Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighbourhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 12, 2024. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP) Lebanon said two Israeli strikes on central Beirut killed six people on Sunday, with Hezbollah confirming its spokesperson was among the dead. Israel has been heavily bombing Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, since all-out war erupted on September 23, but attacks on central Beirut have been rarer. The first strike, on Beirut’s Ras al-Nabaa district, killed four people, including Hezbollah’s media relations chief Mohammed Afif, the group and Israel’s military said. Rescuers with the Amal-linked Risala Scouts association use an excavator to search the rubble for survivors or victims, a day after an Israeli airstrike hit their headquarters in the southern Lebanese
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An excavator clears rubble and debris at the site of an overnight Israeli air strike on town of Sarafand, between Sidon and Tyre in southern Lebanon, on October 30, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP) Lebanese state media said the Israeli army on Friday detonated explosives planted inside houses in three border villages that have been battered by the Israel-Hezbollah war. Hezbollah says it is engaged in fighting Israeli forces in the area, more than a month into an Israeli ground invasion aimed at pushing the Iran-backed group away from the border. Rescuers walk in front of a destroyed building following an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese town of Ghaziyeh on November 3, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
An Israeli airstrike targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in southern Beirut on Friday, marking a significant escalation in hostilities between the two sides and raising concerns of a full-scale war. The strike, which involved an F-35 warplane launching four missiles into the Jamous area of Dahiyeh, hit a residential building, according to Lebanon’s state-run news […]
In a devastating turn of events, Israeli airstrikes in northeast Lebanon have resulted in the deaths of 23 Syrian refugees and a Lebanese national, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. The strikes, which occurred on Thursday, targeted a building housing workers, highlighting the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Additionally, an airstrike on an apartment building […]
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have reached a critical point, sparking fears of a full-scale regional war. The escalation follows a deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which killed at least 12 people and injured more than 20, including children and teenagers. The attack, which occurred on a soccer pitch in Majdal Shams, […]
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Hundreds of passionate Hezbollah supporters gathered in the bustling streets of Beirut late Sunday afternoon, undeterred by the escalating threats from Israeli politicians. The Israeli government has accused Hezbollah of orchestrating the tragic massacre of young football players in the Golan Heights, but the Lebanese group and its supporters remain steadfast in their denial. “We […]