GENEVA — More than 200 children have been killed and 1,100 injured in Lebanon in the past two months, the U.N. children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. The more than year-old conflict in Lebanon spiralled into all-out war in late September when Israel launched a major offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah. “Despite more than 200 children […]
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Senior Hezbollah commanders killed in Israeli airstrikes in Southern Lebanon
JERUSALEM — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that it had killed Jaafar Khader Faour, the commander overseeing Hezbollah’s missile and rocket operations in its Nasser unit. The IDF reported that Faour was targeted and killed in a precision airstrike by an Israeli Air Force fighter jet in the village of Jouaiyya in […]
WHO ‘Deeply Concerned’ about ‘Rising Attacks’ on Lebanon Healthcare
BEIRUT — The World Health Organization said Friday it was deeply concerned about Israeli attacks hitting healthcare workers and facilities in Lebanon, in its war against Hezbollah. “We’re deeply concerned about the rising attacks on health workers and facilities in Lebanon. The numbers are really quite shocking. There have been 102 deaths, 83 injured” in […]
Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers: Lebanon state news
BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike on a compound housing journalists in southeast Lebanon has killed three media staffers, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Friday. The Beirut-based pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen TV said two of its staffers were among the journalists killed early Friday. Al-Manar TV of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said its camera operator Wissam Qassim was […]
Israel pounds Beirut, levels residential complex: state media
BEIRUT — Israel unleashed a wave of air strikes on Hezbollah’s southern Beirut stronghold on Wednesday night, Lebanese state media said, as the Israel-Hezbollah war reached its one-month mark. With six buildings levelled in at least 17 Israeli raids, the strikes mark one of the most brutal nights in the capital’s southern suburbs since the […]
Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon reaches 2,464: Health Ministry
BEIRUT — The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict has reached 2,464, with injuries up to 11,530, the Lebanese Health Ministry has reported. On Saturday alone, 16 people were killed and 59 others wounded in Israeli attacks, the ministry said on Sunday. It noted that 11 people […]
Israel releases new footage of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar
TEL AVIV — The Israeli Defense Forces Spokesperson revealed new footage on Saturday evening documenting the death of Hamas leader and mastermind of the October 7 attacks Yahya Sinwar. Sinwar and two other terrorists were killed in a chance encounter with Israeli soldiers in Rafah on Thursday. His body was taken to Israel and positively […]
Drone launched towards Israel PM Netanyahu’s house, no casualties
JERUSALEM — Israel’s government said a drone was launched toward the the prime minister’s house Saturday, with no casualties. Sirens wailed Saturday morning in Israel, warning of incoming fire from Lebanon, with a drone launched toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea, the Israeli government said. Neither he nor his wife were home […]
Israeli military urges mass evacuation in Lebanon, calls up additional brigade for combat
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military continued its push into Lebanon on Friday, calling up another brigade for combat and urging residents of 23 listed villages and towns to flee northward. “For your own safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move to the north of the Awali River,” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson Avichay […]
India sends first tranche of 11 tons of medical supplies to Lebanon amid rising conflict
NEW DELHI — India on Friday dispatched the first tranche of 11 tons of medical supplies to Lebanon as part of a humanitarian effort to support the nation amid rising tensions and the ongoing conflict in southern Lebanon. A total of 33 tons of medical supplies are being sent. Randhir Jaiswal, the official spokesperson for […]