Israeli warplanes bomb Lebanon from the skies as US warns of Iran missile attack
Many Lebanese said they were prepared to resist Israeli forces: “Not just Hezbollah, all of Lebanon will fight this time. All of Lebanon is determined to fight Israel for the massacres it committed in Gaza and Lebanon,” said Abu Alaa, a Sidon resident.
Top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon was UNRWA staff on forced leave on suspicion of ties with militia group
The UN’s internal watchdog has been investigating UNRWA since Israel in January accused 12 of its staffers of being involved in the October 7 attack on Israel, in which armed militants killed 1,200 people and abducted some 250 others. The allegations led more than a dozen donor countries to suspend their funding, causing an initial cash crunch of about $450 million dollars.
Rwanda reports eight deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak
The World Health Organization was scaling up its support and will work with Rwandan authorities to help stop the spread, WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday on the social media platform X.
Unrelenting Israeli strikes and kill Hamas leader in Lebanon, three Palestinian leaders in Beirut
The intensifying Israeli bombardments have killed a string of top officials of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel’s arch-enemy. On Sunday, Israel carried out airstrikes on dozens of Hezbollah targets throughout Lebanon and against the Iran-aligned Houthi militia in Yemen.
Israeli bombs fall as Kenyan, Ethiopian, Filipino and other migrant workers are stranded in Lebanon, passports confiscated
While the bombs fall, the death toll grows, and there are rumours of both a ceasefire and an Israeli ground invasion. Wangari is simply hoping for a new job so she can keep scraping together money to send to her five-year-old son in Nairobi. His name, Jayson, is tattooed across her arm as a reminder of why she is in Lebanon.
Who were the seven high-ranking Hezbollah officials killed in Israeli attacks in past week?
Since 1992, Nasrallah had led the group through several wars with Israel and oversaw the party’s transformation into a powerful player in Lebanon. Hezbollah entered Lebanon’s political arena while also taking part in regional conflicts that made it the most powerful paramilitary force.
No let up: Three Palestinian top leaders killed in Israel strike in Beirut
Israel’s increasing frequency of attacks against the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and the Houthi militia in Yemen have prompted fears that Middle East fighting could spin out of control and draw in Iran and the United States, Israel’s main ally.
For 20 years, toyed with the idea of wiping out Hezbollah but waited for the opportunity to take them out
Around 1,500 Hezbollah fighters were maimed by the exploding pagers and walkie talkies on September 17 and September 18.
Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut as speculation grows Hezbollah boss Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was been killed
Lebanese health authorities confirmed six dead and 91 wounded in the initial attack on Friday – the fourth on Beirut’s Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs in a week and the heaviest since a 2006 war.
Beirut shaken as Israeli military airstrikes hit suburbs believed to host Hezbollah headquarters
The strikes hit Beirut shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue Israel’s attacks on Iranian-backed fighters in Lebanon in a closely watched United Nations speech, as hopes faded for a ceasefire that could head off an all-out regional war.
