US wants to see Israel scale back some of Beirut strikes, Austin says
The United States would like to see Israel scale back some of its strikes in and around the Lebanese capital of Beirut, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday....
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Strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs: Israel claims it hit weapons depots, Hezbollah intelligence headquarters
The Israeli army said it had bombed “Hezbollah weapons depots” and a “headquarters” of the party in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday. Israeli fighter jets hit “several depots,” according...
19 October 2024
Lebanese army transports fuel tank from Israeli aircraft discovered in Meshmesh, Akkar
BEIRUT — A fuel tank believed to belong to an Israeli aircraft was found on a dirt road in the outskirts of Meshmesh, Akkar, on Saturday morning, our correspondent in the north reported, citing...
19 October 2024
Between Israel and Iran, can the ‘massacre game’ stop?
Israel and Iran are currently engaged in a vast confrontation across the Middle East. Each conducts this confrontation through different means, which only intensifies the violence. Iran and its...
Fouad KHOURY-HÉLOU, 19 October 2024
4 dead, including mayor, in Israeli strike on road in western Bekaa
Five people were killed on Friday in an Israeli strike on the road between Baaloul and Qaraoun in the Bekaa, according to our local correspondent, Sarah Abdallah, and the official National...
19 October 2024
Several Israeli strikes target Beirut's southern suburbs
At least two Israeli strikes targeted Beirut's southern suburbs on Saturday afternoon, according to a security source quoted by AFP and the official National News Agency (NNA). "Consecutive...
19 October 2024
Finally getting Lebanon out of 'other people's wars'
In 1985, Ghassan Tueni published his most important book, which upon release became a reference work for understanding the dynamics of the Lebanese civil war. However, the main idea defended by the...
Anthony SAMRANI, 19 October 2024
‘This war is against the Shiites... Israel wants to erase us’
“They won’t talk…” warns Zeina*, who had to flee her home in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Opposed to Hezbollah, she sees her father, a Hezbollah supporter, now torn regarding the ‘front...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 19 October 2024
Education or safety, what matters most?
Education is universally recognized as a fundamental right. However, its status as a priority is questioned amid the madness of war. Parents wonder: What comes first, education or safety? Israel...
Marya H W, 19 October 2024
Israeli army claims they found weapons depot, tunnels in southern Lebanon school
The Israeli army claimed on Saturday to have found a weapons depot, tunnel openings and warehouses containing combat equipment in a school in southern Lebanon. In a message on X, Arabic-speaking...
19 October 2024
Three injured in Fneideq, Akkar in scrap yard explosion, possibly from remnant of Israeli airstrike
BEIRUT — Three were injured in an explosion at a scrap metal yard in Fneideq, Akkar, North Lebanon, with one of the injured in critical condition, our correspondent in the north reported. The...
19 October 2024
Two killed in Israeli strike on Sahel Alma, on Beirut-Jounieh highway
Two people were killed Saturday morning in Sahel Alma (Kesrouan district) in an Israeli drone strike that targeted the highway linking Jounieh to Beirut, marking the first such incident since the...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 October 2024
Israeli rescuers say one killed by shrapnel after rocket fire from Lebanon
Israeli emergency services said a man was killed by shrapnel near the port city of Acre on Saturday after a barrage of rockets were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel....
19 October 2024
Israel army says at least 115 projectiles fired from Lebanon on Saturday
The Israeli army said at least 115 projectiles were fired on Saturday from Lebanon targeting the country amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. The projectiles...
19 October 2024
Drone launched from Lebanon toward Netanyahu residence in central Israel: PM office
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said a drone was launched toward his residence in Caesarea, after the military reported a drone from Lebanon had "hit a structure" in the central...
L'Orient Today staff, 19 October 2024
Israeli strike on car in Sahel Alma, two killed
An Israeli strike on the Beirut-Jounieh highway, in Sahel Alma, killed two people according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
19 October 2024
Lebanese lira still stable, despite war with Israel
BEIRUT – Since Sept. 23, the year-long cross-border firing between Hezbollah and Israel has taken an unprecedented turn. Israeli airstrikes have leveled villages in the south, the Bekaa and torn...
Stephanie Bechara, 19 October 2024
Netanyahu accuses 'Iran's allies' of trying to assassinate him, after unclaimed drone strike on his Caesarea home: Day 379 of the Gaza and Lebanon wars
01:44 Beirut Time Israel's security cabinet will meet tomorrow, Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. local time, at the Israeli army headquarters in Tel Aviv, according to a report from Axios...
Muntasser Abdallah, Marguerita Sejaan, Sarah Abdallah, Ghadir Hamadi, Yara Malka, 19 October 2024
G7 defence summit convenes during 'historic moment'
Defense ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries meet for talks in Naples on Saturday against a backdrop of a dangerous escalation in the Middle East and mounting pressure on Ukraine as it...
19 October 2024
World cholera vaccine stockpile empty: WHO
There are no more oral cholera vaccines left in the global stockpile, the World Health Organization said Friday, with the shortage jeopardising work to stop the disease's spread....
19 October 2024
Gilbert Halaby's olive trees that bring him back to Lebanon
Gilbert Halaby is only in the early years of his forties, yet when you review his journey, listen to him speak and especially hear him mention his already "three rebirths," you might think he has...
Gilles KHOURY, 19 October 2024
What is the future of Hamas after the death of Yahya Sinwar ?
One year and ten days. That’s how long it took the Israelis to take down the mastermind behind Oct. 7. The al-Aqsa Flood operation propelled Yahya Sinwar to global fame. But while he seemed...
