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The Israeli military launched another wave of extensive strikes on southern Lebanon
At least 15 killed in Israel's fresh wave of 'extensive strikes' on Lebanon
BEIRUT — At least 15 people were killed and dozens were injured in Lebanon Wednesday, the health ministry said, after the Israeli military launched another wave of what it said were "extensive strikes" on the south of the country.Earlier in the day, Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets into Israel, including a longer-range projectile that set off air ride sirens in Tel Aviv and central Israel as both sides teether closer to all-out war.Israel said it had intercepted the projectile and that there were no reports of casualties or damage.Overnight into Wednesday, the Israel military said it had targeted several Hezbollah sites, including weapons storage facilities that set off secondary explosions.They also said they had identified, struck and destroyed a building in the area of...
September 25, 2024

At least 15 killed in Israel's fresh wave of 'extensive strikes' on Lebanon

People at the site of an Israeli air strike in Beirut's southern suburbs in Lebanon on Tuesday
Starmer tells Britons to leave Lebanon immediately
NEW YORK — The prime minister has told British nationals in Lebanon "now is the time to leave" after fighting intensified between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed armed group that dominates the country.Sir Keir Starmer said "we are ramping up the contingency plans, I think you'd expect that in light of the escalation”, and added that UK citizens should "leave immediately".The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is sending 700 troops to nearby Cyprus to prepare for the possible evacuation of British nationals from Lebanon and the government "continues to advise against all travel to Lebanon".The situation in the country, where Israeli strikes reportedly killed more than 560 people this week, is described as deteriorating "rapidly, with devastating...
September 25, 2024

Starmer tells Britons to leave Lebanon immediately

Joe Biden
Biden struggles to contain conflict as Israel and Hezbollah on the brink
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden has spent nearly a year vowing his determination to prevent the war in Gaza engulfing the wider Middle East. On Tuesday, he repeated that resolve in his last ever United Nations speech as president, as he addressed the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.“A diplomatic solution is still possible. In fact, it remains the only path to lasting security,” Biden said.“Full-scale war is not in anyone’s interest,” he added.But the Israel-Lebanon crisis is now on the brink.And Biden’s calls for restraint from the podium of the UN, like his pleas for Israel and Hamas to finally reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal, are being heard in the hall but not in the region.On Monday, Israel unleashed hundreds of airstrikes on Lebanon,...
September 25, 2024

Biden struggles to contain conflict as Israel and Hezbollah on the brink

A general view shows the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Israel-Hezbollah escalated fighting risks a full-fledged war, EU's Borrell warns
NEW YORK — The escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is threatening to explode into a full-fledged war, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned.Borrel made the comments following the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.He added that strong diplomatic mediation efforts are required to avert the worst outcome.On Monday, 500 people were killed and 4,400 injured by Israeli airstrikes, according to Borrell, who said the number of casualties suggests that there is no consideration for the civilian impact of the strikes.Borrell said the attacks are both targeted and random: "Targeted because of the purpose and random because of the consequences".He condemned the strikes, which he...
September 24, 2024

Israel-Hezbollah escalated fighting risks a full-fledged war, EU's Borrell warns

Roads in southern Lebanon are gridlocked as people seek safety further north
At least 492 dead in Israeli air strikes on Lebanon
BEIRUT — At least 492 people have been killed in intense and wide-ranging Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, in the deadliest day of conflict there in almost 20 years.Thousands of families have also fled their homes as the Israeli military said it hit 1,300 Hezbollah targets in an operation to destroy infrastructure that the armed group had built up since the 2006 war.Hezbollah, meanwhile, launched more than 200 rockets into northern Israel, according to the military. Paramedics said two people were injured by shrapnel.World powers have been urging restraint as both sides appear to be spiraling closer toward all-out war.Lebanon's health ministry said 35 children and 58 women were among the dead, while 1,645 others had been...
September 24, 2024

At least 492 dead in Israeli air strikes on Lebanon

Ambulances arrive at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on September 20.
At least nine killed in Israeli strike on southern Beirut
BEIRUT — Lebanese health authorities reported that at least nine people were killed and 58 others wounded in an Israeli strike on Beirut on Friday, the first such Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital in months.At least eight of the hospitalized are in critical condition, it said.The strike flattened a multistory building in a residential neighborhood.The Israeli military has claimed it assassinated senior Hezbollah military figure Ibrahim Aqil in Friday’s strike in southern Beirut.The military said Aqil was part of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.The Israeli strike comes in an atmosphere of violence and heightened tensions. The region is awaiting the revenge promised by the militant group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, for this week's mass bombing attack on pagers and...
September 20, 2024

At least nine killed in Israeli strike on southern Beirut

Walkie-talkies that exploded in Lebanon appear to be Icom IC-V82 transceivers
Japan firm says it stopped making walkie-talkies used in Lebanon blasts
TOKYO — A Japanese handheld radio manufacturer has distanced itself from walkie-talkies bearing its logo that exploded in Lebanon, saying it discontinued production of the devices a decade ago.At least 20 people were killed and 450 injured after hundreds of walkie-talkies, some used by the armed group Hezbollah, exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday.The devices, according to photos and video of the aftermath of the attack, appear to be IC-V82 transceivers made by Icom, an Osaka-based telecommunications manufacturer.But Icom says it hasn’t produced or exported IC-V82s, nor the batteries needed to operate them, for 10 years.It is the second Asian company to be embroiled in bombing incidents in Lebanon this week, after thousands of exploding pagers seemingly linked to Taiwanese firm Gold...
September 19, 2024

Japan firm says it stopped making walkie-talkies used in Lebanon blasts

Exploding pagers and walkie-talkies caused damage in homes and injured thousands across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday
No electronic equipment considered safe after Lebanon device attacks
By Hugo BachegaBEIRUT — Just as crowds had gathered to mourn some of those killed in Tuesday’s wave of pager-bomb attacks, an explosion sparked chaos in Dahiyeh, Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut.A video captured the blast, showing a man lying on the ground and panicked people, some screaming, running away.All this, moments before funerals were due to start for an 11-year-old boy and three Hezbollah members killed the previous day.In the surrounding area there was bedlam as the sound of the explosion echoed through the streets. The chants stopped. Those gathered looked at each other, some incredulous.As reports spread that this was part of a second wave of explosions now targeting walkie-talkies, no electronic equipment was considered safe.Hezbollah supporters stopped our...
September 19, 2024

No electronic equipment considered safe after Lebanon device attacks

Palestinian and other diplomats celebrated after the resolution was passed by 124 votes to 14, with 43 abstentions
UN General Assembly demands Israel ends occupation of Palestinian territories
NEW YORK — The UN General Assembly has adopted a Palestinian-drafted, non-binding resolution demanding Israel end "its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" within 12 months.There were 124 votes in favor and 14 against, including Israel, along with 43 abstentions. As a non-member observer state, Palestine could not vote.The resolution is based on a July advisory opinion from the UN's highest court that said Israel was occupying the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip against international law.The Palestinian ambassador called the vote a turning point “in our struggle for freedom and justice”. But his Israeli counterpart denounced it as “diplomatic terrorism”.Although the General Assembly’s resolutions are not binding, they carry...
September 19, 2024

UN General Assembly demands Israel ends occupation of Palestinian territories

Explosions were reported in southern Lebanon, including the city of Sidon, as well as Beirut's southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley
Second wave of Lebanon device explosions kills 20 and wounds 450
BEIRUT — At least 20 people have been killed and more than 450 wounded by a second wave of explosions from wireless communication devices in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says.Walkie-talkies used by the armed group Hezbollah blew up in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon — areas seen as its strongholds.Some of the blasts took place during funerals for some of the 12 people who the ministry said were killed when Hezbollah members’ pagers exploded on Tuesday. Hezbollah blamed Israel for that attack. Israel has not commented.The attacks came as Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a "new phase in the war" and as an Israeli army division was redeployed to the north.UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
September 19, 2024

Second wave of Lebanon device explosions kills 20 and wounds 450

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