2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (228+ words) U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa has told President Joseph Aoun that Israel would escalate its attacks on Lebanon if Hezbollah doesn't disarm - and would accept nothing less, Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported Thursday. The daily claimed that Issa conveyed this message…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (156+ words) The Head of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council, Sheikh Ali al-Khatib, told U.S. Ambassador Michel Issa that Lebanon's Shiite community did not take up arms by choice, but out of necessity to confront Israeli occupation, Al-Liwaa newspaper reported Wednesday. During their…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (121+ words) Naharnet Israeli army says will continue to 'remove threats' from Hezbollah Israel’s military said Monday it was committed to the ceasefire but would continue to "remove threats" from Hezbollah, after Lebanese state media reported overnight strikes killed 11 people. The…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (392+ words) Israel's air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least 11 people and wounding others, including women, children and medics, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Monday's strikes came amid a new round of escalation between…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (82+ words) Naharnet Israel accuses Hezbollah of repeatedly violating ceasefire agreement Israel on Monday accused Hezbollah of repeatedly violating a ceasefire agreement in recent days, as Lebanese state media reported 11 killed in overnight Israeli strikes in a southern village. "Repeated drone attacks....

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (157+ words) The Israeli army claimed Saturday that it struck Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure a day earlier in response to an explosive drone that was allegedly launched by Hezbollah but caused no casualties. Lebanon's health ministry said the strikes in south Lebanon…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (244+ words) The Lebanese Army noted Wednesday that “recently, claims attributed to hostile Israeli media outlets have emerged regarding the army’s positions and missions in the south, as well as other fabricated news.” In a statement, the army affirmed that “the institution’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (333+ words) Israel is “dissatisfied” with the Lebanese Army’s performance so far in the so-called “pilot zones” in south Lebanon – a U.S.-backed mechanism that began about a month and a half ago, Israel’s public broadcaster reported. It quoted a senior…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (110+ words) An Israeli security source stated that Israel is monitoring the Syrian front, emphasizing that it "will not allow hostile forces to establish a presence on the border." The source added that Israel is working to fortify its border defenses by…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (220+ words) An Israeli military source on Monday criticized the Lebanese Army’s performance in the so-called pilot zones in south Lebanon, noting that “it has not entered private property” there and that its search operations are “partial.” “The Lebanese Army has operational…...