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Hezbollah’s leadership has been informed that Iran has pledged to rebuild war-hit south Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the Baalbek-Hermel region, sources told Kuwait’s al-Anbaa newspaper.
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The timing of the Lebanese Army’s deployment in the area south of the Litani River is among the points of contention in the negotiations, informed sources told the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.
Full StoryIsraeli warplanes struck Beirut's southern suburbs and killed 33 people elsewhere in the country on Tuesday.
The latest bombardment came as the United States said it would not reduce its military support for Israel after a deadline passed for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza. The State Department cited some progress, even as international aid groups said Israel had failed to meet the U.S. demands.
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A day after Israeli warplanes flattened their building, Lebanese residents helped rescuers scour the rubble for survivors, still reeling from the rare strike in the country's far north.
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Hezbollah said it fired missiles at an air base near Tel Aviv on Tuesday, after the Israeli military said it had intercepted projectiles fired from Lebanon.
Full StoryWhen Zarifa Nawfal's family arrived in Beirut for her wounded daughter's surgery, one of the first things she wanted to do was go to the sea. The Mediterranean had been a constant companion at their home in Gaza before the war.
"The moment I smelled the sea, I felt at peace inside — as if I were in Gaza," she said.
Full StoryIsraeli warplanes started bombarding Beirut's southern suburbs around noon Wednesday after fresh evacuation warnings were issued by Israel for six areas in Haret Hreik and Ghobeiri.
TV footage showed a plume of black smoke rising over the area after a strike, about an hour after Israel’s army told residents to leave, in the third such warning in 24 hours.
Full StoryLebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike killed at least six people on Wednesday in a densely-packed area south of the capital Beirut, outside Hezbollah’s traditional strongholds.
"The Israeli enemy strike on Aramoun killed six people" and wounded 15 others, the ministry said giving a preliminary toll, adding that "body parts were recovered from the site and their identities are being verified."
Full StoryFirst responders say a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a storage facility in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya, killing two people.
The Magen David Adom rescue service said the two people killed on Tuesday were in their 40s. It said two others were wounded by shrapnel from a separate impact near the town.
Full StoryAn Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Mount Lebanon’s Chouf province killed at least 15 people, including eight women and four children, and wounded at least 12 others, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.
The strike came without warning. Lebanese state media said the building was sheltering displaced families.
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