Beirut businesses struggle to stay afloat under Israeli raids

Beirut businesses struggle to stay afloat under Israeli raids

A woman collects belongings in an apartment amid destruction in a residential area where an Israeli airstrike killed 9 people the day before, according to Lebanese officials, on November 7, 2024 in Baalbek, Lebanon. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Lina al-Khalil has fled her south Beirut home to escape escalating Israeli attacks on Hezbollah, but […]

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Israeli strikes kill 25 in Lebanon, including in a town with a dark history of civilian deaths

Israeli strikes kill 25 in Lebanon, including in a town with a dark history of civilian deaths

Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 25 people, officials said Wednesday (October 16, 2024), including more than a dozen in a southern town where Israeli bombardments in previous conflicts are seared into local memory. Elsewhere in the south, a city’s Mayor was among the dead in a strike that Lebanese officials said […]

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Beirut businesses struggle to stay afloat under Israeli raids

U.N. refugee agency says 25% of Lebanon under Israeli evacuation orders

A woman walks outside accommodations housing Lebanese fleeing the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, in al-Harjalah, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, on October 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Israel, which began incursions into south Lebanon two weeks ago to battle Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, has issued military evacuation orders affecting more […]

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34 nations contributing troops to U.N. Lebanon force issue statement condemning attacks

34 nations contributing troops to U.N. Lebanon force issue statement condemning attacks

In a joint statement on Saturday (October 12, 2024), 34 countries contributing troops to the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) condemned ongoing attacks on peacekeepers and called on all to respect the UNIFIL’s mission and ensure the safety of its personnel. India, which has 903 personnel serving under the UNIFIL, is not among […]

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Beirut businesses struggle to stay afloat under Israeli raids

Israel army warns south Lebanon residents ‘not to return to homes’

Displaced Palestinians make their way as they flee areas in the northern Gaza Strip, following an Israeli evacuation order, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City October 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Israeli military on Saturday (October 12, 2024) warned residents of south Lebanon “not to return” to their homes as troops continued […]

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34 nations contributing troops to U.N. Lebanon force issue statement condemning attacks

Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 U.N. peacekeepers in separate strikes

An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three on Friday (October 11, 2024), Lebanon’s military said, just hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two of them for the second day in a row. The incidents entangling both Lebanon’s official Army — which has […]

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