War in the Middle East

Hezbollah Confronted by Israeli Intelligence Superiority
Hezbollah Confronted by Israeli Intelligence Superiority

Israeli military operations targeting Hezbollah have clearly shown that Israeli intelligence, particularly the Mossad, is capable of infiltrating Hezbollah on both human and technological levels. This level of infiltration has made assassination attempts and bombings successful, as demonstrated by the assassination of military commander Fouad ...

Lebanon's Unity Tested by the 'Unity of Fronts'
Lebanon's Unity Tested by the 'Unity of Fronts'

Lebanon has delivered a powerful lesson in humanity and unity to Israel, Iran and Hezbollah through the wave of solidarity, empathy and compassion that followed the Israeli attacks on September 17 and 18. In the face of the horrors of disfigured faces, doctors and nurses worked through the night, pushing themselves to the brink of exhaustion to ...

76 Killed in This Week's Israeli Attacks
76 Killed in This Week's Israeli Attacks

76 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Hezbollah this week. The Ministry of Public Health's Emergency Operations Center issued a further update on the death toll from the Israeli attack on Beirut's southern suburbs yesterday, indicating that the number of victims had risen to thirty-seven. A few hours earlier, caretaker Minister of Public ...

Saudi Arabia Freezes Israel Normalization Amid Gaza War
Saudi Arabia Freezes Israel Normalization Amid Gaza War

Just a year after announcing that diplomatic ties with Israel were getting closer, Saudi Arabia's de facto leader has shut down talk of normalization as the Israel-Gaza war threatens to spread. The tougher tone from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came the same day that exploding walkie-talkies killed members of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, ...

Israel Challenges ICC Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu
Israel Challenges ICC Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

Israel said on Friday it had submitted an "official challenge" to a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor for an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan in May requested the court to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes ...

Israeli Bombardments on South Lebanon, One Killed
Israeli Bombardments on South Lebanon, One Killed

In a significant escalation since the onset of cross-border confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel on October 8, Israeli artillery resumed striking targets in southern Lebanon following a violent Thursday night. Israeli bombardment on Friday targeted Bayt Lif killing a Hezbollah member. Israeli artillery also targeted the outskirts of the ...

South Lebanon: Alarming Rise in Tensions
South Lebanon: Alarming Rise in Tensions

Tensions in South Lebanon increased significantly, as Israeli raids on various villages and areas in the region intensified on Thursday night. Several Israeli media outlets indicate that over fifty raids were carried out in less than an hour, following the discovery of several Hezbollah launchers that were preparing to blast northern Israel. In ...

Nasrallah Raises the Tone, Stays the Course
Nasrallah Raises the Tone, Stays the Course

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has vowed retaliation against Israeli attacks involving booby-trapped communication devices, which he described as a “declaration of war.” Nevertheless, his primary focus remains securing a ceasefire in Gaza. With a somber demeanor, an occasionally muffled voice and a delivery punctuated by sighs, Hezbollah ...

Gallant: 'Hezbollah Will Pay an Increasing Price'
Gallant: 'Hezbollah Will Pay an Increasing Price'

Commenting on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's speech, Yoav Gallant, Israel’s Defense Minister, threatened that “Hezbollah will pay an increasing price as time goes by.” “Our goal is to ensure the safe return of Israel’s northern communities to their homes,” stated Gallant in a statement following Nasrallah's speech, which ...

Iran Warns Israel of 'Crushing Response' to Lebanon Device Blasts
Iran Warns Israel of 'Crushing Response' to Lebanon Device Blasts

Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned Israel on Thursday that it will face a "crushing response from the resistance front" after thousands of communication devices used by Hezbollah in Lebanon exploded. Israel has not commented on the attacks that killed 37 people and wounded nearly 3,000 over two days, but has said it will widen the scope of its ...

Southern Front: Two Israeli Army Members Killed in Hezbollah Bombardment
Southern Front: Two Israeli Army Members Killed in Hezbollah Bombardment

On Thursday evening, a strike against "the headquarters of the 810th Harmon Brigade in the Ma'aleh Golani barracks with a barrage of Katyusha rockets" claimed by Hezbollah killed two soldiers in the Israeli army. The Israeli army reported that "an officer and a soldier were killed and another soldier seriously injured in an anti-armor missile ...

War Diary: Day 349
War Diary: Day 349

From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for September 19, 2024.