Israel army says Iran attack 'continuing' as sirens sound
Iran's missile attack on Israel was continuing on Tuesday, the Israel army said, with blasts heard in Jerusalem and elsewhere. "Iran's attack is continuing. You are...
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Iran launches nearly 200 missiles toward Israel, explosions heard in Tel Aviv: What we know
Iran launched an aerial attack against Israel around 7:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to Reuters and several Israeli media. About an hour later, Iranian state media confirmed Iran "is...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2024
'It's an endless nightmare': from southern Lebanon to the suburbs of Beirut, surviving the same night of anguish
Ibtissam lived the longest night of her life in Ain Arab, in the Marjayoun district, a few kilometers from the Lebanese-Israeli border. All she was waiting for "was for the sun to rise, so I could...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE with Muntasser ABDALLAH, 1 October 2024
Qatar, Italy and Jordan express 'solidarity' with Lebanon in calls with Mikati
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed his gratitude to Italy, Qatar and Jordan for their efforts to end the Israeli aggression against Lebanon, as well as for their support during the...
1 October 2024
Eerie silence surrounds civilian death toll from Friday's attack on Nasrallah
When the Israeli jets bombed Hezbollah's "headquarters" in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, the force of it was so strong that residents on the far side of the capital thought it was their own...
Amelia Hankins and Sally Abou AlJoud, 1 October 2024
Iran preparing imminent missile attack on Israel: US
Iran is preparing an imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel, the United States said on Tuesday, warning that any such assault would have "severe" consequences for Tehran....
1 October 2024
Israel sending messages to Syria to force its divorce with Iran
It seems inseparable from the war waged by Israel on Lebanese territory, which threatens to destabilize the entire region since the assassination, on Friday, of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah....
Noura DOUKHI, 1 October 2024
After the Cola strike, Beirut enters the gray zone
On Sunday night, Israel struck Beirut, within the administrative border of the capital, for the first time since fighting began in October. At around 1 a.m., a missile hit an apartment in a...
Salah HIJAZI, 1 October 2024
Lebanon state media say Israel strike hits near south Beirut hospital
Lebanon state media say Israel strike hits near south Beirut hospital between Jnah and Ouzai.
1 October 2024
Normalization of Israel in Middle East cannot progress without end to war in Gaza: Blinken
In a lengthy article published in the American magazine Foreign Affairs on the foreign policy of the Biden administration, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken linked the progress of Israel's...
1 October 2024
After vising Berri, Bassil emphasizes importance of unity among Lebanese amid escalating Israeli attacks
BEIRUT — After vising Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in Ain al-Tineh on Tuesday, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil emphasized the importance of unity among Lebanese people amid...
1 October 2024
Why are Israeli surveillance drones flying all over Beirut?
For several days now, Israeli drones have been incessantly buzzing in the skies over numerous neighborhoods in Beirut and its suburbs, infiltrating the day-to-day soundscape and invading the...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 1 October 2024
Israel is on the verge of winning this war, but then what?
Israel is preparing to invade Lebanon for the fourth time in its history. After bringing Hezbollah to its knees in two weeks, it has no intention of stopping there. The passivity of the Iranian...
Anthony SAMRANI, 1 October 2024
L’Orient Today staff, 1 October 2024
Measures of embassies in Beirut for their nationals, suspension of flights: What you need to know
Due to the rapid deterioration of the situation in Lebanon, marked by "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids ... in villages near the border" on Monday night according to the Israeli army...
L’Orient Today staff, 1 October 2024
Mikati: Lebanon is facing one of the most dangerous moments in its history
BEIRUT — During a meeting with U.N. organizations and ambassadors of donor countries, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Tuesday that the Lebanese government established, in cooperation...
1 October 2024
US, Israel agree on 'dismantling attack infrastructure' on Lebanon border
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday offered support to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for "dismantling attack infrastructure" along the border with Lebanon, after Israel launched...
1 October 2024
Is going to Beirut's airport dangerous?
Between two barrages of the downpour of bombs hitting Beirut's southern suburbs, a plane quietly passes behind the columns of smoke. It is a Middle East Airlines (MEA) aircraft about to land on...
Gabriel BLONDEL, 1 October 2024
Palestinian camp official in south Lebanon says Israeli strike targets militant
A Palestinian camp official told AFP that an Israeli strike targeted a top Palestinian militant on Tuesday in the community in the south Lebanon city of Saida. "The Israeli...
1 October 2024
Syria state media says three civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus
Syrian state media said three civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Damascus early Tuesday and nine others wounded, citing a military source. "The Israeli enemy...
1 October 2024
Prices of gasoline and gas increase, diesel and fuel oil remain almost the same
BEIRUT — The prices of gasoline and gas increased while the prices of diesel and fuel oil remained almost the same on Tuesday, according to the Energy and Water Ministry. Here are the new rates:...
1 October 2024
Particularly violent night as airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs heard across Mount Lebanon: Day 361 of the Gaza and Lebanon wars
04:34 Beirut Time 🔴 A large Israeli airstrike has targeted the neighborhood of Hadath, in Beirut's southern suburbs, according to local media, in an attack that was heard...
Malek Jadah, Sally Abou AlJoud, Muntasser Abdallah, Sarah Abdallah, Michel Hallak, Marguerita Sejaan and Nicholas Frakes, 1 October 2024
Israel begins 'limited' ground operations in south Lebanon: A special war edition on everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Updates on the Israeli ground incursion into...
Abbas Mahfouz, 1 October 2024
Who was Abbas Nilforoushan, the Iranian commander killed with Nasrallah?
Iranian Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Operations, was killed in Haret Hreik, in Beirut’s southern suburb, alongside Hezbollah...
Tatiana KROTOFF, 1 October 2024
Israel strikes Ain el-Hilweh camp for first time
The Israeli air force carried out a drone strike on the home of Mounir Maqdah, one of the Palestinian officials of Fatah in Lebanon, located in the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp near Saida in southern...
1 October 2024
Israeli army announces beginning of its ground operations in South Lebanon
The Israeli army announced late Monday to Tuesday that it had begun "localized ground raids" on Hezbollah targets in villages in southern Lebanon. "In accordance with the decision of the...
L’Orient Today staff, 1 October 2024
Beirut southern suburbs target of at least six Israeli strikes
Israel carried out at least six strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut from Monday night to Tuesday, after the Israeli army called on the residents of Hezbollah's stronghold to evacuate, a...
L’Orient Today staff, 1 October 2024
The toll of Monday's Israeli strikes in Lebanon: 95 dead (Lebanese health ministry)
The toll of Monday's Israeli strikes in Lebanon is 95 dead across the country, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced Monday evening. "The Israeli enemy strikes killed 95 people and injured 172...
1 October 2024
How I met the ‘Sayyed’
I am not claiming that I know him well, as I have only met him a few times. But out of all the figures I’ve met in the course of my decades-long career, Hassan Nasrallah is one of the most...
Scarlett HADDAD, 1 October 2024
Berri signals willingness for consensus president amid war, but hurdles remain
Following the assassination of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, his steadfast ally, Berri now appears willing to make concessions toward electing a consensus president through a...
