As escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah raised fears of a full-blown war, an old video of a crowded airport resurfaced with false claims it shows people fleeing Lebanon in June 2024. The claims are “not true”, the country’s civil aviation authority told AFP. The video has previously circulated since at least September 2023 […]
“We can plunge Lebanon completely into the dark and take apart Hezbollah’s power in days,” former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz declared Tuesday at a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. It was just the latest threat from a prominent Israeli public figure against Lebanon and Hezbollah as tensions flare. It won’t be difficult for Israel to plunge Lebanon […]
Insights from The Hill, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Haaretz, and Foreign Policy The News The Israeli military said it has approved “operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon,” raising concerns of a full-blown conflict with the militant group Hezbollah. Israeli forces have exchanged fire with the Iran-backed outfit almost daily since war broke out […]
By Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Lebanon’s long-troubled economy is shrouded in uncertainty by conflict on its southern border between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants, Lebanon’s economy minister said on Monday. Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam told reporters in Abu Dhabi that Lebanon would miss an annual growth forecast of 2-4% this […]