aIsraeli forces have launched attacks across southern and eastern Lebanon, as Israel targets the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah amid the joint Israeli-United States war on Iran. Two Israeli air attacks…
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MIDDLE EAST: Israeli troops push into Lebanon for yet another war with Iran’s proxy Hezbollah
Beside Israel’s northern border fence, the bursts of machine-gun fire from inside Lebanon are loud and long, as new Israeli forces push in to take strategic positions near the border.…
LEBANON: Dozens killed as Israeli special forces raid Lebanese village in search of 40-year-old remains
Dozens more people have been killed in Lebanon in major Israeli air and ground operations, as the war with the Iran-backed group Hezbollah continues to escalate. Overnight, one Israeli operation…
LIVE UPDATES: Israel begins strikes on southern Beirut as Gaza death toll rises
‘Block the bombs’: Rights groups urge passage of resolution in US Congress Several rights groups have urged support for a congressional resolution in the US calling on the Trump administration…
Middle East: Israel strikes Lebanon after first rocket attack since ceasefire
Israel says it has hit dozens of Hezbollah rocket launchers and a command centre in southern Lebanon after rockets were fired from there into Israel for the first time since…
Lebanon: Huge crowds gather for Hezbollah leader Nasrallah’s funeral
Large crowds have gathered for the funeral of Hezbollah’s former leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut in September. Mourners dressed in black flocked…
Middle East: Israeli troops stay inside south Lebanon after withdrawal deadline
Israel has pulled its forces from southern Lebanon apart from five positions, Lebanon’s state news agency says. Israel’s withdrawal is a key part of the ceasefire which ended a year-long…
Lebanon: Israel says troops will stay in five locations across southern Lebanon
The Israeli army says it will leave soldiers in five locations in southern Lebanon past a deadline to withdraw from the country after Lebanese President Joseph Aoun had raised concerns that a…
Lebanon: Senior UN peacekeeper injured in convoy attack
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon says its outgoing deputy commander has been injured after one of its convoys was “violently attacked”. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil)…
Lebanon: Israel seeks another extension for Lebanon withdrawal, source says
Israel is seeking another extension of the deadline for the withdrawal of its troops from southern Lebanon, a Western diplomatic source says, a request that is likely to raise new…