How Hezbollah Deceived ‘Israel’, Imposed Deterrence in Op. Arbaeen Day - Al-Manar

During his Sunday speech in which he announced Operation Arbaeen Day, in response to the assassination of senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shokr in Beirut’s southern suburb (Dahiyeh) on July 30, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah revealed that the reprisal strike’s two main targets: Glilot military intelligence base which houses Unit 8200, a key Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman) branch, and Ein Shemer airbase.

Lebanese journalist Abbas Fneish offered his insights of Sunday operation, as he refuted Israeli lies and disclosed how Hezbollah regained deterrence against the Israeli enemy.

Refuting Israeli Lies

In an interview with Al-Manar on Monday, Fneish described Operation Arbaeen Day as the “most important slap against Israel.”

https://english.almanar.com.lb/2186131

Israel launches ‘preemptive’ strikes in Lebanon as Hezbollah fires back hundreds of rockets - CNN

The Israeli military launched what it called “preemptive” strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, as the Iran-backed militant group said it carried out its own attacks in response to the killing of a top commander.

The overnight strikes are some of the most serious yet between Israel and Hezbollah, who have been exchanging fire for months. The hostilities have raised the specter of a regional conflagration, prompting intense diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said about 100 of its fighter jets “struck and destroyed thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels” across dozens of launch sites from Lebanon on Sunday. It followed these up with further attacks later in the day.

Israel said it carried out the strikes in self-defense after identifying that Hezbollah was “preparing to fire missiles and rockets toward Israeli territory.” Hezbollah called Israel’s description of its strike as preemptive “baseless.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/24/middleeast/israeli-strike-hezbollah-lebanon-intl-hnk/index.html

Hezbollah Military Media Releases Video Showing Israeli Bases Hit in Sunday’s Massive Operation - Al-Manar

Hezbollah Military Media published a video which shows all the Israeli bases hit by Sunday’s massive operation in response to the Zionist aggression on Beirut’s Dahiyeh, which claimed the Islamic Resistance Commander Sayyed Fuad Shokr, on July 30, 2024.

In an early statement, Hezbollah indicated that the Israeli occupation sites which have been targetedare:

1. Meron Base
2. Neve Ziv Bunker
3. Ga’aton Base
4. Al-Zaoura Bunkers
5. Al-Sahl Base
6. Kela Barracks in the occupied Syrian Golan
7. Yoav Barracks in the occupied Syrian Golan
8. Nafah Base in the occupied Syrian Golan
9. Yarden Base in the occupied Syrian Golan
10. Ein Zeitim Base

11. Ramot Naftali Barracks 

https://english.almanar.com.lb/2183260

Lebanon's Hezbollah pound Israeli barracks in Zariit - IRNA

In line with supporting the steadfast Palestinian nation in the Gaza Strip and helping its brave and honorable resistance, after monitoring the Israeli enemy soldiers and the movements of a group of Israeli soldiers around barracks in Zariit, Islamic resistance fighters targeted there with artillery, according to Elnashra, Lebanon's Hezbollah in a statement on Wednesday.

Hezbollah operation was carried out after the Zionist army attacked the towns of Al-Khayam, Ayta ash Shab, Ramyeh, Houla, and Ulama al-Shaab in the border areas of southern Lebanon and "Sahl al-Nabi" and some other areas in Beqaa.

According to an Elnashra reporter, one person was martyred and 19 others were injured in the Zionist regime's attack on Beqaa.

Meanwhile, the Lebanese Islamic Resistance announced on Wednesday morning that another fighter named Mohammad Qazi Shahin was martyred in the Zionists' attack.

It also confirmed the martyrdom of Ali Ahmad Daqmaq, nicknamed Youssef Naji; Ziad Mohammad Qashmar, nicknamed Zulfiqar; and Raed Ali Khattab.

https://en.irna.ir/news/85574496/Lebanon-s-Hezbollah-pound-Israeli-barracks-in-Zariit

Hezbollah is just an agent for Iran in its geostrategic conflict with Israel - opinion - The Jerusalem Post

 The phrase “yawash yawash” (little by little) – uttered by Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, in the context of tensions with Israel – has become a trend, making him a contender for social media stardom.

This phrase did not appear in Nasrallah’s speech randomly but as part of the philosophy and general objectives of his discourse. Nasrallah realized that his audience had grown weary of threats and promises, and that the cost of Hezbollah’s behavior in Lebanon had escalated. 

Lebanon, already facing many accumulated problems, would now potentially be subject to a wide-scale Israeli attack in response to any major military operation the political party might carry out, either in retaliation for the killing of one of its senior leaders, Fuad Shukr, or participating with Iran in its potential attack against Israel – or both.

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-815603

MP Sayegh: Open Qleiat airport and announce plans to open Hamat and Rayak Airbases - LBC

 MP Salim Sayegh held a press conference at the Parliament, where he argued that the best course of action would be to open Qleiat airport and plan to open Hamat Airbase once legal and technical preparations are completed, with similar steps for Rayak airbase.

Sayegh announced that an urgent draft law with a single article would be submitted to expedite the necessary study within three months, requiring the government to begin implementation. 

He noted that this basic legislative approach represents the minimum commitment and will be signed by the Lebanese Kataeb Bloc.

He voiced concerns that the war could escalate before the parliamentary process is completed, which would delay necessary actions. 

He stressed that while the legislative process is essential, immediate steps should be taken on the ground without any delay.

He noted that Qlayaat Airbase doesn't require new legislation and can be immediately operational. 

The delay is due to a minister's claim about the absence of a control tower, which is invalid given coverage from other towers in Beirut, Cyprus, and Syria.

He noted that Hamat Airbase is suitable for military and some civilian flights. It will likely handle most foreign evacuations during wartime, proving its capability as a civilian airport.

He noted that for Rayak Airbase, it is essential to prepare the necessary studies to convert it into a mixed military-civilian airport as part of Lebanon's overall aviation plan.

He emphasized that the best approach is to open Qleiat Airport and announce plans to open Hamat Airport as soon as legislative and study processes are completed, followed by Rayak Airbase.

https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon-news/791271/mp-sayegh-open-qleiat-airport-and-announce-plans-to-open-hamat-and-ray/en

Hezbollah attacks Golan in response to overnight Bekaa strike - Naharnet

 Hezbollah has launched more than 50 rockets, hitting a number of private homes in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

The attack on Wednesday came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he pressed ahead with the latest diplomatic mission to secure a cease-fire in the war in Gaza, even as Hamas and Israel signaled that challenges remain.

Hamas in a new statement called the latest proposal presented to it a "reversal" of what it agreed to previously and accused the U.S. of acquiescing to what it called "new conditions" from Israel. There was no immediate U.S. response.

First responders in Golan Heights said they treated a 30-year-old man who was moderately wounded with shrapnel injuries in Wednesday’s attack. One house was engulfed in flames, and firefighters said they prevented a bigger tragedy by stopping a gas leak.

Hezbollah said the attack was in response to an Israeli strike deep into Lebanon on Tuesday night that killed one and injured 19. On Tuesday, Hezbollah launched more than 200 projectiles toward Israel, after Israel targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot some 80 kilometers from the border, a significant increase in the daily skirmishes.

Israel and Hezbollah have traded near-daily strikes for more than 10 months against the backdrop of Israel’s war on Gaza. The exchanges have killed more than 500 people in Lebanon — mostly militants but also including around 100 civilians and non-combatants — and 23 soldiers and 26 civilians in Israel.

Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed it, saying it needs the strategic plateau for its security. The United States is the only country to recognize Israel’s annexation, while the rest of the international community considers the Golan to be occupied Syrian territory.

https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/307391

Hezbollah fighter killed as drones target cars in Sidon and Beit Leef - Naharnet

 An Israeli drone targeted Wednesday a car in the city of Sidon near the Ain el-Helweh camp, hours after another drone strike on a car in the southern town of Beit Leef killed a Hezbollah fighter.

In response to the Beit Leef strike, Hezbollah targeted the Hadb Yaroun post in northern Israel.

The group also targeted Israeli soldiers in the Zar'it barracks with artillery shells.

Sources told Saudi Al-Arabiya news channel that the man targeted in Sidon is Khalil al-Maqdah, the brother of Fatah Movement official Mounir al-Maqdah.

Hezbollah had launched Wednesday more than 50 rockets on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights in response to a midnight strike on Bekaa that killed a Hezbollah fighter and injured 20 people.

An Israeli army spokesman accused Hezbollah of "firing indiscriminately at Israeli civilians" in the Golan's Katzrin, warning that Israel will act to "protect its citizens."

Four Hezbollah fighters were also killed Tuesday in the southern border village of Dhayra and two Syrian civilians, including a shepherd, were killed Wednesday in Israeli shelling on al-Wazzani and the outskirts of al-Khiam.

Israeli artillery shelled Wednesday al-Litani and the outskirts of Deir Mimas in south Lebanon.

Warplanes and drones had raided overnight the southern border towns of Aita al-Shaab, Houla, Alma al-Shaab, al-Naqoura and Wadi Hamoul.

https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/307394

IDF strikes Hezbollah military structure in southern Lebanon - The Jerusalem Post

The IAF struck a military structure in the Al-Matmoura area of southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah terrorists were operating, the IDF announced on Tuesday.

The strike was in response to a Hezbollah unmanned aircraft incursion over the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-815617

Lübnan'dan İsrail'in kuzeyine onlarca füze ve İHA saldırıları düzenlendi - Anadolu Ajansı

 İsrail ordusundan yapılan yazılı açıklamada, Lübnan'ın güneyinden İsrail'in kuzeyine 40 füze fırlatıldığı belirtildi.

Ordu açıklamasında akşam saatlerinde çok sayıda İHA'nın Lübnan topraklarından İsrail'in kuzeyine gönderildiği aktarıldı.

Hava savunma sistemlerinin İHA'ların bazılarını düşürdüğü, bazı İHA'ların ise Golan Tepelerine düştüğü ifade edildi.

Hizbullah'tan yapılan yazılı açıklamada ise İsrail ordusuna ait 2 askeri karargahın hava saldırısıyla hedef alındığı kaydedildi.

Açıklamada, saldırılarda ölen ya da yaralanan olup olmadığına dair bilgi verilmedi.

https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/lubnandan-israilin-kuzeyine-onlarca-fuze-ve-iha-saldirilari-duzenlendi/3308926

Hezbollah rockets rain down on Israeli army bases after airstrikes hit east Lebanon - The Cradle

 Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at Israeli bases in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights on 20 August in response to heavy airstrikes that hit eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa region hours earlier. 

“In response to the Israeli enemy’s aggression that targeted the Bekaa region, the Islamic Resistance fighters bombed … the headquarters of the 210th Golan Division in the Nafah barracks and the headquarters of the Artillery Regiment and Armored Brigade of the 210th Division in the Yarden barracks, with intensive barrages of rockets,” Hezbollah said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Israeli army said around 55 rockets were fired at the Galilee and Golan Heights on 20 August, claiming some were intercepted and others hit open areas. 

According to Al Mayadeen, Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets during the operation.

“Barrages were also fired at settlements that had not been evacuated, some were intercepted – and fires broke out in the area,” the Hebrew news site Ynet reported. 

The Hezbollah rocket attack came the morning after violent Israeli airstrikes targeting Al-Safri, Tamnin al-Tahta, and Sareyn in the Bekaa Valley. Massive explosions were seen in videos circulating on social media. 

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/26495

Rockets from Lebanon ignite fires in northern Israel - Naharnet

 Israel’s military said that a barrage of 55 rockets from Lebanon has ignited fires in northern Israel.

The military said Tuesday that only some of the projectiles were intercepted by Israel’s air defense systems, while others fell in open areas. Firefighters were working to contain the blazes.

Hezbollah said it fired “intense barrages of missiles” at military positions in Israel’s north. Israel said it struck the areas where the missiles were launched in Lebanon.

https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/307383

‘Christian role in Lebanon has ended,’ says Hezbollah-affectionate commentator - The Jerusalem Post

Pro-Hezbollah commentator Reda Saad stirred up a virtual storm in Lebanon following a sharp attack against his Christian compatriots, when he claimed that the Christians’ role in the country is over and American battleships are coming to the region to take them away.

In his controversial rant during an interview with Lebanon On News, Saad addressed his “Christian brethren in Lebanon,” as he named them, warning them to pay attention carefully to his words.

“I fear that the Christians in Lebanon will face a similar destiny to that of the Afghans, when they clung to the wheels of the American helicopters and are thrown from the sky,” he said provocatively. “I fear that you won’t have an airport or a port [to flee from]. And perhaps the foreign warships are coming to take you, to the last of you.” 

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-815412

İsrail'in Lübnan'ın doğusundaki Bekaa bölgesine düzenlediği hava saldırısında 8 kişi yaralandı - Anadolu Ajansı

Lübnan Sağlık Bakanlığından yapılan açıklamada, İsrail savaş uçaklarının Bekaa bölgesine düzenlediği saldırılarda ilk belirlemelere göre 6 Lübnan vatandaşı ile 5 ve 15 yaşlarındaki Suriye uyruklu 2 çocuğun yaralandığı belirtildi.

Açıklamada, tüm yaralıların acil servislerde tedavi altına alındığı kaydedildi.

Lübnan resmi haber ajansı NNA, İsrail savaş uçaklarının, Baalbek kentine bağlı 3 beldeye hava saldırıları düzenlediğini duyurdu.

Baalbek'teki Duhur el-Ayrun, Curud Nebi Şit ve Suheyle beldelerinin peş peşe hedef alındığı, Lübnan semalarında İsrail İHA'larının görüldüğü ifade edildi.

İsrail ordusunun Lübnan'ın güneyinde bir araca düzenlediği hava saldırısında da 1 kişinin öldüğü bildirilmişti.

https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/israilin-lubnanin-dogusundaki-bekaa-bolgesine-duzenledigi-hava-saldirisinda-8-kisi-yaralandi/3308032

3 UNIFIL troops injured in Israeli airstrike on Dhayra - Naharnet

 Three United Nations peacekeepers suffered light injuries Sunday, the U.N. said, after a blast near their vehicle close to Lebanon's southern border, where Hezbollah and Israel have traded near-daily fire.

Hezbollah has exchanged cross-border fire with the Israeli army in support of ally Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack on Israel sparked the Gaza war.

"Earlier today, three peacekeepers on patrol were lightly injured when an explosion occurred near their clearly marked U.N. vehicle in the vicinity of Yarine, in south Lebanon," the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said in a statement.

"All peacekeepers in the patrol returned safely to their base. We are looking into the incident," it added.

Earlier Sunday, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency had reported that "Israeli enemy warplanes" struck the village of Dhayra, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from Yarine, "resulting in injuries."

A UNIFIL source told AFP the explosion that injured the peacekeepers was probably a nearby air strike, but "not a direct hit."

https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/307333-3-unifil-troops-injured-in-israeli-airstrike-on-dhayra

Reality and Illusion - This is Beirut

 The people of the Middle East, particularly Lebanese, Israelis, Palestinians, and their near neighbors are understandably living on a knife’s edge of uncertainty about what’s next ever since the killing of Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, 2024. It was a humiliation for the Iranians to have an honored terrorist guest assassinated in a high-security guest house amidst the celebratory inauguration of their new president, whose predecessor had been humiliatingly killed in the crash of a state-owned and controlled helicopter. Iranian leaders could hardly fume and bluster about their intended retaliation without suffering further loss of face.

Those of us without access to intelligence can only speculate, but what exactly is it that people think the Iranians are going to do? After their last big humiliation, the assassination of a senior IRGC commander and his immediate staff in Damascus in April, the Iranians launched a salvo of drones and missiles that Israel and neighboring states successfully parried. At the state-to-state level, Iran cannot sustain a fight with Israel. It is likely instead to pursue this phase of its campaign against Israel, which started on October 7, back again at the level of asymmetrical proxy war. That way, Iranian leaders have more advantages and fewer risks. Nonetheless, Hezbollah seems loath to escalate too aggressively; a full-blown war with Israel is hardly in the interest of its Iranian master. After all, Hezbollah’s arsenal was not built to defend Lebanon, but to deter Israel from attacking Iran.

https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/world/283179

Israel strikes Hezbollah arms depots in Baalbek region - Naharnet

 Israel struck Hezbollah weapons depots on Monday deep in Lebanon's east, a source close to the group told AFP, away from the southern border that has witnessed near-daily clashes between Hezbollah and Israel.

The source close to Iran-backed Hezbollah said "Israel strikes in the (eastern) Bekaa region targeted Hezbollah weapons depots," and Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said three locations in Lebanon's east witnessed "enemy Israeli raids this evening."

Videos from the scene showed a large fire and multiple explosions following the initial strike.

A similar scene took place last month after an Israeli airstrike on the southern coastal village of Adloun hit an arms depot, setting off a series of explosions that hit nearby villages with shrapnel.

https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/307349-israel-strikes-hezbollah-arms-depots-in-baalbek-region

Israel intensifies Lebanon strikes, kills Hezbollah commander, hits warehouse - Al-Monitor

 Israel said it killed a prominent Hezbollah member on Monday evening, following strikes against weapons warehouse for the Iran-backed group deep inside Lebanon.

The Israeli government said in a post on X that its fighter jets struck Hezbollah weapons storage facilities in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. “Following the strikes, secondary explosions were identified, indicating the presence of large amounts of weapons in the facilities struck,” they said.

Israel added that its air force killed Hussein Ali Hussein in separate strikes in south Lebanon. The Israeli authorities identified him as "significant terrorist" in Hezbollah’s rocket and missile unit based in southern Lebanon, close to the Israeli border. Hussein was in the Deir Qanoun area of southern Lebanon at the time of the strike, the Israeli official readout said. 

Hezbollah confirmed Hussein’s death later Monday evening, referring to him as Hussein Ali Hussein Suleiman, also known as Malak. The group said Hussein was born in 1988 in the village of Tarbikha, presently located in Israel just over the Lebanese border, and lived in Deir Qanoun. Hussein was “martyred on the way to Jerusalem,” Hezbollah said, according to its TV outlet, Al-Manar.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported that eight people were injured in the Israeli strike on the warehouse in Bekaa. Citing the Health Ministry, the agency said six Lebanese citizens, a 5-year-old Syrian girl and a 15-year-old Syrian girl were being treated in the hospital.

The outlet reported at around 8:50 p.m. local time (1:50 p.m. ET) that three Israeli raids occurred in the Baalbek district of Bekaa. The first occurred in Saraain El Tahta, the second outside of Nabi Chit and the third between Tamnine El Tahta and Qsarnaba, according to the agency.

Al-Manar reported Israeli raids in the same area, citing its correspondent.

Video on social media showed projectiles near the site of the explosion, with some claiming that an arms depot was hit.

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/08/israel-intensifies-lebanon-strikes-kills-hezbollah-commander-hits-warehouse

Geagea urges involving private sector in power generation - Naharnet

 Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday noted that the electricity crisis of the past two days proves that the management of the electricity sector has been a “total failure” for the past 15 years.

“There is not a single indication that this management will change, and accordingly only one solution remains: involving the private sector immediately in the process of producing electricity and distributing it across Lebanon,” Geagea said.

He accordingly called on the head of the public works parliamentary committee, MP Sajih Atiyeh, to speed up the discussion of one or two draft laws in his possession in order to send them to the Joint Committees as soon as possible.

Geagea also called on Speaker Nabih Berri to call for an urgent parliamentary session in order to “pull the Lebanese citizen out of darkness.”

The state-run Zahrani Oil Installations on Saturday pumped five million liters of fuel oil on loan to the Zahrani power plant through the supply line that connects them, a day after Lebanon’s state utility Electricité du Liban announced that its power plants had exhausted their supply of fuel oil and would stop producing electricity.

https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/307337

Rai Unveils What Citizens in Southern Lebanon Sent to Him in Letters - This is Beirut

 Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai stated, “We have received letters from (inhabitants of) southern Lebanon describing their catastrophic situation due to the war. In front of this dark tunnel, our people are divided: some have been forced to flee, while others have remained on their land to preserve their livelihoods, and this group challenges all difficulties.”

In his Sunday sermon from Diman, the Maronite Patriarch pointed out that “the events we are experiencing, including conflicts, wars, and the maltreatment of Christians, raise many questions,” highlighting “the role of the Church and Christians in preserving the image of Christ in every person.”

Rai also asserted that “at a time when talks are taking place in the region, it is essential to elect a president of the Republic, especially since the Parliament has lost its power of legislation.”

https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/282885

The Last to Leave Switches the Lights Off… - This is Beirut

 This sentence was once scrawled along the road to Buenos Aires airport. At that time, amid a crisis, Argentina was experiencing a massive wave of emigration.

In Lebanon, innovation is in full swing. While the last Lebanese hasn’t quite left yet (but we’re getting there), the power has been shut off. Today, the state’s electricity, or “dawleh” as the Lebanese call it, has become a thing of the past. At this stage, one should be entitled to raise some pertinent questions.

So, where did the $45 billion allocated for electricity go? Since 2010, a series of Energy ministers have cycled through, all closely affiliated with the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). Yet another stellar achievement for the FPM, alongside their alliance with Hezbollah, which has pushed the country into a deadlock on every front. Today, the party is getting a “makeover.” Some of its most prominent and brilliant members have either left or been ousted. Their sin? Thinking. What an absurd notion! The FPM is like a baby walker: it staggers in every direction and bumps into every wall.

https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/282823

'Not interested in a broad war': Former Hezbollah official says response may be limited - The Jerusalem Post

A former senior Hezbollah official told the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa on Saturday that he expects a measured response from the organization following the assassination of senior official Fuad Shukr Abu Mohsen, as "the organization is not interested in a broad war."

According to the report, Hezbollah did not place much hope in the talks held by the American envoy Amos Hochstein and French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné, as they claimed that Israel did not commit to reducing tensions and even continued actions against the organization's senior members.

The former official estimated that in his upcoming speech, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah will "console the people" and that the speech is expected to come after the organization's response to Shukr's assassination.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-815100

An Israeli strike in Lebanon kills 10 and triggers response from Hezbollah as tensions simmer - AP

NABATIEH, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon early Saturday killed at least 10 Syrian nationals, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

The strike on Wadi al-Kfour in Nabatieh province is among the deadliest in Lebanon since the Hezbollah militant group and Israeli military started trading strikes on Oct. 8, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel and sparked the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Hezbollah maintains that it will stop its attacks once a cease-fire is reached in the Gaza Strip.

Among the dead were a woman and her two children, the ministry said. Five others were wounded, two of whom in critical condition.

An Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli military, Avichay Adraee, said the strike in the southern province targeted a weapons depot belonging to Hezbollah.

Mohammad Shoaib, who runs a slaughterhouse in Wadi al-Kfour, said the area struck was an “industrial and civilian area” that contained factories producing bricks, metal, and aluminum, as well as a dairy farm.

The uncle of three of the people killed in the strike said they were factory workers who were in their housing accomodation when they were hit. He denied that there were weapons at the facility. 

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-hezbollah-israel-gaza-conflict-3ad53afe0c650e77e70515e152e00f61

Hezbollah attacks Israeli settlement in response to Nabatieh massacre - Arab News

 BEIRUT: Hezbollah said on Saturday that it struck the Ayelet Hashahar kibbutz in northern Israel in retaliation for a new massacre in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli military said that two soldiers were wounded in a rocket attack from Lebanon, adding that a total of 55 rockets had been fired in the latest strikes.

Hezbollah said that its attack came in response to “the Israeli army’s assaults on the Kfour village in Nabatieh, north of the Litani Line, earlier on Saturday, killing 10 people, including Syrian children and their mother, and injuring others, including Sudanese workers.”

Hezbollah said that it added Ayelet HaShahar to its firing schedule and struck the settlement with Katyusha rockets for the first time.

According to Hezbollah’s military media, the settlement “is located northeast Safad in the upper Galilee and some 10 km from the Lebanese southern border.”

In another statement, Hezbollah announced “targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the Al-Burj site with two attack drones, hitting it directly.”

Israeli media outlets said that “the barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon toward the north landed in areas that weren’t evacuated, causing fires to erupt.”

They added that “violent explosions were heard in Safad and its surroundings, in addition to heavy shelling with dozens of rockets launched from Lebanon toward the upper Galilee, causing casualties.

“Ambulances headed to the perimeter of the Mahanayim intersection, while the Hatzor HaGlilit area experienced a power outage following the bombing.”

Israeli Army Radio said that “around 40 rockets were launched from Lebanon toward the upper Galilee.”

The Israeli media reported that “a drone exploded in Margaliot, the upper Galilee,” adding that “settlers of areas located in the Hula valley in the upper Galilee were instructed to stay near shelters.”

Tension escalated on the Lebanese southern border on Friday night and Saturday morning, as 10 people died in Kfour, Nabatieh, as a result of an Israeli raid that targeted a building in the village.

The raid hit a cement stone factory in the industrial zone of Toul-Kfour.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2567724/middle-east

Countrywide power outages as EDL announces complete depletion of fuel oil reserves - L'Orient Today

 BEIRUT — As of midday Saturday "the last operational unit at the Zahrani power plant was forced to shut down completely, due to the complete depletion of the plant's fuel oil reserves, resulting in a total power outage across all Lebanese territories," the state power provider Electricité du Liban (EDL) announced in a statement.

The shutdown affects "essential facilities such as the airport, port, water pumps, sewage systems and prisons," the statement said.

EDL said that it "will reactivate the units that were forced offline, in line with the reserves available, once fuel oil is secured, and subsequently, power and electricity supply will be gradually restored to their previous levels."

EDL "will keep all citizens informed of any developments regarding electricity supply through subsequent statements on this matter," the statement concluded. 

Contacted by our publication, the caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayad indicated a timeline of 24-48 hours for the restoration of power. Fayad stated that a procedure is being finalized to transfer, in the next 24 to 48 hours, fuel compatible with EDL's power stations that is stored in Lebanese oil installations.

According to the caretaker minister, this will in principle enable EDL to operate 200 megawatts of production units to enable EDL to hold out until the next delivery of fuel, which should take place on Aug. 25.

The South Lebanon Water Establishment meanwhile said in a statement Saturday that the EDL outage has had a "significant impact on its ability to pump adequate water supplies" following the shutdown of the last functioning production unit at the Zahrani power plant.

In response, the South Lebanon Water Establishment is “urging citizens to conserve water as much as possible due to the expected reduction in water supply. Although the institution will activate its generators to mitigate the effects of the power outage, these measures are not enough to fully compensate for the reduced water production. As a result, the establishment may not be able to adequately serve all cities and towns within its coverage area.”

“Citizens are advised to take immediate precautions and limit water usage until further notice,” the statement concluded.

On Wednesday, following a cabinet meeting chaired by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the cabinet announced that an agreement had been reached to "purchase some of the necessary fuel" to prevent Electricité du Liban (EDL) from shutting down all its power plants.

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1424070/countrywide-power-outages-as-edl-announces-complete-depletion-of-oil-reserves.html

Lübnan Başbakanı, ülkenin güneyine yönelik saldırılarını durdurması için İsrail'e baskı yapılmasını istedi - Anadolu Ajansı

Lübnan Başbakanı Necib Mikati, Lübnan'ın güneyine yönelik saldırılarını durdurması için İsrail'e baskı yapılmasını talep etti.

Lübnan resmi haber ajansı NNA'ya göre, Mikati, İngiltere Dışişleri Bakanı David Lammy ile telefon görüşmesi gerçekleştirdi.

İsrail ordusunun Lübnan'ın güneyinde 10 kişinin ölümüne neden olan saldırısının ardından gerçekleşen görüşmede, ülkenin güneyindeki gelişmeler ele alındı.

Mikati, Lübnan'ın güneyindeki köy ve kasabalara düzenlediği, ölümlere ve büyük yıkıma neden olan saldırılarını durdurması için İsrail'e baskı yapılmasını istedi.

Lübnan Başbakanı, şiddet sarmalının, istenmeyen sonuçlar doğuracak bir gerilime neden olmasından endişe ettiğini dile getirdi.

İngiltere Dışişleri Bakanı Lammy ise gerilimin düşürülmesi için diplomatik temaslarını artıracağını vurguladı.

İsrail savaş uçaklarının bugün Lübnan'ın güneyindeki Nebatiye vilayetine bağlı Kefur Şimali'de bir metal fabrikasına düzenlediği saldırıda Suriye uyruklu 2'si çocuk 10 kişi hayatını kaybetmişti.

https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/lubnan-basbakani-ulkenin-guneyine-yonelik-saldirilarini-durdurmasi-icin-israile-baski-yapilmasini-istedi/3306683

İsrail, Lübnan'a korku salmak için bir psikolojik savaş yöntemi olarak sonik patlamalara başvuruyor - Anadolu Ajansı

İsrail ordusu ve Hizbullah Hareketi arasında 8 Ekim 2023'ten bu yana sınır üzerinde "kontrolü çatışmalar" yaşanıyor. İsrail'e ait savaş uçakları özellikle Lübnan'ın güneyindeki hava sahasını ihlal edip sınır bölgelerinde ses duvarını aşarak sonik patlamalar gerçekleştiriyordu.

Ancak İsrail işgali altındaki Golan Tepelerinde bulunan Dürzi Mecdel Şems kentine yönelik 27 Temmuz'da düzenlenen roket saldırısı ve ardından İsrail'in misilleme bahanesiyle başkent Beyrut'a Hizbullah'ın 2 numaralı ismi Fuad Şükür'ü öldürmesiyle birlikte taraflar arasındaki tansiyon yükseldi.

Mecdel Şems olayından önce İsrail'e ait savaş uçakları sadece Lübnan'ın güneyindeki Sur, Nebatiye ve Sayda kentlerinde sonik patlamalar gerçekleştirirken, 27 Temmuz'dan sonra yoğun bir şekilde ve art arda başkent Beyrut'ta da benzer durumlar yaşanmaya başladı.

AA muhabiri psikolojik bir savaşın parçası olan "sonik patlamaların" başkent Beyrut sakinleri üzerinde yarattığı etkileri uzman isimlere ve vatandaşlara sordu.

İç savaşın acı anıları hafızada yer buluyor

Beyrut'ta yaşalan Psikolog Dr. Riham Monzer, sonik patlamaların meydana gelmesinin ardından özel kliniğine bu şikayetlerden dolayı gelen yetişkin ve çocukların sayısında ciddi bir artışın yaşandığını belirtiyor.

Yetişkinler üzerinde yarattığı etkiye değinen Monzer, şunları ifade etti:

"Patlama, korku yaratmanın yanı sıra birçok savaş görmüş Lübnanlıları geçmişe de götürüyor. Lübnan'daki iç savaştan şu ana kadar ülkedeki önemli birçok süreçte ölüm ve çatışmalar yaşandı. Birisi patlamayı duyduğu zaman daha önce hafızasında ölüm gibi kötü hatıraların olduğu iç savaş veya diğer çatışma günlerini anımsayıp yeniden o durumun yaşanacağı tedirginliği hissediyor. Maalesef ses duvarını aşan sonik patlamalar toplumsal hafızada yara açıyor."

Patlamaların çocuklar üzerinde nasıl bir etki bıraktığı ve bunun nasıl idare edilmesi gerektiği hususunda Monzer, "Ailelerin veya yetişkinlerin sonik patlamaya vermiş olduğu tepkiye göre çocuklar da hareket ediyor. Büyüklerde yaşanan korku direkt çocuklara da yansıyor ve onların korkularını artırıyor. Normalde patlamadan dolayı çocuklarda çok büyük bir korkuyu gözlemlemiyoruz ancak yetişkinler korkup panik olunca, bu korku onlardan direkt çocuklara geçiyor." diye konuştu.

https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/israil-lubnana-korku-salmak-icin-bir-psikolojik-savas-yontemi-olarak-sonik-patlamalara-basvuruyor/3306398 

Hezbollah unveils underground Imad 4 missile facility: Footage - Al-Mayadeen

Hezbollah, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, has released a new video showcasing a sophisticated underground facility and an extensive tunnel network, complete with missile launchpads.

The video titled "Our Mountains, Our Strongholds" features the Imad 4 facility, which highlights the Resistance's missile capabilities.

The footage reveals Hezbollah freedom fighters inside a sophisticated underground complex, with visible signs marking the facility as Imad 4, and displaying the Quranic verse: "Prepare against them whatever you can of [military] power."

The video also shows missile trucks moving from within the facility toward a blast door, preparing them for launch. 

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-unveils-underground-imad-4-missile-facility--foota

Profiting from displacement - Now Lebanon

 As more than 100,000 people have been displaced from south Lebanon since hostilities along border areas broke out on October 8, rents across Beirut and Mount Lebanon – but generally all over the country – have recently skyrocketed from an average of 300 dollars to as high as 1,400 per month, a 367% increase, with real estate agents also demanding months of rent in advance, The Public Source reported.

Alongside appeals for solidarity for the populations affected by the war – the Palestinians in Gaza, first and foremost, but also the Lebanese of the south and the Beqaa valley, Facebook walls are crowded with dozens of posts that read: “Furnished apartment for rent in Al-Kfour area – ground floor with garden – 12 amp solar energy – gas stove – air conditioners – very quiet location – monthly rent of 500 dollars – insurance of 200 dollars – office fees – small family wanted;” or, in the southern district of Nabatieh, directly hit by Israeli airstrikes: “Furnished apartment for rent in Kfar Jouz, 5 rooms for rent 700 dollars;” “Independent house for rent in Nabatieh, 600 dollars, unfurnished;” “Apartment for rent in Deir Al-Zahrani, ground floor, 3 bedrooms, rent 500 dollars, 3 months in advance;” “Furnished apartment for rent in Upper Nabatieh, fourth-last floor, area of ​​170 square meters, American system, water well 24/24 – solar energy 10 amps – contract for one year – monthly rent 500 dollars.” 

And the reality in the Beirut governorate and its mountain regions – until now unaffected by direct Israeli attacks, with the exception of the capital’s southern suburbs – is even harsher, with rents reaching 1,500 dollars per month.

At the opposite extreme of the solidarity economy – the harsh logic of profit, where the displaced families from the border areas, while cities are emptied of foreigners or citizens with the possibility to leave the country, instead of being welcomed free-of-charge in vacant and relatively safe apartments, are burdened with exorbitant rents: as long as the owners earn something from them. Surely, the fear of Hezbollah commanders hiding among the displaced – the risk of transforming Beirut and Mount Lebanon into a new south, torn by targeted Israeli strikes – is also pushing many Lebanese not to rent their emptier and emptier apartments to the displaced civilians, aggravating the sectarian tensions latent beneath Lebanon’s social fabric. But if safety, in the context of war, becomes a relative concept – profit surely does not.

https://nowlebanon.com/profiting-from-displacement/

Geagea accuses govt of 'high treason' over south - Naharnet

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday accused the caretaker government of committing “high treason” due to “what’s happening in the south.

“It is responsible for the Lebanese people, even if it is a caretaker government,” Geagea said at a press conference.

“U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein arrived carrying proposals and met with a number of officials, but he takes the answer from Hezbollah through mediators,” Geagea added.

“We do not want a civil war but we want to discuss the matters as they should be discussed,” the LF leader went on to say, calling on the government to “take charge of things” in the south.

Geagea also called for the gradual implementation of Resolution 1701, Hezbollah’s pullback from the border by 8 or 10 kilometers and the Lebanese Army’s control of this area.

“The government must take a patriotic decision, seeing as it should not be a mere subordinate that says and does what Hezbollah wants,” Geagea added.

https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/307303-geagea-accuses-govt-of-high-treason-over-south

Egypt FM affirms Arab support for Lebanese security in Beirut talks Previous - Arab News

 BEIRUT: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said in Beirut on Friday that Cairo will “make every possible effort to spare Lebanon and its brotherly people the woes of any uncalculated escalation.”

Abdelatty condemned “all provocative policies, including the violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty.”

He repeated Egypt’s rejection of “the Israeli aggression on Beirut’s southern suburb and the policy of assassinations.”

Abdelatty added that the security and stability of Lebanon “is an Egyptian interest and an Arab interest that we are working on maintaining.”

His talks in Beirut came two days after visits by US mediator Amos Hochstein and French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2567636/middle-east

Majdal Shams, the Gambler & the Carpet Weaver - Al-Mayadeen

On July 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Kremlin during an unannounced visit to Moscow. During the meeting, the Russian President informed his Syrian counterpart, "I am very interested in your opinion on how the situation in the region as a whole is developing," adding, "Unfortunately, there is a tendency towards escalation, we can see that. This also applies directly to Syria."

While many news agencies and analysts have linked this unannounced meeting between the two leaders to recent attempts to broker a rapprochement between Syria and Turkey, the latest Israeli provocations and regional escalation, present a different perspective. This is particularly evident when considering Putin’s remarks about a “tendency towards escalation," which he specifically applied to Syria. 

https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/blog/majdal-shams--the-gambler---the-carpet-weaver

Hizbullah, ABD’nin “havucunu” kabul etmedi - Harici

ABD, İran’ın İsrail’e Heniyye suikastı nedeniyle misilleme yapmasını önlemek için Gazze’de ateşkes müzakerelerini yeniden canlandırırken aynı taktiği Lübnan’da da uygulamak için ABD Başkanı’nın Kıdemli Danışmanı Amos Hochstein’i bölgeye gönderdi.

İsrail-Hizbullah geriliminin başladığı 8 Ekim’den bu yana bölgeye 5. Ziyaretini gerçekleştiren Hochstein Lübnanlı yetkililerle görüştü.

Hizbullah’ın müttefiki olan Lübnan Meclis Başkanı Nebih Berri ile yaptığı görüşmenin ardından, Hochstein, “Gazze’de ateşkes için masada olan çerçeve anlaşmasını ele aldıklarını ve artık kaybedecek zaman olmadığı ve daha fazla gecikme için taraflardan herhangi birinin geçerli bir mazereti kalmadığı konusunda hemfikir olduklarını” söyledi.

Hochstein, “Diplomatik bir çözüme ulaşılabileceğine inanıyoruz çünkü hiç kimsenin Lübnan ve İsrail arasında tam ölçekli bir savaşı gerçekten istemediğine inanmaya devam ediyoruz” ifadelerini kullandı. ABD temsilcisi ayrıca, yaptığı açıklamada diplomasinin “kritik bir noktada” olduğunu söyleyen geçici Başbakan Necip Mikati ile de bir araya geldi. 

https://harici.com.tr/hizbullah-abdnin-havucunu-kabul-etmedi/

Al-Rai: ‘Lebanon Needs to Elect a President’ - This is Beirut

 Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rai asserted on Thursday that “Lebanon needs to elect a president because he is the only guarantor of unity in diversity.”

In this context, al-Rai cited Article 49 of the Constitution during the Mass of the Feast of Annunciation of Virgin Mary in Diman, which stipulates that the president of the Republic is “the sole head of state and the symbol of national unity.”

Al-Rai also focused on the aspects that unite Christianity and Islam, stressing the need to “return to them and invest them in our national life, which is the basis for the system of cultural and religious pluralism in Lebanon.”

https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/282140