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1 month ago | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Ghadir Hamadi |Marguerita Sejaan |Muntasser Abdallah
The UNRWA Commissioner-General joined calls for Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza again, saying the Israeli decision endangers the lives of already exhausted civilians. “Humanitarian aid must continue to flow on a scale similar to what we have seen over the last six weeks when the cease-fire began,” Philippe Lazzarini said in a message on X. “Aid and these basic services are not negotiable.
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2 months ago | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah |Sarah Abdallah |Nicholas Frakes |Marguerita Sejaan
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem as his representative in Lebanon, local media in Iran reported on Wednesday. The Palestinian presidency "firmly rejects" Trump's plan to control Gaza, AFP reports. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to displace the population of the Gaza Strip "unacceptable.""Trump's statement on Gaza is unacceptable," the minister said in an interview with Turkey's Anadolu Agency.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Marguerita Sejaan
The Israeli army has prohibited access to an entire strip of Lebanese territory in the South, along the border, citing ongoing operations in the area. Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee reiterated this restriction in a statement issued this morning. Four Lebanese individuals who were detained by the Israeli army near a field close to Mjeidieh-Wadi Khansa, in the Hasbaya district in the eastern border sector, have been released, according to our correspondent in the South.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
daraj.media | Marguerita Sejaan
“For the first time in my life, I feel like I miss school,” said Lynn Housseini, a 13-year-old Nabatieh resident, who like 1.2 million other Lebanese people, had to flee her home because of escalating Israeli attacks. “But now there’s nothing left in Nabatieh, they [the Israeli army] completely destroyed it,” she continued.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah |Sarah Abdallah |Marguerita Sejaan |Malek Jadah
Developments in the Bekaa, according to our correspondent:Israeli aircraft carried out several attacks on the plains of Mashghara and near Sohmor in West Bekaa, with no casualties reported so far. The situation this morning in southern Lebanon, according to our correspondentAround 6 a.m., Israeli aircraft launched a series of raids on the town of Khiam (Marjayoun district). Artillery also targeted the town of Kfar Kila in the same district.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah |Marguerita Sejaan
Shortly before 7 a.m., Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs three times, according to AFP and the state-run National News Agency (NNA). Black smoke was seen rising from the targeted neighborhoods. According to the NNA, one of these strikes hit a building in Haret Hreik, near the "Martyr Mohammad Fayiq" school. The Israeli army, minutes before the bombardment, had called for the evacuation of a building near this institution. Good morning.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah |Tasnim Chaaban |Marguerita Sejaan
In the south this morning, Israeli strikes targeted Toura (Sour district) and Mjadal (Saida). According to local sources cited by our correspondent, a strike last night on Kherbet Selm killed three people. Israeli strikes continued this morning in the Bekaa, according to our local correspondent. - An airstrike targeted a house in Sbouba, in northern Bekaa. - A drone strike also targeted a truck in Ali al-Nahri, about a dozen kilometers east of Zahle, but no casualties were reported.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah |Tasnim Chaaban |Marguerita Sejaan
L'Orient Today / By Muntasser Abdallah, Tasnim Chaaban, Marguerita Sejaan, 03 October 2024 10:33 What you need to know - Until almost 4 a.m., the Israeli army bombarded Beirut's southern suburbs, as well as Chiyah and Hadath. - Israel struck central Beirut, for a second time, targeting a center of the Islamic Health Committee, affliated with Hezbollah, in the Bashoura neighborhood. A preliminary tally reported six killed and seven injured.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Malek Jeddah |Muntasser Abdallah |Marguerita Sejaan
Hezbollah announced that it fired rockets at a group of Israeli soldiers near the village of Rosh Pinna in the Upper Galilee at 10 a.m. The Shiite party also said it fired Falaq 2 rockets at a troop of Israeli soldiers in the Doviv barracks, opposite the Lebanese village of Yaroun, at 10:30 a.m. A French helicopter carrier will arrive in the eastern Mediterranean in the next five to six days and will position itself in case a decision is taken to evacuate foreign nationals from Lebanon, a...
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah |Marguerita Sejaan
L'Orient Today / By Muntasser Abdallah, Marguerita Sejaan, Nicholas Frakes, 25 September 2024 09:04 What you need to know As of Monday morning, Israeli airstrikes continue to devastate southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, with the latest death toll provided last night by the Health Minister reaching 569. Following yesterday's Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, the third since Friday, Hezbollah announced the death of one of its senior commanders, Ibrahim Kobeissi.
