This is Beirut, 02/01 20:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
For the first time since the ceasefire, Israeli fighter jets launched two successive attacks on Thursday, targeting the heights of Iqlim al-Tuffah and Rihan–Jabal al-Zaghreen. Shortly thereafter, the Israeli army took responsibility for targeting Hezbollah rocket launchers, claiming that the Lebanese army “did not respond” to its request to ...
This is Beirut, 02/01 20:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday that dozens of its troops were flown into Syria in September to destroy an underground missile factory funded by Iran. The military, which rarely comments on its activities inside Syria, said in a statement that the September 8 raid involved more than 100 Israeli commando soldiers who dismantled the ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 02/01 17:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hezbollah, which unconditionally agreed to the terms of the ceasefire with Israel, is now leveraging certain Israeli actions in southern Lebanon as a pretext to disengage from the agreement and keep its arsenal. Simultaneously, it seeks to convince the Shiite community that their security hinges solely on their military strength, claiming that ...
This is Beirut, 02/01 16:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel struck a declared humanitarian zone in southern Gaza overnight, which rescuers on Thursday said killed the head of the Palestinian territory's Hamas-run police force, his deputy and nine others. Gaza's civil defense agency said two other Israeli strikes elsewhere in the territory later on Thursday killed 14 Palestinians. The ...
This is Beirut, 02/01 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli forces retreated on Thursday from Naqoura toward Ras Al-Naqoura and Alma Al-Shaab, accompanied by sweeping operations using machine guns. Meanwhile, an Israeli drone has been flying at a low altitude over Beirut and its southern suburbs since Thursday morning. According to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, the Israeli army reportedly ...
This is Beirut, 02/01 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who was dismissed in November after spearheading the military campaign in Gaza for more than a year, announced Wednesday that he would resign from parliament. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sacked Gallant, saying there was a "breakdown in trust" amid disagreements between the two on several ...
This is Beirut, 01/01 10:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel's devastating campaigns against Iran's regional allies have severely weakened its arch-enemy's ability to project its power, but Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis remain a stubborn thorn in its side, analysts say. With the ranks of Hamas and Hezbollah decimated after more than a year of war, and with the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria ...
This is Beirut, 01/01 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, began 2025 by announcing that it had targeted a vehicle and an arms depot belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, without specifying the location. “On Tuesday, the Israeli army spotted Hezbollah members transferring combat equipment from an arms depot in southern Lebanon to a ...
Marilyne Jallad, 2024-12-31 18:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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As we wander through the bustling streets of Basta al-Tahta, lined with small shops, it is easy to forget that this neighborhood paid a heavy price before the ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hezbollah on November 27. Yet, the harsh reality quickly reasserts itself. Illegal Weapons: A Persistent Wound That Dims Hope With graying hair and ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 15:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a session in parliament on Tuesday after being discharged from hospital where he had undergone a prostate removal surgery over the weekend. The surgery took place on Sunday, with Israel still at war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip nearly 15 months since their unprecedented October 7, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A United Nations report published Tuesday found that Israeli strikes on and near hospitals in the Gaza Strip had left healthcare in the Palestinian territory on the verge of collapse. The report by the UN human rights office said such strikes raised grave concerns about Israel's compliance with international law. "Israel's pattern of deadly ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-12-31 13:20 - Reading : less than a minute
On Tuesday, French Ministers Jean-Noël Barrot (Foreign Affairs) and Sébastien Lecornu (Defense) met in Tyre with General Edgard Lawandos, commander of Lebanon's southern sector and Lebanon’s representative on the Ceasefire Monitoring Committee.