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Calm in Beirut, Chaos in Bekaa and Southern Lebanon

In the past 24 hours, Lebanon has witnessed a significant escalation in Israeli airstrikes and military activity, particularly in the south and the Bekaa Valley. While the southern suburbs of Beirut remained relatively quiet, Israeli raids in southern Lebanon have intensified, resulting in casualties and widespread damage.   Israeli ...

Israeli Strikes in East and South Lebanon Reap More Victims

While the southern suburb of Beirut, a Hezbollah hotbed, remained cautiously calm, southern Lebanon and the Beqaa were subjected to violent attacks on Saturday, resulting in several deaths and injuries. The Lebanese Army suffered more losses overnight Friday to Saturday in an Israeli strike that hit Bayssariyeh (Saida), killing a soldier and his ...

UNIFIL: A Victim of War and Peace

Prior to initiating what they termed limited ground operations along the Lebanese border, the Israeli Army communicated with UNIFIL forces stationed along the Blue Line, requesting the evacuation of specific positions. However, the international force declined this request. Recently, the Israeli Army announced that Hezbollah was operating near ...

Two Soldiers Killed in South Lebanon Amid Ongoing Israeli Raids

Two Lebanese army soldiers were killed and three were injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike next to an army checkpoint in the town of Kfar Yatar in south Lebanon, an army statement said. The attack blocked the road and ambulance teams encountered difficulties in evacuating the wounded. Israeli fighter jets carried out relentless raids ...

Israel-Hezb: Between Moralistic Stance and Strategic Challenge

It could simply be media posturing, but the reality is that news outlets and social media networks continue to circulate reports of proposed truces or ceasefires. A halt to hostilities, or at least a pause in the ongoing military escalation, would certainly be timely — especially when considering the humanitarian crisis triggered by ...

In Southern Lebanon, Fishermen's Anguish Amid Israel's Evacuation Order

At the port of Saida, the boats are docked, and the fish market is unusually quiet. Since the Israeli Army ordered the evacuation of nearly 60 kilometers of coastline in southern Lebanon, fishermen are worried about their livelihoods. Three testimonies collected by AFP express the fishermen's anxiety regarding the Israeli Army's order prohibiting ...

Israeli Attacks Continue in South, Bekaa and Chouf

At around 1 PM, an Israeli raid targeted the Dar Salam hotel in the Wardanieh locality of Iqlim el-Kharroub, in the Chouf caza. Preliminary figures put the death toll at “six and injuries at ten.” The hotel housed some 82 people, mostly displaced families from south Lebanon. This was the fourth raid in the space of a few days to target the ...

Relentless Israeli Bombardment on Southern Lebanon and Strikes on Beirut’s Southern Suburbs

Israeli airstrikes targeted southern Lebanon relentlessly on Monday. Several towns and villages were heavily bombarded, including Abbasiya in the Tyre district and the border town of Yarine. Moreover, an air raid on a house in Khirbet Selm resulted in one death. A fire station belonging to the Islamic Health Authority in Braachit was hit, killing ...

Qlayaa, Rmeish, and Marjayoun Inhabitants: Die with Dignity Rather than Live in the Street

Despite feelings of abandonment, fear, and concern, the residents of three southern Lebanon border villages — Qlayaa, Rmeish, and Marjayoun — are determined not to leave. They cling to the hope that the war raging around them will not reach their communities, where Hezbollah has no active presence. The exodus of residents from southern ...