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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 622

Nabih Berri

Israeli soldiers seen in Meiss El Jabal, in southern Lebanon, February 10, 2025. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
February 13, 2025, 10:18 pm
Lebanon’s Berri rejects IDF plan to stay in 5 posts beyond deadline, as US backs it
Parliament speaker says he, president and PM insist on full IDF withdrawal by Tuesday, but Trump official indicates Israel maintaining 5 positions crucial for combating Hezbollah
By Jacob Magid, AFP and ToI Staff
Amos Hochstein, center, US special envoy for Lebanon, is received ahead of a meeting with Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, November 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 19, 2024, 10:03 pm
US envoy says Lebanon ceasefire ‘within grasp’ as soldier killed in drone strike
Lebanese speaker notes some details still need to be worked out after meeting with Amos Hochstein, who may travel to Israel Wednesday; IDF division expands southern Lebanon incursion
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies
This photo taken on November 19, 2024 shows the scene where a rocket fired from Lebanon the previous night caused damage in the central city of Ramat Gan (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 19, 2024, 12:54 pm
5 wounded by Hezbollah rocket barrages on Israel as US envoy arrives in Lebanon
Attacks target central and northern Israel; Amos Hochstein says ‘real opportunity’ to end fighting; IDF said to strike building in Beirut without prior evacuation warning
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
US Envoy Amos Hochstein (L) meets with Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut on October 21, 2024. (AFP)
November 18, 2024, 1:19 pm
US envoy Hochstein said heading to Beirut amid apparent progress in ceasefire push
Lebanon submits ‘positive’ response to US draft proposal, but Hezbollah reportedly seeks several changes including on Israel’s freedom of action if truce terms are violated
By ToI Staff
A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet about to hit a building in Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon, November 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 15, 2024, 5:03 pm
Iran signals it would support ceasefire in Lebanon, as Israel pounds Beirut
3 foreign workers lightly hurt in rocket barrage on Haifa area; AP photographs Israeli bomb hitting building in Beirut, after IDF issues evacuation order citing Hezbollah activity
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Billboards with a picture of the late Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah are displayed on a Beirut airport highway, October 5, 2024. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
October 10, 2024, 12:02 pm
US said seeking to install new Lebanese president, push aside weakened Hezbollah
Talks held with Qatar, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia on proposal to break a two-year deadlock on electing a president while terror group has diminished power, Wall Street Journal reports
By ToI Staff
US special envoy Amos Hochstein delivers a statement after his meeting with Lebanon's parliament speaker (not pictured) in Beirut on August 14, 2024. (AFP)
August 14, 2024, 7:16 pm
In Beirut, US envoy Hochstein says Gaza ceasefire crucial, ‘no more time to waste’
Hostage-truce deal with Hamas ‘would prevent an outbreak of a wider war,’ Hochstein says, as Israel continues to brace for potential attacks from Iran and Hezbollah
By AFP and ToI Staff
Hezbollah operatives form a human barrier during the funeral procession of slain top Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 1, 2024. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
August 12, 2024, 4:07 pm
Hezbollah reportedly clears out entire operation from Beirut headquarters
Lebanese media outlet says terror group moved people, computers and other equipment from Dahieh suburb to ‘prepare for the worst’ as it threatens to attack Israel
By ToI Staff
US special envoy Amos Hochstein addresses the media after meeting with Lebanon's parliament speaker in Beirut on June 18, 2024. (AFP)
June 18, 2024, 3:03 pm
In Beirut, US envoy urges de-escalation between Israel, Hezbollah: ‘Achievable, urgent’
Pushing diplomatic solution to Hezbollah-Israel exchanges of fire, Hochstein says latest Gaza hostage-ceasefire proposal could ‘end the conflict across the Blue Line’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Supporters of Lebanon's President Michel Aoun cheer under a large national flag, as he prepares to leave the presidential palace in Babbda at the end of his mandate, east of the capital Beirut, on October 30, 2022. (Anwar Amro / AFP)
November 1, 2022, 12:53 pm
Without a president, Lebanon fears power vacuum amid ongoing crises
Michel Aoun’s six-year term, which came to a close on Sunday, was marred by mass protests, a painful economic downturn and the deadly August 2020 mega-explosion in Beirut
By Rouba El Husseini
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri opens the session to elect a president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, September 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 29, 2022, 1:58 pm
Lebanon’s parliament fails to elect president as political paralysis continues
Beirut has not had a functioning government since May, and currently operates in a limited caretaker capacity under Prime Minister Najib Mikati
By Kareem Chehayeb
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads the first session of the newly elected parliament, in Beirut, Lebanon, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 27, 2022, 3:12 pm
Lebanese lawmakers to elect country’s next president despite lack of consensus
Aoun’s successor is to be chosen at a time when Lebanon is going through an economic meltdown and the government struggling to implement necessary structural reforms
By Kareem Chehayeb
People sail past an Israeli navy vessel off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon (Ras al-Naqura), on June 6, 2022. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)
June 7, 2022, 7:35 pm
US envoy to hold maritime talks in Beirut as tensions flare over Israeli rig
Lebanon says Amos Hochstein due early next week; Hezbollah deputy chief threatens to use ‘force’ against Israel after platform arrives in contested waters
By ToI Staff
Ibrahim Mneimneh, a 46-year-old architect and one of 13 independent newcomers who won a seat in the latest parliamentary elections, poses for a selfie with one of his supporters during an event celebrating the election outcome, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, May 21, 2022 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 26, 2022, 11:12 am
Lebanon’s nascent, fragmented reform movement faces tough road ahead
Newcomers say they plan to form a unified bloc in parliament, but remain divided on many issues, from the economy to their attitude toward Hezbollah
By Zeina Karam
Eliyah Hawila, born to a Shiite Muslim family in Lebanon, posed as an Orthodox Jew to marry an ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn woman, seen here on his wedding day. (Screen capture/ Kan)
April 25, 2022, 5:53 pm
Lebanese Muslim who posed as Orthodox Jew arrives in Israel to convert
After losing his wife over deception, Eliyah Hawila says he is determined to do things right this time
By ToI Staff
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