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Top Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil among eight killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

September 20, 2024 admin

A strike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Friday (September 20, 2024) killed eight people and wounded dozens of others, with a source close to the movement saying a top military leader was dead. The Israeli military said it had conducted a “targeted strike”, while the Lebanese health ministry said the attack had…

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From Taiwan to Lebanon via Hungary: The trail of exploding pagers

September 19, 2024 admin

A communication device on the ground as Lebanese Army forces (not in picture) prepare to destroy it in a controlled explosion, in southern Lebanon between the villages of Burj al Muluk and Klayaa, on September 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP On Sunday (September 15, 2024), Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, told his security…

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Israel Warns War ‘Centre Of Gravity Moving North’ Amid Hezbollah Escalation

September 18, 2024 admin

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that settlers in the north will “return to their homes” Tel Aviv, Israel: In Israel’s first reaction since thousands of blasts rocked Lebanon over two days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defence minister has announced that the “centre of gravity” of the Middle East conflict is “moving north”. In a…

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Israeli airstrike kills cleaning worker, relative in southern Lebanon, sources say

September 2, 2024 admin

Civil Defence teams inspect a charred car that was hit by an Israeli drone strike on the road leading to the southern Lebanese on September 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP An Israeli airstrike killed two civilians travelling in a car along Lebanon’s southern coast on Monday (September 2, 2024) security sources said, including an…

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Israel Strikes Lebanon, Says Thwarted Major Hezbollah Attack

August 25, 2024 admin

Netanyahu told his cabinet the strikes were “not the final word” in the campaign against Hezbollah Israel launched air strikes into Lebanon on Sunday, saying it destroyed “thousands” of Hezbollah rocket launchers and thwarted a major attack, while the Lebanese group insisted it had been able to deliver a drone and rocket barrage of its…

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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-Hezbollah war: Israel ‘struck thousands’ of Hezbollah rocket launchers in south Lebanon

August 25, 2024 admin

A view shows smoke and fire on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel, after Israel said it had noted armed group Hezbollah preparing to attack Israel and had carried out pre-emptive strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, as seen from Tyre, southern Lebanon August 25. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Israeli military said…

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Israel says it hit around 10 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killed one fighter

July 30, 2024 admin

A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, on July 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Israeli Army said on July 30 it had struck around 10 Hezbollah targets overnight in seven different areas of south Lebanon, killing one fighter from the Iran-backed militant group….

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