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Lebanon Health Ministry says three killed in Israeli strike

September 13, 2024 admin

Smoke rises near the Israel-Lebanon border, after Hezbollah fired projectiles towards Israel from Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in northern Israel, September 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Lebanese Health Ministry said a child was among three people killed in an Israeli strike in the country’s south on Thursday (September…

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Lebanese Forces Chief Condemns Hezbollah On Fight With Israel

September 2, 2024 admin

Hezbollah announced that one of its fighters had been killed by Israeli fire (file). Beirut, Lebanon: The head of the Christian political party Lebanese Forces on Sunday accused Hezbollah of dragging the country into a war with Israel without consulting the people. In a speech attacking the Shiite Muslim group, Samir Geagea, who heads the…

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Watch: What’s Hezbollah, and why is the militia permanently at war with Israel?

August 31, 2024 admin

Watch: What’s Hezbollah, and why is the militia permanently at war with Israel? Fuad Shukr, the ‘ghost’ commander of Hezbollah, was killed on July 31 in an Israeli strike in Beirut. Shukr was the seniormost Hezbollah commander killed by Israel in the 10-month long war. Hezbollah had vowed to avenge Shukr’s death. In the early…

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Clashes Between Israel And Hezbollah Since 2006 War

August 26, 2024 admin

More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since war began between Israel and Hamas (File). Paris: After an escalation of hostilities Sunday amid over 10 months of cross-border clashes between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement, here are the major eruptions of violence since their 2006 war. The devastating month-long war in the…

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How Israeli Air Force Hit Hezbollah

August 26, 2024 admin

Over 100 Israeli warplanes participated in the preemptive assault. New Delhi: The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Sunday conducted a series of precision strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, thwarting what Israeli officials described as a large-scale attack. The strikes, which began at 5 am local time, were part of a military campaign aimed at…

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Warns Strikes In Lebanon Are Not Final Word

August 25, 2024 admin

Israeli military intercepted all the drones that Hezbollah launched, Benjamin Netanyahu said. Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Sunday’s strikes in Lebanon were “not the final word” in his country’s military campaign against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. “We are striking Hezbollah with surprising, crushing blows… This is another step towards changing the situation…

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Hezbollah Strikes A Slap In The Face For Israel, Says Hamas

August 25, 2024 admin

Israel launched a pre-emptive strike on Lebanon on Sunday Doha: Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday hailed strikes by Lebanon’s Hezbollah against Israel, calling it a “strong and focused response”. “We emphasize that this strong and focused response, which struck deep inside the Zionist entity, is a slap in the face” for the Israeli government,…

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The Iran-Backed Group That Once Went To Month-Long War With Israel

August 25, 2024 admin

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah rarely appears in public. Hezbollah, which has exchanged fire with Israeli forces since October, last went to war with Israel in 2006 and has since expanded its domestic and regional influence, politically and militarily. Financed and armed by Iran, Hezbollah is the most prominent actor in the so-called axis of resistance…

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Israel Attacks Lebanon In “Self-Defence”, Hezbollah Responds With 300 Rockets

August 25, 2024 admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convened a security cabinet meeting today. New Delhi: Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah and Israel both announced large-scale military operations against each other today. According to a statement from Hezbollah, an Iran-backed group, “more than 320” Katyusha rockets were launched, targeting key Israeli military sites. In response to the threat, the…

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Antony Blinken Heads To Egypt After Israel To Push For Gaza Ceasefire

August 20, 2024 admin

Antony Blinken said he had a very constructive meeting with the Israel PM on Monday. Israel: Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due to travel to Egypt on Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US “bridging proposal” for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same. Blinken,…

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