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Over 200 Rockets Fired At Israel Military Bases, Claims Hezbollah

July 4, 2024 admin

The rockets were fired at five Israeli bases (file). Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched more than 200 rockets and explosive drones at Israeli military positions on Thursday as tensions have soared amid the almost nine-months-old war raging in Gaza. The Iran-backed operative group said its latest attack, which followed the launch of over…

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Israel Says Doesn’t Want War But Warns Hezbollah

June 27, 2024 admin

Israeli Defense Minister said that Israel has killed over 400 Hezbollah “terrorists” in recent months. Washington: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on a visit to Washington that his country does not want war in Lebanon but was ready to inflict “massive damage” on Hezbollah if diplomacy fails. “We do not want war, but we…

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US Urges Israel’s Defence Minister To Avoid Lebanon Escalation

June 24, 2024 admin

Blinken called on Israel during meeting with its defense minister to avoid further escalation in Lebanon. Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israel during a Monday meeting with its defense minister to avoid further escalation in Lebanon as they discussed efforts to reach a deal to free hostages in Gaza. Defense Minister…

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Hezbollah chief warns archenemy Israel against wider war with Lebanon

June 20, 2024 admin

Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a televised address at a memorial service for Taleb Abdallah, a senior field commander in the group who was killed on June 11 alongside three other Hezbollah fighters in an Israeli strike on the south Lebanon village of Jouaiyya, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon on June 19,…

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Hezbollah Uses New Weapons In Israel Attacks

May 17, 2024 admin

Hezbollah has a large arsenal of weapons, that it has expanded significantly in recent years. Beirut: Lebanon’s powerful armed group Hezbollah announced on Thursday it had used a drone capable of firing rockets at a military position in one of its latest attacks in northern Israel. Israel and Hezbollah have been involved in near-daily exchanges…

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Hezbollah attacks Israel after deadly south Lebanon strike

May 6, 2024 admin

Smoke rises above Lebanon, following an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Israel’s border with Lebanon in northern Israel on May 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Official media in Lebanon said an Israeli strike on May 5 on a southern village killed four family members, with…

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‘Border clashes in Lebanon taking heavy toll on children’

May 1, 2024 admin

A house lies in ruins in the border area of Shebaa in southern Lebanon, following an Israeli strike on April 27, 2024 , amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza. | Photo Credit: AFP UNICEF, the children’s agency of the UN, said on April 30 that conflict…

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Lebanon’s sectarian balance on the line as Hezbollah-Israeli conflict drags on

April 1, 2024 admin

Variables in play: Hezbollah began launching rockets at Israel from hilltops and villages in Lebanon in support of its ally Hamas after their cross-border attack triggered a fierce Israeli offensive in Gaza. | Photo Credit: AP As the Lebanese Christian village of Rmeish marks its first Easter since the Gaza war erupted, residents say a parallel…

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Nun spurs debate in Lebanon after urging students to ‘pray’ for Hezbollah

March 30, 2024 admin

The war of words that unfolded following the ‘prayer’ highlights larger, long-standing schisms in Lebanon over Hezbollah. File. | Photo Credit: AP The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the “men of the resistance” in southern Lebanon who she said…

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This Christian Village In Lebanon Hopes To Avoid War, Prepares For Worst

November 1, 2023 admin

Half of the village’s residents have fled north since shells began crashing into hills nearby. Rmeich, Lebanon: At Lebanon’s border with Israel, residents of a Christian village are hoping war can be avoided even as they prepare for the possibility of worsening hostilities between the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah and Israel. Located just a couple…

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