Lebanon
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Earlier today, we featured reports from the Red Cross that an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building killed at least 18 people in Aitou, northern Lebanon. Now the head of delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross is speaking to Sky News, telling us the targeted building was rented by internally displaced people.…
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The US embassy in Lebanon has told American citizens they are “strongly encouraged to depart now”. A statement on its website said that since the end of September, the US government has “added thousands of seats [on flights] in extra capacity to accommodate US citizens and their family members”. “Much of this capacity has gone…
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has urged members of the European Union to suspend the bloc’s free trade agreement with Israel over its actions in Gaza and Lebanon. Both Spain and Ireland have been in talks with other EU nations for months over reviewing the EU-Israel Association Agreement on the basis Israel may be breaching…
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An Israeli strike has hit the north Lebanese majority-Christian region of Aitou for the first time in a year of hostilities, according to local media reports. Lebanese media also said Israeli jets had struck several villages in the Baalbek district in the Bekaa Valley. Israel has said it is targeting Hezbollah strongholds in the south of…
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Israeli airstrikes have forced around 40% of Lebanon’s 1.5 million students from their homes, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). It comes as the start of the school year for public schools in Lebanon has been postponed until 4 November, with around 60% of public schools currently being used…
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Israel must do more to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, says Kamala Harris. Citing a UN report that says no food has entered northern Gaza in two weeks, the vice president said Israel must “urgently” do more to address the situation. “Civilians must be protected and must have access to food, water,…
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Hezbollah’s drone strike on Binyamina failed to trigger Israel’s air defence alert systems, which the Iran-backed group says was part of its plan to cause maximum destruction. It says that, as part of a “qualitative and complex operation”, it launched dozens of missiles towards various targets in Israel “with the aim of occupying the Israeli…
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Last night’s drone attack on Binyamina is Israel’s “first major setback” after two weeks of progress in Lebanon. The Israeli military says four people died in the strike, which hit an army base adjacent to the town, located on Israel’s Mediterranean coast. The IDF has stepped up its attacks on what it says are Hezbollah…
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A spokesperson for UN secretary general Antonio Guterres says attacks against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon “may constitute a war crime”. There have been a growing number of encounters between Israeli forces and United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers in recent days. A series of strikes have hit peacekeeping positions and personnel, most of…
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Israel’s military said that one of its tanks entered a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) post while trying to evacuate injured soldiers today. Earlier, UNIFIL said its peacekeepers in Ramyah, southern Lebanon, were in shelters when two Israeli tanks “forcibly entered” their position, requesting that the base “turn out its lights”. The tanks…
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The US has confirmed it is sending a Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) battery to Israel. The highly advanced defence system possesses the ability to fend off ballistic missiles inside or outside the atmosphere during their final, or terminal, phase of flight. The THAAD interceptor doesn’t carry a warhead, instead relying on its own…
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Israel is facing heavy criticism over its attacks on UN peacekeeping positions in Lebanon. A UN source said Israel had injured two people when it fired on peacekeepers in southern Lebanon this morning. The UN peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel – an area…
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi visited the Jdeidet Yabous crossing on the border between Syria and Lebanon on Monday, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported. “I’m at the Syrian/Lebanese border, where a quarter of a million people have crossed since September 23, when Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon escalated,” Grandi said Monday…
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The demand comes in response to an Israeli ground operation into Lebanon, launched at the end of September to take out Hezbollah positions close to the Israeli border that has killed and displaced thousands. French President Emmanuel Macron has said that 88 predominantly French-speaking countries have collectively called for an “immediate” ceasefire in Lebanon. Speaking…
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Israel says it aims to drive Hezbollah away from the border so the thousands of Israelis displaced by months of almost daily cross-border fire can return to their homes. Powerful new explosions have rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight into Sunday as Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon, also striking a Palestinian refugee camp in the…
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Sir Keir Starmer has once again called for any British nationals in Lebanon to leave the country. More than 150 Britons left Beirut on the first government-chartered flight on Wednesday, with another plane landing in Birmingham yesterday. It’s not clear how long Beirut’s airport can remain open, with some Israeli strikes yesterday hitting nearby areas,…
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