Major explosions were reported in the southern Lebanese town of Kounine as Israeli forces continued to carry out demolitions and artillery strikes across the region. An IDF drone also reportedly dropped a pair of sonic bombs on farmers in the area near Kfar Chouba....
US Envoy Denounces UNIFIL as ‘Human Shields for Terrorists’
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) sees its 48-year mandate to monitor the situation on the Israel-Lebanon border coming to an end at the end of December, and Israel has stepped up efforts to denounce the group in recent days, claiming they found Hezbollah arms...
Growing Food Insecurity in Lebanon: Over a Million Face Acute Shortages
Ongoing wars and occupations have left many in Lebanon in an increasingly precarious situation. Officials have reported that some 22.5% of all of Lebanon’s farmland has been damaged or burned over the course of the war, and that’s creating shortfalls in food supplies....
UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon Dismiss Israeli Denunciations: Forces Never Meant to Disarm Hezbollah
Israel has long had a problem with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the international peacekeeping force deployed in southern Lebanon since 1978. Complaints historically have been because the force, mandated to document violations of Resolution 1701, have...
Israel Expands Infantry Brigades, Anticipating Another Lebanon Escalation
The most recent round of trilateral talks between the US, Israel and Lebanon ended inconclusively, with no date even set for the next attempt at negotiations. Given how little the past “deals” actually accomplished for Lebanon, the lack of progress didn’t seem that...
As Israel Attacks Scale Up, Lebanon Hopes a New Israeli Government Will Change Policy
As has often been the case lately, this weekend saw the Israeli military escalate the rate and intensity of strikes against southern Lebanon, punctuated by heavy artillery strikes and airstrikes against Kfar Tebnit. Direct bombardment of multiple towns has been the...
As Lebanon Destruction Grows, Attacks on Equipment Complicate Reconstruction
As the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon continues to drag on, the extent of the destruction caused continues to mount, and Lebanese officials continue to provide details as to the troubling extent of the land burned or otherwise destroyed in the conflict. A new...
Paramedic Slain, Another Local Wounded in Israeli Strikes on Southern Lebanon
Multiple Israeli strikes were carried out against a pair of civilians on the outskirts of the southern Lebanon village of Qbrikha, a Shi’ite majority village in the Marjayoun District. One of the people was on a motorcycle, and later identified as a paramedic working...
France Launches Israeli War Crimes Inquiry Over Lebanon
Israel is in the process of invading and occupying southern Lebanon. That’s not unusual, of course, and they’ve launched multiple invasions of southern Lebanon in recent years, largely with little to no legal consequence. The Paris Judicial Court’s crimes against...
As Israel Shelling Continues, Lebanon Agriculture Minister Says 22.5% of Farmland Damaged
Israeli forces continued with their destruction of southern Lebanon, and while most of the focus is rightly on the municipalities they’ve attacked and in many cases outright destroyed, the long-term struggle for reconstruction could be the extent of damage to farmland...


