Israel Announces Occupation of Southern Lebanon Up to Litani River Amid Escalation
Israel has intensified its operations in Lebanon, striking various targets and engaging in border clashes, with Defense Minister Israel Katz announcing the military will occupy the southern area up to the Litani River to establish a security zone, a move that has heightened fears in Beirut of a full occupation.
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Smotrich urges Israel to annex southern Lebanon as assault intensifies
Israel's far-right finance minister says Litani River must be 'the new Israeli border', as attacks on Lebanon ramp up.
Read full article →Israel strikes south Beirut, claims it captured Hezbollah members
Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday, the first attack on the Hezbollah stronghold in days, as its military said it had captured two members of the Iran-backed group in southern Lebanon. An earlier Israeli strike had hit the upscale, predominantly Christian area of Hazmieh near Beirut, with Israel saying it targeted a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ foreign operations arm. AFPTV’s live broadcast showed a cloud of smoke over the capital’s southern suburbs, and...
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Read full article →Increase in hostilities between israel and Hezbollah shows 'no sign of slowing down'
An Israeli strike on Bshamoun, a town south of Beirut, killed at least two people. It also continued strikes on the southern suburbs of the capital. Since the start of Israeli strikes on the country, at least 1,039 people have been killed. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin is in Beirut, and tells us more from the ground.
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Read full article →Smotrich urges south Lebanon occupation, says Litani should be Israel's border - Haaretz
Smotrich urges south Lebanon occupation, says Litani should be Israel's border Haaretz
Read full article →Israel strikes south Beirut, says captured Hezbollah members - The Straits Times
Israel strikes south Beirut, says captured Hezbollah members The Straits Times
Read full article →Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon
The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich were the most explicit yet by a senior Israeli official on seizing Lebanese territory.
Read full article →Smotrich calls for annexation of southern Lebanon as IDF strikes Lebanese bridges, homes
The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich were the most explicit yet by a senior Israeli official on seizing Lebanese territory in a fight Israel says targets Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.
Read full article →Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon, extension of border
Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country’s south, Israel’s finance minister said on Monday as Israeli troops bombed bridges and destroyed homes in the area in an escalating military assault. The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich were the most explicit yet by a senior Israeli official on seizing Lebanese territory in a fight that Israel claims targets Hezbollah. Lebanon was pulled into the regional war on March 2 when Hezbollah f...
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Read full article →Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon
Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country’s south, Israel’s finance minister said on Monday as Israeli troops bombed bridges and destroyed homes in the area in an escalating military assault. The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich were the most explicit yet by a senior Israeli […]
Read full article →Israeli strike near Beirut kills two as raids target southern suburbs
Read full article →Clashes on border, strikes on south and east as Israel abducts man, kills teen in Halta - Naharnet
Clashes on border, strikes on south and east as Israel abducts man, kills teen in Halta Naharnet
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