While focus on Israel’s military operations tends to be on Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, operations have quietly continued in southwest Syria, where Israeli troops continue to regularly enter Quneitra Governorate on patrol, setting up checkpoints and...
Wednesday saw a substantial number of Israeli strikes on Lebanon, despite the so-called “ceasefire” between the two nations, including the first strike against the capital city of Beirut, which reportedly killed a commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force. Israeli Prime...
The Lebanese Christian village of Debel became a major point of contention in the ongoing Israeli war last month, when images emerged of an IDF soldier smashing a statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer. The IDF insisted it was “contrary” to their values and...
At least 16 more people were killed and dozens of others wounded today as Israel continued its attacks on Lebanon, increasingly stretching the definition of a “ceasefire” which is meant to be in place between the two countries. The largest single incident in the south...
In an interview with Israel’s Channel 7 TV, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reported that his son has asked him not to finish destroying Lebanon before he has the opportunity to get involved and do some destroying of his own. The hawkish Smotrich said he...
Overnight, the Lebanese town of Habboush was targeted in Israeli airstrikes, causing significant damage. In the morning, Israeli artillery was actively shelling the town, causing even more destruction in residential and commercial parts of town. Habboush is just one...
Heavy fighting reportedly erupted in the area of Deir Seryan, on the border between Israel and Lebanon and well inside the Israeli occupied “Yellow Line” area of southern Lebanon. Israel reportedly advanced troops into the town and Hezbollah attacked them. Details are...
Scores of people, including a number of women and children, have been killed over the course of the weekend in southern Lebanon, as Israeli strikes continue to escalate across the region, and numbers from the Lebanese Health Ministry show the overall death toll of the...
The Israeli military attacked and seriously damaged a convent in the southern Lebanese town of Yaroun, leading to international condemnation from Christian groups. The convent belonged to the Greek Catholic order “Basilian Salvatorian Sisters,” and was known for...
With US and Israeli officials constantly insisting everything that is happening in southern Lebanon is Hezbollah’s fault, there was an underlying assumption that there would be a public backlash against Hezbollah as locals lives got progressively worse. While there...
