What is white phosphorus, and why is Israel using it in Lebanon?
White phosphorus can cause severe burns, ignite repeatedly and produce intense heat and toxic smoke.
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White phosphorus can cause severe burns, ignite repeatedly and produce intense heat and toxic smoke.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam wants a US-brokered ceasefire to be consolidated and for Israel to retreat.
Two back-to-back Israeli air strikes hit Nabatieh in Lebanon, while a third strike targeted an ambulance team.
Israeli forces withdraw from outskirts of a town in southern Lebanon after a standoff with Lebanese forces.
Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome Dr Filippo Dionigi, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Bristol. According to Dr. Dionigi, the central obstacle to Hezbollah’s disarmament is not simply the military capacity of the Lebanese state, but the absence of a political settlement capable of making disarmament both legitimate and sustainable. While additional funding and weapons would strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces, they will not resolve the fundamental political dilemma.
European and Arab military chiefs meet in Paris on Thursday to discuss steps to bolster Lebanon's struggling armed forces as the mandate of a United Nations peacekeeping mission expires at the end of the year, amid fears of a renewed Israeli military campaign in southern Lebanon. Follow our live coverage for updates from the Middle East.
With lost livelihoods, destroyed homes and little security, many displaced Lebanese are facing an entrenched reality.
The next round of talks between Israel and Lebanon, mediated by the US, has been postponed.
Israeli forces say they used more than 1,100 tonnes of explosives to demolish alleged Hezbollah tunnels in south Lebanon
Israel said Thursday it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, triggering a 4.1 magnitude tremor. Agence France-Presse journalists in the area heard several explosions. In a video shared by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, a huge fireball can be seen rising into the night sky. The explosion comes a few days after Israeli authorities claimed to have taken control of the Ali al-Taher ridge, saying that the...
Israeli attacks come a week after it said to have established operational control over the strategic ridge.
Israel’s military says it has destroyed a network of Hezbollah tunnels on the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in Lebanon.
Schools in Lebanon are set to start on September 15, but many still host people displaced by Israel's war.
Nabatieh, once southern Lebanon’s economic centre, is now a ghost town as Israel intensifies attacks.
Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese town early on Monday killed at least 11 people including two children and two medics, Lebanon's state news agency said. Israel has intensified its bombardment of south Lebanon in recent days despite a June ceasefire that was meant to halt fighting between the Israeli military and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
Lebanon says renewed attacks jeopardise a US-brokered ceasefire meant to end the conflict between Israel and armed group Hezbollah.
The Israeli army demanded early Monday that residents of Deir Zahrani in southern Lebanon leave a specific zone ahead of strikes against Iran-backed Hezbollah. Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel later reported Israeli airstrikes on Deir Zahrani. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks, which killed at least seven people on Sunday despite a truce and a framework deal aimed at halting the violence. Israel said it had targeted Hezbollah operatives and sites in response to a drone attack a day earlier by the Iran-backed group on its troops in the vicinity of a strategic south Lebanon ridge. It reported no casualties but accused Hezbollah of a “blatant violation”. Israel...
Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon Sunday killed four people, two of them women, the country's health ministry said. Israel's military said that the strikes were a response to an alleged Hezbollah drone launch targeting troops in the Israeli-occupied "security zone" in the country's south.
The Israeli army has blown up several villages in southern Lebanon in violation of a ceasefire agreement reached in June
Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday killed at least three people and wounded 23 more despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese health ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that strikes hit five locations in the southern Tyre and Nabatieh regions and the Beqaa region in the east. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.
Several explosions rocked the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri after Israeli military drones dropped explosives in the
Israel has seized the strategically placed Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters, Defence Minister Israel Katz said Friday. The Iran-aligned Shiite group did not confirm losing the highland, which sits around 10 kilometres from the border with Israel and was pummelled by Israeli strikes in recent weeks despite a ceasefire.
Explosions shake the ground in Froun as Israeli operations persist, disrupting daily life in southern Lebanon.
Residents are returning to villages in southern Lebanon devastated by Israel’s invasion.
Israeli bombing seen behind journalist reporting from Lebanese village