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...
Hezbollah Exploding Pager Trail Runs From Taiwan to Budapest
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily
BEIRUT, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Israel's Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations that killed nine people, a senior Lebanese security...
Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Injured by Pager Explosion
DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was slightly injured on Tuesday by the explosion of an electronic pager, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported, as numerous such devices exploded across Lebanon.
"Amani has a superficial injury and...
Israel Says It Thwarted Hezbollah Plot to Kill Former Defence Official
JERUSALEM, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Israel's domestic security agency said on Tuesday that it had foiled a plot by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to assassinate a former senior defence official in the coming days.
The Shin Bet...
