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A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in central Beirut early on March 18, 2026. (FADEL Itani / AFP)
March 18, 2026, 6:05 pm
IDF strikes Hezbollah financial, military sites; Lebanese authorities report 14 dead
Army says it will bomb Litani River crossings used by Hezbollah as it repeats warning for south Lebanon residents to flee northward following Hezbollah rocket barrage on north
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
March 6, 2026, 4:58 pm
Five soldiers seriously wounded by Hezbollah rocket as Air Force pounds Beirut
3 more, including minister’s son, lightly hurt as projectile hits near border; dozens of IRGC officers said to flee Lebanese capital; campaign set to last after Iran war ends, officials say
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A Lebanese soldier inspects the wreckage of a car that was targeted in an Israeli airstrike near Sidon, in southern Lebanon, on December 22, 2025. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
December 22, 2025, 7:42 pm
IDF: Strike kills 3 Hezbollah operatives, including one who served in Lebanese army
Italy’s defense minister meets Lebanese President Aoun, says Rome wants its soldiers to stay in Lebanon even after UNIFIL’s mandate ends in 2027
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Footage showing an IDF strike on a Hamas facility in Lebanon on November 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 19, 2025, 12:45 am
IDF strikes Hamas facility near Lebanon’s Sidon; local officials say 13 killed
Army says ‘military compound’ was used for training operatives to attack Israel; IDF confirms strikes earlier in the day killed two Hezbollah operatives
By Emanuel Fabian
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese armed forces on April 20, 2025, shows weapons that the army said were seized after troops searched an apartment in the Sidon-Zahrani area in southern Lebanon. (Lebanese Armed Forces / AFP)
April 20, 2025, 4:31 pm
In first since ceasefire, Lebanese army says it foiled rocket attack on Israel
LAF reports it arrested those involved, confiscated rockets and launch pads, in incident tied to March rocket fire; Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem gives a televised speech on December 14, 2024. (Press TV screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 18, 2025, 8:51 pm
Hezbollah ‘will not let anyone disarm it,’ vows leader Naim Qassem
IDF kills two Hezbollah operatives in separate strikes, including the head of the terror group’s communications south of the Litani River
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
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
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