Archiv: Joseph Khalil Aoun (commander of state military in Lebanon since 2017)


26.11.2024 - 19:00 [ IsraelHayom.com ]

Herzi Halevi attends chiefs of staff conference in Britain

srael Hayom has learned that IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi participated in a Chiefs of Staff conference in Britain over the past two days. This is considered an unusual step, amid the ongoing war in Gaza and Lebanon.

Halevi departed two days ago and returned last night (Monday-Tuesday). During his two-day visit, against the backdrop of de-escalation efforts in northern Israel, Halevi met with Chiefs of Staff from various countries and provided an overview of the situation in the Middle East.

26.11.2024 - 18:35 [ Middle East Eye ]

US troops set to oversee deployment of Lebanese army during ceasefire: Report


US troops
are set to oversee the deployment of Lebanon‘s army to southern Lebanon and Israel‘s withdrawal from the area as part of a looming ceasefire deal, according to a Monday report on Israel Hayom news.

20.11.2024 - 02:44 [ Shafaq.com ]

Israeli airstrike kills three Lebanese soldiers, injures 17 in southern Lebanon

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported that an Israeli airstrike targeting an army position in the town of Sarafand killed three soldiers and injured 17 others, including civilians in the surrounding area.

Last week, the army announced, that two of its soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike on one a military post in the town of Kafra.

05.11.2024 - 18:38 [ Yenisafak.com ]

Israel destroys 37 towns, over 40,000 houses in deadly onslaught on Lebanon

The Israeli army has erased 37 towns and destroyed more than 40,000 housing units since the start of its deadly offensive on Lebanon last year, local media said on Tuesday.

The state news agency NNA said the destruction is concentrated in an area extending three kilometers deep from Naqoura to the outskirts of Khiam in southern Lebanon.

05.11.2024 - 18:21 [ APNews.com ]

Israel’s path of destruction in southern Lebanon raises fears of an attempt to create a buffer zone

(November 1, 2024)

Israeli warplanes and ground forces have blasted a trail of destruction through southern Lebanon the past month. The aim, Israel says, is to debilitate the Hezbollah militant group, push it away from the border and end more than a year of Hezbollah fire into northern Israel.

Even United Nations peacekeepers and Lebanese troops in the south have come under fire from Israeli forces, raising questions over whether they can remain in place.

04.11.2024 - 08:15 [ Nachrichtenagentur Radio Utopie ]

Archiv: Lebanese military has neither air defense nor airforce / factual authorization for Israel airstrikes / worldwide news blackout or silence

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16.10.2024 - 05:11 [ theCradle.co ]

Israeli opposition leader calls to revive ‚South Lebanon Army‘ to assist with occupation

(October 10, 2024)

Lapid advocated regime change in Lebanon, saying, “the international community will need to appoint a sort of oversight committee for Lebanon to manage its civilian life for a set period until elections can be held and a new government can take control.”

Crucial to this effort would be the establishment of a collaborator Lebanese army loyal to Israel and its Western and Gulf allies.

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Lapid claimed it would be easy to recruit Lebanese by paying soldiers in a new army $500 a month. New recruits would then be trained by French, Emirati, and US military officers.

The South Lebanon Army (SLA) was established by Israel in 1976 after the collapse of the Lebanese government due to civil war.

06.10.2024 - 20:34 [ National News Agency (NNA) Lebanon ]

Mikati confers with Turkish Foreign Minister over current situation

Prime Minister Najib Mikati received a call today from Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during which they discussed the current situation in Lebanon, especially on the humanitarian level and the relief for the families who were forced to be displaced from areas exposed to Israeli aggression.

During the call, Minister Fidan reiterated Turkey‘s readiness to support Lebanon in its humanitarian needs.

06.10.2024 - 20:00 [ National News Agency (NNA) Lebanon ]

Low-altitude enemy drones circle over Beirut, southern suburbs

National News Agency correspondent reported that enemy drones are flying at low altitudes in the skies of Beirut and its southern suburbs, adding that these drones have not been absent from the Lebanese airspace, nor have reconnaissance overflights.

04.10.2024 - 15:00 [ theDefensePost.com ]

Lebanon Army Fires at Israel in First After Soldier’s Death

A military official, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, told AFP this was the first response to Israeli fire since last October because the post had been “directly” hit.

It was the third such killing of a Lebanese soldier since the start of the escalation between the Iran-backed group and Israel on September 23.

29.09.2024 - 15:55 [ France24.com ]

More than 1,000 Lebanese people killed in Israeli strikes in less than two weeks

Israeli airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon have killed at least 1,030 people – including 156 women and 87 children – in less than two weeks, according to Lebanon‘s Health Ministry. For more information, Yuka Royer interviews Ettie Higgins, Deputy Representative at UNICEF, in Beirut, Lebanon.

29.09.2024 - 15:50 [ APNews.com ]

AP images offer a close-up look at the smoldering site of Nasrallah’s assassination

Onlookers at the site Sunday clambered over large slabs of concrete, surrounded by high piles of twisted metal and wreckage. Several craters, likely used by rescuers to penetrate under the site of the explosion were visible, some of them apparently up to 30 meters (100 feet) deep.

A few Hezbollah workers were using a bulldozer to excavate around one of the craters, some of them apparently dug by rescuers to reach the dead. State security and investigators were nowhere to be seen.

25.09.2024 - 23:25 [ Google News USA ]

why has Lebanon neither an air force nor an air defense?

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25.09.2024 - 21:57 [ Truthout.org ]

Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon Kill at Least 569, Displace Tens of Thousands

The Israeli military is reportedly preparing to invade Lebanon while continuing to launch extensive airstrikes across the country, forcing tens of thousands to flee. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports the death toll has reached at least 569 people, with more than 1,800 wounded. Israeli strikes have killed United Nations employees, medical workers, at least one journalist and 50 children over the past two days. Meanwhile, Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at Israel, including a long-range missile fired toward Tel Aviv that was intercepted by Israeli air defense systems. “Lebanese civilians are paying the price,” says Aya Majzoub in Beirut, Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, who calls Israel’s attacks “unprecedented” and “devastating.” “In a single day, on Monday, more than 500 people were killed. … It is one of the highest daily death tolls in recent global wars.”

24.09.2024 - 08:57 [ Indianexpress.com ]

Israel-Hezbollah War Live Updates: After 492 killed, Netanyahu urges Lebanese civilians to evacuate, says ‘Hezbollah using you as human shields’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a recorded message, urged Lebanese civilians to heed their calls to evacuate, ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah, news agency AP reported. “Israel’s war is not with you. It’s with Hezbollah. For too long, Hezbollah has been using you as human shields… Starting this morning, the IDF has warned you to get out of harm’s way. I urge you, take this warning seriously. Don’t let Hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones… Once our operation is finished, you can come back safely to your homes,” Netanyahu said.

23.09.2024 - 22:38 [ National News Agency (NNA) Lebanon ]

Israeli enemy airstrike targets building in Beirut’s southern suburb’s Bir Al Abed area

(3 hours ago)

National News Agency correspondent on Tuesday reported that the Israeli enemy targeted a building in the Bir Al-Abed area in Beirut’s southern suburbs with 3 missiles.

Civil defense and rescue teams rushed to the targeted building in the southern suburb.

23.09.2024 - 21:20 [ Middle East Eye ]

Live: Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill at least 356 people

Israel says it is preparing for next stages of Lebanon operation, as US sending additional troops to Middle East

21.09.2024 - 19:45 [ National News Agency (NNA) Lebanon ]

Series of enemy raids on areas in Nabatieh, Iqlim al-Tuffah & Western Bekaa

(2 hours ago)

Israeli enemy aircraft carried out a series of violent raids on areas in Nabatieh, Iqlim al-Tuffah, and the Western Bekaa thisafternoon, reaching 111 raids between 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

21.09.2024 - 19:41 [ National News Agency (NNA) Lebanon ]

MoPH: 37 martyrs in an update on the toll of Israeli raid on Beirut‘s suburb

The Public Health Ministry‘s Emergency Operations Center issued a new update on the outcome of the Israeli raid on the southern suburb of Beirut yesterday, in which the number of martyrs rose to thirty-seven people.

The Ministry indicated that efforts are still underway to remove the rubbles.

21.09.2024 - 01:51 [ National News Agency (NNA) Lebanon ]

Public Health Ministry’s Emergency Operations Center: Toll from the enemy’s airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs rises to 12 martyrs and 66 wounded

The Public Health Ministry’s Emergency Operations Center released a statement announcing an updated toll from the Israeli enemy’s airstrike on the Beirut’s southern suburbs.

According to the new updated toll, the number of martyrs has risen to 12, and the number of wounded 66, including nine in critical condition.

The statement added that the rubble removal operations continue.

21.09.2024 - 01:41 [ APNews.com ]

Rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut kills Hezbollah commander and more than a dozen others

The Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said the strike on Beirut’s southern Dahiya district killed Ibrahim Akil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, as well as 10 other Hezbollah operatives.

“We will continue pursuing our enemies in order to defend our citizens, even in Dahiya, in Beirut,” said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, describing the Israeli strike that targeted Akil as part of “a new phase of war.”

19.09.2024 - 18:51 [ CNN ]

See the moment Israeli jets fly over Beirut while CNN reporter is on air

CNN Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman reacts to Israeli jets flying over Beirut, Lebanon, as Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered an address in response to a wave of explosions across the country.