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Beirut Under Siege: Intensifying Israeli Strikes Shake Southern Suburbs

As Israeli warnings intensify, residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs are now being urged to evacuate multiple times a day. With Israel entering the next phase of its ground operation, the pace of military activity has escalated. According to the Israeli security source Israel Hayom, the Israeli army is preparing to establish buffer zones ...

UN Peacekeeping Chief Visits UNIFIL in South Lebanon

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, visited southern Lebanon on Wednesday to assess the situation in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) area of operations. During his visit, Lacroix toured the UNIFIL 1-26 site in Mansouri and the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, where he ...

An Intense Night in South Lebanon and Baalbeck-Hermel

From southern Lebanon to the Beqaa, Israeli strikes continue and the death toll rises amid relentless Israeli bombardments and a drone crashing in Western Galilee.  On Monday, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adrae issued yet another evacuation warning to residents of southern towns. In his post on X, Adrae stated “For your ...

Israeli Raids: 27 Killed in a Strike on Almat, Jbeil

Israeli strikes continued in South Lebanon and Beqaa. Mount Lebanon has also been targeted by the Israeli army. Mount Lebanon At around 10:30 this morning, Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike on the town of Almat in the Jbeil district, following intense fighter jet activity over the skies of Keserwan.  The airstrike reportedly ...

Israeli Strikes, Hezbollah Ambushes Escalate Along the Lebanese Border

Israeli attacks on several areas in Lebanon continue. Intense Israeli raids targeted the city of Tyre on Friday evening. The National News Agency (ANI) reported that the Israeli raids on Tyre left 3 people dead and more than 30 injured. The strikes also caused extensive damage in the targeted areas. Lebanese state media also reported that on ...

New Israeli Strike: Car Targeted on the Jamhour-Kahaleh Road

Israeli airstrikes continued targeting multiple areas across Lebanon on Thursday, following heavy strikes overnight. A recent Israeli strike hit a vehicle on the Jamhour-Louaizeh road, leading to the closure of the international road in the Araya area toward Jamhour. One person is reported killed according to preliminary reports. Southern ...

Thermal Balloons and Drones Over Baalbeck for the First Time

Tensions continue to escalate between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, while strikes also continue to target the Beqaa and extend to other areas. Attacks on the Beqaa For the first time, an Israeli balloon, accompanied by an active drone presence in the Beqaa region, flew over the villages of Baalbeck in the eastern Lebanon mountain ...

Israeli Shelling Targets Southern Lebanon, Barja, Jiyeh, and the Beqaa

On Tuesday evening, an Israeli raid targeted an apartment in a residential building near Barja High School in the town of Barja in Iqlim el-Kharroub (Shouf), where 600 displaced people from the south are sheltering. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the ministry of Public Health issued a statement announcing that the Israeli raid ...

Casualties and Destruction in Southern Lebanon: Over 40,000 Housing Units Levelled

The National News Agency (NNA) reported on Tuesday that Israeli military actions have led to the destruction of 37 towns and over 40,000 housing units in an area extending 3km deep from Naqoura to Khiam. Bombing intensified on Tuesday morning in several localities in southern Lebanon, as the death toll from Israeli strikes keeps on ...

Ongoing Strikes on Baalbeck, Deadly Raids on Haret Saida and Ghaziyeh

Israel intensified its attacks in southern and eastern Lebanon on Sunday afternoon. Without waiting for the deadline its army had set for civilians to leave the targeted districts to pass, its air force attacked Baalbeck and nearby villages. In less than an hour, the historic town was the target of no fewer than five successive raids, with two ...

Lebanon Continues to Reel Under Devastating Israeli Violence

Lebanon continues to reel under Israeli airstrikes targeting the South, Bekaa and Baalbeck. These attacks, of rarely seen intensity, are causing significant loss of life and worsening an already critical humanitarian crisis. While buzzing reconnaissance drone flights over Beirut went on incessantly on Friday, the Israeli army increased its ground ...

Renewed Israeli Airstrikes on Beirut's Southern Suburbs After a Calm Week

A new wave of Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs and the town of Qmatiyeh at dawn on Friday, ending a week of relative calm in the capital. The strikes came shortly after Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee warned residents of Ghobeiry, Haret Hreik, and Burj al-Barajneh to evacuate. Following this alert, Israeli jets ...