Sami Nader of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs talks about why the recently negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah may fail to prevent future hostilities. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #IsraelLebanonWar #IsraelHezbollahWar #IsraelHezbollahConflict #LebanonCeasefire #Lebanon #Israel #Hezbollah #IsraelHezbollahCeasefire #Gaza #GazaWar #GazaCeasefire #AlJazeeraEnglish
Israel launched two air strikes in Lebanon, potentially breaching the ceasefire agreement. Israeli army says one strike targeted a Hezbollah weapons facility in southern Lebanon, whilst another occurred near Sidon. Israel accuses Hezbollah fighters of violating the agreement, while Hezbollah reports Israeli tank fire in border villages. The Lebanese army is enforcing a demilitarised zone as displaced Palestinians return. Israeli military warns against movement in the south until Friday. Hezbollah officials are deferring to Lebanese armed forces, signalling a changing of the guard in previously Hezbollah-controlled areas. Israel claims to be enforcing the ceasefire, but Lebanese criticism persists. The situation remains fluid, with over a million displaced people returning and […]
A man opened fire this morning on the US Embassy in Lebanon, in Awkar, north of Beirut, injuring someone inside the building. Several Lebanese media outlets initially reported hearing shots. The Lebanese army released a statement confirming the incident, stating that a person of Syrian nationality was responsible for the shooting and was “wounded” by the army as it “responded to the sources of the fire.” He was subsequently arrested and taken to hospital for treatment. The army is conducting an initial follow-up investigation to determine the circumstances of the event. The embassy confirmed the army’s version of events and added that one person had been injured inside the embassy. […]
The judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion has charged Lebanon’s then-prime minister, Hassan Diab, and two other former ministers with homicide with probable intent, according to a court summons seen by the Reuters news agency. Other top officials, including the country’s public prosecutor and the head of the domestic intelligence agency, were also charged in connection with the blast, judicial sources said on Tuesday. Judge Tarek Bitar, who has unexpectedly resumed an inquiry that has been paralysed by high-level political resistance, has scheduled questioning with Prosecutor General Ghassan Oweidat for February. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, Lebanon. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish […]
