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Majdal Shams - 'This Is a Hezbollah Rocket', Claims Israel's Army Chief

Israel's army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi says a rocket that hit a football pitch in the town of Majdal Shams "is a Hezbollah rocket" in footage released by the military on Saturday. Israel's military says Hezbollah fired the rocket from Lebanon, killing 12 youngsters who were between 10 and 20 years old in Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Hezbollah ...

Four Hezbollah Fighters Killed on Southern Front

Artillery exchange between Hezbollah and the Israeli army carried on intermittently on Saturday. Late in the afternoon, Hezbollah announced the death of four of its fighters, Naim Ali Farhat, Mohammad Ali Moustafa Mreish, Ahmad Hikmat Moussa and Hassan Helal al-Saidi. Earlier, the Israeli Air Force conducted two raids on houses in Kfar Kila, ...

Hezbollah’s Drone to Karish: Mere Reconnaissance or Attempted Attack?

The Israeli army announced shooting down a drone coming from Lebanon over the Israeli maritime economic zone where oil and gas wells are located, notably the Karish field. Israel continues to extract gas and oil from this field despite the ongoing war in Gaza and southern Lebanon. According to the Israelis, the destruction of this drone was ...

Hezbollah “Forces an Israeli Plane to Retreat”: Khaled Hamade Clarifies

Hezbollah’s air defense units “fired an anti-aircraft missile” at Israeli warplanes flying over south Lebanon”, forcing them “to retreat from the Lebanese airspace”, according to a communiqué published by Hezbollah on the night of Thursday to Friday. Is it a game changer or an incident that can be exploited politically by ...

South Lebanon: Two Hezbollah Fighters Killed in Israeli Airstrike

Border clashes between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Friday. Israeli warplanes destroyed one house and damaged three others in an attack on the outskirts of Markaba, killing two Hezbollah fighters.  Both had apparently succumbed to wounds they had sustained. The pro-Iranian group first announced the death of one combatant, identified as ...

Involving the Resistance Brigades in the South, a Futile Cover

Driven by harsh criticism from various political groups of its unilateral move to open its so-called “support front” for Gaza in south Lebanon, Hezbollah decided to involve the “Resistance Brigades” that it formed in the July 2006 war, in the confrontations against Israel. The aim is to give a multi-sectarian and comprehensive national ...

Sustainable Solution, Fate of Hezbollah’s Arsenal, Key to South Settlement

In the escalating conflict with Israel, Hezbollah is gearing up on two fronts. Recently, the Shiite group carried out a reconnaissance operation of the Israeli Air Force base at Ramat David in northern Israel. The move signaled Hezbollah’s readiness to broaden the conflict and target additional sensitive locations within Israel if escalation ...

South Lebanon: One Killed and Several Injured in Israeli Strike

Continuous fire exchange prevailed on the southern border on Thursday as Israeli warplanes carried out an air strike early in the afternoon on the outskirts of the cemetery in the town of Rab Thalathin, resulting in one death and several injuries, according to information obtained by This Is Beirut. Phosphorus shells also targeted the town of Mays ...

Salman Rushdie's Assailant Charged with “Terrorism in the Name of Hezbollah"

Hadi Matar, a 26-year-old young Lebanese-American, was arraigned on Wednesday in federal court charged with “attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization; engaging in an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries; and providing material support to terrorists” according to a statement ...

Hodhod Episode 3: Messages and Reactions

Hezbollah latest release, an 8-minute video captured by its drone Hodhod on Wednesday, showcases reconnaissance operations over the Israeli "Ramat David" airbase, situated 50 kilometers from the Lebanese-Israeli border. This base, the largest in northern Israel, is home to a range of Israeli Air Force assets from monitoring and reconnaissance to ...

Unrelenting Military Operations in Southern Lebanon

Military operations on both sides of the border have been unrelenting since Wednesday and continued into Thursday morning. Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of Kfarchouba, resulting in a fire outbreak. The Civil Defense, who were working on extinguishing the fire, were forced to withdraw after the Israeli artillery continued shelling the ...