Baalbeck

Israeli Raids Intensify on Dahyeh After Short Pause

Israeli raids on Beirut's southern suburbs resumed after a pause following Saturday's attack on Galerie Semaan. Warplanes launched four strikes on Wednesday afternoon: two on Haret Hreik, one near Bahman Hospital, and another by al-Raya Stadium. Additional strikes were reported near the American neighborhood, Burj al-Barajneh and Haret ...

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 ...

Escalating Israeli Raids and Civilian Displacement in Lebanon

An Israeli raid killed three people in the town of Arabsalim in the Nabatiyeh district on Monday morning. Another killed 3 people in Tefahta. In the latest developments on the southern front, Israeli warplanes launched a raid on the area between the towns of Yaroun and al-Jebbayn in the Tyre district. Israel also targeted Burj Rahal, as well as ...

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 ...

Israel-Hezbollah War: Violent Raids and a Rise in Casualties Amidst Intensified Attacks

Israeli Army spokesperson Avichae Adraee stated on x on Saturday morning that the Israeli Army “eliminated the commander of the Coastal Sector in Hezbollah, Mouin Ezzedine, and the artillery commander in the sector, who was also responsible for firing rockets towards the outskirts of Haifa last Thursday, in Tyre region.” He did not specify ...

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 ...

Archaeological Heritage: Open Letter from the Baalbeck International Festival

We urgently appeal to the heads of diplomatic missions, international organizations, heritage specialists, and all influential stakeholders to intervene and halt the relentless assaults on the city of Baalbeck and its archaeological complex, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984. Recent aggressions near the Acropolis have inflicted ...

Baalbeck Sites Endangered by Israeli Strikes: An Update from Governor Bachir Khodr

Following repeated evacuation orders directed at the residents of Baalbeck by Avichay Adraee, the Arabic-speaking spokesperson of the Israeli army, the Lebanese are anxious, fearing the potential destruction of the historic city. They are deeply concerned about the tragic fate of tens of thousands of people ordered to evacuate their towns and ...