Overnight, Israel continued its attacks on southern Lebanon, hitting and killing a person on a motorcycle in the village of Mansouri, near the coastal city of Tyre. Two other people were reported wounded in the strike. Details are still scant on the Mansouri strike,...
Flouting Ceasefire, Israeli Ground Troops Raid Southern Lebanon
Israel has been aggressively ignoring the ongoing ceasefire with Lebanon since it was just put in place in November, mostly with occupation of hilltop sites inside Lebanon and near daily airstrikes against Lebanese towns and villages. Overnight, they ignored it even...
Israel Says ‘Key Hamas Terrorist’ Among Three Killed in North Lebanon Strike
Israel continued its attacks on Lebanon today, in violation of the ceasefire that has been in place since November. Today they attacked in Lebanon’s far north, hitting the city of Tripoli in a strike that killed at least three and wounded 13 others. Like so many other...
Israeli Drone Strikes Across Southern Lebanon Kill Two, Wound Ten
Israel carried out multiple drone strikes against southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and into Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounded 10 others, including a child who was seriously wounded. The fatal strikes were reported in Deir Kifa and Beit Lif. The...
Hezbollah Rejects US Demand to Disarm, Says It’s a Domestic Issue
Efforts to try to get Hezbollah to agree to disarm appear to have failed, with Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem announcing Wednesday evening that the group will not agree to give up its weapons, its land, or its right to resist. Lebanon’s government has been in talks with...
Lebanon Continues Hezbollah Disarmament Talks as Israeli Strikes South
Difficult negotiations continue to be ongoing between the Lebanese government and Hezbollah with the question of if and how to potential disarm the organization, in keeping with US and Israeli demands. The matter is important right now because while Israel is...
Lebanon Struggles to Navigate US, Israeli Demands to Disarm Hezbollah Before Peace Talks
Cursory reports in the press are suggesting that Lebanon might be on the verge of joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel. The Lebanese government isn’t explicitly denying it, but there seem to be some huge obstacles in the way. The first...
Escalating Strikes on Southern Lebanon, Israel Kills Four, Wounds Dozens
Israel is once again escalating its airstrikes against southern Lebanon this weekend, with a flurry of strikes killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others. As usual, Israeli officials are presenting one of the slain as a “Hezbollah commander.” The...
Israel Kills Two in Southern Lebanon Strikes, Claims Both Are Hezbollah
Israeli airstrikes against southern Lebanon continued on Thursday, with two people reported killed in separate strikes. The IDF quickly issued a statement claiming both were Hezbollah operatives, with one promoted all the way to “elite” Radwan commander. The first...
Israel Kills One in Strikes Along Southern Lebanese Coast
Though the ongoing new Israeli war in Iran has been making a lot of the headlines, Israel’s ongoing war during a ceasefire in Lebanon shows no signs of slowing down, with multiple attacks reported against the southern Lebanese coast throughout the weekend. On Friday,...