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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Najib Mikati

Rescuers rush to the site of an airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, January 28, 2025. (Abbas Fakih / AFP)
January 28, 2025, 11:44 pm
IDF says it struck Hezbollah arms convoy in Lebanon; Beirut reports 14 wounded
Lebanon PM condemns strike, also says Israel freed 9 Lebanese POWs and calls for release of 9 more; IDF again warns displaced southern Lebanese against returning after deadly riots
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Lebanese soldiers standing on a vehicle surrounded by protesters carrying Hezbollah flags are seen from the window of an UN peacekeeper armored vehicle, in Mays al-Jabal village, southern Lebanon, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)
January 27, 2025, 9:39 am
Israel and Lebanon extend truce, with IDF troop withdrawal deadline moved to Feb. 18
Hezbollah said to call on Lebanese civilians to provoke clashes with IDF; Katz warns truce violators on northern or southern borders will ‘pay the full price’
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun delivering a speech after his election in Beirut, on January 9, 2025. (LEBANESE PARLIAMENT / AFP)
January 13, 2025, 9:32 am
Lebanon’s new President Aoun starts consultations on naming prime minister
Sources say backroom deal involving Saudis will see terror group Hezbollah and its allied parliament speaker back current caretaker premier Najib Mikati for the job
By AFP and ToI Staff
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), shows Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati (L) shaking hands with Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa before their meeting in Damascus on January 11, 2025. (SANA/AFP)
January 12, 2025, 1:07 am
Syria’s Sharaa meets Lebanese PM in bid to improve nations’ ties
Mikati is the first head of government to visit Damascus since Assad regime fell last month; new Syrian leaders looking to get relations back on track with neighbors
By Reuters
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati visits the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on December 23, 2024. (AFP)
January 10, 2025, 5:42 pm
Lebanon’s PM vows to disarm country’s south after new president threatens Hezbollah
Najib Mikati signals intent to enforce Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire amid warnings IDF could stay in Lebanon past deadline should Beirut fail to rein in Iran-backed terror group
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Members of staff prepare the main chamber of the Parliament and set up a ballot box, a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president in Beirut on January 8, 2025. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
January 8, 2025, 10:54 pm
After 2-year vacuum, in shadow of war, Lebanon tries for 13th time to elect a president
Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun, widely seen as favored by US and Saudi Arabia, is likely to win, after endorsement by Hezbollah pick Suleiman Frangieh
By AP and ToI Staff
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (2nd from right), Lebanese army commander -- and now President -- General Joseph Aoun (to Mikati's left), and Major General Aroldo Lazaro, Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) (R) visit the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on December 23, 2024, after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah. (AFP)
December 23, 2024, 11:17 pm
Lebanese PM, UNIFIL call for Israel to withdraw troops faster than ceasefire demands
Prime Minister Mikati urges US, France to push for accelerated IDF pull-out from southern Lebanon, even as Israel continues to find Hezbollah weapons in border area
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden announces a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 26, 2024, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
November 27, 2024, 3:47 am
‘Peace is possible’: Announcing Lebanon truce, US insists this time will be different
Biden and aides highlight beefed-up enforcement mechanism, led by US and capable of responding immediately to violations, unlike after 2006 war; also talk of Saudi normalization
By Jacob Magid
Troops of the Air Force's Shaldag unit operate at the Litani River in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon, in a handout image released on November 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 27, 2024, 1:03 am
Israel okays US-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah, vows to hit back at every violation
Halt to fighting, set to take effect at 4 a.m., approved 10-1 by security cabinet; Netanyahu makes clear war goal of enabling safe return of northern residents not yet fulfilled
By Lazar Berman
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
Lebanese soldiers inspect the beach at a reported landing site for Israeli naval commandos who captured a Hezbollah official in a raid in the northern coastal town of Batroun on November 2, 2024. (Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)
November 5, 2024, 9:25 pm
Lebanese probe claims IDF commandos snuck ashore in speedboats, jammed UNIFIL radars
Lebanese Army presents alleged details of Israeli infiltration last weekend in which a Hezbollah official was nabbed, says boats were equipped with devices that prevented detection
By ToI Staff, AFP and Emanuel Fabian
This handout picture provided by the Lebanese Prime Minister's press office shows Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati delivering a statement to the press in Beirut on October 11, 2024. (Lebanese Prime Minister's Press Office/AFP)
October 31, 2024, 1:31 am
Lebanese PM says hoping for ceasefire in coming days; US-drafted truce deal leaks
Leaked draft calls for new global oversight system in southern Lebanon, says Israel ‘may choose to act against violations’; US: ‘Doesn’t reflect the current state of negotiations’
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid
Participants at an international conference in support of Lebanon, in Paris on October 24, 2024. (Alain Jocard/AFP)
October 25, 2024, 11:35 am
Countries pledge $1 billion to aid Lebanese, bolster army amid calls for ceasefire
Sum raised at Paris conference nearly double figure requested to help cash-strapped Beirut deal with effects of war, as UN official warns Lebanese economy starting to crumble
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati (L) speaks next to France's President Emmanuel Macron during an international press conference in support of Lebanon, in Paris on October 24, 2024 (ALAIN JOCARD / POOL / AFP)
October 24, 2024, 2:06 pm
Macron pledges $108 million at Lebanon aid confab, slams Israel for ‘sowing barbarism’
French president says while Hezbollah must stop ‘indiscriminate strikes,’ Israel ‘knows from experience that its military successes do not necessarily represent victory in Lebanon’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout picture provided by the Lebanese Prime Minister's press office shows Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati delivering a statement to the press in Beirut on October 11, 2024. (Lebanese Prime Minister's Press Office/AFP)
October 21, 2024, 2:14 pm
Iran rejects Beirut’s accusation that it is interfering in internal Lebanese affairs
Spokesman for foreign ministry claims Tehran ‘never had any intention’ of meddling, after Lebanese PM fumed at Iranian official who expressed openness to negotiating Lebanon truce
By AFP and ToI Staff
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