TEHRAN — Negotiations to end the Mideast war appeared in deep trouble on Monday, as Iranian news agency Tasnim reported Tehran had suspended dialogue with mediators in protest against Israel’s expanding Lebanon offensive. Iran’s move came hours after it again exchanged strikes with US forces despite a weeks-long ceasefire. Weeks of indirect talks marked by […]
JERUSALEM — Israel’s flag flew over the medieval fortress on Beaufort in Lebanon on May 31, as the Israeli military warned Lebanese civilians to evacuate a large area of the south of the country ahead of stepped up ground operations. Shelling was audible and smoke rose from the surrounding area as the invading army’s banner […]
BEIRUT — Israel’s military issued evacuation warnings on Saturday for residents of seven villages in southern Lebanon, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces had pushed deeper into the country. The latest warnings came a day after military delegations from the two countries held landmark security talks in Washington and ahead of US-brokered negotiations […]
BEIRUT — The death toll in the latest round of fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon has surpassed 3,000, Lebanon’s health ministry said Monday. The ministry said the toll is now 3,020 in the fighting that has not stopped despite a fragile ceasefire, including 292 women and 211 children. Fighting began on […]
BEIRUT — Israel carried out new strikes in southern Lebanon that it said targeted the militant group Hezbollah on Friday, hours before the two countries’ envoys were set to meet for a second day of peace talks in Washington. A truce in the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah has been in place since April […]
BEIRUT — A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon takes effect after more than a year of fighting that has killed thousands of people. The truce, which began at 4:00 am (0200 GMT), should bring to a halt a war that has forced tens of thousands of people in Israel and hundreds of thousands […]
BEIRUT — At least 34 people were killed and 80 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, media reported. According to the official National News Agency (NNA) on Saturday, 24 people were killed, and 44 others were injured in eastern Lebanon. The casualties were reported in the towns of Bodai, Shmustar, Hafir, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]