The United States calls for an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah as the conflict escalates with airstrikes and rising civilian casualties Beirut: The United States said it wanted the war between Israel and Hezbollah to end “as quickly as possible” and pressed for the implementation of a UN resolution obligating the Iranian-backed … Read more
BEIRUT: Hezbollah fired rockets at Haifa, Israel’s third largest city as Israel’s military said around 135 projectiles had entered Israeli territory on Monday as of 5 p.m. (1400 GMT). Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, said it targeted a military base south of Haifa with “Fadi 1” missiles and later areas north of Haifa in a … Read more
LEBANON: A high-level Hezbollah source said on Saturday that contact with Hashem Safieddine, widely touted as potentially the group’s next leader, had been lost following Israeli strikes this week. “Contact with Sayyed Safieddine has been lost since the violent strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs” early on Friday, the official told AFP. “We don’t know if … Read more
TEHRAN: Tehran supports efforts for a ceasefire in Lebanon on the condition it would be backed by Hezbollah and simultaneous with a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said in Beirut on Friday. “We support efforts for a ceasefire on the condition that it would be acceptable to the Lebanese people, … Read more
TEL AVIV: Israeli said on Wednesday eight of its soldiers were killed in combat in south Lebanon as its forces pushed into its northern neighbour in a campaign against the Hezbollah armed group. The losses were the deadliest suffered by the Israeli military on the Lebanon front in the past year of clashes between Israel … Read more
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, predicted on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” Sunday that Lebanese Hezbollah could soon be involved in the border conflict with Israel. “I think we are hours, maybe days — not weeks — away from Lebanese Hezbollah entering this fight.” largest non-state military entity … Read more