At least 41 more people were killed in Lebanon today as a flurry of Israeli airstrikes struck the eastern Bekaa Valley and Israeli ground troops clashed with Hezbollah forces. Since Monday, the Lebanese Health Ministry has reported 294 people killed in the Israeli...
Eight Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Border Rocket Fire by Hezbollah
Israeli airstrikes against Lebanon continued throughout Friday, with the casualty toll announced by Lebanon’s Health Ministry soaring to 217 killed and 798 wounded since Monday. Up until today, there had been relatively few reports of Hezbollah successfully inflicting...
Ordering Civilians Out of Beirut Suburbs, Israeli Minister Vows Area Will Look Like Gaza City of Khan Younis
Israel continues to escalate the attack on Lebanon today, with the first strikes against the country’s north being reported, and additional strikes against the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, which came with new rounds of evacuation orders. The Israeli military ordered tens...
Syria Masses Troops Along Lebanon Border, Closes Crossing for Departure
As Lebanon comes under growing attack by Israel, tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who had fled to Lebanon are finding themselves scrambling to return home. The Islamist government in Syria has reported some 40,000 people have crossed back in from Lebanon in recent...
Eleven Killed as Israel Pounds Christian-Majority Area of Beirut
At least 11 more people have been killed today as Israel continues its airstrikes against Lebanon, with substantial focuses of the strikes being residential areas and a hotel in the Christian-majority part of the capital city of Beirut. The Comfort Hotel, in between...
Evacuations Soar as Israel Launches New Ground Invasion of Lebanon
A growing number of civilians are flooding out of towns and villages in southern Lebanon over the past 48 hours. Some 30,000 civilians were displaced already Monday, and the number is expected to grow markedly as Israeli troops launched a new ground invasion of the...
Lebanese PM Bans Hezbollah From Resisting Israel Militarily
Hezbollah historically has fit in an unusual position in Lebanese politics, being a substantial Shi’ite political party as well as a substantial Shi’ite militia that was centered on resisting Israeli military intervention on Lebanese territory. Those statuses are...
At Least 52 Killed, Including Hezbollah Intel Chief, In Israeli Attacks on Beirut and Southern Lebanon
Israel continued to pound Lebanon overnight Sunday and into Monday, with multiple attacks targeting the capital city of Beirut, particularly the Shi’ite suburb of Dahiyeh. The Lebanese Health Ministry reports that at least 52 people have been killed and 154 wounded in...
Israel Pounds Lebanese Capital After Hezbollah Takes Credit for Rocket Fire at Haifa
Israel is attacking the Lebanese capital city of Beirut this evening after Hezbollah reportedly took credit for rocket fire against the Israeli city of Haifa. Israeli warplanes have also hit multiple other sites across southern and eastern Lebanon today, including the...
Hezbollah Leader Vows to Confront Israeli Aggression as Strikes on Southern Lebanon Continue
In the week leading up to the war on Iran, Israel repeatedly warned Lebanon would be targeted if Hezbollah became involved in that conflict, and once the war was underway the US sought to assure Lebanon that Israel had no intention to escalate the conflict into...


