Tag: Hezbollah
How to help a failed state?
Last week’s disaster in Beirut epitomizes everything that is wrong with Lebanon. But we didn’t have to wait for an investigation into the explosion at the Beirut port that left more than 150 people...
Lebanese Cabinet resigns after massive explosions devastate Beirut
Lebanon’s Cabinet has announced its resignation in the aftermath of the chemical explosions in Beirut on Aug. 4, said Health Minister Hamad Hassan on Monday.
“The whole government resigned,” and Prime Minister Hassan Diab will “hand over...
Gantz: Hezbollah chief Nasrallah ‘Lebanon’s biggest problem’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday that while Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is Israel’s “biggest enemy from the north,” he is “Lebanon’s biggest problem.”
Referring to...
Lebanese information minister resigns amid unrest following Beirut disaster
Lebanese Information Minister Manal Abdul-Samad resigned on Sunday as the public outcry against the Lebanese government intensified in the aftermath of the massive Beirut port explosion on Aug. 4, international news agencies reported.
Some 160...
Full scope of Beirut disaster ‘still not understood,’ states former Israeli military intelligence chief
A day after two blasts—one of them an enormous—ripped through Beirut, causing untold destruction, it’s still not possible to grasp the true scope of the calamity, a former Israeli Military Intelligence chief has said.
Speaking...
Hezbollah chief in 2016: Strike on Haifa ammonia tanks like ‘nuclear attack’
In a Feb. 16, 2016, speech aired on Al-Manar TV, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened the Israeli ammonia-storage facilities in Haifa. He quoted an Israeli expert, saying that a missile attack on the ammonia tanks would...
Netanyahu warns Hezbollah after Israeli retaliatory strikes in Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah on Tuesday that Israel would take the necessary measures to defend itself after Israel launched airstrikes against targets in Syria.
“We hit a cell,...
Massive explosions rock Beirut, killing dozens and injuring hundreds in Lebanese capital
A massive fire, followed by an enormous explosion, rocked Beirut on Tuesday, causing a mushroom-cloud-shaped shockwave damaging nearby buildings, including the official residence of the Lebanese president, Michel Aoun. It shattered windows, overturned cars...
Israel strikes key Syrian military sites in response to earlier attack in Golan
The Israel Defense Forces has carried out several airstrikes on Syrian military targets late Monday in response to an earlier attempted IED attack in the Golan Heights.
“IDF aircraft have struck various military targets belonging...
IDF’s border alertness prevents second attempt at purported retaliation by Hezbollah-Iran axis
For the second time in less than a week, the border alertness of the Israel Defense Forces border has proven itself, allowing the military to stay one step ahead of the Hezbollah-Iran axis and...