Lebanon

UNIFIL ‘more concerned than ever’ about Lebanon-Israel escalation

The United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) has sounded the alarm about a possible escalation in the war between Israel and Lebanon, which has so far been largely confined to the border regions.

Israel says 10 killed in Golan’s Majdal Shams attack, Hezbollah denies responsibility

The Israeli military has announced a rocket that struck a football pitch in the Golan Heights, which it occupies, has killed ten people and injured several others.

Hezbollah releases aerial footage of Israeli airbase

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has broadcast a drone video that it claimed showed air defence facilities, planes and fuel storage units at Israel’s Ramat David airbase.

Russia says concerned about regional conflict spillover, Israel invasion of Lebanon

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose country has taken over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, voiced Moscow's concern about the potential expansion of the regional conflict including Israel's invasion of Lebanon.

Analysts warn Israel-Hezbollah war would plunge Egypt into further darkness

Already suffering rolling blackouts in sweltering summer heat, Egyptians would be plunged into further darkness if tensions between Israel and Lebanon's powerful group Hezbollah break out into war, analysts have told Middle East Eye.

Hezbollah has no fear of war with Israel: Nasrallah

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stressed that Hezbollah is undaunted by the prospect of conflict with Israel. The secretary-general of the Lebanese resistance movement pledged formidable retaliation in case of a potential invasion of Lebanon by the Zionist regime.

Iran FM warns Israel not to take one-way path to ‘hell’ in Lebanon

Iran's acting foreign minister has warned that Lebanon will turn into a ‘hell without return’ for the Israeli regime in case it wages a war against the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah.

Iran envoy to UN warns all options on table if Israel unleashes war against Hezbollah

Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has dismissed Israel’s threats of waging a war on Lebanon as “psychological warfare”, warning that all options, including full involvement of all resistance groups in West Asia, are on the table in case of such military aggression.

Israel-Hezbollah war could erupt without notice in weeks if Gaza agreement not reached: Report

The US intelligence has indicated that a large-scale war is likely to erupt between Israel and Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah in "the next several weeks" if a ceasefire deal in Gaza is not reached, according to a report by Politico.

Iran warns of spillover of Israel’s Gaza war into Lebanon

Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri held separate telephone conversations with Russian and Saudi Foreign Ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Faisal bin Farhan, to discuss regional developments including Israel's threats against Lebanon.

Pentagon chief urges diplomacy to avoid Israel-Hezbollah war

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has stressed that a diplomatic solution is needed to avoid a costly war between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

Lebanese officials visit Beirut airport after Israel’s claims of storing arms

A group of senior Lebanese officials, alongside more than a dozen foreign diplomats, visited the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, after The Telegraph daily published an article alleging that Iranian weapons were being stored there.

US urges Israel to avoid Lebanon ‘escalation’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Tel Aviv to avoid further escalation in Lebanon during a meeting with Israel’s Defense Minister Gallant as they discussed efforts to reach a deal to free captives in the Gaza Strip.

US offers assurances to Israel in the event of full-blown war with Lebanon

Senior American officials have reassured a delegation of top Israeli officials visiting Washington this week that if a full-out war were to break out on the northern border between Israel and Hezbollah, the United States is fully prepared to back its ally, according to a senior administration official.

World cannot afford Lebanon becoming another Gaza: UN

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed increasing concern over the escalating war of words and deadly border clashes between Israel’s military and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group.

Iran’s UN mission says Israel will be the ‘ultimate loser’ in war with Lebanon

Iran has stressed that Hezbollah is capable of defending itself and Lebanon, warning Israel that it would be the “ultimate loser” in an all-out war with the armed group.

Israel approves plans for military operation in Lebanon

Israel's military has announced that it approved plans for an offensive in Lebanon as tensions rise with the Hezbollah group.

UN officials warn ‘miscalculation’ could lead to wider Hezbollah-Israel conflict

There is a "very real" risk that a miscalculation along Lebanon's southern border could trigger a wider conflict between Hezbollah and the Israeli military, two UN officials in Lebanon have warned.

Hezbollah fires over 100 rockets at occupied territories

The Hezbollah movement has conducted a massive rocket attack against the northern side of the Israeli-occupied territories after a high-ranking field commander of the Lebanese group was killed in Tel Aviv's attack.

Israel used white phosphorus in Lebanon: HRW

Israeli soldiers have unlawfully dropped white phosphorus munitions on densely populated areas in southern Lebanon, Human Rights Watch has reported.

Lebanon detains gunman following attack on US embassy in Beirut

A gunman who fired on the embassy of the United States in the Lebanese capital Beirut has been arrested after he was injured in return fire.

World Bank says 30% of people in Lebanon live in poverty

One in every three Lebanese people is living in poverty, the World Bank has announced in a report. The organisation noted that poverty rates have tripled in the country over the past decade amid an economic crisis.

Israeli attacks in Lebanon kill three including Hezbollah commander

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have killed three people including a Hezbollah field commander, Lebanese security sources said, an uptick in violence after at least a week of relative calm in more than half a year of hostilities.

Israel breached international law in killing Reuters journalist in Lebanon: UN

A United Nations probe determined that an Israeli army tank caused the death of Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon in October by launching two shells at a group of "clearly identifiable journalists", in breach of international law.

Hezbollah warns Israel armed group exhibited ‘minimum’ of its capabilities so far

A high-ranking Hezbollah official has stressed that the Lebanese movement has so far exhibited only the least of its capabilities in terms of military and deterrent power, warning Tel Aviv against taking any further provocative measure on the border with the Arab country.

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