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August 13, 2024 1:50 PM

Lebanon’s displaced fear a bleak future

Displaced in south Lebanon five times, Kamel Mroue and his wife Mariam are anxious about their next move as they follow the news of clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, fearing border hostilities will turn into all-out war. The parents of three children, who live abroad, have been back and fourth between their village of Yohmor, just kilometers away from the frontier, and friends elsewhere around Lebanon. “The future is dim,” said Mroue, an academic. The conflict has displaced more than ...

August 5, 2024 6:04 PM

Lebanon receives medical aid, vacationers leave amid fears of war

Lebanon on Monday received emergency medical supplies to equip its hospitals for possible war injuries and Beirut airport was teeming with people trying to leave the country amid fears a full-scale conflict was on the horizon. Tensions in the region have spiralled in the last week following the killing in Tehran of Palestinian militant group Hamas' head, and an Israeli strike on Beirut's suburbs that killed a top commander in Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah. Hezbollah and Iran have vowed to re...

September 16, 2024 4:48 PM

Tensions Escalate in the Middle East

The Embassy of India in Beirut has issued its third advisory in 48 hours, strongly urging Indian nationals to leave Lebanon immediately. Those who must remain are advised to exercise extreme caution, restrict their movements, and maintain contact with the embassy through their email or emergency phone number. Tensions have dramatically escalated following a rocket attack on the Golan Heights, allegedly carried out by Hezbollah, which resulted in the tragic deaths of 12 children. In swift retali...

July 30, 2024 2:42 PM

Don’t bomb Beirut: U.S. leads push to rein in Israel’s response

The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon's capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights, five people with knowledge of the drive said. Washington is racing to avert a full-blown war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese movement Hezbollah after the attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan killed 12 youths at the weekend, according to the five people who include Lebanese and Iranian offici...

September 16, 2024 5:05 PM

Israeli officials say they seek to avoid all-out war in Lebanon retaliation

Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials said on Monday, as Lebanon braced for retaliation after a rocket strike that killed 12 children and teenagers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Two other Israeli officials said Israel was preparing for the possibility of a few days of fighting following Saturday's rocket strike at a sports field in a Druze town that it blamed on the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah. Hezbollah has den...

July 29, 2024 11:09 AM

Israel cabinet authorizes government to respond to Hezbollah rocket strike

Israel's security cabinet on Sunday authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to decide on the "manner and timing" of a response to a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 teenagers and children, and which Israel and the United States blamed on Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. Hezbollah denied responsibility for the attack on Majdal Shams on Saturday, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since Palestinian militant group Hamas'...

July 28, 2024 5:55 PM

Is the Hezbollah-Israel conflict about to spiral?

A deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has added to concerns that Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah could be sucked into a full-scale war - something they have both previously indicated they want to avoid but for which they have also said they are ready. Israel said on Sunday it would strike hard at Hezbollah after accusing the group of killing 12 children and teenagers in a rocket attack on a football field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Hezbolla...

September 16, 2024 6:14 PM

US Secretary of State Blinken cautions Israel against further escalation of conflict with Lebanon

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during his meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday (local time), underscored the importance of avoiding further escalation of the conflict, as tensions between Israel and Lebanon have further escalated the conflict in the Middle East. Secretary Blinken discussed ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and also spoke about the efforts to advance security, governance, and reconstruction in Gaza during a post-conflict period. "Sec...

June 12, 2024 4:07 PM

Hezbollah fires big rocket salvos at Israel after senior commander killed

Lebanon's Hezbollah fired big barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, sharply escalating tensions in the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border. The Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire since the eruption of the Gaza war in October, in steadily intensifying hostilities that have fuelled concern of a bigger confrontation between the heavily armed adversaries. The Israeli strike in so...

May 30, 2024 4:33 PM

Israeli Defence Minister Gallant lists Hezbollah terror commanders killed by Israeli forces

Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has delivered a stern warning to Hezbollah, listing senior terrorist commanders recently eliminated by Israeli forces while accusing the Lebanese militant group's chief Hassan Nasrallah of dragging the country into a "difficult reality." During an operational assessment at the Israeli military's Northern Command on Wednesday, Gallant presented images of slain Hezbollah brigade leaders and claimed over 300 terrorists and commanders from the Iran-backed grou...