Israeli air raid hits southern Lebanon town: Report
An Israeli plane has launched an air attack on Beit Lif, a town in the Bint Jbeil district, Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting.
Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting that four people were killed in the attack and six others were wounded.
Israeli forces kill six people in two attacks on southern Lebanon
The death toll from an Israeli attack reported earlier in Beit Lif has risen to five people, with five others injured, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
In a post on X, the ministry said that one person was also killed in an Israeli drone attack in Deir Siryan, also in southern Lebanon.
Syria war to have ‘massive’ effect on Lebanon: US envoy Hochstein
The weakening of Syria’s government with the recent gains made by the opposition forces is going to have “massive implications” in neighbouring Lebanon, according to US envoy Amos Hochstein.
Speaking at the Doha Forum on Saturday, the diplomat said Iran would find it difficult to transfer weapons to the Lebanese armed group, Hezbollah.
A rebel alliance led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched its lightning offensive against Bashar al-Assad’s government on November 27 – a day after the ceasefire Hochstein helped broker between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.
The Syrian government has faced unprecedented strategic losses since then – losing four cities in a short time span.
“I think what’s happened in Syria, which of course, happened the day after the ceasefire started, is now creating a new weakness for Hezbollah,” Hochstein said at the forum in Qatar’s capital bringing together world leaders, senior diplomats, and experts in international relations.
You're a bit behind Hochstein, Assad has already fled the country.
