par This Is Beirut, 18/07 20:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tension between Hezbollah and Israel increased Thursday on the southern front. The commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan force, Ali Jaafar Maatouk, also known as Habib Maatouk, was killed in an Israeli raid on Jmaïmeh. Hezbollah confirmed Maatouk's death in an official statement. Hezbollah had previously announced the death of another of its ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/07 19:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Spanish police reported "having arrested four suspects, three in Spain and one in Germany, as part of an investigation they conducted into the sale of drone parts to Hezbollah, supported by Iran." In a statement released on Thursday, the Spanish police explained that the investigation, which began in Spain, allowed the police "to identify ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/07 12:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech on the occasion of Ashura, addressing various aspects of the ongoing war at the southern border. He made many references to the Lebanese State, counting on its support to handle the consequences of the war his group is raging at the southern border. Nasrallah emphasized the role of ...
par Joanne Naoum, 17/07 11:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Palestine Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel
After the July war in 2006, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah flabbergasted the Lebanese by declaring a “divine victory” against Israel. Lebanon had paid a heavy cost for this so-called “victory” with countless human losses and massive destruction, from which it took years to recover. Once again, Nasrallah disregarded the ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/07 10:18 - Reading : less than a minute
Following a violent night on the southern border, Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Wednesday morning for Katyusha missile attacks on the settlements of Saer and Gesher Haziv. On Tuesday night, Israel once again bombed Umm al-Tut, where three Syrian children died early in the evening in a raid. Night raids also targeted Bustan, Wadi el-Zarka ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 16/07 16:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) is to be renewed in August, on the basis that the multinational force has a crucial role in ensuring the implementation of Resolution 1701, once a long-term settlement is achieved on the border with Israel, diplomatic sources maintain. Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/07 16:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two were killed in an Israeli drone attack, targeting a motorcycle on the Nabatieh-Khardali road on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses reported that two people were riding the motorcycle, and when a number of citizens tried to approach after the first hit, it was targeted again with a guided missile, which caused the death of the two drivers. Cross border ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/07 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Richard Kouyoumjian, head of the foreign relations department of the Lebanese Forces, on Tuesday, accused the “Shiite Duo” of creating an adequate environment for the proliferation of illegal weapons. In an interview with an online media, he considered that “Hezbollah supporters, are thugs in the street.” This group wants to control an ...
par Philippe Abi-Akl, 16/07 09:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Since the beginning of the presidential vacancy on October 31, 2022, the Shiite duo (Amal-Hezbollah) has not taken any significant steps to expedite the election of a new president. Their actions have varied from casting blank ballots to voting for Sleiman Frangieh for the first time during the 12th session on June 14, 2023, during which Frangieh ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/07 21:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Monday night, Israeli warplanes targeted a house in the southern town of Bint Jbeil in two waves, firing air-to-surface missiles. According to initial reports, three people from the Dagher family were killed in the raid on the house, which was located in the al-Awaini neighborhood to the west of the city. Pro-regime Syrian businessman Mohamad ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/07 18:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kataeb Party leader and MP Sami Gemayel condemned Hezbollah for the extensive damage inflicted on Lebanon due to its decision to open the southern front against Israel in support of Gaza. “The damage befallen Lebanon is enough to condemn Hezbollah for opening the southern front in support of Gaza without the consent of the Lebanese people or ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/07 18:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A suspected member of Hezbollah has been arrested in Germany, accused of procuring components for drones believed to be used in attacks on Israel, German prosecutors said Monday. The Lebanese man named as Fadel Z was detained on Sunday, federal prosecutors said in a statement. He was "strongly suspected of membership of a foreign terrorist ...