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Israel’s Netanyahu says capturing Beaufort a ‘dramatic shift’ in Lebanon offensive

May 31, 2026 admin

Israeli military vehicles maneuver in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, May 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday (May 31, 2026) that Israeli forces’ capture of Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon marked a “dramatic shift” in Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. “Today, we have returned…

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Why is Israel attacking Lebanon? | Explained

March 21, 2026 admin

The story so far: As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth week, another, perhaps more brutal, war is unfolding in the region. On March 16, Israel announced the launch of a ground offensive in Lebanon against Hezbollah. It has also carried out massive air strikes in southern Lebanon and the southern outskirts of…

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Israeli raid in southern Lebanon kills municipal employee, sparking protests

October 30, 2025 admin

A Lebanese soldier sits on top of a military vehicle outside the municipality building of the southern Lebanese border village of Blida in the aftermath of an Israeli army raid on the village, on October 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli soldiers raided a municipal government building in a border village in southern Lebanon…

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12 Killed In Israeli Strike On Civil Defence Facility, Says Lebanon

November 14, 2024 admin

Civil Defence said “eight personnel from the… Baalbek regional centre were killed”. (Representational) Beirut: Lebanon said at least 12 people were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike targeting the main civil defence facility in the eastern Baalbek area, with the rescuers counting eight members among the dead. “The Israeli enemy strike on a civil defence…

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Netanyahu Confirms He Okayed Pager Attacks That Killed Nearly 40 In Lebanon

November 10, 2024 admin

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted that he had “okayed” the pager attacks in Lebanon, which had killed nearly 40 and wounded 3,000 Iran-backed Hezbollah members in September. “Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that he greenlighted the pager operation in Lebanon,” his spokesperson Omer Dostri told news agency AFP. Thousands of pagers exploded in Hezbollah strongholds…

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Israeli Strikes Target Lebanon’s Tyre City, 7, Including 2 Children Killed

November 9, 2024 admin

Beirut: Lebanon’s health ministry said Saturday seven people including two children were killed in Israeli strikes on the southern city of Tyre a day earlier, with rescuers still searching for missing people under the rubble. “Israeli enemy strikes on the city of Tyre killed seven people including two girls, and injured 46 others,” the ministry…

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Israeli forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, Israeli military official says

November 2, 2024 admin

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) | Photo Credit: AP Israeli naval forces captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, an Israeli military official said Saturday, as the conflict between the Iran-backed group and Israel showed few…

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Israeli forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, Israeli military official says

November 2, 2024 admin

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Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah official expected to be group’s next leader

October 22, 2024 admin

File picture of Hezbollah senior official Sayyed Hashem Safieddine | Photo Credit: Reuters The Israeli military said Tuesday (October 22, 2024) that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier this month killed a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to be the group’s next leader. There was no immediate confirmation from the militant…

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Hezbollah hides millions in cash, gold under Beirut hospital, says Israel

October 22, 2024 admin

Hezbollah has stashed hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker built under a hospital in Beirut, Israel’s military said on Monday (October 21, 2024), adding it will not strike the facility as it keeps up attacks against the group’s financial assets. Fadi Alameh, a Lebanese lawmaker with the Shi’ite Amal…

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