par This Is Beirut, 29/04 22:27 - Reading : less than a minute
In a recent escalation of tensions, Israeli airstrikes targeted multiple locations in southern Lebanon, including Khiam and Tayr Harfa. Reports indicate that no casualties were reported in Tayr Harfa, where a house was targeted. Furthermore, Israeli drones were observed flying at unusually low altitudes over the towns of Odaisseh, Taybeh and ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/04 14:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes persisted in southern Lebanon between Hezbollah and the Israeli army on Sunday, as diplomatic efforts to de-escalate violence intensified. The Israeli army conducted a strike on the town of Aita al-Shaab in the Bint Jbeil district near Rmeish. Throughout the night, the Israeli army bombarded the outskirts of Tayr Harfa and Dhayra, as ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/04 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Nations Interim Forces in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) expressed deep concern on Sunday at the sharp increase in escalation on both sides of the Blue Line between Israel and Hezbollah. In an interview with the Voice of All Lebanon, Candice Ardell, deputy director of the UNIFIL press office, said that the exchange of fire since October 8 had ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/04 11:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions and risks of escalation are increasing on the southern border as an Israeli civilian was killed in a Hezbollah ambush on Thursday night in the Shebaa farms area. The Israeli army responded by heavy shelling that targeted the villages of Shebaa and Kfarchouba. It said that it targeted a military truck which led to the death of the ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/04 09:30 - Reading : less than a minute
The Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) will not participate in the national conference convened by the Lebanese Forces (LF) in Maarab on Saturday to discuss ways to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and end military operations in South Lebanon. Sources close to the LF say that the invitation was extended only to MPs and opposition ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/04 20:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The question of how to "unify the Lebanese position on the crisis of displaced Syrians," which continues to weigh heavily on the Lebanese landscape, was at the heart of discussions between a Hezbollah delegation and the former President of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Walid Joumblatt. Joumblatt had received the delegation at Clemenceau ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/04 20:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
As cross-border clashes continued between Hezbollah and Israel, the Israeli army fired flares and phosphorus shells on Thursday afternoon starting a fire at the Yaroun forest, while other areas that were bombarded on Wednesday, including Labbouneh, were again in flames on Thursday, due to the heat wave sweeping the country. An air strike ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/04 14:01 - Reading : less than a minute
A tanker truck was the target of an Israeli drone attack in Doures-Baalbek on Thursday, which resulted in damaging the vehicle and injuring the driver. Momentum has been increasing since yesterday night as the Israeli warplanes launched three consecutive raids on Maroun el Ras, causing property and infrastructure damage in electricity and water ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/04 17:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli forces are carrying out an "offensive action" across southern Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday, without specifying whether ground troops had crossed the border. "Many forces are deployed on the border," and the army is "carrying out offensive action currently throughout southern Lebanon," Gallant said in a ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/04 14:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Confrontations between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continue to escalate as Hezbollah, Wednesday at around noon, claimed that it targeted a building where Israeli soldiers are located in Avivim, in response to last night's attack on Hanin. Later, Israeli army spokesperson Avichae Adraee indicated that they are "attacking Hezbollah targets in ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 23/04 20:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Seemingly, no positive sign regarding the potential for successive sessions to elect a president of the Republic ensued from the meeting of the Quintet ambassadors (USA, France, Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia) with the Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri. Furthermore, Berri did not convey any clear answer regarding the possibility of a dialogue ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/04 20:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two people were killed, Mariam Kachakech, widow of an Amal fighter, and her 10 year-old niece Sarah, and six others were wounded, three of them in serious condition, according to preliminary reports, in an Israeli raid on a house in the village of Hanine, in the Bint Jbeil caza, South Lebanon. By early evening, rescue workers were still working to ...