Lebanon
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At least 100 people in Lebanon have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, its health ministry has now said. The figure has doubled from 50 given in an earlier update. This would make it the deadliest day in Lebanon since the conflict started in October. The number of people wounded has risen to 400. Israel says…
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The airstrikes in southern Lebanon seemed to have sparked an exodus as people scramble to leave the area and head for the capital, Beirut. The education minister, Dr Abbas Halabi, said some schools in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Chouf and Aley will be used as shelters for those fleeing. There are already 160,000 displaced Lebanese who’ve…
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The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has launched a drone attack on an Israeli military observation base, the pro-Iranian group said. The group said the target was located “in occupied Palestine” but did not elaborate. It comes a day after the Islamic Resistance said it had attacked a location in the Israeli-occupied Jordan Valley. The Israeli…
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There are several routes of escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, says former national security adviser Sir Mark Lyall Grant. He tells Sky News that Israel “probably has the greater incentive to escalate this conflict than the other side”. It could target Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah; Lebanese civilian infrastructure, as it has done…
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Israel’s military has begun carrying out extensive strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon this morning, a military spokesperson said. Asked about a possible Israeli ground incursion, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israel “will do whatever is needed” to return evacuated residents of the north to their homes. He claimed Hezbollah was preparing to fire on Israel,…
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It’s Monday, so before we start another week of our coverage, here’s everything you need to know as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East… Week of escalation Fears of a wider regional conflict increased over the last week, as cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah reached new heights. On Tuesday and Wednesday,…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have said that 12 people have been arrested for being operatives collaborating with Israel and planning acts against Iran’s security. The Revolutionary Guards added that members of the network of 12 operatives were arrested in six different Iranian provinces, but did not say when. Tensions in the Middle East have shot up…
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Explosions in booby-trapped radios and pagers in Lebanon this week seriously disrupted its fragile health sector, the World Health Organization chief said today. The United Nations health agency cited the 37 people killed and more than 3,000 injured, according to Lebanese health authorities’ toll, in the pager blasts that detonated in areas considered strongholds of the anti-Israel…
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Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices detonated in Lebanon Wednesday in what appeared to be a second wave of sophisticated, deadly attacks that targeted an extraordinary number of people. Both attacks, which are widely believed to be carried out by Israel, have hiked fears that…
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More now from Hassan Nasrallah, who has been making a public address after Israeli’s military carried out what it called pre-emptive strikes in southern Lebanon. The Hezbollah leader said the attack went “as planned”, dismissing statements by the IDF that its preemptive strikes had stopped a larger attack. He said the group would assess the…
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As tensions escalate between Israel and Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon issued a video Monday urging Americans to leave the country before a crisis begins. Twelve children were killed by a rocket strike Saturday in the Golan Heights. Israel has blamed Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, though Hezbollah has denied responsibility…
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The U.S. embassy in Lebanon, located in the north of the capital Beirut, came under gunfire Wednesday morning, according to a statement by the Lebanese Army Command. “The U.S. embassy in Lebanon was exposed to gunfire by a Syrian national. Army members were deployed in the area and responded to the sources of fire, resulting…
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Militants in Lebanon launched six unmanned aerial vehicles at northern Israel on Tuesday, causing fire and damage. Only one of the drones was intercepted by the country’s Aerial Defense Array, the Israeli military said in a statement. One of the drones exploded near the community of Yiftah, close to the Israel-Lebanon border, sparking a fire,…
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A barrage of rockets was launched from southern Lebanon towards Galilee in northern Israel, an Israeli media outlet reported on Friday evening. “Heavy missile fire was directed towards Galilee, along with several sirens sounding amid concerns of aircraft penetration into Israeli territory,” reported Israeli daily Maariv. “Sirens were activated in the communities of Dafna, Snir,…
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The IDF has confirmed there has been further strikes by its forces in southern Lebanon. Thirteen people were already reported to have died in a single strike in Nabatieh late yesterday. A statement early this afternoon reads: “A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck dozens of Hezbollah terror targets in the area of Wadi…
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In the latest cross-border exchange, Israel has struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, according to the Israel Defence Forces. This morning, air raid sirens sounded in northern Israel and it was thought a “hostile aircraft” belonging to the group had crossed the border – but this was later flagged as a false alarm. The IDF conducted…
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