Tag: Lebanon
Naim Qassem elected to replace slain Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah on Tuesday elected its deputy secretary general Naim Qassem to replace secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Sept. 27.
In his third public...
IDF: Hezbollah bunker under Beirut hospital holds $500 million
One of the late Hamas chief Hassan Nasrallah's bunkers, built under Sahel General Hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut, holds, according to estimates, at least half a billion dollars in US currency and...
Hezbollah retains less than 30% of its firepower, IDF says
Hezbollah retains less than 30% of its firepower, and since the beginning of the ground operation in Southern Lebanon about three weeks ago, approximately 1,200 terrorist operatives have been killed, with about 2,000 Hezbollah operatives...
Israel strikes at heart of Hezbollah’s terror financing system
Israeli airstrikes targeted Hezbollah financial sites across Lebanon overnight Sunday, including in Beirut.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, dozens of facilities and sites used by the Iranian proxy to fund its terrorist activities against...
Negotiating what with whom?
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is a decorated retired Army officer. He was supportive of Israel’s foray into Lebanon in the beginning. It would have been hard for him not to be, as...
Israeli held in Lebanon released to United States
A triple citizen of Israel, the United States and the United Kingdom who was arrested in Lebanon in recent days has been freed and deported to the United States, according to Hebrew media reports.
Ynet reported...
Israeli Cabinet approves emergency measures amid fears Hezbollah to target entire country
The Israeli Cabinet approved declaring an emergency for the entire country on Monday night amid escalating cross-border rocket, missile and drone attacks by Hezbollah in Lebanon, local media reported.
A "Special Situation on the Home...
Netanyahu: IDF changing ‘balance of power’ in north with Hezbollah
The operation of the Israel Defense Forces against Hezbollah in Lebanon has so far eliminated scores of senior terrorists and their infrastructure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, warning of more to...
IAF targets Hezbollah No. 3 Karaki in Beirut
Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted a targeted airstrike in Dahiyeh, the Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, the military announced.
The attack targeted Ali Karaki, Hezbollah’s No. 3 man. He is the terrorist organization’s highest-ranking...
US deploying ‘small number’ of new troops to Middle East, as Israel-Lebanon conflict heats...
The United States is deploying additional troops to the Middle East amid heightened tensions in the region, the Pentagon announced on Monday.
Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, would not provide any details...