Top Hezbollah Commander Among 12 Killed in Israeli Strike on Beirut
By Laila Bassam and Maayan Lubell
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with...
EXCLUSIVE -Hezbollah Handed out Pagers Hours Before Blasts – Even After Checks
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily
BEIRUT, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah was still handing its members new Gold Apollo branded pagers hours before thousands of the devices blew up this week, two security sources said, indicating the...
UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon Urge Immediate De-escalation
BEIRUT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon urged de-escalation on Friday after a big increase in hostilities at the Lebanese-Israeli border, where Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah have been trading fire...
US Says No Change to Its Military Posture in Middle East Amid Attacks in...
By Phil Stewart and Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - There are no changes to U.S. military posture in the Middle East, the Pentagon told reporters on Thursday when asked about recent deadly attacks in Lebanon attributed...
Israel Destroys 1,000 Hezbollah Rocket Launcher Barrels, Military Says
JERUSALEM, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Israeli fighter jets pounded Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon late on Thursday, striking hundreds of rocket launcher barrels that were set to be used to immediately fire toward Israeli territory, the military...
Israeli Military Says It Is Striking Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon
JERUSALEM, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said it was striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Thursday, shortly before the movement's leader was due to give a speech.
It also said the military chief...
Israel Bombs Lebanon After Radio Blasts, Says It Thwarts Assassination Plot
By James Mackenzie
JERUSALEM, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Israel bombed southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it had thwarted an Iran-backed assassination plot, a day after explosions of Hezbollah radios that came on the heels of blasts in booby trapped...
Israeli Security Services Arrest Israeli Man Over Alleged Iranian-Backed Assassination Plot
By James Mackenzie
JERUSALEM, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Israeli security services said on Thursday they had arrested an Israeli citizen on suspicion of involvement in an Iranian-backed assassination plot targeting prominent people including the prime minister.
A statement said the person...
Hezbollah Devices Explode Again in Lebanon, Raising Fears of Wider Israel Conflict
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily
BEIRUT, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and...
Hundreds of People Wounded in Hand-Held Radio Attacks in Lebanon, Security Source Says
BEIRUT, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people were wounded on Wednesday in fresh blasts involving communication devices used by Lebanon's Hezbollah group, a security source said.
Many of the wounds were to the stomach...
