Lebanon

What happens now that Hezbollah chief Nasrallah has been killed?

The following comments were made to Reuters after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday. MEHRAN KAMRAVA, PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT AT GEORGETOWN…

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Escalation of Israeli-Hezbollah Conflict: A Historical Overview

A sharp escalation in border warfare between the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and Israel, raising fears of a new Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon, is the latest episode in decades of…

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Israel intercepts Yemeni missile, Rejects US-backed Lebanon ceasefire plan

The Israeli army said it intercepted a missile that was fired from Yemen after sirens and explosions were heard early on Friday. "Following the sirens that sounded in central Israel,…

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Israeli foreign minister rejects ceasefire proposal, Lebanon on edge

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday rejected proposals for a ceasefire with Hezbollah after the United States and France called for a 21-day halt in the fighting that has…

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US and allies call for 21-day ceasefire along Israel-Lebanon border after UN talks

The United States, France and several allies called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon border while also expressing support for a ceasefire in Gaza following intense discussions at…

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Pope Francis, back from flu, calls airstrikes on Lebanon ‘unacceptable’

Pope Francis called Israeli strikes on Lebanon a "terrible escalation" of the Middle East conflict on Wednesday at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican, which went…

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Israeli military says missile intercepted as Tel Aviv sirens sound

Warning sirens sounded in Israel's economic capital Tel Aviv on Wednesday as a single surface-to-surface missile was intercepted by air defence systems after it was detected crossing from Lebanon, the…

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‘Leave now’, Britain tells nationals in Lebanon as it mobilises troops

Britain mobilised hundreds of soldiers to Cyprus to help its nationals evacuate following a significant escalation between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, urging people to leave immediately. As contingency plans are…

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UPDATED: Israeli strikes on Iran-backed Hezbollah continue

Israel struck targets in southern Lebanon Tuesday and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel as violence spilled over into a second day. The sharp escalation in hostilities…

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Crisis in South Lebanon: Displacement Amid Intense Airstrikes

Residents of south Lebanon have begun fleeing north in a renewed wave of displacement as Israeli warplanes pound wide-swathes of the country’s south. The Israeli aerial assault is the most…

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Hezbollah Declares Open-Ended Battle with Israel

Hezbollah has said it has entered an “open-ended battle of reckoning” with Israel after launching a series of rocket attacks on the north of the country as world powers implored…

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Exploding pager operation ‘planned for at least 15 years’

The operation to manufacture the pagers that exploded in Lebanon earlier this week, targeting Hezbollah members, had reportedly been planned for at least 15 years. Planning the attack involved shell…

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Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon, Hezbollah leader defiant

Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, heightening the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah…

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Israeli strikes hit multiple targets in Lebanon

Israeli jets and artillery hit multiple targets in southern Lebanon overnight, Israel's military said on Thursday, amid spiralling tensions following the mass attack on Hezbollah communications devices this week. The…

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Turkey says Israel expanding Gaza war to Lebanon

Turkey said Israel is seeking to expand its war on Gaza to Lebanon with the “alarming” wave of deadly explosions that swept through Hezbollah strongholds. “The escalation in the region…

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Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears of wider Israel conflict

Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year…

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Kremlin warns Lebanon pager attack is a possible trigger for wider M. East conflict

The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that an attack on Lebanese group Hezbollah and others using exploding pagers could become a trigger for a wider regional conflict and called for its…

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Gold Apollo says Budapest-based BAC produces model of pagers used in Lebanon blasts

The model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon were made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting, Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday, adding it had only licensed out its…

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Israel main suspect behind explosives in 5,000 Hezbollah’s pagers

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. The operation…

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EU foreign affairs chief arrives in Beirut in push for ceasefire

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell arrived in Beirut in the latest effort to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and peace in southern Lebanon. Mr Borrell began his trip by…

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Israel and Hezbollah exchange messages calling for de-escalation

Israel and Hezbollah have reportedly exchanged messages via intermediaries aimed at preventing further escalation after both sides traded heavy fire on Sunday. The development comes hours after Israeli Prime Minister…

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Israel launches strikes in Lebanon and Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets

Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel's military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a bigger attack, in one…

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UK, Egypt issue alerts for Iran, Lebanon airspace as risks of military conflict rise

Britain and Egypt asked their airlines to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspace amid growing fears of a possible broader conflict in the region after the killing of senior members of…

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Foreign nationals leave Lebanon as Iran prepares retaliation against Israel

Urgent calls grew for foreign nationals to leave Lebanon, which would be on the front line of a regional war, as Iran and its allies ready their response to high-profile…

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What to know about top Hezbollah commander targeted by Israel in Beirut

Fuad Shukr, a top Hezbollah commander whom Israel said it killed in an airstrike in Beirut on Tuesday, has been one of the group's leading military figures since it was…

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Israel claims to kill Hezbollah senior commander in Beirut strike

Israel's military claimed it killed Hezbollah's most senior commander in an airstrike on Beirut on Tuesday, in retaliation for a cross-border rocket attack that killed 12 youngsters three days ago…

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IDF says 10 Hezbollah targets hit

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck around 10 Hezbollah targets in seven different areas of southern Lebanon. The IDF also said it "eliminated" a member of the group…

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More airlines cancel Beirut flights amid escalation

Greece's Aegean Airlines and Germany's Condor cancelled flights to Beirut on Tuesday, the latest airlines to suspend services to the Lebanese capital in recent days as tensions escalate between Israel…

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Israel’s Plans for Limited Retaliation Against Hezbollah

Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials said, as Lebanon braced for retaliation after a rocket strike that killed 12…

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Why the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict is heating up again

A deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has added to concerns that Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah could be sucked into a full-scale war - something…

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Hezbollah on ‘high alert’ in case of Israeli retaliation

Israel's security cabinet on Sunday authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to decide on the "manner and timing" of a response to a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights…

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Israeli warplanes break sound barrier over Beirut

Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Beirut and other areas of Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanese security sources and media reported, rattling nerves as the conflict between the Iran-backed Hezbollah…

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Hamas says Israel’s offensive in north Gaza could sink cease-fire efforts

Hamas has warned that Israel’s expanding military operations in Gaza City and the displacement of thousands of residents could have “disastrous repercussions” for talks aimed at a cease-fire and the…

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Israel sends delegation to negotiate hostage release deal with Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Joe Biden he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas, their administrations…

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Israel weighs Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire proposal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet on Thursday evening to discuss new Hamas positions on a ceasefire deal in Gaza, a source in Netanyahu's office said,…

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Thousands flee their homes as Israeli forces bomb southern Gaza

Israeli forces bombarded several areas of the southern Gaza Strip and thousands of Palestinians fled their homes in what could be part of a final push of Israel's intensive military…

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Hamas-Iran Ally Islamic Jihad’s Rocket Attack and Israeli Military Offensive in Gaza

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday, in an apparent show of force as Israeli tanks pressed their advance deeper into Gaza amid…

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Israeli forces pound north and south Gaza, battle Hamas in Rafah

Israeli forces pounded several areas across Gaza on Wednesday, and residents reported fierce fighting overnight in Rafah in the south of the Palestinian enclave. Residents said fighting intensified in the…

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High risk of famine persists across Gaza

Gaza remains at high risk of famine as war between Israel and Hamas continues and access to aid is restricted, though delivery of supplies had limited the projected spread of…

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Israel kills senior Gaza health official, tanks push deeper into Rafah

An Israeli air strike at a medical clinic in Gaza City killed the director of Gaza's Ambulance and Emergency Department, the enclave's health ministry said, while Israel's military said the…

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Netanyahu says intense fighting against Hamas is ending but war to go on

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was coming to an end but that the war would…

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Head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah threatens Israel and Cyprus

The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah said that nowhere in Israel would be safe if a full-fledged war breaks out between the two foes, and also threatened EU member Cyprus for…

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Israel and Lebanon escalate rhetoric

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned that a decision on an all-out war with Hezbollah was coming soon, even as the United States tries to avert any escalation. U.S. envoy…

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Netanyahu denounces tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized plans announced by the military on Sunday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate…

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Hezbollah says it attacked 9 Israeli military sites with rockets, drones

Hezbollah said it had launched rockets and weaponised drones at nine Israeli military sites in a coordinated attack on Thursday, ramping up hostilities on Lebanon's southern border for the second…

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Israeli forces thrust deeper into Rafah as diplomacy falters

Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafah, amid one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground, and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes…

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Hezbollah fires big rocket salvos at Israel after senior commander killed

Lebanon's Hezbollah fired big barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, escalating the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli…

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Netanyahu says Israel prepared for strong action in the north

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured the country's northern border with Lebanon on Wednesday and said Israel was prepared for strong action in the north.Israeli towns near the border, many…

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UPDATED: Gunman fires shots at US Embassy in Lebanon

A gunman fired shots at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday and was wounded in an exchange of fire with troops, the Lebanese army said. The army said the…

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Syrians in Lebanon fear unprecedented restrictions, deportations

The soldiers came before daybreak, singling out the Syrian men without residence permits from the tattered camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. As toddlers wailed around them, Mona, a Syrian refugee…

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The Hezbollah leader urges Syrians to flee to Cyprus

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has urged Lebanese authorities to “open the sea” for boatloads of refugees to come to Cyprus, in a bid to put pressure on Europe, it emerged…

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EU offers 1 bln euros in economic, security support to Lebanon

The European Union has offered Lebanon a financial package of 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) to support its faltering economy and its security forces, European Commission President Ursula von der…

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Cyprus demands Lebanon control migrant flows

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides will head to Lebanon on Monday for talks on migration after the Mediterranean island declared a crisis on refugee flows. “We are indeed in a crisis,…

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Israel strikes deeper into Lebanon as Hezbollah downs drone

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Israel mounted airstrikes west of the Lebanese city of Baalbek on Monday, killing at least two Hezbollah members, sources in Lebanon said, in its deepest…

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Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill 11 civilians

BEIRUT, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Eleven people, including six children, were killed by Israeli strikes on villages across southern Lebanon on Wednesday, a hospital director and three Lebanese security sources…

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Hezbollah, Israel trade strikes at Lebanese border in latest escalation

BEIRUT, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Hezbollah and Israel traded rocket and missile fire in areas near the Lebanese-Israeli border on Saturday, officials on both sides said, in the latest flare-up…

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Israel sharpens warning to Lebanon as cross-border hostilities spike

Israel said it was poised to impose quiet on the Lebanese front as hostilities spiked on Sunday, with Hezbollah wounding civilians in a cross-border missile attack and the Israeli air force bombing…

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