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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Beqaa Valley

Hamas leader and UNRWA teacher Fateh Sherif abu el-Amin speaks at a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, on Mar. 27, 2024 after he was suspended, sparking protests. (Collin Mayfield/Sipa USA)
September 30, 2024, 7:38 am
IDF strike kills Hamas’s Lebanon chief, an UNRWA teacher; 3 PFLP men killed in Beirut
UN agency says Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, hit in southern Lebanon, was put on leave due to his ‘alleged political activities’; attack on PFLP appears to be first in heart of capital
By Emanuel Fabian, Joshua Davidovich and Jacob Magid
Cars sit in traffic as they flee ongoing Israeli airstrikes, in Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 23, 2024, 4:54 pm
Israel hits 1,600 targets in Monday strikes on Hezbollah as Lebanese flee; 492 killed
IDF says it targeted many homes where Hezbollah keeps missiles in deadliest barrages since 2006 war, urges civilians to get away; Hezbollah fires 200 rockets deep into Israel
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AP
A blast from an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, on September 23, 2024 (X video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 23, 2024, 12:50 pm
IDF says widespread strikes target ‘infrastructure Hezbollah built up for years’
Lebanese civilians get stark advance warnings via texts and calls to immediately move away from group’s weapons caches; Beirut says 100 killed, hundreds injured
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Muhammad Qassem al-Shaer, a commander in Hezbollah, in a poster issued after he was killed in an IDF strike on September 10, 2024. (Hezbollah Media Office)
September 10, 2024, 5:43 pm
IDF says it killed Hezbollah commander behind many attacks on Israel
Military confirms drone strike on Muhammad Qassem al-Shaer deep inside Lebanon; Iran-backed Lebanese terror group also announces his death, but gives no details of his activities
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah weapons depot in northeastern Lebanon's Baalbek District, August 19, 2024. (Screenshot X used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
August 20, 2024, 12:53 am
IDF strikes Hezbollah weapons depots deep in Lebanon after deadly drone attack
Lebanese report says terror group’s planned retaliation for killing of military chief back on track after Hamas rejects Gaza ceasefire proposal
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
People at the scene of a deadly rocket attack at a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, July 28, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 28, 2024, 3:57 pm
Hezbollah on high alert after deadly Majdal Shams attack as US urges de-escalation
Iranian proxy clears out some of its key sites ahead of expected Israeli retaliation; Blinken stands by Israel’s right to defense, but says Gaza ceasefire best way to end clashes
By Agencies, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
An ambulance is pictured as Lebanese army deploy near the US embassy in Beirut on June 5, 2024, after a Syrian man was arrested following a shooting near the embassy. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
June 5, 2024, 8:52 pm
Syrian man opens fire on US embassy in Beirut ‘in support of Gaza’
Lebanese forces shoot and seriously wound the attacker; one local worker at the mission lightly wounded by gunfire
By AFP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Ali Hamiyah, Lebanese minister of public works and transport, October 2021. (Via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 8, 2022, 12:44 pm
Bomb explodes at Hezbollah-backed minister’s home in Lebanon
Explosive wrapped in electrical wire goes off in garden of Ali Hamieh’s residence in village of Taraya, in crime-ridden Bekaa Valley
By AP
Cannabis plants is seen near a vineyard on the outskirts of Deir al-Ahmar in the Bekaa Valley, one of the poorest regions in Lebanon and notorious for its marijuana production, on October 3, 2017. (AFP Photo/Joseph Eid)
October 15, 2017, 5:20 pm
Turning weed into wine in Lebanon
Farmers in Bekaa Valley, long known as a hub for cannabis production, increasingly switching to vines as viticulture blossoms
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Lebanese Civil Defense workers putting out a fire in a Syrian refugee camp in Qab Elias, a village in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Sunday, July 2, 2017. (Qab Elias Emergency Services via AP)
July 2, 2017, 8:18 pm
Fire rages in Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon, 1 dead
700 displaced by blaze said to have been sparked by electrical overload in makeshift tent camp
By Sarah El Deeb
Israeli tank from the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub in the First Lebanon War seen on display at a Moscow museum. (Courtesy GPO)
May 29, 2016, 6:59 pm
Putin agrees to return Israeli tank captured in Lebanon War
Russia to deliver Magach-3 tank, seized along with 3 IDF soldiers during bloody 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub
By Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff
Children place flowers on a tomb in the old cemetery of Bar Elias in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on May 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)
May 19, 2016, 9:17 am
For Syrians in Lebanon, no resting place in life or death
With local cemeteries almost full, Bekaa Valley villages struggle to provide refugees with burial services
By Alice Hackman
A Lebanese woman casts her vote at a polling station during the municipal elections in Beirut, Lebanon, May 8, 2016. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
May 9, 2016, 6:00 pm
Hezbollah claims victory in east Lebanon local elections
State media, however, says early results show rival coalition gaining control of council in capital city Beirut
By AP
French President Francois Hollande (C) reviews the guard of honor with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (L) upon his arrival to the Lebanese Parliament in downtown Beirut on April 16, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)
April 16, 2016, 5:09 pm
Hollande kicks off Mideast tour in Lebanon
French president expected to reaffirm strong support of Lebanese army after Saudi pulled $3b aid package over Hezbollah ties
By Agencies and ToI Staff
August 9, 2015, 4:56 pm
IAF planes said spotted flying low over Lebanon
Local media says Israeli fighter jets seen above south and east Lebanon, including Shebaa Farms
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