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An Israeli drone fired a missile Sunday on the al-Khraibeh area in Rashaya al-Fukhar's outskirts, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
Israel’s Patriot air defense system had earlier fired a missile at a drone that crossed from Lebanon, Israeli media outlets said.
Full StorySenior Hezbollah official Sayyed Hashem Safieddine on Sunday warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “this battle is not only Gaza’s battle,” hours after Hezbollah attacked Israeli military posts in the occupied Shebaa Farms.
“The responsibility obliges all the sons of our nation not to be neutral and we are not neutral,” Safieddine said during a pro-Palestine rally in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Full StoryAn Egyptian official said Sunday that Israel has sought help from Cairo to ensure the safety of dozens of captives and hostages held by Palestinian militants amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
The official added that Egypt’s intelligence chief had contacted Hamas and the Islamic Jihad group to seek information.
Full StoryIsraeli soldiers battled Hamas fighters in the streets of Israel's south on Sunday as Israel's retaliation strikes leveled buildings in Gaza.
Hamas fighters, backed by a volley of thousands of rockets, broke through barricades around Gaza early Saturday to rampage through nearby communities in Israel. They took captives back into the coastal enclave, including women, children and the elderly, while Israel's retaliation strikes leveled buildings in Gaza and its prime minister said the country was at war. Israeli media, citing rescue service officials, said at least 300 people were killed, including 26 soldiers. The health ministry in Gaza meanwhile said that at least 313 Palestinians have been killed and 1,990 wounded since the start of fighting.
Full StoryHezbollah on Sunday said it fired “a large number of artillery shells and guided missiles” at three Israeli military posts in the occupied Shebaa Farms as part of "liberating what's left of occupied Lebanese land and in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance."
Israel responded by firing artillery shells at areas in south Lebanon as one of its drones struck “Hezbollah infrastructure” in the Shebaa Farms area in response to the early morning attack. The "infrastructure" turned out to be the tent that Hezbollah had erected in the summer in the disputed area. The move had sparked months of tensions with Israel and the U.N. has been working to persuade Hezbollah to remove the tent.
Full StoryHundreds of people took to the streets Saturday in some Lebanese areas and in the country’s Palestinian refugee camps in celebration of Hamas’ unprecedented operation that has stunned Israel.
In the Bourj al-Barajneh camp south of Beirut, residents danced in the streets, while young men in the northern city of Tripoli distributed celebratory sweets to passersby in the streets.
Full StoryHezbollah congratulated Hamas Saturday, praising the Palestinian "heroic" and "victorious" infiltration into southern Israel.
In a statement, Hezbollah said it is following up with the Palestinian factions on the operation, and called on Israel to "draw lessons" from it.
Full StoryCaretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has met in Abu Dhabi with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
During the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed expressed his wishes for Lebanon to “enjoy stability, security, and prosperity and achieve development that meets the aspirations of its people,” UAE’s state news agency WAM reported.
Full StoryArmy troops were deployed overnight around a sewing factory where a major clash erupted between Lebanese and Syrian men.
The clash erupted on Thursday night near the Saint Maron Church in Dora after a road accident between a motorcyclist and a woman driving an SUV. The woman called the owner of a sewing factory, who's apparently a friend or a sibling. When the fight broke out, the factory's Syrian workers rushed to help their boss, witnesses said.
Full StoryArmy Commander General Joseph Aoun on Thursday snapped back anew at Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil over the latter’s criticism of the military’s handling of the Syrian refugee crisis.
“Today the army is facing various and increasing challenges on the various levels, whether inside the country or along the border. And despite the economic crisis and its repercussions, army personnel are carrying out their duties with all due enthusiasm and conviction and to the fullest, in all the missions assigned to them on land, at sea and in the air,” Aoun said.
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