Israel strikes south Lebanon day after ceasefire extension
- 16-May-2026
BEIRUT: Israel launched new airstrikes against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Saturday, a day after the two countries agreed to extend a truce following talks in Washington. “The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in several areas in southern Lebanon,” the Israeli military said. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported strikes on at […]
Lebanon says over 10,000 homes destroyed or damaged since Israel truce
- 14-May-2026
More than 10,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Lebanon since a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah, the head of the country’s National Council for Scientific Research said on Wednesday. “Since the current ceasefire… we have witnessed 5,386 housing units that were completely destroyed, and 5,246 housing units damaged,” CRNS chief […]
Lebanon-Israel ceasefire extended by three weeks after Oval Office meeting
- 24-Apr-2026
Lebanon and Israel extended their ceasefire for three weeks after a high-level meeting at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday. Trump hosted Israel’s ambassador to Washington Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese ambassador to the U.S. Nada Moawad in the Oval Office for a second round of U.S.-facilitated talks, a day after Israeli […]
Lebanon hopes for extension of ceasefire at Washington meeting
- 22-Apr-2026
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Lebanese and Israeli envoys will meet for the second time in two weeks in Washington on Thursday, building on nascent contacts between the states, with Lebanon hoping for the extension of a shaky ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. The 10-day, U.S.-mediated ceasefire is set to expire on Sunday. Underlining its fragility, Iran-backed Hezbollah said […]
Lebanese return to ‘unliveable’ areas as ceasefire with Israel mostly holds
- 17-Apr-2026
People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning to devastated towns and neighbourhoods on Friday, with many finding their homes destroyed or uninhabitable and hesitant to stay for fear a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel could unravel. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the 10-day ceasefire agreement between the governments of Lebanon and Israel on […]
Lebanon army reports Israeli ‘acts of aggression’ in violation of ceasefire
- 17-Apr-2026
Lebanon’s army reported “acts of aggression” by Israel that it said violated a ceasefire which took effect at midnight Friday local time. Lebanon’s army in an X post early on Friday called on residents in the south to exercise caution “in light of a number of violations” of the ceasefire agreement by “several Israeli acts […]
Canada, UK, Australia and Japan call for ‘urgent end to hostilities in Lebanon’
- 15-Apr-2026
Canada, the UK, Australia, Japan and six other countries condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Tuesday while calling “for an urgent end to hostilities” in the country where Israeli attacks have killed over 2,000 people since March. “Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland and the United Kingdom remain […]
Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father’s funeral
- 13-Apr-2026
TYRE: Wrapped in bloodied bandages, Aline Saeed, seven, barely survived the Israeli strike on her home in south Lebanon last week. She was there to bury her father as hopes of a truce spread across the region, but a new strike killed her infant sister and other relatives. The strike on the Saeed family home […]
Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold talks. What do we know?
- 11-Apr-2026
BEIRUT: Israeli and Lebanese envoys are expected to meet in Washington on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to calm weeks of Israeli fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah that has threatened to derail a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire. Both sides are under pressure from Trump to end the fighting, a key demand by Iran in parallel […]
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia express concern over ceasefire violations in Lebanon
- 09-Apr-2026
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have expressed concern over ceasefire violations in Lebanon, following Israeli strikes on Wednesday that killed 182 people and wounded 890 others. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to discuss the latest developments in the region. During their conversation on […]