par This Is Beirut, 01/10 13:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel has "no intention of invading Lebanon" or staying there "for months," according to its ambassador to France. Israel has "no intention of invading Lebanon" or staying there "for months," declared its ambassador to France on Tuesday, following the Israeli Army's announcement overnight that ground troops had crossed the border to combat ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/10 12:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following the Israeli Army incursion in southern Lebanon at dawn on Tuesday, many southern areas were subjected to airstrikes, such as Kfar Tebnit, Majdal Selm, Tulin, Arzi, Kharaib, Khiam, and Bint Jbeil. On the Ground According to security sources cited by LBC, no Israeli ground violation has been recorded since yesterday evening until now, ...
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 23:12 - 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 This Is Beirut, 30/09 19:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the world is safer after Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah, describing the Hezbollah chief as a "brutal terrorist" while insisting diplomacy was the Middle East's best chance at stability. "The region and the world are safer without him," Blinken, speaking in Washington, said of the deceased ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/09 13:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem has vowed on Monday that the Iranian-backed group will “continue” the fight against Israel despite the losses it has suffered with the killing of its powerful leader, Hassan Nasrallah. In the first appearance of a high-ranking Hezbollah official since the devastating Israeli strike that ...
par Charles Chartouni, 30/09 09:08 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon is in a state of war, and this reality should be acknowledged if we are to cope with its manifold consequences. The first question to be raised is with whom, because it’s the starting point before engaging the issues that attach to it: the war is between the State of Israel and Hezbollah and not between Israel and Lebanon. The ...