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Israel threatens to attack ambulances in Lebanon

The Israeli army has threatened to hit ambulances in southern Lebanon, claiming they are being misused by Hezbollah. The Lebanese group has dismissed the claim.

Lebanese army says Israeli strike killed 2 soldiers and injured 3 others

An Israeli raid on a Lebanese army center in Kafra, south Lebanon, killed two soldiers and wounded three, according to the army.

Over 100 medics and emergency workers killed in Lebanon since October 2023: UN

The United Nations human rights office has announced that more than 100 medics and emergency workers have been killed in Lebanon since a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began a year ago.

Iran calls on intl. community to adopt concerted action against Israeli atrocities in West Asia

Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s military attack on the peacekeepers of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), urging the international community to stand up against the regime.

Israel targets UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, second raid in days

The United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon confirms that its headquarters in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, was hit by explosions for the second time in 48 hours, a day after Israeli soldiers struck the same position.

Iranian Red Crescent says to set up another Hospital on Syria-Lebanon border after Israel attack

The Iranian Red Crescent Society announced that following the recent attack by Israel on the Red Crescent's field hospital on the Syria-Lebanon border, which resulted in its destruction, the organization will establish a new hospital on the border to continue providing services to the war-affected people of Lebanon.

Iran writes letter to the UN to blast Israeli attack on Iranian Red Crescent field hospital in Syria-Lebanon border

Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York has sent letters to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council president, slamming an Israeli strike on Iran’s makeshift hospital and medical warehouse on the Lebanese-Syrian border on Wednesday.

Iran parliament chief: Israel cannot compensate for strategic defeats through assassinations

The Iranian parliament speaker emphasized that the Israeli regime must understand that it cannot compensate for its strategic defeats through airstrikes and assassination operations, stating that this regime is powerless against the peoples of Palestine and Lebanon.

Iran FM urges collective efforts to halt Israel in letters to peers

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has called for collective diplomatic action to halt the Israeli regime’s atrocities against the innocent people of Gaza and Lebanon, secure a ceasefire, and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid.

UN officials warn of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian situation in Lebanon amid Israel’s attacks

The United Nations officials have issued dire warnings as Lebanon’s humanitarian situation worsens amid Israel's ongoing military campaign .

A quarter of Lebanon is under Israeli displacement orders: UN

A quarter of Lebanese territory is now under Israeli military displacement orders, according to the United Nations, a sign of the growing scale of the humanitarian crisis and expansion of Tel Aviv’s war against Beirut.

Biden, Netanyahu discussed diplomatic solutions in Lebanon and Gaza: White House

US President Joe Biden has pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the need for diplomatic solutions to conflicts in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, the White House announced Wednesday, with the two leaders agreeing “to remain in close contact over the coming days both directly and through their national security teams.

Two Israelis killed in Hezbollah rocket attack

Hezbollah rockets fired from Lebanon, hitting the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on Wednesday, killed two people, Israel's ambulance service has confirmed.

Report: White House’s distrust of Netanyahu’s government growing

The White House has lost trust in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in recent weeks as Tel Aviv carries out multiple wars across West Asia, according to a report.

Lebanon seeing “the same patterns” and “methods of warfare” as Gaza: UN

Officials from the United Nations say they fear Lebanon could suffer the same fate as the Gaza Strip where the Israeli year-long war has taken the lives of 42,000 Palestinians so far, turning the enclave into ruins.

Hezbollah vows to continue fight against Israel

Hezbollah’s deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem has stated the Lebanese group will continue striking the Zionist regime until there is a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, despite facing repeated Israeli attacks from the air and by ground forces.

Iran’s FM to visit Saudi Arabia for talks on regional tensions

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said he will visit Saudi Arabia and other regional countries to discuss ways to halt Israel’s atrocities in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Israel’s military used internationally banned bombs in Lebanon: Report

The Syndicate of Chemists in Lebanon (SCL) has warned that the scale of destruction and the depth of damage to buildings and the ground suggest the use of internationally banned bombs containing depleted uranium by Israel in its war on Lebanon.

Reuters: IRGC Quds Force chief missing since Israeli attack on Beirut

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Brigadier General Esmayeel Qaaani has been unreachable since Israeli airstrikes targeted the Lebanese capital last week, according to two senior Iranian security officials quoted by Reuters.

Iran raps Zionists’ deadly raids on Gaza mosque, Lebanon

The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, vehemently condemned Israel's deadly attack on a mosque in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, which had sheltered Palestinian refugees, as well as the aerial bombardments of residential buildings in  southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut

Beirut suburb experiences ‘heaviest night of attacks’ with 30 air raid by Israel

Israeli military aircraft carried out more than 30 overnight airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburb, marking the "heaviest night" of attacks since Israel expanded its offensive against Lebanon on September 23.

Hezbollah hits out at report that contact ‘lost’ with Nasrallah’s presumed successor

In a vague statement responding to a report claimed that contact has been lost with Hezbollah’s presumed next leader Hashem Safieddine, the Lebanese group announced there are “no Hezbollah sources and our viewpoint is issued in official statements".

At least 25 Israeli personnel killed since ground offensive in southern Lebanon: Hezbollah

At least 25 officers and soldiers from Israel’s elite forces have been killed and over 130 injured since the beginning of a ground incursion into southern Lebanon earlier this month, Hezbollah has announced.

Israel attacks on Lebanon health facilities “deeply disturbing”: UK

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has called reports of Israeli strikes on health facilities and support personnel in Lebanon “deeply disturbing” in a post on X.

Macron urges a halt to weapons sales to Israel amid regional tensions, then does a U-turn

French President Emmanuel Macron initially called for a halt to arms shipments to Israel for use in the Gaza Strip before his office changed their mind and affirmed continuing military equipment's shipments.

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