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May 27, 2026 11:34 AM

Israeli Strikes Kill 31 Across Southern Lebanon

Israeli air raids across southern Lebanon killed at least 31 people and wounded 40 others, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. The strikes targeted several towns and villages on Tuesday, marking one of the deadliest days in the region in recent weeks amid escalating cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanese health authorities said the heaviest strike hit the Burj El Shemali area near the southern city of Tyre, where 14 people were killed and 16 wounded. In Kou...

May 4, 2026 10:35 AM

Israeli military urges residents of multiple towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate amid operations against Hezbollah

The Israeli military issued an urgent warning on Sunday to residents of 11 towns and villages in southern Lebanon, urging them to evacuate their homes and move at least 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) away to open areas. The military said it was conducting operations against Hezbollah following what it described as a violation of their ceasefire agreement, warning that anyone near Hezbollah fighters or facilities could be at risk. Israel has continued to carry out strikes across southern Lebanon, an...

May 4, 2026 9:49 AM

Hezbollah pays steep price in battle to reverse its fortunes

Hezbollah has paid a heavy price for going to war with Israel on March 2: Israel has occupied a chunk of southern Lebanon, displaced hundreds of thousands of its Shi'ite Muslim constituents and killed as many as several thousand of its fighters, according to previously unreported casualty estimates from within the group. The move has brought severe political consequences, too. In Beirut, opposition has hardened to its status as an armed group, which domestic rivals see as exposing Lebanon to re...

April 24, 2026 2:09 AM

White House to host Lebanon-Israeli talks amid push for ceasefire extension

U.S. President Donald Trump will greet Lebanese and Israeli envoys at the White House on Thursday as they meet for a second round of U.S.-facilitated talks, with Beirut seeking to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, a day after Israeli strikes killed at least five people including a journalist. The ceasefire, reached after talks between the two nations' ambassadors to Washington last week and set to expire on Sunday, has yielded a significant reduction in violence. Attacks have con...

April 15, 2026 4:35 PM

Hezbollah says Lebanon’s talks with Israel widen national rift

Hezbollah said on Wednesday the Lebanese government's decision to hold talks with Israel was "a national sin" that would widen divisions in Lebanon, underlining deep polarisation in the country as the Iran-backed group wages war with Israel. Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said Tuesday's U.S.-mediated meeting between Lebanon's Washington ambassador and her Israeli counterpart did not reflect Lebanon's national identity or "the choices of its people". The meeting hosted by U.S. Secretary of...

April 1, 2026 3:49 PM

Houthis claim third missile attack on Israel

Yemen's Iran backed Houthi movement has claimed responsibility for a third missile attack on Israel, signalling a widening of the ongoing Iran Israel conflict and raising concerns of another active front in West Asia. Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a televised statement that the group carried out its "third military operation," firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at what he described as "sensitive Israeli enemy targets." He added that the attack was conduct...

March 12, 2026 9:05 AM

India joins 29 countries to demand protection for peacekeepers in Lebanon

India has called for the protection of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, who are in the midst of a heightened confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah in the fallout of the Iran war. “We urge all parties, under all circumstances, to ensure the safety and security of UNIFIL personnel and premises, in accordance with international law”, a joint statement by India and 29 other countries said on Wednesday (local time), referring to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon. “Peacekeepers must never be...

March 5, 2026 10:27 PM

Israel orders people to leave swathe of Beirut

Israel warned residents to leave Beirut's southern suburbs, including Hezbollah-controlled areas, on Thursday, prompting an exodus from a swathe of the capital, which a far-right Israeli minister said would soon resemble parts of Gaza. Suggesting a major escalation looms in Israel's offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah, an Israeli military spokesperson told residents of the southern suburbs to move east and north, posting a map showing four large districts of the capital he said they mus...

March 2, 2026 3:32 PM

Hezbollah attacks Israel, prompting Israeli strikes and Lebanese criticism

Hezbollah attacked Israel on Monday to avenge the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, prompting Israeli strikes on Beirut and setting the group at odds with Lebanese leaders who want the country kept out of a regional war. Israeli strikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern Beirut suburbs and southern Lebanon killed 31 people, Lebanon's health ministry reported. People fled the southern suburbs on foot and by car, clogging the roads. More than a dozen powerful explosions shook the c...

January 9, 2026 9:49 AM

Lebanon enters new phase of disarming non-state groups

Lebanon’s military says it has completed the first phase of a government plan to fully deploy across southern Lebanon and disarm non-state armed groups, a move that directly impacts Hezbollah’s long-standing presence in the border region. The announcement comes as President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam prepare to review the next steps of the programme, which has been a priority since they took office after the Washington-brokered ceasefire that ended the 2024 conflict between H...