Muhamad Yehia Israel has said it will attack if Hezbollah breaks the agreement, and an Israeli military spokesman, in an Arabic-language X post in the first half-hour of the ceasefire, warned evacuated residents of southern Lebanon to not head home yet, saying the military remained deployed there. The ceasefire …
Read More »Middle East latest: Israeli ambassador to US says Hezbollah ceasefire deal could come ‘within days’
Muhamad Yehia The Israeli ambassador to Washington says a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants could be reached “within days.” Ambassador Mike Herzog told Israeli Army Radio on Monday there remain “points to finalize” and any deal requires agreement from the government. But he said “we are …
Read More »Israel bombards Beirut suburbs as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah
Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck buildings in Beirut’s suburbs and in a southern Lebanese city Tuesday, as Israel’s security Cabinet prepared to vote on a U.S.-brokered ceasefire proposal aimed at ending more than a year of fighting with Hezbollah. Hopes have risen for the deal, …
Read More »Middle East latest: Israeli ambassador to US says Hezbollah ceasefire deal could come ‘within days’
Muhamad Yehia The Israeli ambassador to Washington says that a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached “within days.” Ambassador Mike Herzog told Israeli Army Radio on Monday that there remained “points to finalize” and that any deal required agreement from the …
Read More »Israel struck Beirut
Muhamad Yehia Two waves of Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut, the Lebanese capital, yesterday, killing at least six people, according to the country’s health ministry. Hezbollah and the Israeli military said the first attack killed Mohammed Afif, the head of Hezbollah’s media office. Strikes inside the capital have been infrequent, and the …
Read More »Who is Naim Kassem, the acting leader of Hezbolla?h
Muhamad Yehia & sahar ragab BEIRUT (AP) — Sheikh Naim Kassem has been the acting head of Hezbollah since its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed as part of an Israeli offensive that has taken out many of the Lebanese militant group’s senior officials. Kassem made a defiant televised speech Tuesday, claiming that the …
Read More »oworld News Hezbollah chief says group will hold out in its war with Israel for ‘suitable’ cease-fire terms
Muhamad Yehia & sahar ragab BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s newly named leader Naim Kassem said in his first public comments aired Wednesday that the militant group will keep fighting in its ongoing war with Israel until it is offered cease-fire terms it deems acceptable. “If the Israelis decide to stop …
Read More »Hezbollah cleric Naim Kassem picked to lead the Lebanese militant group
Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that it has chosen cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group after the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb in late September. The group said in a statement that Hezbollah’s decision-making Shura Council elected …
Read More »Muhamad Yehia Hezbollah has both political and military wings both of which are designated by several countries as terror organisations. It emerged several decades ago in Lebanon. Since Israel launched its war in Gaza in the wake of the Hamas attacks of October 7th, it has intensified its military activities …
Read More »Air raid sirens sound in Tel Aviv
Air raid sirens sound in Tel Aviv after Hezbollah claims to have targeted Israeli city . Muhamad Yehia..Cairo Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after Hezbollah said it bombed the Nirit area in the city’s suburbs with missiles. The Israeli military said about 20 rockets were fired in the latest barrage …
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