Tag: Lebanon
Analysts offer pros and cons on Lebanon maritime deal but agree it will not...
The recently struck Lebanon-Israel maritime border agreement may prove beneficial economically, but it will not benefit Israel’s security, analysts said during a policy webinar organized by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America...
Lebanese mixed martial arts fighter pulls out of competition to avoid facing Israeli athlete
A young Lebanese athlete withdrew his participation in the 2022 Youth International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) World Championships in the United Arab Emirates to avoid facing an Israeli opponent, Lebanon’s Arabic-language television station Al-Manar reported.
Charbel...
Hezbollah: ‘We are close to defeating the Israelis by land and sea’
Lebanon-based Hezbollah issued a fresh threat against Israel on Monday amid U.S.-mediated indirect negotiations between Jerusalem and Beirut aimed at resolving a longstanding maritime border dispute.
According to a report by Lebanese news site Naharnet, the...
Lapid: Hezbollah’s aggression ‘unacceptable,’ could lead to regional escalation
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned on Tuesday that Hezbollah was putting Lebanon and its citizens in danger with its attacks on Israel.
Speaking during a tour of the Israeli military’s Northern Command and northern...
Lebanese leader reprimands Hezbollah for exposing country to ‘unnecessary risk’
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Monday issued a thinly veiled warning to Hezbollah, just days after the Iranian proxy dispatched three drones towards an Israeli natural gas installation, according to Reuters.
“Lebanon considers that any action...
US envoy seeks to make progress in Lebanon-Israel maritime border talks
President of Lebanon Michel Aoun presented Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser for energy security at the U.S. State Department, with suggestions about how to continue negotiations over the Israel-Lebanese maritime border.
The Israeli-born American Hochstein spoke with...
Alma Center says Moscow ‘likely turned blind eye to transfer of Russian weapons to...
Russia has likely turned a blind eye to Syrian and Iranian transfers of Russian-made weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, a new report by an Israeli defense research center has assessed.
Maj. (res.) Tal Be’eri, head of the...
IDF spokesman: Palestinian faction likely behind Lebanon rocket attack
A Palestinian terror faction was likely responsible for the rocket launched into Israel from southern Lebanon on Sunday, an Israeli military spokesman said on Monday.
Israel Defense Forces Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav told 103 FM that while no group...
Israel’s UN ambassador demands Security Council condemn Hezbollah
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Tuesday asked the members of the United Nations Security Council to condemn Hezbollah’s recent attempts to launch drones into Israeli territory and turn Lebanon into...
Hamas, Hezbollah leaders meet in Lebanon to discuss Israel
A Hamas delegation met with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon on Saturday.
The delegation was headed by the head of the Gaza-based terrorist organization’s political bureau, Saleh al-Arouri, and deputy Hamas leader in Gaza...