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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

Gebran Bassil

Lebanese MP Gebran Bassil attends the 12th parliamentary session to elect a new president in the capital Beirut's downtown district on June 14, 2023 amid bitter divisions between the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah and its opponents. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
December 10, 2024, 3:13 pm
Senior Maronite politician: Hezbollah must focus on Lebanon, not wider region
Gebran Bassil says Iran-backed terror group must accept that it is part of the Lebanese state, and not parallel to it
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Christian nationalist Free Patriotic Movement head Gebran Bassil, who is allied with the Hezbollah terror group, gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 17, 2022. (AP/Hussein Malla)
October 17, 2022, 11:51 pm
Hezbollah-linked Lebanese MP says Ukraine War sped up maritime border talks
US-sanctioned Gebran Bassil, who is also president’s son-in-law, emphasizes deal with Israel ‘not a normalization process’ but predicts will brings much-needed stability to region
By Agencies
Former Lebanese foreign minister Gebran Bassil, speaks to journalists at the presidential palace, in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon, October 22, 2020. (AP/ Hussein Malla, File)
January 2, 2022, 8:29 pm
Lebanese Christian leader: Our alliance with Hezbollah is no longer working
TV speech by Free Patriotic Movement head Bassil signals unprecedented level of frustration with terror group, suggests 2006 alliance credited with maintaining peace in jeopardy
By Sarah El Deeb
Lebanon's then Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil addresses a press conference after a signing ceremony of a diplomatic cooperation agreement in Budapest, Hungary, on November 26, 2019. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
November 8, 2020, 4:51 pm
Lebanon ex-FM says US told him: Repudiate Hezbollah or face corruption sanctions
Gebran Bassil calls Treasury Department measures against him a ‘crime,’ vows to appeal decision
By AFP
In this June 13, 2018 file photo, Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil pauses during a news conference at a Syrian refugee camp, in Arsal, near the border with Syria, east Lebanon. The US treasury slapped sanctions Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, on Lebanon's ex-foreign minister and a leading Christian political ally of the Hezbollah group, according to the Treasury's website. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
November 6, 2020, 7:04 pm
US expands Hezbollah sanctions, targeting allied Lebanese Christian leader
New measures hit Gebran Bassil, a lawmaker who leads the largest bloc in parliament and a son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, accusing him of corruption
By AP and ToI Staff
In this Oct. 25, 2019 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hold his pictures and waves Hezbollah flags in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
December 13, 2019, 9:45 pm
Lebanon’s Hezbollah insists on a wide coalition to solve ‘dire’ situation
Nasrallah rejects calls to form emergency Lebanese government of technocrats, two months after PM Hariri resigned amid widespread protests
By AP
Anti-government protesters sit in the middle of a main highway during ongoing protests against the Lebanese government, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
October 29, 2019, 11:11 pm
What’s next for Lebanon after PM Hariri resigns?
As the economy lurches to a halt and protesters demand a reset of the post-civil war system of shared sectarian rule, Israel’s northern neighbor could be on the brink of chaos
By AP
Women wave signs reading "leave" in Arabic and showing the faces of Lebanon's President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, during a protest outside the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on October 18, 2019. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
October 21, 2019, 10:40 pm
Lebanon’s decades-old political class under fire in protests
Country’s biggest demonstrations in years have focused much of their ire on Lebanese politicians, many of whom, and their relatives, have long called most of the shots
By AFP
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil (R) shakes hands with visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following a public statement in the Lebanese capital Beirut on March 22, 2019. (Jim Young/Pool/AFP)
September 6, 2019, 9:44 pm
Pompeo said to warn Lebanon that Israel could strike Hezbollah missile factory
Arabic newspaper quotes US secretary of state telling Lebanese FM that facility should be dismantled or Israel will ‘destroy it in the coming days’
By ToI Staff
Arab leaders pose for the camera, ahead of the 30th Arab Summit in Tunis, Tunisia, March 31, 2019. (Zoubeir Souissi, Pool photo via AP)
March 31, 2019, 4:29 pm
Led by Saudis, Arab leaders unite against Trump’s recognition of Golan Heights
22-member league — minus Syria — condemns US president’s policies favoring Israel, but is not expected to take further action
By AP and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, at the presidential palace, in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2019 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
March 23, 2019, 9:44 am
Pompeo urges Lebanon to move away from ‘dark’ Iran and Hezbollah
In Beirut, secretary of state says US will use ‘all peaceful means, everything at our disposal’ to choke Tehran-backed terrorist group that holds three Lebanese cabinet posts
By AFP
In this picture provided by Hezbollah Media Relations office, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 11, 2019. (Hezbollah Media Relations Office, via AP)
February 11, 2019, 11:44 pm
Nasrallah thanks Iran’s Zarif for support against ‘Zionist aggression’
In Beirut meeting, Hezbollah leader says Tehran’s backing ‘led to victories in many arenas’; Iran foreign minister vows to back ‘resistance’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, right, speaks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
February 11, 2019, 6:34 pm
Lebanon to boycott Warsaw Mideast summit over Israel’s attendance
Speaking alongside Iranian counterpart, Lebanese FM also cites expected critical stance toward Iran at US-led conference
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Attack tunnel dug into Israel from southern Lebanon that the Israeli military believes Hezbollah planned to use in future wars, which was discovered in January 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 17, 2019, 3:26 pm
Hezbollah tunnel construction began before 2006 Second Lebanon War — report
In 2005, IDF tunnel adviser reportedly told then-Northern Command chief Benny Gantz about terror group’s cross-border underground passages; warning was apparently ignored
By ToI Staff
Israeli troops search for attack tunnels dug into Israel from southern Lebanon that the Israeli military believes Hezbollah planned to use in future wars, in January 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 13, 2019, 9:07 am
Finding ‘6th, biggest and last’ Hezbollah tunnel, IDF ends Northern Shield op
Military announces discovery of final underground passage from Lebanon, the largest one found, believed to have been part of plan to send fighters to conquer northern Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
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