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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 591

Lebanese Christians

A man walks on a street in the southern Lebanese Christian village of Qlayaa on October 10, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
October 13, 2024, 2:50 pm
Christian villagers in southern Lebanon say they are ‘trapped’ in crossfire
Christian communities largely spared by IDF strikes targeting Hezbollah sites in Shiite areas, but say they’re still impacted by fighting as rockets and warplanes fly overhead
By AFP
Jonathan Elkhoury (left), who escaped Lebanon as a refugee with his family, former SLA members, when he was nine, stands in front of the White House at a pro-Israel rally in September 2024. (Courtesy)
October 13, 2024, 9:01 am
For the Southern Lebanese Army’s second generation, Nasrallah’s death is a ‘breakthrough’
Former SLA members refuse to speak in the face of reprisals, but these young Lebanese-Israelis believe it’s their mission to raise the curtain on the truth about Hezbollah
By Diana Bletter
Lebanese writer Elias Khoury speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut, Lebanon, August 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
September 16, 2024, 5:18 am
Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, who praised Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught, dies at 76
Prominent columnist used his voice over the years to back Palestinians, chastise Israel’s establishment and settlement policies; he also hailed Arab Spring, taught at universities
By AP and ToI Staff
Hezbollah fighters attend the funeral of their commander Wissam al-Tawil, in the village of Khirbet Selm, south Lebanon, January 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
March 29, 2024, 4:21 pm
Lebanese nun’s call for students to pray for Hezbollah sparks furor, shows schisms
Terror group has alliances with figures from other religious groups, but base of its support lies in Shiite Muslim community; Christian leader: Hezollah destroying Lebanon
By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM
A priest leads mass at a church in the Lebanese village of Qlayaa, on the southern border with Israel, on December 21, 2023. (AFP)
December 23, 2023, 7:52 pm
Southern Lebanese village vows to keep Christmas spirit as border clashes rage
Holiday visitors keep away from Qlayaa, but villagers say they’re determined to hold festivities in shadow of daily Hezbollah-Israel battles
By Agencies
Renana Gome (middle) with her sons, Yagil Yaakov (left) and Or Yaakov, reunited after the boys' release on November 27, 2023 from Hamas captivity since October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
November 28, 2023, 12:45 pm
Daily Briefing Nov 28: Day 53 – Amid joy, chilling details from released hostages
Political correspondent Tal Schneider describes Hamas hostages’ captivity; Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani on Hamas in West Bank and a Lebanese Christian’s Israel advocacy
By ToI Staff
A screen capture of social media video from the Lebanese town of Kahale shows gunman during clashes in the Lebanese town of between Hezbollah members and local residents, August 9, 2023. (screen capture: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 9, 2023, 11:15 pm
2 dead in Lebanon clashes between Hezbollah and residents of Christian town
Iran-backed terror group reports one of its members killed in fighting, which Kahale mayor says erupted after locals accused Hezbollah of smuggling arms in truck that overturned
By AFP
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
An anti-government protester argues with riot police during a protest against a general amnesty law being proposed in parliament in Beirut, Lebanon, May 28, 2020. (AP/Hussein Malla)
May 29, 2020, 6:45 am
Lebanon removes banking secrecy rules to fight corruption
Move clears way for investigations into bank accounts of current and former officials; legislators fail to reach amnesty agreement for Lebanese who fled to Israel in early 2000s
By Bassam Mroue
Samir Geagea, the leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, right, and his wife Strida Geagea, on April 4, 2014 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
October 20, 2019, 3:24 am
Party quits Lebanon government after third day of protests
Leader of Lebanese forces party says his group is ‘convinced that the government is unable to take the necessary steps to save the situation’
By Layal Abou Rahal
Mary Iskandar, 50, a Lebanese housewife, is overcome by emotion, as she raises a picture of Maronite Naamatallah Kassab Hardini, left, and St. Charbel Makhlouf, Lebanon's first Maronite cleric to be canonized by the Vatican, in 1977, as Pope John Paul II, proclaims Hardini a saint of the Catholic Church at a ceremony at the Vatican on May 16, 2004. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
November 2, 2017, 1:24 pm
With the PA’s help, Israeli Christians quietly make pilgrimages to Lebanon
Though the countries are still in a state of war, Palestinian travel documents allow worshipers to visit Catholic holy sites across the northern border
By ToI Staff
Egypt's Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed al-Tayeb (R) receives Lebanese President Michel Aoun at his office in Cairo on February 13, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
February 13, 2017, 5:27 pm
Lebanese president: Hezbollah needed to counter Israel
Long-time Hezbollah ally Michel Aoun says Iran’s support for terror group could ‘continue indefinitely’
By Agencies
Michel Aoun speaks to journalists on October 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
November 21, 2016, 6:20 pm
Saudi Arabia invites Lebanon’s new president to visit
Michel Aoun said ready to make trip to Riyadh once his cabinet is formed
By AP and ToI Staff
Lebanese politician Michel Aoun in 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)
October 20, 2016, 2:29 am
Ex-army head, Hezbollah ally Aoun tipped for Lebanon presidency
Saad Hariri, former premier and longtime opponent of Shiite terror group, reportedly decides to endorse the appointment
By AFP
Lebanese security forces secure the site of multiple suicide bombings which took place early on June 27, 2016 in the predominantly Christian village of Al-Qaa, in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria. (AFP/ STRINGER)
June 27, 2016, 11:43 pm
Fresh suicide attacks hammer Lebanon town near Syria border
Hours after pre-dawn blasts kill five, at least three suicide bombers blow themselves up in Christian village of al-Qaa, wounding several
By AFP and AP
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