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A Lebanese Army source told L’Orient Today that at least one more person on the Lebanese side has been wounded amid renewed tensions on the southern border. The protester wounded earlier today alongside the young man who later died is expected to survive, the source said
14 May 2021
President Michel Aoun has condemned Israeli forces for firing on Lebanese protesters who had attempted to cross the border, killing one young man, Mohammad Tahhan, and injuring another. Aoun said he had asked the foreign minister to inform the United Nations of the case
14 May 2021
Lebanese man struck by Israeli border fire dies: state media
A Lebanese demonstrator struck by Israeli shell fire Friday on the border between Lebanon and occupied Palestine died of his wounds, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported....
14 May 2021
A Hezbollah delegation headed by Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem met with Hamas officials in Beirut. They “reviewed the latest developments in occupied Palestine” and Qassem reiterated the party’s support for the “Palestinian people’s uprising,” Hamas said in a statement
14 May 2021
A 21-year-old man from the town of Adloun has died at Marjayoun Governmental Hospital after he was injured by Israeli fire when he and a group of other protesters tried to cross from Lebanon into occupied Palestine earlier today, the NNA reports
14 May 2021
Lebanon has registered 213 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Seventeen more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,586
14 May 2021
Two Lebanese men were taken to the hospital after being wounded by Israeli shells that landed near them during an attempt by protesters to cross the border this afternoon, the NNA reports. UNIFIL and the army have since “enhanced the security in the area,” a UNIFIL spokesman said
14 May 2021
Following Friday prayers, mass demonstrations took place in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian camp near Saida and in other Palestinian camps and gatherings in Lebanon
14 May 2021
Lebanese and Israeli media report that a small group of protesters crossed from Lebanon into occupied Palestine near the Mutlah settlement but were turned back after Israeli forces opened fire. An Israeli army spokesman said tanks had fired “warning shots” to disperse them
14 May 2021
This morning’s stoppage of the Turkish power ships has reduced production capacity on the Lebanese electrical network by about 240 megawatts, Électricité du Liban said in a statement, adding that it can offset some 130 MW of the loss by increasing production at other facilities
14 May 2021
Firass Abiad, the head of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, announced on Twitter that the facility will close one of its four COVID-19 ICU units due to decreasing case numbers. “Let us work hard not to reopen it again,” Abiad wrote
14 May 2021
Following the firing of missiles from south Lebanon Thursday night, Lebanese Army said in a statement that it had found three missiles in the vicinity of the Rashidieh Palestinian camp near Sur
14 May 2021
Turkey’s Karpowership says it is shutting down power to Lebanon
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Karpowership, which provides electricity to Lebanon from two barges, said on Friday it was shutting down supplies over payment arrears and after a legal threat to...
