Civilians in vehicles in southern Lebanon are everywhere and always at risk from Israeli drones, and there have been an increasing number of such drones flying overhead in a lot of southern villages. Wednesday, that led to multiple Israeli drone strikes against a car...
Israel Expands Zones Lebanese Civilians Are Barred From, Kills ‘Commander’ in Drone Strike
Israel’s decision to stay at five surveillance posts inside southern Lebanon after the February 18 deadline has caused considerable consternation among the Lebanese. Israel maintains the US green lit their stay, and now it appears that wasn’t the end of the...
US, Israel Reject French Proposal to End IDF Presence in Lebanon
Weeks after the February 18 deadline for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon has come and gone, IDF troops remain at the five hilltop surveillance posts they hastily constructed in southern Lebanon ahead of that deadline, and there are increasing signs that this is an...
Israeli DM: US Gave Israel Green Light to Stay in Lebanon ‘Indefinitely’
Israel’s decision to continue to occupy territory in southern Lebanon beyond the February 18 deadline came without a lot of official comment from the US. According to Israeli DM Israel Katz, however, the US gave them a “green light” to remain militarily in Lebanon...
Three Killed in Eastern Lebanon in 24 Hours as Israel Steps Up Drone Strikes
Israel continues to escalate the strikes across Lebanon since they withdrew from the populated parts of southern Lebanon last week. The focus is increasingly on the east, along the border between Lebanon and Syria. Tuesday evening, an Israeli drone strike against the...
Israeli Drone Strike Against East Lebanon Village Kills Two
Israel continues carrying out strikes in Lebanon this week, raising further questions about the status quo after the withdrawal of Israeli troops from populated parts of southern Lebanon a week ago. Today, the most serious strike was reported in eastern Lebanon’s...
Israel Carries Out Multiple Strikes Against Southern Lebanon, Overflies Nasrallah Funeral
Much of the news in Lebanon on Sunday was expected to be centered around the funeral for former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in late September by an Israeli airstrike. The Lebanon news never strays too far from active Israeli action, however....
Israeli Drone Kills One in Southern Lebanon, Troops Fire At Civilians in Kfar Kila
Tuesday marked the end of the deadline for Israeli troops to withdraw from Lebanon, and while IDF troops are still inside Lebanese territory, the main focus Wednesday is on Israeli attacks against the parts of southern Lebanon they actually did withdraw from. In the...
US Proposes Sending Private Military Contractors to Southern Lebanon
The extended deadline of the Lebanon ceasefire has come and gone, and as previously confirmed, Israeli troops only left populated areas, but remained in southern Lebanon at five hilltop surveillance posts that the IDF established in the weeks leading up to the...
Israel Confirms Troops Will Remain at Southern Lebanon Sites After Deadline
It is just one day from the extended deadline for Israel to withdraw its military from Lebanon. Israel is preparing to do something presented as withdrawal but which would more correctly be presented as continuing to occupy Lebanese soil. Israeli officials suggest...