Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati blamed Tel Aviv for the country's climate crisis on Saturday, saying the Israeli army's use of bombings, particularly phosphorus weapons, has caused irreparable damage to more than 5,000 square meters of agricultural land and forests.
At least two people have been killed in an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon, according to local media, amid growing concerns that the Israel-Hamas war could spread beyond the Gaza Strip.
A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Israeli war on Gaza is likely to spill over to the rest of the region, stressing that Iran is at the peak of its power and is fully prepared for all circumstances.
Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, but stated Beirut has drawn up a contingency plan for the next three months should war break out in Lebanon.
The Lebanese movement Hezbollah will step up attacks on bordering Israeli areas and US military sites in the Middle East up to a "complete confrontation" if Israel continues its offensive in the Gaza Strip, Naim Qassem, the group’s deputy secretary general, has stated in an interview with NBC News.
Lebanese group Hezbollah announced on Monday that one of its fighters lost his life during clashes with the Israeli army on the southern border of Lebanon.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has stated that the government is working with Hezbollah and Palestinian groups in the country to prevent a war.
An escalation of the war in Gaza could plunge the whole region into chaos, Lebanon's caretaker prime minister has stated. Najib Mikati added that he is working to ensure his country does not enter the Israel-Gaza war, amid escalating cross-border exchanges between Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Israel.
Israel has carried out strikes against military infrastructures in Syria and Lebanon, its military has announced, amid concerns Tel Aviv's offensive against Hamas could devolve into broader conflict across the Middle East.
Lebanon’s resistance group Hezbollah has confirmed six more of its fighters have now been killed along the border with Israel, taking to 19 the number of its members who have died since October 7.
Hezbollah has confirmed that three of its members were killed in southern Lebanon while “they were engaged in fighting”. Israel’s military had previously announced they struck a squad of Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon with a drone.
Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said that Tel Aviv was not interested in waging war on its northern front and that Israel will keep the situation along the border as it is.
Hezbollah launched missiles at the occupied-territories on Sunday in response to the recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon that killed a Reuters journalist and two elderly civilians, the Lebanese movement announced in a statement.
At least one journalist has been killed and several others were wounded in a shelling attack by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon, according to witnesses and reporters at the scene.
Cross-border violence between Lebanon and Israel has escalated, pushing many Lebanese in the southern towns to leave as Hezbollah and the Israeli military continue to trade fire.
The Lebanese Hezbollah movement announced it has struck two Israeli military posts in the northern part of the occupied territories in response to Tel Aviv's aggression in South Lebanon, which left three of its fighters dead.
Beirut does not wish to be drawn into the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati stated Monday, according to the state news agency, NNA.
Lebanon’s Army has announced it has fired tear gas at Israeli troops over the border in response to smoke bombs fired at its forces, though Israel has claimed Lebanon started the confrontation.
Shots were fired near the US diplomatic mission in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, late on Wednesday but no injuries were reported, embassy spokesperson Jake Nelson has confirmed.
At least six people have been killed and more than a dozen wounded in fresh clashes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian camp, the Palestinian Red Crescent’s Lebanon branch has confirmed, taking the death toll to 15 since fighting broke out on September 7.