The Israeli invasion of Lebanon resulted in a military victory but a Public Information Officer nightmare due to the inordinate number of civilian casualties and evidence of excessive suffering inflicted on noncombattants. While the facts do not support a deliberate disregard for the lives of ...
The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that the casualties were caused by several Israeli raids on the village of Ramyah in the Bent Jbeil district in southern Lebanon. According to military sources, Israel carried out four air strikes on Ramyah and three on the villages of Aita al-Shaab ...
The Lebanese Red Cross says an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon, killing at least 21 people.
Lebanese military sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that Israeli drones and warplanes have carried out 14 airstrikes on southern Lebanon, adding that 150 Israeli shells were also fired at 25 towns and villages in the area, destroying 11 houses and damaging 27 others. Mea...
During the Israeli retaliatory raids and invasion of Lebanon, the Israeli Defense Forces dropped a great number of leaflets on an almost daily basis. The leaflets were dropped from fighter aircraft using leaflets bombs, in containers on parachutes, and from helicopters. There are reports of them ...
Hagari claimed Monday’s widespread airstrikes had inflicted heavy damage on Hezbollah. But he would not give a timeline for the ongoing operation and said Israel was prepared to launch a ground invasion of Lebanon if needed. “We are not looking for wars. We are looking to take down the ...
solidarity with Hamas a day after its cross-border attack from the Gaza Strip. All-out war erupted last month, when Israel carried out large waves of airstrikes and killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and most of his senior commanders. Israel launched a groun...
The draft, scheduled for a vote Wednesday morning, would extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL until Aug. 31, 2025. UNIFIL was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after a 1978 invasion. The Security Council expanded the missio...
The 1982 war in Lebanon differed qualitatively and quantitatively from the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. The 1982 conflict was fought at the time and in the manner chosen by the Israelis. It engaged only a portion of the IDF, and did not stress its logistic sup
The anonymous sources said the casualties, including women and children, were caused by an Israeli warplane firing two air-to-surface missiles at a two-story house in the middle of Hanine. Israel carried out seven air strikes on five towns and villages in southern Lebanon, and fired 50 shells...