military was working to expand a “security ...

Lebanon Will Keep Hezbollah’s Arms, Lose its South

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 24/03 11:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Lebanon has made its choice. Instead of enforcing UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and its own cabinet’s decision to disarm Hezbollah, Beirut will allow the pro-Iran militia to keep its weapons but it will lose its territory south of the Litani River. While Lebanon will argue that Israel’s occupation would violate international law, this ...

Limited Passage Resumes at Gaza-Egypt Border Crossing

This is Beirut, 19/03 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's border crossing with Egypt reopened on Thursday for a limited number of people, Palestinian and Egyptian officials told AFP, for the first time since Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran. An Egyptian Red Crescent official, speaking anonymously to AFP, said the Rafah crossing had reopened in both directions to allow a ...

Ankara Says NATO Deploys New Patriot Battery as Strikes Continue

This is Beirut, 18/03 12:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Turkey's defence ministry said Wednesday NATO was deploying a new Patriot missile battery at Incirlik air base, just days after a third ballistic missile from Iran was shot down. "Another Patriot system... is being deployed... in addition to the existing Spanish Patriot system stationed there," a ministry official told reporters at the Turkish ...

Is Israel Shifting from Containing Hezbollah to a Resolution in Lebanon?

Marwan El Amine, 17/03 13:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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A historical examination of Israel’s military campaigns in Lebanon against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Hezbollah reveals striking parallels and key differences, while raising the question of whether Jerusalem is moving toward a more decisive strategy against Hezbollah. Israel has regarded both the PLO in the 1970s and 80s ...

Hamas Urges Iran to Stop 'Targeting Neighbouring' Countries

This is Beirut, 14/03 08:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Saturday called on Iran to refrain from targeting neighbouring countries, while affirming Tehran's right to defend itself against Israel and the United States. "While affirming the right of the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to this aggression by all available means in accordance with ...

Israeli Strikes Hit Beirut Suburbs, Bekaa, and Southern Lebanon After Evacuation Warnings

This is Beirut, 11/03 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel launched a new wave of airstrikes across Lebanon early Wednesday after issuing evacuation warnings to residents in Beirut’s southern suburbs. The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, urged residents in the neighborhoods of Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh to leave the area immediately, saying the military ...

Israel’s Goals and Challenges in the New Hezbollah War

Seth J. Frantzman, 09/03 16:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Hezbollah’s opening of a front from Lebanon in support of Iran was not a surprise for Israel, which is again discussing the forcible dismantling of the organization. It remains unclear whether Lebanon is ready to disarm Hezbollah, and whether Israel will be able to do so itself. The new war is escalating, one that Israel and Hezbollah have ...

Salam: Lebanon Did Not Choose the Current War

This is Beirut, 06/03 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, speaking to a meeting of foreign ambassdors Friday, emphasized that Lebanon did not choose to enter this current war but has been pulled into the sharp escalation of violence which began with Hezbollah rocket launches Sunday, following U.S.-Israeli attacks in Iran. Echoing previous comments on the urgency of Hezbollah ...

Israel Strikes Palestinian Camp and Southern Beirut Suburbs

This is Beirut, 05/03 10:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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An Israeli strike on Thursday targeting a car on the Zahle–Karak highway in the central Bekaa killed two people and wounded two others, Lebanon’s Public Health Ministry said in a statement. Beirut’s southern suburbs An Israeli drone strike targeted two cars late Wednesday at the southern entrance of the city along the Ziad ...

Lebanon and Israel See More Strikes Overnight

This is Beirut, 04/03 06:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel and Hezbollah continued their attacks overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday morning, including in areas of Lebanon without significant Hezbollah activity. Israel stated that it had struck around 60 targets in Lebanon “belonging to the Hezbollah and Hamas organizations.” An Israeli strike hit Aramoun and ...

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