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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Sidon

Members of the UNIFIL peacekeeping force stand at the site of an Israeli strike at the northern entrance of the southern city of Sidon, on November 7, 2024. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
November 7, 2024, 8:27 pm
Lebanon says 3 killed and several UN peacekeepers, Lebanese soldiers injured in strike
Hezbollah fires more than 120 rockets into Israel, wounding man, 85; UNESCO to hold a special meeting on efforts to protect Lebanese historical sites amid fighting
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
Gunmen attend the funeral of Samer al-Hajj, a commander of the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas who was killed a day earlier in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, at the nearby Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp on August 10, 2024. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
August 10, 2024, 11:02 pm
Hezbollah launches drones at north after IDF kills Hamas commander in Lebanon
Lebanese terror group says attack targeted base used by education corps, also fires rockets; Halevi meets Northern Command officers as Israel braces for response to Shukr killing
By Emanuel Fabian
Firefighter arrive as a car burns following an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on August 9, 2024. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
August 10, 2024, 1:25 am
Israel kills Hamas commander in Lebanon’s Sidon; bodyguard said critically wounded
Military and Shin Bet say Samer al-Hajj led Palestinian terror group’s military forces in Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp, was in charge of ‘projectile launches’ from Lebanese territory
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Smoke rises during clashes between gunmen from Fatah and rival Islamist factions 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, 10:06 pm
Truce declared in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp after days of clashes
Lebanese general hosts officials from rival factions for talks to end deadly fighting in Ein el-Hilweh, which erupted when previous ceasefire broke down last week
By Agencies
File: A Palestinian woman receives medicine from a doctor at a clinic run by the agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
August 18, 2023, 4:03 pm
UNRWA halts services in Lebanon camp to protest Palestinian gunmen on site
Decision comes as armed men remain at UN facilities after deadly clashes between rival groups at camp earlier this month; refugee agency says services will resume Saturday
By Agencies
Muslim men pray along an a pavement by a public beach after a demonstration against modesty customs, in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon on May 21, 2023. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP)
May 21, 2023, 9:11 pm
Lebanese women protest modesty norms after beachgoer harassed for bathing suit
Activists gather at beach in southern city of Sidon despite ban on protest; conservative Muslims arrive to disperse demonstrators, hold prayer service
By AFP
Illustrative: An ambulance of the Lebanese Red Cross in Beirut, Lebanon, March 11, 2020. (Hussein Malla/AP)
April 12, 2022, 10:51 am
Explosion in possible arms cache in south Lebanon kills 1, injures several
Blast rips through building in Banafoul, near port city of Sidon; cause unclear, but unconfirmed reports say it could have been a weapons store
By AP and ToI Staff
A private security worker takes pictures of a burned car that was set on fire by supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal Movement groups, in Beirut, Lebanon, December 17, 2019. (Hussein Malla/AP)
December 17, 2019, 4:55 pm
Hezbollah backers attack Beirut protesters as violence flares for third day
Rioters clash for hours with security forces guarding encampments, hurling stones, firecrackers, set fire to cars, tents; fighting threatens to plunge country into further chaos
By AP
Screen capture from video purporting to show the scene on an explosion in the home of a senior Hezbollah member in Sidon, Lebanon, April 24, 2018. (YouTube)
April 24, 2018, 2:01 pm
Senior Hezbollah member killed in home explosion
Bilal Hassan Abdo reportedly dies in the hospital after gas balloon blast in Sidon; security forces cordon off area
By Stuart Winer
Lebanese security forces check a damaged vehicle following a car bomb blast in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon on January 14, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Mahmoud ZAYYAT
January 27, 2018, 1:10 am
Lebanon claims Israel behind car bomb targeting Hamas official
Authorities say suspect confesses to planting explosive that injured Mohammad Hamdan at the behest of Israeli intelligence
By AFP and ToI Staff
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Arad, SS-BY-SA, via wikipedia)
December 16, 2017, 4:47 am
US returns to Lebanon relics stolen during its civil war
Ancient artifacts include marble bull’s head which had been on display at Metropolitan Museum of Art, valued at around $1.2 million
By AFP
Smoke rises during clashes in Ein al-Hilweh camp, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern coastal city of Sidon, on April 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Mahmoud ZAYYAT)
April 9, 2017, 5:25 pm
Death toll in clashes at Lebanon Palestinian camp rises to 5
Medical sources say 2 civilians, 2 members of joint Palestinian security force and 1 Islamic extremist killed
By AFP
Lebanese Red Cross members wheel a baby in an neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) into an ambulance during clashes in Ain al-Hilweh camp, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern coastal city of Sidon, on April 8, 2017. (AFP/Mahmoud Zayyat)
April 8, 2017, 6:45 pm
2 killed in clashes in Lebanese Palestinian refugee camp
Fighting erupts between Palestinian factions and Islamic extremists in Ein al-Hilweh over new security plan
By AFP
A new security structure at the Palestinian Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, near the Lebanese southern coastal city of Sidon, November 21, 2016 (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
November 22, 2016, 12:49 am
Lebanon builds wall near Palestinian refugee camp
Officials say obstacle intended to stop jihadists from entering; critics compare it to Israel’s West Bank security barrier
By AFP
Flames engulf the wreckage of a car following a bomb explosion in southern Lebanese port city of Sidon on April 12, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)
April 12, 2016, 1:08 pm
Senior Fatah official killed in Lebanon car bombing
Gen. Fathi Zaidan, known as Zorro, ran Miyeh Miyeh refugee camp near Sidon for Palestinian faction; 2 others injured in blast
By AFP and ToI Staff
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