Seven months into the latest Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon, the extent of the damage is nothing short of staggering. Israeli officials have been open about using the Gaza model in Lebanon, and about a desire to make certain villages, particularly Shi’ite...
Since invading southern Lebanon in early March, Israel has sustained relatively few casualties, compared to the thousands of slain Lebanese. This weekend was an outlier, however, with two different incidents of IDF casualties reported. The largest incident was on...
Israeli forces continued to carry out strikes across southern Lebanon on Thursday, shelling villages, destroying homes, and spraying the surrounding area with machine gun fire. The main attacks were reported, as usual of late, in Nabatieh and Tyre Districts, and other...
Nabatieh al-Fawqa has been the site of a lot of strikes in recent weeks, but today an incident was reported when a Lebanese soldier was escorting civilians back into the town to inspect their properties. The group came upon what is being described as a suspicious...
The ongoing trilateral talks between the US, Lebanon and Israel are, as ever, accomplishing comparatively little. Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam held talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday, seeking progress. Salam said it was important for the US to support...
Israel launches attacks on several locations in southern Lebanon on any given day. That’s barely news in and of itself anymore, but one of the sites most persistently targeted in recent weeks was the town of Mansouri, in Tyre District. In early August, Israel’s...
On Saturday, Israeli officials reported that Hezbollah carried out an explosive drone attack against their troops. Notably, the drone was described by the IDF as having been “launched toward” their troops, but it caused no damage or casualties. Israel responded with...
This weekend marked the two-year anniversary of the Israeli killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. He was killed in an Israeli attack during the previous Israeli war on Lebanon, a fact which is particularly relevant this year as Israel is in the midst of an...
Thursday’s reports appear like most other days with respect to Israeli operations in southern Lebanon. Artillery strikes were persistent across the region, and Israeli drones were attacking populated areas, including the area near a restaurant in Nabatieh al-Fawqa....
MP Mohammad Raad, the head of Hezbollah’s political wing, has given a new interview with al-Modon in which he set out “red lines” related to ways in which Hezbollah would agree to enter into talks on disarmament and the granting of a full state monopoly on arms. Raad...
