Hezbollah fired rockets on November 19 that hit and damaged a UNIFIL post, the IDF said yesterday. This took place from locations that are only around six miles north of the Israeli border. One of the rockets was fired from the area of Maaliyeh in southern Lebanon. This is an area around a mile … Read more
Any ceasefire deal must provide the IDF with wide powers to target Hezbollah and its arms smuggling, including at the Syrian-Lebanese border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset on Monday. “We are talking about possible negotiations for an agreement,” Netanyahu said, as US special envoy Amos Hochstein was expected to visit the region, … Read more
Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel with some comments on the content, a top Lebanese official told Reuters on Monday, describing the effort as the most serious yet to end to the fighting. Ali Hassan Khalil, an aide to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, said Lebanon had … Read more
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a phone call to discuss Iran-Saudi Arabia relations. The two spoke on Sunday evening. The Iranian president said he would be unable to attend a joint meeting of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday, November 11. … Read more
The IDF is attacking several areas in Lebanon Saturday evening in Tyre, Baalbek, and southern Lebanon, army radio reported, following rocket alert sirens throughout Israel’s North Saturday afternoon. Several rockets were seen crossing from Lebanon and falling into open areas, following sirens in the Meron area and in the Upper Galilee Saturday afternoon at … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump’s comeback victory Tuesday weakens diplomatic efforts to end Israel’s multi-front wars in the short term and calls into question US long-term support for Israel’s military campaigns against Iran and its proxies. It’s the equivalent of a diplomatic bombshell, whose chilling effects will be felt almost immediately, and which already seems to … Read more
Israeli air force fighter jets struck Hezbollah infrastructure within its intelligence headquarters in the area of Damascus in Syria, the IDF reported Monday evening. Head of Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in Syria, Mahmoud Muhammad Shaheen, was killed in the strike. The Intelligence Directorate directed the fighter jets. The intelligence headquarters is the main intelligence body … Read more
The Israeli air force (IAF) eliminated Hezbollah’s Radwan Force’s anti-tank missile system commander, Riad Rida Ghazzawi, in an airstrike on the Sultaniyeh area of southern Lebanon on Monday, the IDF announced. The strike was reportedly conducted according to intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Directorate. Ghazzawi planned and executed many attacks on Israel, including … Read more
The United States on Wednesday urged Israel to protect civilian lives and cultural sites in Lebanon after Israel began heavy airstrikes on the historic city of Baalbek and surrounding villages in the eastern Bekaa region. The Israeli air force was targeting Hezbollah command centers, as well as terrorist infrastructure in Baalbek and Nabatieh, the … Read more
Top US officials, including CIA Director William Burns and envoys Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein, will visit Egypt and Israel on Thursday, the White House confirmed, as Washington seeks to de-escalate tensions in the region. CENTCOM’s commander, US Army General Erik Kurilla, is also in the region and will visit Israel as part of … Read more
