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High in the hills of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, much of the heart of the town of Nabi Chit lies in ruins from an Israeli airstrike. Heavily damaged buildings ring a huge crater filled with rubble. One full side of a former apartment building is missing, leaving a gaping opening. Two …
Read More »Israel strikes Lebanon’s capital killing top Hezbollah official, despite ceasefire
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff Haytham Tabtabai and warning the Iran-backed militant group …
Read More »Israel launches deadly airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Tuesday killed 12 people, the region’s governor Bachir Khodr told Reuters, in the deadliest airstrikes since last year’s truce ended months of fighting between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah. The Israeli military said earlier on Tuesday it had begun striking targets belonging …
Read More »Lebanon’s PM forms government with promises of reform, reconstruction after war
Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of the former caretaker government and signed a decree with new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam forming the new government. Salam vowed to “restore …
Read More »Army chief Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon’s president after position left vacant since 2022
Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys U.S. approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel. In a speech to the chamber, Aoun, 60, vowed to work to ensure the state has …
Read More »Israel continues strikes on Gaza, issues warning for Lebanon’s south coast
The Israeli army issued an urgent warning Monday for people to stay off the beach or on boats on Lebanon’s coast, from the Awali river southward, until further notice, saying it would soon begin operations against Hezbollah from the sea as fighting between the two countries continued. Israel later issued another evacuation …
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