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Nahar Net
7 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Casualties as Israeli drone strikes motorcycle in Touline
An Israeli drone strike on Wednesday targeted a motorcycle in the southern town of Touline, causing casualties, the state-run National News Agency said. An Israeli quadcopter meanwhile dropped a stun grenade on the southern town of Yaroun. The Israeli army said earlier on Wednesday that it killed a Hezbollah operative in Brital near Baalbek who it said was directing militant cells in Syria. "Yesterday evening (Tuesday), the (Israeli air force) ... struck the terrorist Hossam Qasem Ghorab, a Hezbollah terrorist who operated from Lebanese territory to direct terrorist cells in Syria," the Israeli army said in a statement. Lebanon's cabinet on Tuesday tasked the army with developing a plan to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year, an unprecedented step since civil war factions gave up their weapons decades ago. The decision followed heavy U.S. pressure and came as part of implementing a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah including two months of all-out war. The confrontation left the militant group badly weakened, though it retains part of its arsenal.


Free Malaysia Today
7 days ago
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Israeli forces kill Hezbollah operative in east Lebanon
Lebanon has tasked its army to develop a plan to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year. (AP pic) JERUSALEM : The Israeli army said today that it killed a Hezbollah operative in the Bekaa region of east Lebanon who it said was directing insurgent cells in Syria. 'Yesterday evening (Tuesday), the (Israeli air force)… struck the terrorist Hossam Qasem Ghorab, a Hezbollah terrorist who operated from Lebanese territory to direct terrorist cells in Syria,' the army said in a statement. The Syria-based cells 'planned to launch rocket attacks toward the Golan Heights', it added, referring to the area annexed by Israel following the 1967 war with Syria. Lebanon's cabinet yesterday tasked the army with developing a plan to disarm resistance group Hezbollah by the end of the year, an unprecedented step since civil war factions gave up their weapons decades ago. The decision followed heavy US pressure and came as part of implementing a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, including two months of all-out war. The confrontation left the resistance group badly weakened, though it retains part of its arsenal.


Nahar Net
7 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Israel says it killed Hezbollah operative in east Lebanon
by Naharnet Newsdesk 06 August 2025, 11:54 The Israeli army said Wednesday that it killed a Hezbollah operative in the Bekaa region of east Lebanon who it said was directing militant cells in Syria. "Yesterday evening (Tuesday), the (Israeli air force)... struck the terrorist Hossam Qasem Ghorab, a Hezbollah terrorist who operated from Lebanese territory to direct terrorist cells in Syria," the army said in a statement. The Syria-based cells "planned to launch rocket attacks toward the Golan Heights," it added, referring the area annexed by Israel following the 1967 war with Syria. Lebanon's cabinet on Tuesday tasked the army with developing a plan to disarm militant group Hezbollah by the end of the year, an unprecedented step since civil war factions gave up their weapons decades ago. The decision followed heavy U.S. pressure and came as part of implementing a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah including two months of all-out war. The confrontation left the militant group badly weakened, though it retains part of its arsenal.


Asharq Al-Awsat
7 days ago
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Israel Says It Killed Hezbollah Operative in East Lebanon
The Israeli army said Wednesday that it killed a Hezbollah operative in the Bekaa region of east Lebanon who it said was directing militant cells in Syria. "Yesterday evening (Tuesday), the (Israeli air force)... struck the terrorist Hossam Qasem Ghorab, a Hezbollah terrorist who operated from Lebanese territory to direct terrorist cells in Syria," the army said in a statement. The Syria-based cells "planned to launch rocket attacks toward the Golan Heights," it added, referring the area occupied by Israel following the 1967 war with Syria. Lebanon's cabinet on Tuesday tasked the army with developing a plan to disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah by the end of the year, an unprecedented step since civil war factions gave up their weapons decades ago. The decision followed heavy US pressure and came as part of implementing a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah including two months of all-out war. The confrontation left the party badly weakened, though it retains part of its arsenal.

Al Arabiya
06-08-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Israel says it killed Hezbollah operative in east Lebanon
The Israeli army said Wednesday that it killed a Hezbollah operative in the Bekaa region of east Lebanon who it said was directing militant cells in Syria. 'Yesterday evening (Tuesday), the (Israeli air force)... struck the terrorist Hossam Qasem Ghorab, a Hezbollah terrorist who operated from Lebanese territory to direct terrorist cells in Syria,' the army said in a statement. The Syria-based cells 'planned to launch rocket attacks toward the Golan Heights,' it added, referring the area annexed by Israel following the 1967 war with Syria. Lebanon's cabinet on Tuesday tasked the army with developing a plan to disarm militant group Hezbollah by the end of the year, an unprecedented step since civil war factions gave up their weapons decades ago. The decision followed heavy US pressure and came as part of implementing a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah including two months of all-out war. The confrontation left the militant group badly weakened, though it retains part of its arsenal.