•A Lebanese soldier sits on top of a military vehicle Israel and Hezbollah agreed a ceasefire yesterday, a US official said, after deadly exchanges between the two sides in Lebanon put a deal to end the Middle East war under strain, less than two days after it was signed. Talks that were scheduled to take […]
•Mourners cry over a corpse during funeral When an air strike hit their Beirut neighbourhood, people were angry with Israel, but they reserved their deepest rage for Hezbollah, for dragging Lebanon into the Middle East war. Israel and the United States launched huge strikes on Iran on February 28, killing its supreme leader and sparking [&hell...
•Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would bring a US-brokered proposal for a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon to his government for approval as soon as yesterday evening. In a televised address, Netanyahu said he would put “a ceasefire outline” to ministers “this evening”. He did not say how long...
•Hezbollah chief, Hassan Nasrallah’s body recovered in Beirut Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said today that Hezbollah had been “battered and broken” by continual strikes and the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah. During a briefing with the military’s northern command, Gallant said Hezbollah “is a battered and broken organisa...
The Israeli military today said it was the “first time ever” a missile fired by Hezbollah had reached the Tel Aviv area before being intercepted by air defences. It is the first time the group has claimed a ballistic missile strike since its nearly year-long battle with Israel began after Hamas carried out its October […]
•United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Israel’s defence minister yesterday accused UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of failing to prevent Hezbollah attacks on Israel after the UN chief said Lebanon was becoming a “nightmare” like Gaza following Israeli air strikes. “Mr Secretary General, the nightmare you speak of, is in fact ...
Israel killed a top commander of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in a strike on south Lebanon, a security source told our correspondent today, adding to fears the conflict in Gaza could spread. Hezbollah later announced the killing of a “commander” for the first time, naming him as Wissam Hassan Tawil. It said he died “on […]
•Fighters of Lebanese Shiite movement, Hezbollah Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned that Israel’s killing yesterday of the deputy Hamas leader in a Beirut suburb they control “will not go unanswered or unpunished”. Hezbollah called it “a serious assault on Lebanon”, reports AFP. “We, Hezbollah, affirm that this crime will not go unan...

