Israel calls on residents to evacuate over 20 areas in south Lebanon
- 01-Oct-2024
The Israeli military on Tuesday called on residents in more than 20 areas of southern Lebanon to evacuate, hours after saying it launched ground raids across the border. “The IDF (Israeli military) does not want to harm you, and for your own safety you must evacuate your homes immediately. Anyone who is near Hezbollah members, […]
Hezbollah denies Israel claim it killed half of commanders in south
- 25-Apr-2024
BEIRUT: Hezbollah denied on Thursday an Israeli claim that it had killed half of the Iran-backed Lebanese group’s commanders in the south of the country, saying only a handful were slain. The Lebanese group has been exchanging near-daily fire with the Israeli army since the day after its Palestinian ally Hamas carried out an unprecedented […]
Israel strike on car in south Lebanon kills at least one: state media
- 13-Mar-2024
BEIRUT: At least one person was killed and three others wounded in an Israeli strike on a car in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the official National News Agency reported. Since war erupted between Israel and Gaza-based Hamas in October, Hamas ally Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily fire across the border, raising fears of all-out […]
Hezbollah says downed Israeli drone in south Lebanon
- 26-Feb-2024
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said it shot down an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon on Monday, nearly five months into near-daily cross-border clashes sparked by the Gaza war. Hezbollah’s “air defence unit shot down… a large Israeli Hermes 450 drone with a surface-to-air missile” in south Lebanon, the group said in a statement. The group […]
Israel strike kills three in south Lebanon: state media
- 27-Dec-2023
BEIRUT: An Israeli air strike on a south Lebanon border town killed a Hezbollah fighter, the group said Wednesday, with state media reporting two of his relatives were also killed. The border between Lebanon and Israel has seen escalating exchanges of fire, mainly between the Israeli army and Hamas ally Hezbollah, since the Israel-Hamas war […]