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| December 20, 2015
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Hezbollah fires 3 rockets in Israel’s Galilee in retaliation for alleged IAF airstrike in Syria

 

Shortly after activation of ‘Color Red’ warning sirens, residents in the Western Galilee, Nahariya & other towns & villages along the border, heard sounds of distant explosions.

By i24news

 

At least three rockets struck northern Israel Sunday evening after an incoming rocket siren were activated.

There were no reports of any damage or injuries.

Shortly after the sirens, residents in the Western Galilee and other towns and villages along the border heard sounds of explosions.

Lebanese media saying reported that Katyusha rockets had been fired towards Israel. One was fired from al-Hinniyeh near the village of Sur and two others were fired from Tal al-Maaliyeh in southern Lebanon. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2015
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Israel Keeps 7-Year Promise: Freed Hezbollah Child-Killer Snuffed

7 years after being freed in prisoner exchange with Hezbollah, terrorist Samir Kuntar was killed in what Lebanon claims to have been an Israeli air strike.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel’s Channel 2 reported on Wednesday that a suspected Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights had eliminated the notorious terrorist Samir Kuntar, along with four other militants loyal to the regime of dictator Bashar Assad.

Notorious terrorist Samir Kuntar in Hezbollah ‘Nazi’ salute

Kuntar was captured and jailed by Israel in 1979 after he led a terrorist infiltration team from Lebanon to the Israeli coastal town of Nahariya, where he killed a police officer before dragging an Israeli father and his four-year-old daughter down to the beach and brutally executing them. Continue Reading »

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| April 2, 2015
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“Hamas cannot conquer the Negev & Hezbollah cannot take the Galilee”

Despite the level of bravado from Iranian Generals or Hezbollah leaders, Israel’s enemies today are far weaker now than the armies of 1967, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi opines.

By Tova Dvorin

 

The threat level Hezbollah poses against Israel has been overhyped, former IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi stated Wednesday – despite a recent IDF simulation predicting some 1,500 rockets on Israeli citizens per day.

Hezbollah military parade – Reuters

“Hamas cannot conquer the Negev and Hezbollah cannot take the Galilee,” Ashkenazi stated at a ceremony for Kineret Academic College in Tel Aviv.

Ashkenazi also opined that Israel’s enemies are, if anything, weaker than they were in 1967.

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| March 28, 2015
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Deterring Hezbollah: Former IDF deputy Chief-of-Staff shares his vision for Israel’s security

“The moment Hamas’s survival was not under threat, it was not concerned with how many casualties it sustained, or how many it inflicted on us. Its only aim was to reach its [political] goals.” so… ‘Israel must make it clear to Hezbollah, that if war erupts, their leaders will have to flee Lebanon to stay alive.’

– Former IDF deputy Chief-of-Staff, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yair Naveh

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

Can semi-state terrorist enemies like Hamas and Hezbollah be effectively deterred? This question is at the heart of a central debate raging inside Israel’s defense establishment.

The answers that defense chiefs come up with will affect the security of every Israeli. Continue Reading »

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| January 29, 2015
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Hezbollah under intense criticism in Lebanon

Senior Lebanese government officials claim Nasrallah is dragging the country into another war in Israel.
• March 14 Alliance leader:‘Nasrallah has no right to implicate the Lebanese people in his battle with Israel.’

By Roi Kais

 

While some in Tripoli and in Beirut’s Dahieh suburb, a Hezbollah stronghold, fired shots of jubilation into the air, celebrating Hezbollah’s Wednesday attack on Mt. Dov, senior officials in Lebanon were quick to accuse Hassan Nasrallah’s organization of trying to drag the country into another war with Israel.

Celebrations of the attack in Beirut’s Dahieh suburb – Photo: Reuters

“Where is the interest of Lebanon if it gets dragged into a war with Israel, when Israel is the one that needs it?” Continue Reading »

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| January 7, 2015
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Lebanon Distracted From Local Violence as Native Porn Star Attracts Threats on Twitter

 

As Lebanese born porn star is topping the porn charts across the world, she has stirred a debate back home with threats mounting daily from fellow Lebanese men.

By AFP

 

A Lebanese-born porn star living in the US has stirred fierce debate back home after her rise to fame split social media users in liberal-yet-conservative Lebanon.

Mia Khalifa, 21, Lebanese-born porn star living in the US – Photo: Twitter

Mia Khalifa, 21, who was born in Lebanon but lives in Miami, last week became the most searched star on adult movie site Porn Hub, with more than 1.5 million views, prompting a mix of scorn and praise from Lebanese commenters. Continue Reading »

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| November 11, 2014
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Hezbollah accuses Israel of assassinating 5 nuclear engineers in Syria

Hezbollah believes that Syrian rebels, acting on behalf of Israel, were behind the killing of the 5 nuclear scientists, of which one was Iranian.

 

Hezbollah is blaming Israel for the deaths of five nuclear engineers, four Syrians and one Iranian, on Monday in Damascus.

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, left, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad

This file photo shows Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, left, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, right. February 25, 2010. – Photo: AP

Initial Syrian reports said that four Syrians were killed in an ambush, but later Syrian state television admitted that a fifth scientist, an Iranian, was also among the victims.

The five were killed after gunmen opened fire on their bus in an area not affected by the fighting between rebel groups and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.

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| October 21, 2014
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Islamic State Pulls Lebanon Into War as it Intensifies Attacks on Hezbollah

With attacks launched from the Syrian border, Hezbollah faces near daily military engagements by Nusra Front & Islamic State, while ongoing jihadi recruitment in northern Lebanon’s impoverished Sunni areas, is on the rise.

By the Associated Press

 

 

BEIRUT – With all eyes on the Islamic State group’s onslaught in Iraq and Syria, a less conspicuous but potentially just as explosive front line with the extremists is emerging in Lebanon, where Lebanese soldiers and Shiite Hezbollah guerrillas are increasingly pulled into deadly fighting with the Sunni militants along the country’s border with Syria.

Gunmen drive away with about a dozen men, two in camouflage police uniforms, in Arsal (Photo: AP)

Gunmen drive away with about a dozen men, two in camouflage police uniforms, in Arsal – Photo: AP

The US has been speeding up delivery of small ammunition to shore up Lebanon’s army, but recent cross-border attacks and beheading of Lebanese soldiers by Islamic State fighters – and the defection of four others to the extremists – has sent shockwaves across this Mediterranean country, eliciting fear of a potential slide into the kind of militant, sectarian violence afflicting both Syria and Iraq, and increasingly prompting minorities to take up arms. Continue Reading »

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| August 15, 2014
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Interview with Walid Jumblatt, Top Lebanese Druze Leader

With Islamic State on the march, Lebanon’s Christians must agree on president, says Walid Jumblatt, the most influential figure in Lebanon’s Druze community.

Reuters

 

With minorities facing death and persecution at the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Lebanon’s Christians must lay aside their rivalries and agree on who should fill the vacant presidency, a leading Druze politician has warned.

Walid Jumblatt (Photo: AFP)

Walid Jumblatt – Photo: AFP

Walid Jumblatt, the most influential figure in Lebanon’s Druze community, says he is as alarmed as anyone by the rise of the radical Islamist group guided by a puritanical vision of Islam that is a major threat to religious minorities including his own. Continue Reading »

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| July 15, 2014
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SECURITY UPDATE: War Resumes – Gaza Ceasefire Already Over

For 1st time ever!

Israel hits simultaneously on 4 attacking fronts: Sinai, Gaza, Syria & Lebanon.

By Ryan Jones

 

 

An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that Western and Israeli leaders hoped would bring an end to the current Gaza war had already collapsed by Tuesday afternoon, just hours after Israel’s cabinet voted in favor of the truce.

Jihad, a family affair – Israel Today

Around mid-morning, Israeli ministers voted 6-2 to accept the Egyptian proposal, and the Israeli army was ordered to halt all operations against terrorist forces in Gaza.

But, the Gaza rockets just kept coming. Volley after volley targeted central and northern Israel.

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| June 20, 2014
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#BDSfail: Lebanese viewers watch World Cup on Israel TV

With high cable prices to the only provider broadcasting the World Cup in Lebanon, the residents are turning to Israel television to view it for free.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Lebanon, like most Middle Eastern countries is in a craze over the World Cup taking place this year in Brazil.

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Lebanese tune into Israeli broadcasts of World Cup – Photo: ARAB MEDIA

Exclusive rights to air the World Cup in that country has been granted to a Qatari company ‘Sana’ and is out of the financial reach of many Lebanese citizens, who have been tuning in to Israeli broadcasts to watch the games, Lebanese media reported on Thursday. Continue Reading »

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| May 29, 2014
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Assassination Plot Revealed After Lebanese Church Patriarch visits Israel

Lebanese daily report security forces arrested a suspect in plot to assassinate Maronite Church Patriarch Beshara Rai, who defied warnings from Hezbollah by accompanying Pope Francis on his visit to Israel.

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON

 

The head of Lebanon’s Maronite Church, Patriarch Beshara Rai, continued his visit in Israel and toured ruins of a Maronite village near the Lebanese border on Wednesday as an assassination plot against him was reported.

Lebanese Maronite Church Patriarch Beshara Rai

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai (C) holds a cross during his visit to Birim, a northern Israeli village, May 28, 2013 – Photo: REUTERS

Lebanon’s security forces arrested a suspect who confessed to working with regional intelligence agencies in a plot to assassinate Rai, security sources told The Daily Star on Wednesday. Continue Reading »

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| April 19, 2014
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Lebanese daily post before & after satellite photos of alleged IAF strike

 

Lebanese paper publishes satellite images of reported arms depot in Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon and images photographed 10 days after alleged Israeli airstrike showing scorched earth.

By Ynet

 

Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star published photos on Friday that reportedly show a Hezbollah arms storage facility in the Bekka Valley before and after it was allegedly bombed by Israel two months ago.

The Google Earth satellite images from March 6, ten days after the alleged Israeli strike, reportedly show scorched earth and possible traces of a building that was, until recently, at the side of a dirt road south of the town of Janta. Continue Reading »

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| April 17, 2014
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Upon return from visiting Lebanon, Israeli Arab journalist arrested

 

Israeli court removes gag order on investigation of Majd Kayyal, a pro-Palestinian journalist/activist who blatantly visited a ‘hostile country at war with Israel’ to attend a 40-yr anniversary bash by the Lebanese newspaper he writes for.

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The Israel Police and Shin Bet security service arrested Israeli Arab journalist and political activist Majd Kayyal on Saturday, on his way back to Israel from a three-week visit to Beirut.

Majd Kayyal

Majd Kayyal. – Photo: Panet

Kayyal, a resident of Haifa, was stopped at the Jordan River crossing. He was arrested on suspicion of visiting a hostile country and contacting foreign agents. Continue Reading »

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| April 7, 2014
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Palestinian infighting in south Lebanon leaves eight killed

 

Violent fighting broke out between members from the Brigades of Return, a Palestinian group linked to Fatah leaving 8 dead and at least 10 people wounded.

By Reuters

 

SIDON – At least eight people were killed in fighting on Monday between Palestinian factions in a refugee camp near Lebanon’s southern city of Sidon, Lebanese and Palestinian medical sources said.

UN Watch

Local sources said the clashes broke out between fighters from the Brigades of Return, a group originally linked to Palestinian Authority President Mohammad Abbas’s Fatah group, and a rival militant organization.

The leader of the Brigades of Return, Ahmed Rasheed, and two of his brothers were killed in the clashes in the Mieh Mieh camp, the sources said. Continue Reading »

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