Israeli air strikes continue to hit southern Lebanon and locations near Beirut even as a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah remains in effect. Lebanese officials and health authorities report multiple incidents over recent days, including attacks that kill civilians in the south and a reported strike near the capital. RTE and other outlets cite car-targeted strikes and apartment or residential hits, with Lebanese authorities giving varying death tolls depending on the incident and timing. Reports include deaths of families, including children, and additional casualties among members of the Lebanese armed forces, with at least two Lebanese army officers reported killed in one strike. Israeli military statements in some coverage also acknowledge damage and casualties on the Lebanese side, while Israel reports fatalities among its soldiers in parts of the escalation. Several articles link the renewed strikes to heightened tensions despite continuing diplomatic efforts, including scheduled military-delegation talks in Washington and follow-on US-brokered discussions. Hezbollah officials, according to some reports, reject disarmament and warn of continued fighting.
Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon and areas near Beirut, deaths reported despite ceasefire
Israeli air strikes continue to hit southern Lebanon and locations near Beirut even as a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah remains in effect. Lebanese officials and health authorities report mult...
- Lebanon’s health authorities report deaths from Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon.
- Some strikes reportedly hit civilian vehicles and residential areas south of Beirut.
- At least one report says a strike near Beirut kills a woman and two children.
- At least two Lebanese army officers are reported killed in Israeli air strikes.
- Coverage links the escalation to ongoing talks involving Israel, Lebanon, and US-brokered diplomacy despite a ceasefire.
The latest strikes followed an Israeli attack on Saturday that killed one person in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese health ministry. The Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah members operating near its self-declared "security zone", which extends around 10 kilometres inside Lebanese territory. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported multiple Israeli strikes on Sunday.
3 months agoStrikes have killed at least one person, state media say a day after Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement.
3 months agoBy Nazih Osseiran, Laila Bassam and Steven ScheerBEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 23 (Reuters) - Israeli gunfire killed two people in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanon's Civil Defence and health ministry said, prompting Iran-backed Hezbollah to accuse Israel of violating a ceasefire that has largely held since Sunday.The lull in fighting is the longest yet in the war that was ignited by the U.S.-Iran conflict on March 2, when Hezbollah opened fire at Israel in support of Tehran, prompting Israel's second offensive in the country since 2024.
3 months agoU.S. officials on Friday said Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire, but the next day Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Israel said it was responding to over 50 rockets launched by Hezbollah, killing an Israeli soldier. Holly Williams reports on how the fighting could impact talks between the U.S. and Iran.
3 months agoAn Israeli airstrike in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley killed at least five people, including a child, on Sunday, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported. A separate attack nea...
3 months agoIsraeli strikes in Lebanon have killed at least 20 people, Lebanon's state news agency NNA said, one day after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, aimed at halting months of escalating violence.
3 months agoBy Laila Bassam, Jana Choukeir and Emily RoseBEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 20 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 20 people on Saturday, Lebanon's state news agency NNA said, one day after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, aimed at halting months of escalating violence.Israel said the strikes were a response to projectiles fired overnight by the Iran-backed group. An Israeli military official said Hezbollah launched more than 50 projectiles at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, prompting attacks on what the official described as "Hezbollah targets".
3 months agoIsraeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 16 people on Saturday, Lebanese Civil Defencesaid, hours after a ceasefire with Hezbollah suposedly took effect. Israel says it was responding to projectiles fired by the Iran-backed group. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondant in Jerusalem, Noga Tarnopolsky.
3 months agoIsraeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 16 people on Saturday, Lebanese Civil Defence said, hours after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, with Israel saying it was responding to projectiles fired by the Iran-backed group. Lebanon’s National News Agency said Israeli warplanes and drones had hit multiple locations in the south and the Bekaa […]
3 months agoIsraeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 16 people on Saturday, hours after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, with Israel saying it was responding to projectiles fired by the Iran-backed group.
3 months agoOutbreak of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel has forced mediators to cancel US-Iran peace talks in SwitzerlandIsraeli strikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least 16 people, local authorities said on Saturday, despite reports of a renewed ceasefire aiming to end persistent violence that threatens the new agreement between the US and Iran.Lebanon’s civil defence agency said its personnel transported “16 dead and 12 wounded” to hospital, adding that they had been working “since the early morning hours” in the Nabatieh district in response to “ongoing attacks targeting the area”. Continue reading...
3 months agoIsraeli strikes hit several towns in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning local time, killing at least five people, Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported, despite Israel and Hezbollah renewing their truce Friday. Strikes and artillery fire were reported across Nabatieh district, destroying homes and residential buildings, according to NNA. Three people were killed after Israeli … The post Deadly Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon despite renewed ceasefire, state media reports appeared first on Egypt Independent.
3 months agoLebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israeli warplanes and drones carried out a series of overnight strikes across the Nabatieh region, targeting residential buildings and homes.
3 months agoLebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israeli warplanes and drones carried out a series of overnight strikes across the Nabatieh region, targeting residential buildings and homes.
3 months agoIt comes less than a day after US officials said Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah had agreed to a renewed ceasefire.
3 months agoAt least five people were killed in Israeli air strikes and drone attacks in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanese state media reported, just hours after a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group took effect.
3 months agoAt least five people were killed in an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanese state media said, after Israeli warplanes and drones reportedly carried out a series of attacks despite a ceasefire agreed with Hezbollah only a day earlier. The strikes came as US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi headed to Switzerland for talks. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
3 months agoLebanon was plunged back into heavy fighting as authorities said Israeli airstrikes killed 47 people, while Israel announced that four of its soldiers had died. The surge in violence marks the most intense clashes since the sealing of a US-Iran deal aimed at stopping the wider Middle East war — an understanding that was also […]
3 months agoFighting flared anew in Lebanon on Friday, with authorities reporting 47 killed in Israeli airstrikes and Israel announcing the deaths of four of its soldiers.The violence is the worst since the sealing of a US-Iran deal to halt the wider Middle East war, which was supposed to also pause fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.Lebanon's official National News Agency also reported a fresh Israeli strike on the area of Jezzine in the south, soon after a US official said on Friday that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed a ceasefire.
3 months agoThe violence is the worst since the signing of a US–Iran deal to halt the Middle East war, which was supposed to pause fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
3 months agoFighting flared in Lebanon on Friday, with authorities reporting 18 killed in Israeli airstrikes across the south and Israel announcing the deaths of four of its soldiers.
3 months agoIt comes a day after the US and Iran signed a deal to end their conflict, including fighting in Lebanon.
3 months agoLebanon said 18 people were killed on Friday in Israeli air strikes in the south, while Israel’s military reported its first soldiers killed there since the sealing of a US-Iran deal to halt the Middle East war, including in Lebanon. Israel had said it was striking Hezbollah targets overnight and into the morning, while the Iran-backed militant group said it was attacking Israeli forces around the southern town of Nabatieh. “The intensive Israeli air strikes carried out from midnight until this...
3 months agoBEIRUT/JERUSALEM — At least 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Friday, Lebanon's health ministry said, while the Israeli military said four soldiers were killed in one of the deadliest single incidents since the latest escalation began. The Lebanese health ministry said intensive airstrikes since midnight had hampered rescue and evacuation efforts, reporting a preliminary toll of 18 dead and 33 wounded that was expected to rise. Residents and Lebanese media said airstrikes and shelling hit several towns in the Nabatieh district overnight and into early Friday, in what Lebanon's state news agency NNA described as one of the heaviest bombardments in recent weeks. Israel said the strikes targeted what it described as Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure across several areas of southern Lebanon and were carried out in response to repeated ceasefire violations by the Iran-backed group. Hezbollah said its fighters ambushed an Israeli force advancing near Ali al-Taher hill in southern Lebanon, destroying three Merkava tanks with guided missiles and targeting tr
3 months agoBeirut, Lebanon – Lebanon said 18 people were killed Friday in Israeli airstrikes in the south, while Israel’s military reported its first soldiers killed there since the sealing of a US-Iran deal to halt the Middle East war, including in Lebanon. Israel had said it was striking Hezbollah targets overnight and into the morning, while the Iran-backed militant group said it was attacking Israeli forces around the southern town of Nabatieh. READ: Trump, Iran president sign deal to end Middle East war “The intensive Israeli airstrikes carried out from midnight until this morning have prevented the evacuation of the martyrs and […]...Keep on reading: Lebanon says 18 killed in strikes, Israel reports deaths of 4 soldiers
3 months agoDUBAI, June 19 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 15 people on Friday, state news agency NNA said, while Israel said the attacks launched overnight were aimed at what it described as Hezbollah targets in several areas.Residents and domestic media said Israeli airstrikes and shelling hit several towns in the Nabatieh district overnight and into early Friday, in a bombardment that NNA said was among the heaviest in recent weeks.
3 months agoIsraeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 16 people, state news agency NNA said, while Israel said the attacks were aimed at what it described as Hezbollah targets in several areas.
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3 months agoThe Health Ministry's updated figures also reveal that 11,851 people have been wounded and 3,826 people have been killed.
3 months agoJune 15 (Reuters) - An Israeli drone strike targeted a car in southern Lebanon, killing its driver, Lebanese security sources and state media reported on Monday.The strike was the first reported deadly Israeli attack in Lebanon since the announcement of the U.S.-Iran agreement. (Reporting by Maya Gebeily; Writing by Tala RamadanEditing by Ros Russell)
3 months agoIsrael struck Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, killing three people, in response to what it said was Hezbollah fire at northern Israel, while its military also carried out broader strikes on southern Lebanon.The latest escalation came amid expectations that a deal between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war could be imminent, but Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said there was "no point" in continuing peace talks with Washington after the strike.Tehran insists a ceasefire in Lebanon must be part of any deal.
3 months agoMore than 3,500 people in Lebanon have died in the war between Israel and Hezbollah. In a village in southern Lebanon, one airstrike last month killed 14 people, including 10 women and children.
3 months agoAn early morning strike in Nabatiyeh capped a week of escalating hostilities that saw the US and Iran exchange direct fire. While Israel continues to reject Tehran's demands for a linked ceasefire with Hezbollah, the relentless bombardment has left the southern Lebanese border deserted.
4 months agoBEIRUT, June 10 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 13 people on Wednesday, Lebanese security sources said, as Israel pressed its campaign against Hezbollah and the Iran-backed group claimed fresh attacks against Israeli forces in the south.The dead included nine people killed in the village of Dayr Debba, 8 km (5 miles) east of the city of Tyre, the state-run National News Agency reported. Reuters footage showed vehicles ablaze in the southern city of Sidon after an Israeli airstrike.
4 months agoAt least 12 people were killed in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon Wednesday, including in the coastal city of Sidon, according to a Lebanese medical source. Earlier, Israe...
4 months agoIsraeli strikes on south Lebanon killed at least 14 people on Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said, after Iran threatened to attack Israel again if it continued bombing the country. Iran-backed Hezbollah meanwhile said it had targeted Israeli troops inside Lebanon, but did not claim any attacks on Israeli territory. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
4 months agoAn Israeli strike hit a vehicle in the city of Tyre, south Lebanon on Monday, Lebanese state media reported, as Israel vowed to press attacks on Hezbollah despite Iranian warnings.Hezbollah meanwhile said it targeted Israeli troops in Lebanon, but did not claim any attacks on Israeli territory.Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that "an enemy airstrike targeted a car with a missile in the city of Tyre, near the Lebanese Red Cross building".
4 months agoIsraeli strikes on south Lebanon killed at least 14 people on Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said, including seven after Iran threatened to attack Israel again if it continued bombing the country.Iran-backed Hezbollah meanwhile said it had targeted Israeli troops inside Lebanon, but did not claim any attacks on Israeli territory."An Israeli enemy raid on the city of Tyre, near the Red Cross centre, resulted in 5 martyrs and 8 wounded, four of whom were Red Cross paramedics," the Lebanese health ministry said in a statement.
4 months agoSoon after it said it had intercepted Hezbollah rockets late on June 7, Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs, hitting apartments in two buildings. The attack killed two people and wounded 20 others, according to Lebanese authorities. As FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports, the fresh strikes have triggered concern over the escalation .among the Lebanese people.
4 months agoIsrael claimed it was attacking Hezbollah command centers in response to attacks on northern IsraelIsrael had already struck the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital at least twice since the first agreement between Lebanon and Israel went into effect as part of the 17 April ceasefire, under which Washington sought to constrain Israel from striking Beirut in return for a halt in Hezbollah fire towards northern Israel.Today’s strikes on Beirut are likely to derail US peace talks with Iran as Tehran has made it clear that Israel’s assault on Lebanon must stop for that conflict to end. Continue reading...
4 months agoThe Israeli military said it is carrying out strikes on infrastructure it says belongs to Iran-backed Islamist group Hezbollah. This comes after it said projectiles were shot at Israel earlier today. DW has more.
4 months agoIsraeli has launched air strikes on southern Lebanon, killing at least nine people including two Lebanese army officers, just days after a ceasefire deal.
4 months agoIsraeli strikes overnight in the historic south Lebanon city of Tyre killed seven people, a source from the civil defence told AFP on Friday, despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. A conditional truce was announced by Lebanese and Israeli envoys this week that would require Hezbollah to stop firing, withdraw from near the border and would see Lebanon's army deploy to new "pilot zones" in the area. But Hezbollah has rejected the agreement, calling for a full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
4 months agoIsrael continued its strikes on southern Lebanon on Friday killing seven overnight in the city of Tyre, including in an attack near a hospital. This despite a ceasefire agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon, which has been rejected by the Hezbollah militia whose leader called the negotiations “absurd, humiliating and insulting.” Follow the latest events in our liveblog.
4 months agoAn Israeli strike in eastern Lebanon killed five people on Thursday, while another attack near the southern city of Tyre killed three more, the Lebanese health ministry said. The strikes also left eight wounded, including three children and two women. They came a day after the Lebanese and Israeli governments agreed a ceasefire plan for Israel's war with Hezbollah, which the group has rejected. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports from Beirut.
4 months agoBEIRUT — Lebanese official media reported Israeli airstrikes in the country’s south on Thursday, hours after an announcement that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to implement a conditional ceasefire following talks in Washington. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported drone strikes along roads at several southern locations, saying at least one caused casualties. Earlier Thursday morning, the Israeli military said air raid sirens were sounded in northern Israel, with one incident involving a “suspicious aerial target” resolved, while another incident was found to be a false alarm. READ: Israel and Lebanon agree to implement conditional ceasefire In Washington on […]...Keep on reading: Lebanon reports Israeli strikes after truce announcement
4 months agoLebanon said Israeli strikes on June 3 killed at least nine people in the country's south, while the Israeli army says it has intercepted a "hostile aircraft" in its northern regions. This comes as a new round of talks is to be held in Washington. FRANCE 24's Renée Davis in Beirut and Noga Tarnopolsky in Jerusalem tell us more.
4 months agoBEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 3 (Reuters) - Israeli drone strikes killed at least six people in southern Lebanon and targeted a car just south of Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese security sources said, while Israel said it intercepted a hostile aircraft likely fired by Hezbollah.Hostilities have continued despite a U.S.-mediated agreement announced on Monday that led Israel to step back from attacking the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut, and the Iran-backed group to halt cross-border strikes.
4 months agoIsraeli drone strikes in Lebanon killed at least eight people as fighting with Hezbollah intensified despite US-led efforts to reduce tensions. The violence has complicated Iran-US ceasefire talks, while Lebanon and Israel prepare for another round of negotiations in Washington.
4 months agoIsraeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed at least eight people, including a father and his two children, a day after US President Donald Trump said Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting. FRANCE 24's Renée Davis reports from Beirut, Lebanon.
4 months agoIsrael approved renewed strikes on southern Beirut suburbs Monday, a day after its ground forces reached their deepest position in Lebanon in 26 years and as Hezbollah launched roc...
4 months agoIsrael launched strikes across south Lebanon Saturday after ordering evacuations from more than a dozen locations a day after its premier said Israeli forces had pushed even deeper into Lebanese territory.Lebanon's army said a "targeted" Israeli strike wounded two soldiers in the south, just a day after military delegations from both countries held landmark security talks in Washington.The military talks in the US capital came ahead of US-brokered negotiations early next week -- the fourth round since the latest Israel-Hezbollah conflict erupted.
4 months agoVideos show the aftermath of renewed Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon that killed at least three people.
4 months agoIsrael pounded south Lebanon with deadly strikes and widened its offensive with the first raid near Beirut in weeks where authorities said a woman and two children were killed despite a ceasefire. The attack near the capital came after heavy strikes on south Lebanon that authorities said had killed at least 14 people, including three children. The escalation comes as Lebanon and Israel prepare for talks between military delegations at the Pentagon on Friday, and for US-brokered talks early next week.
4 months agoIsrael ramped up its operations in southern Lebanon, striking near Beirut and killing at least 14, including children, despite a fragile ceasefire. Both Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other of violations
4 months agoSeveral members of a family were killed in fresh Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Thursday, health authorities said, as tensions between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah continue to escalate despite a ceasefire. Six people were killed in a strike south of the coastal city of Sidon in the morning, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The dead included two children as well as their mother and father, it added. The state news agency NNA reported that the victims were a family displaced by the...
4 months agoIsrael's military said it launched an airstrike in the Beirut area Thursday as a Lebanese source said an apartment was hit, the second such raid since an April ceasefire announcement.The escalation comes as Lebanon and Israel prepare for talks between military delegations at the Pentagon on Friday, and for US-brokered talks early next week -- the fourth round since the latest Israel-Hezbollah war erupted on March 2.
4 months agoIsrael pounded south Lebanon with deadly strikes and widened its offensive with the first raid near Beirut in weeks where authorities said a woman and two children were killed despite a ceasefire.The attack near the capital came after heavy strikes on south Lebanon that authorities said had killed at least 14 people, including three children.The escalation comes as Lebanon and Israel prepare for talks between military delegations at the Pentagon on Friday, and for US-brokered talks early next week -- the fourth round since the latest Israel-Hezbollah conflict erupted.
4 months agoBEIRUT — The Israeli military early Thursday pounded Lebanon's fourth-largest city, killing at least 14 people across the south of the country in its ongoing military escalation against the Hezbollah group ahead of crucial talks in Washington. Among those killed in the flurry of strikes were five women and children and a Lebanese soldier. Dozens of others were wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry and the state-run National News Agency. An Israeli soldier meanwhile was killed in a Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel, the Israeli military said. The intensification comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an expansion in the Israeli military's attacks in Lebanon , apparently sparked by Hezbollah's use of fiber-optic exploding drones that have struck Israeli troops in Lebanon and reached some of Israel's northern border towns. Lebanese and Israeli military officials are set to hold their first security talks on Friday in the U.S. capital. The talks have extended a nominal ceasefire that went into effect April 17, although the attacks have since in
4 months agoIsraeli military intensified strikes in southern Lebanon, killing at least 14, including women and children. An Israeli soldier was killed by a Hezbollah drone.  Over 1 million people have been displaced in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
4 months agoIsraeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed 31 people and wounded 40 on Tuesday, Lebanon’s health ministry said, including at least four children and three women, as Israel said it was intensifying operations despite a truce with Hezbollah. Hezbollah said it confronted Israeli troops entering the southern town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.
4 months agoIsraeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed 31 people on Tuesday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel said it was intensifying attacks despite a truce in its war with Hezbollah.The Iran-backed group meanwhile said it faced Israeli troops entering the southern town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, as the Israeli military said it was expanding its ground operations.In a statement, the health ministry said 31 people, including at least four children and three women, were killed in attacks and 40 wounded.
4 months agoThe Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for at least 50 towns and villages on Tuesday, as it intensifies attacks despite a truce with Hezbollah.
4 months agoIsraeli strikes killed two people in southern Lebanon during the weekend despite the ongoing ceasefire with Hezbollah. At the same time, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected talks with Israel, opposed disarmament, and called for protests against the Lebanese government, drawing condemnation from the United States.
4 months agoIsraeli strikes pounded south and east Lebanon Sunday despite a ceasefire as Hezbollah's chief expressed hope for an agreement between Iran and the United States to end the Middle East war that includes Lebanon.Lebanon's health ministry raised the overall toll in the war since March 2 to 3,123 killed.It said two people including a paramedic from the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee were killed on Sunday in Israeli raids.
4 months agoAttacks on multiple locations in south and east of country on Sunday result in some casualties, state media reportsMiddle East crisis: live updatesIsraeli strikes have hit southern and eastern Lebanon, a day after 11 people were killed in a single raid on the south despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war and claims that the US and Iran are about to reach a peace deal.Saturday’s strike in Sir al-Gharbiyeh “resulted in a massacre whose final toll is 11 dead including a child and six women, and nine wounded including four children and a woman,” Lebanon’s health ministry said. Continue reading...
4 months agoBEIRUT — Israel staged fresh airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday after earlier raids killed 10 people, according to media and the government in Beirut, targeting an area near the Syrian border. The state-run National News Agency said there were five Israeli airstrikes shortly before midnight in the mountainous Nabi Sreij area on the outskirts of Brital, which had been spared from attacks since an April 17 ceasefire with Hezbollah. An AFP correspondent in the southern city of Tyre reported hearing two blasts as one building on the outskirts was struck, then another inside the city, sending plumes of smoke into […]...Keep on reading: Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 10
4 months agoAn Israeli strike on southern Lebanon has killed six people, including two rescuers and a child, the Lebanese health ministry said, despite a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
4 months agoIsraeli attacks on Lebanon continue despite the 'ceasefire' that was recently extended until the beginning of July.
4 months agoIsraeli strikes killed seven people in Lebanon on Sunday, including an Islamic Jihad commander, Lebanese authorities and state media said, despite a fragile ceasefire as Hezbollah called US-brokered talks between the two countries a “dead end”. The health ministry published a “preliminary toll” for Israel’s strikes on Sunday, with three people killed in the town of Tayr Felsay, including a child, and two killed in the town of Tayr Debba, including another child. It said 11 people were wounded in...
4 months agoIsraeli strikes killed seven people in Lebanon on Sunday, including an Islamic Jihad commander, Lebanese authorities and state media said, despite a fragile ceasefire as Hezbollah called US-brokered talks between the two countries a "dead end".The health ministry published a "preliminary toll" for Israel's strikes on Sunday, with three people killed in the town of Tayr Felsay, including a child, and two killed in the town of Tayr Debba, including another child.
4 months agoBeirut: Israeli strikes targeted eastern and southern Lebanon on Sunday, state media reported, despite a fragile ceasefire, as a Hezbollah lawmaker called Lebanon's negotiations with Israel a "dead-end".Two Israeli strikes hit the town of Sohmor in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) said, adding that others took place across southern Lebanon.Israeli attacks since the start of the war have killed more than 2,900 people in Lebanon, including more than 400 since the truce began on April 17, according to Lebanese authorities.Also Read: Israel hammers Lebanon with strikes, killing 22The latest strikes came after envoys from Israel and Lebanon held a third round of negotiations in Washington and agreed to extend the ceasefire.Nevertheless, fighting has continued, with Israeli strikes and Hezbollah attacks on Israeli forces.Iran-backed Hezbollah has repeatedly denounced talks with Israel."The direct negotiations that the authorities in Lebanon have conducted with the Israeli enemy have... led them down a dead-end path that will result in nothing but one concession after another," Hezbollah lawmaker Hussein Hajj Hassan said on Sunday."Neither they nor anyone else will be able to carry out what the enemy wants, especially when it comes to the issue of disarming the resistance," he said, adding that the authorities are bringing the country to "very big predicaments".On Saturday the group said it had struck a military target in northern Israel, having earlier announced several operations against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.Also Read: Israel, Lebanon say extending ceasefire despite new strikesIsrael sent ground forces into southern Lebanon during the latest war and they continue to occupy territory near the border between the two countries.
4 months agoIsraeli strikes have targeted eastern and southern Lebanon, state media reported, despite a fragile ceasefire, as a Hezbollah official called Lebanon's negotiations with Israel a "dead-end".
4 months agoIsrael carried out new strikes in southern Lebanon that it said targeted the militant group Hezbollah on Friday, hours before the two countries' envoys were set to meet for a second day of peace talks in Washington.A truce in the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah has been in place since April 17, but it has not stopped the fighting, with hundreds killed in strikes since then and both sides accusing the other of violations.
4 months agoThe conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is continuing despite talks currently taking place between Lebanon and Israel. On Wednesday, twelve people were killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon, according to the country's health ministry. Story by James Vasina.
4 months agoLebanon's health ministry said 22 people including eight children were killed on Wednesday as Israel intensified strikes on the country, with several deadly raids hitting south of Beirut.The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli airstrikes had pounded around 40 locations in Lebanon's south and east.The fresh raids came on the eve of a new round of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel in Washington brokered by the United States, as Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah remains strongly opposed to the move.
4 months agoBEIRUT, Lebanon — Israel intensified strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday with the health ministry reporting 12 people killed in attacks targeting cars, mostly south of Beirut, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli strikes targeted more than 30 locations in the country's south and at least one town in the country's east. The fresh raids came on the eve of a new round of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel in Washington brokered by the United States, as Hezbollah remains strongly opposed to the move. The head of Lebanon's National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), Chadi Abdallah, said that more than 10,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed since the truce began almost four weeks ago. In addition to launching heavy airstrikes, Israeli soldiers are operating inside an Israeli-declared "yellow line," which runs around 10 kilometres (six miles) north of the Israel-Lebanon border, carrying out broad demolition operations there. "We have witnessed 5,386 housing units that were completely destroyed, and 5,246 housi
4 months agoIsrael has intensified strikes on Lebanon with the health ministry reporting 12 people killed in attacks targeting cars, mostly south of Beirut, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
4 months agoAt least eight people are dead after Israeli air strikes targeted Hezbollah south of Beirut on the eve of another round of talks between Lebanon and Israel.
4 months agoIsrael hammered south Lebanon with strikes on Tuesday ahead of talks between the two countries in Washington, as Beirut reported 380 people killed in Israeli attacks since an April 17 ceasefire took effect. Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem vowed to turn the battlefield into “hell” for Israeli forces, and insisted his Iran-backed group’s weapons would not be up for discussion at the talks on Thursday and Friday, after the US had called for its disarmament. Israel has intensified its attacks on south...
4 months agoIsrael has intensified its attacks in southern Lebanon as it exchanges fire with Iran-backed Hezbollah despite an April 17 ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
5 months agoIsrael carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least nine people in the south according to authorities, with raids also targeting a highway not far from Beirut outside of Hezbollah's traditional strongholds. The fresh attacks were some of the most intense since the start of a three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has done little to halt daily exchanges of fire, mostly in southern Lebanon.
5 months agoDespite a three-week-old ceasefire, Israel struck Lebanon repeatedly on Saturday killing at least thirty-nine people, while Hezbollah retaliated with drone attacks on northern Israel.
5 months agoThe latest strikes threaten a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which has been in effect for three weeks.
5 months agoThe fresh attacks came in spite of a three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that has done little to halt daily exchanges of fire.
5 months agoIsrael carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least nine people in the south according to authorities, with raids also targeting a highway not far from Beirut outside of Hezbollah's traditional strongholds.The fresh attacks were some of the most intense since the start of a three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has done little to halt daily exchanges of fire, mostly in southern Lebanon.
5 months agoLebanese official media reported three Israeli strikes south of Beirut on Saturday despite a three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.Hezbollah meanwhile said it targeted northern Israel with a drone in response to continued Israeli attacks.Israeli forces and Hezbollah have traded fire daily, mostly in southern Lebanon, despite the ceasefire agreement in effect since April 17.
5 months agoIsrael carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least eight people in the south according to authorities, with raids also targeting a highway not far from Beirut outside of Hezbollah's traditional strongholds.The fresh attacks were some of the most intense since the start of a three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has done little to halt daily exchanges of fire, mostly in southern Lebanon.
5 months agoAuthorities reported eight people killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, with more raids targeting a highway south of Beirut outside Hezbollah's traditional strongholds and far from the centre of ongoing fighting.The fresh attacks came in spite of a three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has done little to halt daily exchanges of fire, mostly in south Lebanon.Hezbollah said Saturday that it had targeted troops in northern Israel with a drone in response to the continued strikes.
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