The UN aid chief warned Tuesday that southern Lebanon could become another occupied territory in the Middle East after renewed Israeli threats to seize the area following its war with Hezbollah. The aid chief, Tom Fletcher, drew parallels to Gaza, the Palestinian territory facing a humanitarian crisis, as he told the Security Council that fighting
Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday said the military would occupy a swathe of southern Lebanon even after the end of the war against Hezbollah, as warplanes carried out fresh strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. Katz's statement was not the first Israeli declaration signalling an intention to occupy parts of the south, but it was the
An Israeli strike killed three journalists Saturday in south Lebanon, including a well-known reporter for the Al Manar network, with Lebanese authorities denouncing the attack as a "war crime". The Israeli military confirmed killing Al Manar correspondent Ali Shoeib, accusing him of having "operated within the Hezbollah terrorist organisation under