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Three days of mourning in Lebanon for slain Hezbollah chief Nasrallah

  • September 28, 2024

Interim PM Najib Mikati’s office says the official mourning would start on Monday, with flags to fly at half-mast on public buildings. Lebanon has announced three days of mourning for Hassan Nasrallah after an Israeli air strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs killed the longtime Hezbollah leader. In a statement on...

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What is Hezbollah and why is Israel attacking Lebanon?

  • September 28, 2024

Previously sporadic fighting escalated on 8 October 2023 – the day after the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas gunmen that triggered the war in Gaza. Hezbollah fired at Israeli positions, in solidarity with the Palestinians. The group has since launched more than 8,000 rockets at northern Israel and the...

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Lebanon crisis: Guterres urges parties to ‘step back from the brink’

  • September 28, 2024

This follows Israeli airstrikes in southern suburbs of the city that targeted the leader of the Hezbollah armed group, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed, according to media reports. The development comes amid escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah along the UN-patrolled line of separation in southern Lebanon known as...

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