Lebanese News and Updates – Telegram
Lebanese News and Updates
75.5K subscribers
30.2K photos
8.27K videos
36 files
5.76K links
Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
Download Telegram
⋯ Aftermath photos of the Israeli attack on Lebanon.

It destroyed the small road mentioned earlier, alongside a public electricity pole and the house of a Banana farmer.
👎2💔1
⋯ An Al-Qasiah water distribution station was lightly damaged and about 6 sheep were also killed.

An intact unexploded Israeli bomb was found at a site, according to several local media.
👍6💔6👎2
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
⋯ Footage from the damaged farmer's house.
💔12
⋯ The Lebanese army located a loaded rocket launcher system and began dismantling it.

Most likely from yesterday's attack.
👎13👍2👀2
⋯ Calm prevailed in the past three hours in Gaza, signalling the end of last night's hostilities. The Israeli army implicitly ended its retaliation.

No deaths or injuries in Lebanon. At least 4 Israeli settlers were injured.

Minimal damage in Lebanon (photo), moderate in Israel, unclear in Gaza.
👍7
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
⋯ Footage of an impact in Sderot, Israel from the rocket attack at dawn.
👍16
⋯ UNIFIL forces started to examine the impact locations in Lebanon.

The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike against an open field.
👎6👀3
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
West Bank: at least two settlers killed near checkpoint on Route ⁠57

Palestinian operation killed two Israeli female settlers and fatally injured a third on Route ⁠57 near a checkpoint giving access to the illegal settlement of Hamra, in the West Bank’s northern Jericho governorate.

Initially, it was ruled as a traffic accident between Palestinian and Israeli cars, which gave time for the first to withdraw.

Update: The operation killed two daughters in their twenties of age, reportedly serving in the IDF. This raises the number of siblings killed together to 3 pairs, in the past 3 months.
👍48💔14
The Israeli army chief of staff, Halevi, instructed the military to call up a number of reserve soldiers, from the air defense units, fighter jet pilot, and drone operators.

They are meant to be deployed in one sector only, likely the north.
👍15👎3😐3
The Israeli army shot down a small drone that crossed the border from Lebanon into occupied Palestine, facing Zar'it settlement.

This is a frequent occurrence.
😐7👀2👎1
Israeli journalist Barak Ravid analyzed yesterday's Israeli decision-making

💬 In discussing their response to the barrage of rockets launched from Lebanon, Israeli ministers concluded that Israel didn't have any interest in getting dragged into a war in Lebanon that would risk turning into a regional conflict.

During the consultation held by PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ahead of a security cabinet meeting on Thursday, the IDF and Mossad presented different assessments on what Hezbullah’s response would be to Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. Mossad chief David Barnea argued Hezbollah would likely respond to any Israeli airstrike and therefore Israel should strike the organization in addition to Hamas and Lebanese targets.

But IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said the Israeli interest was to keep Hezbullah out of the equation, and to do that, Israel's response should stay focused on Hamas.

Text continues
👍1
⋯ Halevi's position ultimately prevailed as the recommendation to take at the security cabinet meeting.

The security chiefs told the ministers that a wider response against Hezbullah would likely result in the organization launching precision missiles toward Israeli cities, which could escalate into a war.

A key goal of the response was to avoid a violent clash with Hezbullah in Lebanon and to keep Hamas fronts in both places from uniting, according to two Israeli officials.

(Photo of a meeting between Hezbullah and Hamas's leadership last year)
👍5
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Nothing is obvious about the decision making ongoing in Hezbullah, if they intend to strike empty lands in Israel or not.

Not striking would be against their promise, but avoiding might be a calculated de-escalation considering the event started as a big escalation from Lebanon.

In the last incident of this nature, back in 2021, a few rockets were fired from Lebanon followed by an Israeli retaliation the same night on empty roads.

The next morning Hezbullah fired 20 rockets at empty lands in Israel.
👀5👍4