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A member of a joint Palestinian security force looks at a wall full of bullet holes inside a school run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 29, 2023, 7:33 pm
Palestinian gunmen deploy in school compound after clashes in Lebanon refugee camp
Move by fighters from Hamas, DFLP and other factions raises hope that ceasefire will continue to hold as UNRWA urges them to evacuate before school year starts
By Ahmad Mantash
Ali Shoeib, a reporter for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar news outlet, stands next to an Israeli tank in the Mount Dov area along the border between Lebanon and Israel, while peacekeeping UNIFIL forces stand behind him, September 26, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 26, 2023, 7:34 pm
Hezbollah journalist films self within touching distance of IDF tank on border
‘This tank will leave, while we children of this land will remain here,’ claims Ali Shoeib, as UN peacekeepers separating between Israeli and Lebanese forces appear to stand by
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: A migrant boat in Mediterranean waters east of Cape Greco in southeastern Cyprus in August 2023 (Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JCC) / AFP)
September 23, 2023, 5:33 pm
Lebanon rescues Syrians in sinking migrant boat
Authorities say they rescued 27 people aboard a vessel that was going down off the country’s coast
By AFP
Undated photo of the US Embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo)
September 21, 2023, 7:49 am
Shots fired outside US embassy in Lebanon, no injuries reported
No one claims responsibility for small arms fire in vicinity of entrance to complex; mission says in close contact with Lebanese law enforcement, who launch investigation
By AP and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks at a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, September 11, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
September 11, 2023, 8:57 pm
Iran building airport in southern Lebanon to attack Israelis, Gallant says
DM claims facility, 20 km from Israel, to be used by Iran ‘for terror purposes’ against Israel; IDF chief: We must be ‘more prepared than ever’ for ‘extensive military conflict’
By Emanuel Fabian
Smoke rises during clashes between members of the Palestinian Fatah group and Islamist militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 11, 2023, 1:17 pm
Islamists in Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon say they will honor ceasefire
Tense calm in Ein el-Hilweh after three days of clashes killed at least five people and left hundreds of families displaced
By FADI TAWIL and Kareem Chehayeb
Smoke rises during clashes between members of the Palestinian Fatah group and Islamist groups in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 11, 2023, 6:50 am
Warring Palestinian groups vow to honor truce after clashes in Lebanon refugee camp
Renewed violence has claimed 5 lives in 3 days in Ein el-Hilweh, with forces loyal to Abbas and extremist rivals saying they’ll abide by ceasefire
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke rises during a clashes that erupted between members of the Palestinian Fateh group and Islamist militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, July 30, 2023. (Mohammad Zaatari/AP)
September 8, 2023, 12:40 am
Fresh clashes break out at Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon
Fighting in Ein al-Helweh camp once again pits members of Abbas’s Fatah movement against fighters from rival terror groups, leading dozens of families to flee
By AFP
Supporters of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community attend a sit-in to protest the ongoing criminalization of homosexuality and arbitrary arrests in front of Hobeich police station, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 15, 2016. (AP/Hussein Malla)
September 1, 2023, 11:45 am
Lebanese politicians ramp up fight against LGBTQ community
Once seen as relatively tolerant for a Middle Eastern country, Lebanon’s political leaders have become unified in efforts to scapegoat the LGBTQ community
By BASSEM MROUE and Kareem Chehayeb
Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to US President Joe Biden, speaks to journalists at Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport after his meeting with Lebanese officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
September 1, 2023, 12:43 am
US envoy visits Lebanon border to explore talks on formalizing disputed frontier
Amos Hochstein, who brokered deal to set maritime line, says he will hear out Israeli view after meeting with Lebanese officials to see ‘if we have a window of opportunity’
By BASSEM MROUE
A man walks past closed shops in the aftermath of clashes between the Fatah movement and Islamists inside the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in the southern coastal city of Sidon on August 1, 2023. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
August 30, 2023, 11:29 pm
UN seeking $15.5 million for Palestinian camps in Lebanon ravaged by clashes
A month after street battles broke out, UNWRA says funds needed to repair infrastructure, provide alternate schooling locations and hand cash assistance to displaced persons
By AP
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a speech broadcast on August 14, 2023, to mark the anniversary of the 2006 Second Lebanon War between his terror group and Israel. (Screenshot: Twitter/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 29, 2023, 12:24 am
Nasrallah vows ‘severe reaction’ to any Israeli assassination on Lebanese soil
After Netanyahu insinuates top Hamas official hiding in Lebanon could become a target, Hezbollah chief says he ‘will not accept changes to the rules of conflict’
By ToI Staff
Planes at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, March 19, 2020. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
August 25, 2023, 8:54 pm
Lebanon claims to arrest 2 Israeli spies trying to flee country
Official says pair caught at Beirut airport confessed to ‘carrying out certain operations inside Lebanon’
By ToI Staff
Shiite cleric Yasser Auda during an interview with The Associated Press, at his house in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, August 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 19, 2023, 5:00 am
Outspoken Lebanese Shiite cleric blasts Hezbollah, and attempts to silence him
Sheikh Yasser Auda lashes Iran-backed terror group as well as corruption in Lebanon and Iraq, drawing fire from the ruling class
By BASSEM MROUE and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
A nature reserve where trees were planted by Green Without Borders, a non-governmental organization, on the outskirts of the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, January 16, 2023. (Mohammed Zaatari/AP)
August 16, 2023, 9:59 pm
US sanctions Lebanese group aiding Hezbollah ‘under guise of environmental activism’
Green Without Borders and its leader provide support and cover for terror group to operate along Blue Line boundary between Lebanon and Israel, Treasury Department claims
By AP and ToI Staff
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