Israel’s military said today that its forces had launched a “targeted strike” in Beirut, with two security sources telling Reuters that an Israeli airstrike had targeted a senior Hezbollah official. Lebanese media speak of dead and wounded from the bombing, with the Ministry of Health confirming – so far – three dead and 17 injured. … Read more
Tel Aviv. Hezbollah has vowed to respond after nine people were killed and some 2,800 wounded in Lebanon when hundreds of electronic pagers used by militants to communicate exploded simultaneously. The group claimed that the attack, which took place at 3:30 p.m., was carried out by Israel, an accusation that Tel Aviv refused to respond … Read more
International law “prohibits” the use of “trapped”, apparently “innocent” devices, insisted today, before the UN Security Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk. “It is a war crime to commit violent acts aimed at spreading terror among civilians,” he added, speaking at the meeting organized at the request of Algeria, following the simultaneous … Read more
The belligerent climate between Lebanon and Israel continued during the UN Security Council. The two sides opened fire on each other with no attempt to tone things down. The simultaneous explosions of loudspeakers and other telecommunications devices in Lebanon this week were nothing more than “terrorism” and now “no one in the world is safe”, … Read more
Beirut. At least three people were killed and around 100 injured in Lebanon on Wednesday in a new wave of explosions involving communications equipment, official sources reported, the day after the deadly explosion of pagers used by the Islamist movement Hezbollah. The three people were killed in an explosion involving “transmission devices” in Sohmor, in … Read more
BEIRUT> In Lebanon, 37 people, including two senior Hezbollah leaders, were killed in an Israeli attack on a residential area in southern Beirut. Hezbollah confirmed that 16 soldiers were killed, including the senior leader Ibrahim Aqui and the commander Ahmed Wahbi. Many civilians were killed, including three children and seven wounded. UN political affairs chief … Read more
Fresh explosions by members of Hezbollah were reported on Wednesday (18/09/2024) in the southern suburbs of Beirut with many sources pointing to the Mossad behind the attack. As reported, at least fourteen are dead and hundreds are injured, many of whom have wounds to the arms and stomach. The new incident comes a day after … Read more
The counterattack seems to have been carried out by Hezbollah, which fired 20 rockets at the city of Kiryat Shmona in Israel, as reported by The Times of Israel. According to the IDF some of the rockets were intercepted. According to the same information, there are no reports of injuries. As mentioned in the publication, … Read more
Remains of a pager that exploded in an apparent attack that injured thousands of people linked to the Hezbollah group in Lebanon. Photo: X. A large-scale operation attributed to Israel caused the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of pager devices held by members of the Shiite group Hezbollah This Tuesday simultaneously at several points in the … Read more
Israel’s attack on Hezbollah bombers was a tactical success that may not have had a clear strategic impact, but it put Hezbollah in a particularly difficult position, both communicatively and substantively, neutralizing several of its members, analysts told the New York Times. . Despite this, the military balance between Israel and Lebanon has not changed. … Read more