Amid mass destruction, displaced Lebanese rush home after ceasefire
Beirut/Tyre, Lebanon Reuters The cars began lining up at daybreak, snaking their way slowly through narrow lanes lined with collapsed buildings. A truce had finally ended hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, and residents of Beirut’s suburbs were itching to go home. With mattresses stacked atop their cars and yellow Hezbollah flags fluttering out of some […]
Israel-Hezbollah truce holds, Israel sets south Lebanon curfew
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah held on Wednesday after the two sides struck a deal brokered by the US and France, but Israel warned local residents not to return to the border area yet or approach its troops. The agreement, a rare diplomatic feat in a region racked […]
Israel, Hezbollah agree to ceasefire brokered by US and France, to take effect Wednesday
Updated: 10:15am (AEDT) Jerusalem/Beirut, Lebanon Reuters A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah will take effect on Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. The accord cleared the way for an end to a conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border that […]
Deadliest Israeli strike yet on central Beirut leaves gruesome scenes
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Stepping through the charred ruins of her neighbourhood in central Beirut, Lebanese seamstress Laila Amayrad watched bulldozers pick through a building flattened by an Israeli strike days ago, hoping her friends’ bodies would be found. The massive Israeli strike hit the densely populated Basta Fawqa neighbourhood in the Lebanese capital just before […]
Lebanese sources: Biden, Macron set to announce Israel-Hezbollah truce
Jerusalem, Israel/Beirut, Lebanon Reuters US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce a ceasefire in Lebanon between armed group Hezbollah and Israel within 36 hours, four senior Lebanese sources said on Monday. In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, “We’re close” but “nothing is done until everything […]
Hezbollah rockets land near Tel Aviv after big Israeli strike on Beirut
Jerusalem/Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement fired heavy rocket barrages at Israel on Sunday, and the Israeli military said houses had been destroyed or set alight near Tel Aviv, after a powerful Israeli airstrike killed at least 29 people in Beirut the day before. Israel also struck Beirut’s Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs, where intensified bombardment over […]
Powerful Israeli airstrike in central Beirut kills 20, Lebanese health ministry says
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters An Israeli airstrike killed at least 20 people in central Beirut on Saturday, Lebanon’s health ministry said, one of the deadliest strikes on the heart of the capital since Israel began its assault against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in September. Another 13 people, including at least four children, were killed in attacks […]
Israel pounds southern Lebanon and Beirut outskirts, killing five medics
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Israeli forces pounded southern Lebanon and the outskirts of the capital Beirut on Friday, killing at least five medics, and ground troops clashed with Hezbollah fighters in the south. Israel has pushed on with its intense military campaign against the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, tempering hopes that efforts by a US envoy […]
Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah media head, security sources say
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters An Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah’s media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was no immediate confirmation from the Iran-backed group. Israel has rarely hit senior Hezbollah personnel who do not have clear military roles, and its air strikes […]
Six people killed, 11 wounded in Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Baalbek, ministry says, while in Gaza medics say 10 killed in school strike
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Israeli airstrikes on the village of Khreibeh in the Baalbek District of eastern Lebanon killed six people on Saturday, including three children, and injured 11 others, the Lebanese health ministry said. Among the injured were five children, two of whom were in critical condition, the ministry said. Strikes earlier on Saturday killed […]