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Netanyahu presented with solutions to Hezbollah drones, army asked for plan to deepen operation

The heads of the Israeli defense establishment on Wednesday presented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a number of technological solutions for the threat of Hezbollah's fiber-optic drones, the Israel Hayom newspaper said.

Report: Aoun asks Hezbollah through Berri to cease fire if Israel does

Direct contacts have taken place between Baabda Palace and Ain el-Tineh, and indirect contacts have been made with Hezbollah, through Speaker Nabih Berri, to persuade the Iran-backed group to agree to a ceasefire if Israel does in the Thursday-Friday talks in Washington, a…

Saudi envoy to visit Lebanon next week

Saudi special envoy for Lebanon, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, intends to visit Beirut early next week to monitor political developments related to the Washington negotiations and the 'anticipated escalation of internal and regional disputes and pressures," al-Akhbar newspaper…

Reports: Karam wants Israel talks not open to the press, sidelines Moawad

The head of the Lebanese delegation to the talks with Israel, Ambassador Simon Karam, has requested that U.S. State Department officials not open the scheduled negotiations on Thursday and Friday to the press, preferring to keep the deliberations behind closed doors, without…

Aoun reportedly says arms monopoly decision is 'final and irreversible'

President Joseph Aoun expressed "deep concern" following the latest Israeli ground incursion north of the Litani River and made "direct contact with senior officials in the U.S. administration, as well as with the Lebanese ambassador to Washington, Nada Moawad, with the aim of…

Lebanon files UN complaint against Iran

In an unprecedented diplomatic move, Lebanon has filed a formal complaint with the U.N. against Iran, accusing Tehran of violating the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, interfering in Lebanese sovereign affairs, and embroiling the country in a devastating war against…

The veteran envoys leading Lebanon-Israel direct talks

Lebanon's Simon Karam and Israel's Yechiel Leiter, both political veterans with entrenched views, will come face to face in Washington for talks Thursday after decades in a state of war. Lebanon and Israel have no formal ties, but U.S. President Donald Trump is hoping for a…

Israel targets 7 cars from Saadiyat to south Lebanon

Israeli strikes targeted Wednesday seven cars, three of them on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon, killing 8 people, including 2 children. The attacks on the coastal highway south of Beirut took place in Jiyeh, Barja and Saadiyat. On Saturday, two similar…

Lebanon decries 'systematic' attacks on civilians despite truce

Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine told a press conference on Tuesday that since the ceasefire, "380 people have been killed and 1,122 wounded". That toll includes 39 women and 22 children. Nassereddine decried a "systematic, ongoing attack on civilians", and described the…

Hezbollah launches 'most significant drone attack' on Israel

Hezbollah launched Tuesday a massive drone swarm attack on north Israel, Israeli media said, adding that it is the first time multiple drones target a single target inside Israel. An Israeli security source described the attack as the most significant drone attack on Israel to…

Israeli strikes on coastal highway kill 8 people including 2 children

Israeli strikes targeted Wednesday three cars on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon, killing 8 people, including a woman and her two children, ahead of talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington. The attacks took place in Jiyeh, Barja and Saadiyat. On…

Three Israeli strikes on coastal highway kill 8 people including 2 children

Israeli strikes targeted Wednesday three cars on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon, killing 8 people, including 2 children, ahead of talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington. The attacks took place in Jiyeh, Barja and Saadiyat. On Saturday, two similar…

Israeli strike targets car on Jiyeh highway south of Beirut

An Israeli strike targeted Wednesday a car on the Jiyeh highway south of Beirut, ahead of talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington. Earlier on Wednesday, the Israeli army ordered the resident of six southern towns -- Maashouq, Burj Shmali, Hallousieh, Debaal and Abbasiyeh…

Lebanon-Israel war: Latest developments

Strikes targeted Tuesday afternoon al-Henniyyeh, Kherbet Selem, Qsaybeh, Harees, Tayrdebba, and Ras al-Ain south of Tyre, while Hezbollah claimed drone attacks on a soldier and a Merkava tank in north Israel near the border with Houla. The Israeli army renewed its warning to…

Salam says Lebanon seeking US guarantees

Amid preparations for the third round of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations in Washington, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam clarified that "at the top of our agenda is solidifying the ceasefire."

Israeli strikes have killed 380 in Lebanon since truce

Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed 380 people since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war began on April 17, Lebanon's health ministry told AFP on Tuesday. A ministry official said that "380 people, including 22 children and 39 women, have been killed in strikes on…

Israeli troops raid Litani river amid clashes with Hezbollah

The Israeli military said on Tuesday its troops had conducted a days-long raid in the area of the Litani river in south Lebanon, where exchanges of fire with Hezbollah persist despite a ceasefire. In a statement, the military said that over the past week, troops had conducted a…

Israeli troops reportedly cross Litani river amid clashes with Hezbollah

Israeli troops have crossed the Litani river from the border town of Deir al-Seryan toward Zawtar al-Sharkiya, north of the river, Israeli media reported. Hezbollah said it targeted troops near the river of Deir al-Seryan, and a Merkava tank in the border town of al-Bayyada…

Qassem says Hezbollah will turn battlefield into 'hell' for Israel

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Tuesday that his group will not stop fighting and will turn the battlefield into "hell" for Israel. "We will keep fighting, we will respond to all violations, and we will not return to how things were before March 2," Qassem said.

Share Responsibly: Lebanon launches national campaign to combat misinformation

The Ministry of Information and UNESCO in collaboration with Tele Liban, have announced the launch of the national media campaign "Share Responsibly: Be Part of the Truth, Not Misinformation". Funded by UNIFIL, this nationwide initiative aims at addressing the growing challenge…

Six killed in Kfardounine as Israel strikes south and east with and without warning

Israeli strikes on a town in southern Lebanon killed six people and wounded seven others, state media said Tuesday, as fighting continued despite a ceasefire agreement. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israeli strikes Monday night hit a house in…

Israel jails soldiers for desecrating Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Monday it had sentenced two soldiers to imprisonment after one of them was photographed placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon.

Iran calls for immediate end to Lebanon war in latest proposal

Trump quickly rejected a new Iranian proposal sent Sunday to him via Pakistan. In it, Iran demanded war reparations from the U.S., full Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, an end to sanctions and the release of its seized assets abroad, Iranian state television…

Report: Israeli army prepares for possible expansion of Lebanon op

The Israeli army is "preparing to expand the ground operation in Lebanon, in light of Hezbollah's ongoing violations," Israel's Channel 12 reported on Monday, three days before key Lebanese-Israeli talks in Washington. "The preparatory actions on the ground are intended to…

Hezbollah targets troops in south Lebanon as Israel strikes south and east

Israel kept up strikes on south and east Lebanon on Monday despite a ceasefire, targeting Jmayjmeh, al-Qlayleh, Harees, Sojod, Toul, Yohmor Shqif, Kfartebnit, Shoukine, Ebba, and Kfar Remman. Israeli artillery shelled the southern towns of Yohmor, Arnoun, Kfartebnit, Nabatieh,…

EU official urges increased humanitarian access in south Lebanon

European Union crisis management chief Hadja Lahbib on Saturday urged increased humanitarian access in south Lebanon, where Israel has kept up strikes and Hezbollah has been launching attacks despite a ceasefire.

Salam, al-Sharaa discuss security, transport and energy

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in Damascus on Saturday on a visit tackling issues including security, transport and energy.

At least 9 killed as Israel pounds Lebanon despite truce

Israel carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least nine people in the south according to authorities, with raids also targeting a highway not far from Beirut outside of Hezbollah's traditional strongholds.