Israel’s Channel 14 has reported that the Israeli government is accusing Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal of directly coordinating operations with Hezbollah, raising concerns about coordination between the two nations during the ongoing Israeli invasion...
Late Monday, Israeli ground troops carried out an attack against the southeastern Lebanese town of Baraachit, killing one civilian in the barrage of machine gun fire. Exactly why the attack was carried out has yet to be disclosed by Israeli officials, though the...
The massive detonations of tunnels at Ali al-Taher Ridge over the weekend weren’t the end to Israel’s military offensive in the areas, and Defense Minister Israel Katz’s comments are threatening to make the attack an even bigger issue for civilians in the surrounding...
This weekend once again saw Israel conducting a growing number of operations against southwest Syria, pointing to yet further escalation and leading to the capture of multiple locals in Quneitra Governorate. The detentions happened Thursday night into Friday, with an...
Following weeks of offensives against the Ali al-Taher Ridge, Israeli forces carried out massive underground detonations against what they say were tunnels belonging to Hezbollah. The detonations were said to involve 1,000 tonnes of explosives, and created a...
Southern Lebanon had a substantial population before the March Israeli invasion and occupation, but it wasn’t a heavily urbanized area. Rather, the economy is, or at least was, heavily built around agriculture, and the extent of the damage to the farmland over the...
UN Commissioner Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has issued a new report to the UN Human Rights Council related to Israeli military operations in southwest Syria, warning that the operations are increasingly impacting Syrian civilians in ways that could amount to war crimes under...
Pre-dawn strikes hit several towns and villages across southern Lebanon, leading UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to express alarm about the ongoing Israeli escalation and call for Israel to withdraw from the occupied Lebanese territory. An Israeli drone strike...
The future of the UN Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) is up in the air as the UN Security Council is poised to start debating the possibility to extending its mandate yet again. The mandate was last extended in 2025, supposedly for the final time, and the US and...
Whether you consider it a town or a village, Kfar Roumine was a modest place before the Israeli invasion in March. Some 1,400 people lived there at the time. Forced displacement and persistent attacks, including Monday’s airstrike that killed over a dozen people, have...
