Israel vows to keep fighting Hezbollah 鈥榰ntil victory鈥�
Israel flatly rejected on Thursday a push led by key backer the United States for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon, as it vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah militants 鈥榰ntil victory鈥�.
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Israel puts troops on alert for entry into Lebanon
Israel鈥檚 army chief told soldiers on Wednesday to prepare for a possible ground offensive to fight Hezbollah in Lebanon as the air force conducted hundreds of deadly strikes around the country...
UN chief warns Lebanon on 鈥榖rink鈥� as world leaders gather
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned world leaders on Tuesday that Lebanon was on 鈥榯he brink鈥� as clashes escalated between Israel and Hezbollah...
Alarm grows as Israel launches new strikes on Lebanon
Israel said it carried out dozens of air strikes against Hezbollah on Tuesday, after hundreds were killed the day before when clashes sparked by the nearly year-long Gaza war intensified...
274 killed in Israeli strikes on Hezbollah
Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on Monday killed 274 people, according to the Lebanese health ministry, in by far the deadliest cross-border escalation since...
Israel says 鈥榣anded blows鈥� on Hezbollah as Lebanon violence intensifies
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel has dealt serious blows to Lebanese group Hezbollah, as rapidly escalating cross-border exchanges raised fears of an all-out war...
Israel military strikes launchers as Hezbollah fires 90 rockets
Israel鈥檚 military said its air force struck on Saturday thousands of rocket launchers in southern Lebanon that posed an 鈥榠mmediate鈥� threat, as fears grew of all-out war with Lebanese group Hezbollah...
Strategic implications of Lebanon pager blasts
THE recent explosion of thousands of pagers across Lebanon is an alarming development that bears the hallmarks of Israeli involvement, potentially signalling an imminent military escalation between Israel and Hezbollah. This tension has been mounting since Hezbollah鈥檚 recent engagement with Israeli forces, a direct response to Israel鈥檚 intensified military...
Hezbollah in disarray after death of top commanders in Israeli strike
Hezbollah was in turmoil on Saturday after Israel took out two leaders of its elite operations unit in a strike on a command meeting in a Beirut stronghold that Lebanese authorities said killed 31 people....
Top Hezbollah leader, 7 others killed
A strike on Hezbollah鈥檚 stronghold in Lebanon鈥檚 capital Beirut on Friday killed eight people and wounded dozens of others, with a source close to the movement saying...
Hezbollah reeling after second wave of deadly blasts
Israel said on Thursday it bombed Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, piling pressure on the militant group already reeling after a series of deadly explosions targeting its communications systems that it blamed on Israel...
New device blasts kill nine, wound 300 in Lebanon
A second wave of device explosions killed nine people and wounded more than 300 in Hezbollah strongholds of Lebanon in the Middle East on Wednesday, officials said, stoking fears of an all-out war in the region.
Israel widens focus of war to include Lebanon front
Israel announced the expansion of its war aims on Tuesday, widening its nearly year-long fight against Hamas in Gaza to focus on Hezbollah along its northern border with Lebanon...
Eight killed, around 2,750 wounded in Lebanon pager explosions
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said eight people were killed and some 2,750 wounded in pager explosions across the country Tuesday, with Hezbollah earlier saying the pagers were used by its members.
Lebanon judge orders arrest of ex-central bank chief
A Lebanese judge Monday issued an arrest warrant for ex-central bank chief Riad Salameh, a judicial official said, after the embattled former governor was questioned in an embezzlement case...
Israel strikes Gaza after Lebanon flare-up
Israel鈥檚 military struck the Gaza Strip on Monday a day after truce talks in Cairo coincided with a major but brief cross-border escalation involving Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon...
Israel strikes Lebanon
Israel launched air strikes into Lebanon on Sunday, saying that it had thwarted a large-scale Hezbollah attack, while the Lebanese group announced its own cross-border raids to avenge a top commander鈥檚 killing...
3 die as Israeli strikes south Lebanon
Lebanon鈥檚 health ministry said three people were killed Sunday in Israeli raids in the country鈥檚 south.
UN peacekeepers worried in south Lebanon crossfire
On the deserted border between Lebanon and Israel, Spanish UN peacekeepers have for more than 10 months effectively been caught in a war zone.
Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 7
Lebanon鈥檚 health ministry said on Friday Israeli strikes killed seven people including a child in different parts of the south, with Hezbollah saying three of its fighters were...
Israel kills top Fatah commander
Israel killed a senior commander from Fatah鈥檚 armed wing on Wednesday in a strike on Lebanon, leading to accusations from the Palestinian movement that Israel is trying to 鈥榠gnite a regional war鈥�...
Hezbollah says fired 鈥榠ntense rocket barrages鈥� at Israeli positions
Lebanon鈥檚 Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched several rocket salvos at Israeli army positions in the annexed Golan Heights on Tuesday 鈥榠n response鈥� to Israeli strikes...
10 Syrian refugees killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon
Lebanon鈥檚 health ministry said an Israeli air strike on Saturday in southern Lebanon killed 10 Syrians, as the Israeli military reported hitting weapons stores of the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.
Hezbollah video appears to show its tunnels, missiles
Lebanon鈥檚 Hezbollah on Friday released a video showing what appeared to be underground tunnels and large missile launchers, amid fears of all-out war between...
2 Hezbollah fighters, Hamas camp official killed in Lebanon
An Israeli strike Friday killed two Hezbollah fighters near the border, a source close to the Lebanese group and Israel鈥檚 military said, while drones broadcast anti-Hezbollah messages over south Lebanon...
Lebanon says two dead in Israeli strike
Lebanon鈥檚 health ministry said two people were killed on Monday in an Israeli strike on the country鈥檚 south, with Hezbollah announcing one of its fighters died and...
Foreign nationals advised to leave Lebanon
Urgent calls for foreign nationals to leave Lebanon grew on Sunday with France warning of 鈥榓 highly volatile鈥� situation as Iran and its allies ready their response to...
Sweden shuts Lebanon embassy amid tension
Sweden said Saturday it was shutting its embassy in Beirut amid fears the war in Gaza could escalate into a region-wide conflict, after urging thousands of its citizens to...
Gunfire exchanged across Lebanon border amid calls for restraint
Israel and Hezbollah exchanged deadly fire on Tuesday, following a rocket attack from Lebanon on the Golan Heights that killed 12 children over the weekend and sent regional tensions soaring...
Lebanon urges international probe into Golan strike
Lebanon on Sunday called for an international investigation into a strike that killed 12 people including children on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, warning against a large-scale retaliation...
