UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say “we are staying” despite Israeli attacks
Yarze, Lebanon Reuters United Nations peacekeepers are determined to remain at their posts in southern Lebanon despite Israeli attacks in recent days and orders by Israel’s advancing military to leave, the force’s spokesperson said on Thursday. Andrea Tenenti said the Israeli attacks on the peacekeeping force, known as UNIFIL, on Wednesday and Thursday had wounded […]
Israel and Hezbollah in major missile exchange as escalation fears grow
Jerusalem/Beirut Reuters Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel’s military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack, in one of the biggest clashes in more than 10 months of border warfare. Missiles were visible curling up through the dawn sky, dark vapour […]
Displaced yet again, southern Lebanese decry lack of state support
Baisariyeh, Lebanon Reuters Ahmed Abu Della was born in the Lebanese village of Yarine before the land to the south was known as Israel. He hoped to spend his final days there – but 80 years later, with his hometown pummelled by Israeli shelling, Abu Della’s children gave him an ultimatum: leave Yarine, or we […]
Lebanon’s precarious sectarian balance tipping amid Hezbollah-Israeli war
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters As the Lebanese Christian village of Rmeish marks its first Easter since the Gaza war erupted, residents say a parallel confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel is dragging them into a conflict they did not choose. Like many Christians elsewhere in southern Lebanon, residents are angry and fearful their homes could be caught […]