Tag Archives: South Lebanon Border

Kataeb leader and Lebanese MP Sami Gemayel has strongly criticized Hezbollah, claiming that the group’s actions have led to the destruction of southern Lebanon in just ten days of Israeli airstrikes. Gemayel called for Hezbollah to be disarmed, arguing that the group ceased to be a Lebanese “resistance” movement when it intervened in the Syrian conflict in support of President …

A Hamas delegation recently met with Egyptian intelligence officials to discuss a potential ceasefire in Gaza, according to two sources within the Palestinian group. The delegation, which included senior Hamas officials, engaged in talks with Major General Hassan Rashad, head of Egyptian general intelligence, and other Egyptian representatives. The discussions focused on halting the ongoing conflict, facilitating aid delivery, and …

Lebanon’s health ministry reported on Monday that an Israeli strike in the southern part of the country resulted in one fatality, while the Lebanese army stated that an Israeli drone attack injured one of its soldiers in the east. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) has consistently reported Israeli actions, including airstrikes, since the ceasefire was enacted on Wednesday. The health …

U.S. Major General Jasper Jeffers from the Special Operations Command Central arrived in Beirut on November 27 to take up his role as co-chair of the mechanism overseeing the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Lebanon. He will work alongside Senior Advisor to the President, Amos Hochstein, according to U.S. Central Command. This mechanism, established to monitor and enforce the …

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has brought a sense of hope for normalcy back to southern Lebanon, particularly for the fishermen who have long started their days by taking their wooden boats into the Mediterranean. For the past two months, Israel’s blockade of southern Lebanon, during its conflict with Hezbollah, had kept many fishermen grounded, disrupting both their livelihoods …

On the third day of a ceasefire that brought an end to over a year of conflict in Lebanon, Israeli forces made advances in southern border villages, moving into areas they had not occupied before the truce. Four Israeli tanks and two bulldozers entered the Khiam area, and troops also moved toward Markaba’s town square. Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV reported that …

On Tuesday, the Israeli military reported that its ground troops had advanced to parts of Lebanon’s Litani River, a key area in the context of a potential ceasefire. The military stated that its forces had reached the Wadi Slouqi region in southern Lebanon, where they clashed with Hezbollah fighters. As part of the proposed ceasefire terms, Hezbollah would be required …

Elias Bou Saab, the Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, has accused Israel of intensifying its bombardment of Lebanon to pressure the Lebanese government into making concessions during indirect ceasefire talks with Hezbollah. Bou Saab remarked that the pressure had increased as the situation neared a crucial turning point in the negotiations for a ceasefire. Despite the pressure, Bou Saab …