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Ministry of Health Calls for Mobilization of All Medical Staff 

Hundreds of Hezbollah members were simultaneously injured on Tuesday in an unprecedented technological Israeli attack across Lebanon. For this reason, the Ministry of Public Health has called on all medical personnel to urgently go to their workplaces to help provide emergency care to the many affected people who are being transported to ...

What Is a Pager?

Hundreds of Hezbollah fighters were injured on Tuesday in Dahiyé, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon. The cause: the explosion of their pagers, likely after being hacked by Israel. Predecessor to Mobile Phones A pager, or beeper, is a mobile communication device widely used before the rise of mobile phones. Its main purpose is to receive ...

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 ...

Israel-Lebanon: Between Psychological Warfare and Operational Preparation

In Lebanon, August 2024 was exceptionally intense, characterized by sweltering temperatures and escalating geopolitical tensions. The assassinations of Fouad Shokr in Beirut’s southern suburbs and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran cast a month-long shadow of a potential regional war, with Lebanon once again at risk of becoming a battlefield. However, ...

Netanyahu Warns Hochstein of 'Necessary' Action Against Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United States Special Presidential Envoy Amos Hochstein that Israel values US support, but will do "what is necessary" to tackle Hezbollah's threats, adding that "fundamental change" was needed on the Lebanese-Israeli border. Hochstein also met with senior officials in Israel including Defense ...

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 ...

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 ...

Qassem: Support Front Will Remain as Long as War Continues

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem confirmed on Saturday that “the support front will be maintained in Lebanon as long as the war in Gaza continues,” adding that the extent of this support will depend on the scale of Israeli aggression, which is increasingly targeting civilians. He stressed that settlers will only be able to return ...

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 ...

Geagea: Hezbollah Is Obstructing the Presidential Elections

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea stated that Hezbollah and its allies are attempting to push the narrative of gaining control over key state institutions in return for concessions in the south. However, he emphasized that these claims hold no diplomatic or domestic validity. In an interview with Sky News Arabia on Thursday, Geagea ...

Airstrikes and Retaliations on Lebanon's Border

Tensions between Hezbollah and Israel continue to escalate along the Lebanon-Israel border. Israeli warplanes have carried out airstrikes since the morning, targeting various locations such as Bint Jbeil, the outskirts of Alma al-Shaab, Dhayra and al-Salhani. In a separate incident, an Israeli Merkava tank fired two direct shells at the vicinity ...