Hundreds of residents of tiny Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon heeded the Israeli military’s warning to flee. Many sought shelter in a nearby monastery.
Author: Euan Ward
A Week of Chaos Pushes Lebanon’s Doctors to the Limit
Exploding wireless devices maimed thousands. An Israeli airstrike on Friday flattened two buildings. Many doctors, exhausted, wonder how the country will cope if violence continues.
Anxiety Mounts as Lebanon Reels From Pager and Walkie-Talkie Attacks
People across the country were avoiding their cellphones and unplugging baby monitors and laptops, after two days of attacks on Hezbollah-owned devices that amplified fears of an all-out war with Israel.
Hezbollah Leader Threatens Retaliation Against Israel After Airstrike Near Beirut
Nasrallah delivered a televised address at the funeral of a Hezbollah commander who was killed in an Israeli strike in suburban Beirut.
Hezbollah Launches Retaliatory Rockets After Israel Appears to Strike in Syria
Two members of Hezbollah were reported killed in Syria, near the border with Lebanon, and the Israeli police said that the Hezbollah rocket barrage that followed killed a man and a woman in the Golan Heights.
Hezbollah Chief Threatens Cyprus and Warns Israel It Will Fight Without ‘Limits’
Hassan Nasrallah, head of the Lebanese militia, also threatened Cyprus if it helped Israel in an all-out war. The Cypriot president responded that his nation was “not involved in any way.”
Hezbollah Launches Rocket Barrage After Commander Is Killed in Israeli Strike
Around 215 rockets were launched from Lebanon into northern Israel in an apparent response to the strike, Israeli army radio said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
U.S. Embassy in Beirut Targeted With Gunfire
An attacker was wounded and arrested, the Lebanese Army said. An embassy security guard was injured.
Hamas Fires Rockets Into Israel from Lebanon
The launches, nearly all of which Israel shot down, were an apparent attempt by the group to show it remains a threat even as the war has degraded its military capabilities in Gaza.
Hezbollah Claims Drone Attack 10 Miles Inside Israel
The Israeli military later said that no bases had been hit and no casualties reported.