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Israeli Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon as Hezbollah Clashes with Troops

Two people were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli drone strike targeting a car on the Qulaila road in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. In parallel, the Israeli army renewed evacuation warnings on Tuesday afternoon for residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs for those living in Haret Hreik, Ghobeiry, ...

UNICEF: Dozens of Children Killed as Israel-Hezbollah War Intensifies

At least 83 children have been killed and 254 others wounded since the outbreak of the March 2 war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to a statement issued Monday by UNICEF. The agency’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, said the figures highlight the growing toll of the conflict on children ...

Israel Strikes Beirut's Southern Suburbs, Targeting Qard al-Hassan Branches

An additional Israeli raid pounded the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday following several Israeli warnings followed by mock raids. In parallel, the Lebanese Army (LAF) blocked the roads leading to all Qard al-Hassan branches in the capital Beirut and Saida following latest warnings by the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee. ...

Israeli Airstrikes Pound Beirut’s Southern Suburbs

Israeli airstrikes on Beirut intensified on Wednesday, with seven separate strikes until now reported across the capital’s southern suburbs, the latest targeting Bir al-Abed in the Dahieh district. The Israeli military said it has struck more than 500 targets in Lebanon since the start of the current campaign, which it says is aimed at ...

Israel Is Preparing a Buffer Zone in Southern Lebanon

The President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam informed the ambassadors of the Quintet that the government’s decision banning all military and security activities of Hezbollah will be fully implemented. According to diplomatic sources, including U.S. ambassador Michel Issa, there will be no cessation of Israeli ...

Israeli Strikes Resume Across Lebanon as Hezbollah Fires Rockets Toward Israel

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon resumed Wednesday morning, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs, including Haret Hreik, Hadath, and Laylaki. The army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, described the targets as Hezbollah infrastructure and weapons depots. The blasts were reportedly felt across the capital. Later on Wednesday, ...

Buffer Zone in Southern Lebanon: Israel’s Advance Raises Questions About Lasting Presence

As Israel ramps up its military campaign against Hezbollah, Israeli troops advanced into southern Lebanon on Tuesday morning and established a buffer zone described by Tel Aviv as a limited defensive maneuver aimed at protecting northern Israeli communities. However, security sources interviewed by This is Beirut said that the maneuver could be ...

UNIFIL Reports Israeli Incursion and Hezbollah Violations

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) revealed Tuesday that its peacekeepers observed Israeli troops crossing into Lebanese territory near the southern border towns of Markaba, al-Odaysse, Kfarkila and Ramia before returning to the Blue Line. In a press release, UNIFIL stated that since the last conflict and the cessation of ...

Escalation Intensifies as Israel Strikes and Hezbollah Drone Attacks Rock Lebanon

Israeli raids resumed on Tuesday across Beirut’s southern suburbs, southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, marking a sharp escalation in tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. An additional Israeli strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday morning, following a tense night of evacuation warnings and air raids. In southern Lebanon, ...

IDF Announces Forward Defensive Operation and New "Buffer Zone" in Southern Lebanon

The Israeli military says it has launched what it describes as a “forward defensive operation” to protect communities in northern Israel, confirming that forces are currently operating inside southern Lebanon. In a statement issued following what it called a situational assessment, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the operation is ...

Israeli Raids Pound Beirut’s Southern Suburbs and South Lebanon

Renewed Israeli airstrikes targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday, following a wave of overnight raids from Sunday into Monday that struck the Dahye area and multiple locations across southern Lebanon. Shortly after the latest strike, Israeli army Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee said the military had targeted “a ...

Israeli Airstrikes Target Southern Lebanon Amid Escalation with Iran

Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on Saturday targeting the Wadi Barghiz area in southern Lebanon, in what the Israeli military described as operations against Hezbollah infrastructure. The raids focused on the area between al-Rayhan and Sajad, situated between the Tuffah region and the district of Jezzine, as well as the vicinity ...