Israel continued with its airstrikes against Lebanon on Thursday, attacking a person on a motorcycle in the Tyre District in the south and then launching a flurry of attacks against the eastern Bekaa Valley. The motorcyclist was attacked on the road near Ain Baal,...
Israeli Drone Strike Wounds One South of Beirut
An Israeli drone attacked a car at the Zarout mosque south of the Lebanese capital city of Beirut, seriously wounding one person, who security sources suggested was a Hezbollah member. Hezbollah has not confirmed that, and officials have not directly identified the...
Israeli Airstrikes in Northeast Lebanon Kill Five, Wound Five
Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, on the outskirts of Hermel. The strikes killed at least five people and wounded five others. The IDF claimed the sites were used by Hezbollah for training purpose. Details are still emerging about who...
US Officials Threaten Lebanon With New Israel Invasion If Hezbollah Isn’t Disarmed Soon
The Lebanese government is under growing threat internationally despite having already approved of a plan to disarm Hezbollah, with US officials warning they face another invasion by Israel if Israel decides it’s taking too long. The Lebanese cabinet ordered the Army...
Five Killed, 17 Wounded in Israeli Attacks on Southern Lebanon
Israel continues to carry out attacks on southern Lebanon in violation of the November ceasefire, and attacks Wednesday and overnight into Thursday left at least five people dead and 17 others wounded, four of the wounded were children. The strikes began earlier on...
Israeli Drones Drop Grenades on UNIFIL Peacekeepers in Lebanon
The UNIFIL reported that on Tuesday morning, near the Lebanese village of Marwahin, Israeli drones approached their peacekeepers and dropped stun grenades within 20 meters of them. The IDF confirmed the incident. The incident has been described by UN officials as “one...
Israeli Warplanes Pound Southern Lebanon, Sparking Forest Fires
On the day that the Lebanese government is expected to release its plan to fully disarm Hezbollah, Israel carried out yet more attacks against southern Lebanon, targeting the Ali al-Taher and al-Dabsheh forests near Nabatieh al-Fawqa, sparking major fires which civil...
US Envoy Barrack Cuts Tour of South Lebanon Short in Face of Protests
US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack continues to make headlines in Lebanon. Yesterday, it was for lambasting Lebanese journalists as “animalistic” at a press conference in Beirut, and today it was during his planned tour of southern Lebanon. Barrack helicoptered into...
US Envoy Barrack Berates Lebanese Reporters, Insists Behavior Is Indicative of Regional Problems
US envoy Tom Barrack has had more than a few unusual exchanges in the course of his visits to Lebanon, but today seemed to spark a higher level of annoyance among the locals by lashing out at the press conference he was attending and berating the reporters as...
Israel Offers to Support Hezbollah Disarmament, May ‘Consider’ Reducing Troop Presence in Lebanon
Last week, US officials requested that Israel stop attacking Lebanon, as is required under the November ceasefire. It appears they’re not doing that, but beyond previously being involved in a proposal to create a depopulated “Trump zone” in southern Lebanon, Israel is...


