After fierce clashes between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops in southern Lebanon in November 2024, a photo was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed an Israeli military helicopter that had been shot down. The photo in fact shows a helicopter releasing flares over Gaza and was taken by an AFP photographer…
The leader of the Lebanese militant Islamist movement Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, has said his group plans “high-level coordination” with the Lebanese army to implement a ceasefire deal with Israel that began on Wednesday. “Coordination between the resistance and the Lebanese army will be of a high level to implement obligations of the agreement,” Qassem said…
The Israeli military has warned Lebanese citizens not to return to 60 villages in the south of the country, three days into a ceasefire after more than a year of fighting with the Shia armed group Hezbollah. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published a map showing a swathe of territory several miles deep, which it…
Israel said on Tuesday it was intensifying its bombing campaign in Lebanon as two days of airstrikes targeting the Shiite Hezbollah militia sent the death toll above 550 and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. The dead included Hezbollah’s rocket chief and two UN aid agency employees. “We must not let Hezbollah…
Israel said on Tuesday it was intensifying its bombing campaign in Lebanon as two days of airstrikes targeting the Shiite Hezbollah militia sent the death toll above 550 and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. The dead included Hezbollah’s rocket chief and two UN aid agency employees. “We must not let Hezbollah…
Israel said on Tuesday it was intensifying its bombing campaign in Lebanon as two days of airstrikes targeting the Shiite Hezbollah militia sent the death toll above 550, including a rocket chief and two UN aid agency employees. “We must not let Hezbollah rest. We must continue with all our strength,” the Israeli chief of…
More than 350 people have been killed and 1,200 injured in intense Israeli air strikes across Lebanon, the country’s health minister says, after Israel warned it was “deepening” its attacks on the armed group Hezbollah. Thousands of people also fled their homes as the Israeli military said it struck more than 800 Hezbollah targets and…
A Hungary-based company remains firmly in the spotlight after the pager attacks targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon. Sky News looks at what we know about BAC Consulting and its Italian-born chief executive after exploding pager communication devices killed at least 37 people and wounded around 3,000 others. Images of destroyed pagers were consistent with those made…
The Israeli Air Force launched renewed attacks on Lebanon on Thursday, as tensions run high following the waves of coordinated blasts involving Lebanese electronic devices widely attributed to Israel. At least 37 people have died after hundreds of pagers used by Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militia simultaneously exploded on Tuesday and a second wave of communication…
Following yesterday’s unprecedented explosions targeting pagers belonging to thousands of Hezbollah members, which you can read about here, another wave of similar blasts has struck Lebanon. The second series of explosions seems to have targeted walkie-talkies used by members of the Iran-backed militant group, although there are suggestions that a variety of different electronic devices…
