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Lebanon

Israel says it has confirmation Nasrallah successor killed in Beirut attack

The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that it has confirmation it killed Hashem Safieddine, a senior Hezbollah official who was the presumed successor to Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.

Lebanon: Israel conducted strike on Rafik Hariri Hospital

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel has carried out a "hostile raid" on Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut, even as it announced healthcare workers would be deterred from their work.

Blinken to depart for a high-stakes trip to Middle East

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will depart Monday for a high-stakes trip to the Middle East as Washington seeks to move forward with long-stalled negotiations to bring back the Israeli hostages and end the war in the Gaza Strip following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Iran’s foreign minister visiting Bahrain, Kuwait within hours: Spokesperson

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi is going to visit Bahrain and Kuwait on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei stated at a weekly press conference.

Israel conducts air attacks on ‘Hezbollah’s financial arm’, as Lebanese flee homes

Israel's military has announced that it was launching airstrikes on branches of al-Qard al-Hassan, which Tel Aviv described as financial entity of the armed group Hezbollah.

Israel ‘demolished’ UNIFIL watchtower in latest attack on Lebanon peacekeepers

United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon announced that the Israeli military “deliberately” damaged one of their positions in southern Lebanon, in the latest incident reported by the force that remains deployed in all of its positions.

Three Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli attack: Army

The Lebanese military announced on Sunday three of its soldiers had been killed in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle.

Embassy confirms killing of Iranian woman in Israeli strike in Lebanon

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Lebanon has confirmed the death of an Iranian woman in an Israeli drone attack in the Middle Eastern country.

Iran, Turkey share stance on need to cease Israel’s crimes: FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has stressed that Iran and Turkey, as two influential countries in the Muslim world, share a unified position on the urgent need to stop Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

1 killed, several wounded in fresh barrages fired at Israel from Lebanon

One Israeli has been killed and several others were injured in a series of barrages from southern Lebanon Saturday, Israeli emergency services announced.

NGO warns new humanitarian crisis unfolding in Syria

A “new humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Syria”, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned Thursday, as the Israel-Hezbollah war forces tens of thousands of people to flee Lebanon, many to its war-torn neighbor.

Iran FM, Egyptian president urge halting Israeli crimes in Gaza, Lebanon

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi met on Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo. The two sides warned against further regional escalation amid Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, stressing an urgent need to stop Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian and Lebanese people.

“Very high” risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon: WHO

The risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon is “very high”, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, after a case of the deadly disease was detected in the country’s north.

Israeli forces fired at peacekeepers’ watchtower in Lebanon: UN

Israeli troops fired at a United Nations peacekeeping position in the village of Kfar Kela in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, damaging a watchtower, according to the UN.

Oman decries west’s double standards on Israeli atrocities in Gaza, Lebanon

Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman has deplored the double standards adopted by Western countries regarding Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

UN agencies warn of humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon

United Nations agencies have urged an urgent increase in funding to deal with the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as the Israeli military continues its attacks against the Middle Eastern country.

25% of Lebanon under Israeli expulsion orders: UN

Israel has issued military expulsion orders affecting more than a quarter of Lebanon, the United Nations refugee agency has announced.

400k children displaced in Lebanon in less than a month: UN

At least 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in the past three weeks, a top official with the UN children’s agency has stated, warning of a “lost generation” in the small country grappling with multiple crises and now in the middle of war.

Lebanon lodges complaint against Israel over targeting UNIFIL

Beirut has submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council against Israel's repeated attacks against the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

UN Security Council says UNIFIL should be protected after Israeli attacks in Lebanon

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed support for UNIFIL troops in southern Lebanon following a series of Israeli attacks on the UN peacekeeping force.

Israeli attacks on UNIFIL could be a war crime: UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that any attacks against the UN peacekeepers “may constitute a war crime”, his spokesperson said after Israeli tanks burst through the gates of a peacekeeping base in southern Lebanon.

Pezeshkian to Macron: Iran supports any proposal to restore regional security, stability

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a phone conversation with his French counterpart, has stated Tehran will support any proposal aimed at restoring peace to the region, calling on the European states to compel the Israeli regime to end its genocidal wars in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

4 Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone attack, one of bloodiest raids since October 2023

Four Israeli soldiers have been killed and more than 60 people injured in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base south of Haifa, the Israeli military confirmed.

Netanyahu calls on UN to evacuate peacekeepers from Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United Nations to evacuate troops in its UNIFIL peacekeeping force from combat areas in Lebanon. At least five UN peacekeepers have been wounded in recent days by Israeli soldiers.

Dozens of countries that contribute to UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon strongly condemn Israel’s attacks

Forty countries whose soldiers serve as United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon say they “strongly condemn” recent attacks on peacekeepers by Israel, in a joint statement released on Saturday.

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