Posts Tagged: lebanon
Hezbollah Militants Who Fired Rocket Barrage on Israel Released, Says Lebanese Army in Report
A group of Hezbollah militants launching rocket attacks at Israel have been released, and the rocket launcher returned to the Shiite group. The members of the...
Hezbollah Is an Iranian Strategic Tool
Hezbollah’s rocket and missile arsenal in Lebanon has long been classified as a threat of strategic significance to Israel. Moreover, Hezbollah’s extensive precision guidance project...
Don’t Respond in Lebanon; Respond in Gaza
After many years of calm, the Lebanese border is heating up. The latest barrage of rockets into the Galilee was carried out by Hezbollah in...
PM Naftali Bennett Declares, ‘We Will Not Accept Rocket Fire From Lebanon’
i24 News - Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned at Sunday morning's cabinet meeting that Israel will not accept rockets being fired at it over its...
Is Israel Ready to Respond to Rockets From Lebanon?
The recent rocket fire from Lebanon into Israeli territory connects with Hamas’ overall strategy of expanding the scope of the confrontation between itself and Israel...
IDF Arrests Two Lebanese Who Infiltrated Northern Israel, as Border Tensions Simmer
The Israeli military arrested two infiltrators from Lebanon early Thursday morning, further raising tensions along its volatile northern border. The IDF initially announced early Thursday, “Overnight,...
Is Lebanon on the Verge of a Military Coup?
A combination of sectarian politics, ethnic divide, animosity, and corruption has brought Lebanon -- the country once called the "Paris of the Middle East" --...
With Rising Influence, Hezbollah Stands Ready to Exploit Chaos in Lebanon
Lebanon is going through one of the gravest economic depressions in modern history. More than half of the country's population now lives in poverty, and...
Syria’s Assad Says Funds Frozen in Lebanese Banks Biggest Impediment to Investment
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday the main impediment to investment in the country was money stuck in ailing Lebanese banks. In a speech after...
The Laundromat: Hezbollah’s Money-Laundering and Drug-Trafficking Networks in Latin America
On January 6, 2021, the Gulf news network Al Arabiya published an explosive revelation. In late 2016, a high-placed Hezbollah operative named Nasser Abbas Bahmad came...
IDF Assessment of Northern Front: Hezbollah to Wage Next War With Long-Range Drones, Thousands of Rockets Daily
Following the 15th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War on Monday, the IDF released its assessment of Hezbollah’s strength and the IDF’s...
Lebanon Stands at the Abyss
JNS.org - For months, Lebanon has been enduring a dire economic situation. Its middle class has been wiped out. The country finds itself in extreme...
Israeli Defense Minister Gantz Offers Lebanon Humanitarian Aid Via UN
i24 News - Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz is offering to send humanitarian aid to the country's beleaguered northern neighbor, via the United Nations Interim...
Reeling From Gaza War and Lebanon Crisis, Hamas and Hezbollah Chiefs Meet in Beirut
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and head of Hamas' political bureau Ismail Haniyeh met in Beirut on Tuesday to discuss repercussions of last month’s...
