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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
The extended ceasefire in Lebanon has just a couple of days left, and while Israel is maybe withdrawing from population centers, but keeping its military in southern Lebanon with new hilltop surveillance posts, the situation wasn’t less bloody this weekend. Instead,...
In recent days it has become increasingly clear that Israel has no more intention of withdrawing all of its troops from southern Lebanon by the February 18 deadline than it had for the January 26 deadline. It is now more clear what the plan is, and how it will be...
A group of UN experts have issued a statement on the ceasefire in Lebanon today, expressing outrage at Israel’s flagrant violations, including the killing of civilians trying to return to their homes, and the systematic destruction of those homes during the nominal...
Last night it was reported in Israeli media that the US had denied the Israeli government’s request to extend the latest deadline for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, which is February 18. Less than 24-hours later, those same outlets are quoting Israeli officials who...
