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UNIFIL deputy commander injured when the convoy he was travelling in was attacked by protesters who torched UN vehicle. The outgoing deputy commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was injured when protesters halted his convoy and torched the vehicle in which he was travelling to Beirut airport. Major-General Chok Bahadur Dhakal…
Jerusalem: Israel said late Thursday it had struck two sites in Lebanon that allegedly contained weapons belonging to the Hezbollah group, despite a ceasefire deal. Israeli forces “conducted a precise strike in Lebanese territory on two military sites that contained Hezbollah weapons, which were in violation of the ceasefire agreement”, the army said on social…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted Donald Trump a golden pager and a regular pager when he called on the US President at the White House. The gift was seen as reference to Israel’s deadly pager attack on Hezbollah in 2023. Trump reportedly thanked Netanyahu for the unusual present and said “that was a great…
Last Updated:February 02, 2025, 23:24 IST Hezbollah’s current chief Naim Qassem also confirmed for the first time that leading official Hashem Safieddine had been chosen to succeed Nasrallah before he too was killed in an Israeli raid in October. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed last September in an Israeli strike | File Image/X The…
Israeli forces shot and killed at least two people and wounded 17 on Monday in the second day of deadly protests in southern Lebanon, health officials said, as residents displaced by the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah attempted to return to villages where Israeli soldiers remain. The shootings came a day after 24 people…
Last Updated:January 18, 2025, 17:51 IST The remarks were the first in public by the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group since Israel and Hamas reached the accord on Wednesday. Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem (Reuters Image) Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem congratulated Palestinians on Saturday over the Gaza ceasefire deal, saying in a speech that…
Salam says he is reaching out across the political spectrum in nod to Hezbollah, which opposed his nomination. Lebanon’s prime minister-designate, Nawaf Salam, has pledged to “rescue, reform and rebuild” the crisis-hit country, and he has extended an olive branch to Hezbollah, which did not back his nomination. In his first speech in the role…
The Israeli military will withdraw completely from south Lebanon, United States envoy Amos Hochstein has said, despite recent reports that Israel is planning to maintain a permanent presence in the country. Hochstein’s statement on Monday came as Israel was withdrawing its forces from Naqoura in the western sector of the border, with the Lebanese army…
Last Updated:January 05, 2025, 18:18 IST Israel said Hezbollah militants are yet to withdraw beyond the Litani river as agreed in the ceasefire deal. Israeli defence minister Israel Katz warned that his country will be forced to act on its own to ensure the safe return of residents of the north to their homes. (IMAGE:…
Last Updated:December 30, 2024, 11:08 IST During the surveillance, Mossad learned that Fuad Shukr felt “guilty” of juggling four women at once and married them all this year to correct his feelings. Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr | File Image/AFP Israel’s spy network has infiltrated so deeply into all aspects of Hezbollah’s leadership that the Jewish…
