par This Is Beirut, 21/02 11:17 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Energy issued a statement refuting Israeli claims made in a video circulating on social media. The video claims the existence of missile sites belonging to Hezbollah in Jbeil and Keserwan. In the statement, the Ministry of Energy and Water mentioned that, upon scrutinizing the video, it turns out that Israel was showing ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/02 07:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In southern Lebanon, the GSM network has been decommissioned in several areas where Hezbollah is omnipresent, in favor of the pro-Iranian group's private telecommunications network. For those who don't know, Hezbollah has its own telecommunications network, set up long before the July 2006 war with Israel. In fact, during that war, this ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/02 22:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A precarious calm prevailed on Tuesday evening at the southern border of Lebanon, following a day marked by an escalation of artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel, while firefighters continued to try to extinguish the flames at the generator factory targeted on Monday in the town of Ghaziyeh, south of Saida. Israeli warplanes carried ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/02 11:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah resumed on the Lebanese-Israeli border on Saturday. Israeli artillery bombarded the Hamoul-Naqoura region, as well as the outskirts of Alma al-Shaab, Bayt Lif, Ramya, Aita al-Shaab, and Jabal Blat. Israeli raids also targeted Aita el-Shaab and the outskirts of Aitaroun, Bayt Lif, Ramya, and Maroun ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/02 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah
The Lebanese southern border witnessed yet another day of violence on Friday. Israel bombarded the towns of Majdel Zoun, Labbouneh, Hamoul, Aita al-Shaab, Rachaya al-Foukhar, Kfar Hamam, and Hebbariyeh, as well as residential areas in Kfar Kila and the region between Yater and Bayt Lif. A missile fired by an Israeli fighter plane fell without ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/02 21:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kataeb leader Samy Gemayel expressed his openness to any initiative that could revive discussions on the Lebanese presidency. However, he emphasized that such initiatives must “not place the presidency in the hands of those who are using blockades, threats, and manipulation to enforce their will, subjecting Lebanon to the obstructionist axis or ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/02 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel
During his speech commemorating Hezbollah's "martyred fighters" on Friday, the group's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, vowed to retaliate for Wednesday's deadly Israeli raids on Nabatiyeh and Sawaneh, in which more than 12 people were killed, including three Hezbollah fighters. "The enemy should understand that it went too far by targeting ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/02 22:42 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cross-border violence continued unabated on Thursday, following the grave developments in South Lebanon a day before, described as the deadliest since October 8. Israeli airstrikes targeted the village of Blida in the early evening. Initial reports said four people were wounded as a result of the attacks on a residential building and a civilian ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/02 21:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Palestine Hamas Hezbollah Israel
The United States on Wednesday called for diplomacy to resolve tensions in Lebanon after Israeli strikes on its northern neighbor. "We continue to believe that there is a diplomatic path forward, and we will continue to push forward to try to resolve this issue diplomatically," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters. "We ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/02 13:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
One Israeli soldier was killed, and at least eight others were injured in an attack on their base from Lebanon, according to Israeli media. More than twenty rockets were launched from southern Lebanon, targeting northern Galilee, where sirens were heard. The origin of the attacks has not been specified. Neither Hezbollah nor Palestinian militias, ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/02 12:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, reiterated his criticism on Wednesday of the Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, accusing him, without explicitly naming him, of “double standards.” During a meeting in Maarab with the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, Geagea expressed his surprise at the ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/02 07:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Rabieh's visitors report that former president Michel Aoun has said that he is preparing to make a media appearance during which he will say everything he hasn't yet said and address developments in Lebanon and the region. He is said to have assured his visitors that there will be no war in Lebanon and no widening of fronts, as new US Ambassador ...