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Asharq Al-Awsat
6 days ago
- General
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Israel Raises its Flag in Southern Lebanon
The Israeli army raised on Wednesday a large Israeli flag on the Hamames hilltop it had occupied during its war with Hezbollah last year. The area, one kilometer deep inside Lebanese territory, overlooks the Wazzani River in the South. Lebanese media said Israel raised several flags in the area that is located southeast of the city of Khiam. Images circulated on social media showed two new flags in the region. Even though Israel claims to be holding five hilltops in Lebanon since the end of the war, it is actually occupying seven areas in the country, revealed Lebanese security sources. The two undeclared areas are one inside the town of Kfar Kila and the other near the border town of al-Dhaira. In Kfar Kila, Israel is holding a road that extends around 200 meters from the border. In Dhaira, Israeli troops blocked a road in the area where they are deployed. The other positions that are openly occupied are in Hamames, one near the southeastern town of Markaba, another in the Aitaroun region, one in Jabal Blat and the fifth in al-Labbouneh near the coast and overlooking al-Naqoura. The raising of the Israeli flag is the latest in its violations of the ceasefire that ended the war. Overnight on Monday, Israeli troops infiltrated Mais al-Jabal and set up sand barriers. The Lebanese army swiftly contacted the quintet committee overseeing the ceasefire and removed the barriers on Tuesday. An Israeli drone also fired a sound bomb in Kfar Kila. Another targeted the main road in the town of al-Abbasiyeh north of the southern coastal city of Tyre. The drone fired two rockets; one did not explode. Israel also fired artillery on the outskirts of the town of Kfar Shouba and its forces opened fire at citizens in the town of Blida. No injuries were reported. On Wednesday morning, Israeli forces carried out a sweep of an area near the Marjeyon plain and flew drones at low altitude over the al-Zahrani region. An Israeli strike on the outskirts of the town Yater killed a Hezbollah official in the area. Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee said the official sought to reestablish operations in the area in violation of the ceasefire. Israel had also assassinated a Hezbollah member in the southern town of Majdal Zoun on Monday.
The Guardian
22-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Biodiversity performance and a ship runs aground – photos of the day: Thursday
A man draped in an Israeli flag stops at the scene where two Israeli embassy staff were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA A 135-metre-long container ship after it ran aground almost hitting a house by the shore in the Trondheim Fjord outside Byneset Photograph: Jan Langhaug/NTB/AFP/Getty Images Members of the British Chagossian community demonstrate outside the high court, as they wait to hear the outcome of a court injunction that temporarily blocked the UK from concluding its Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters A picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows destroyed buildings in the northern sector of the besieged Palestinian territory Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images A mother tends to her six-year-old child, Nur, who suffers from a rare skin condition called epidermolysis bullosa. Nur is one of eight members of the Hajjaj family who fled Israeli attacks, moving from Shuja'iyya to the Jalaa neighbourhood. Access to essential food and medical supplies remains severely limited Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A truck carrying humanitarian aid drives through the Kerem Shalom crossing between southern Israel and the Gaza Strip. The UN said on Wednesday it had dispatched about 90 trucks carrying aid into Gaza, as international pressure intensified over Israel's blockade of the territory Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images A young man rolls up the fence of a house in al-Mughayyir village, north of Ramallah, as inhabitants dismantle their homes to evacuate from their Bedouin village, fearing Israeli settler attacks Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images People gather for the protect pay equity protest during budget day at parliament. The government recently passed the pay equity amendment bill, which raises the threshold for pay equity claims, making it more difficult to prove work has been historically undervalued Photograph:Firefighters work at the site of fire at a building in Nuevo León Photograph: Proteccion Civil Nuevo Leon/Reuters Residents pass buildings damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town of Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters NSW Fire Rescue personnel help a resident during flooding Photograph: Lindsay Moller/AAP Members of Green Korea United perform during the International Day for Biological Diversity in Seoul Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA An actor during a performance of Shakespeare's King Lear, directed by the Iranian actor and director Elika Abdolrazzaghi, at Tehran's Shahr theatre Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images John C. Reilly attend the Testa O Croce? (Heads or Tails?) photocall at the Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images A model presents a creation by the Old Maquiina brand during Bogota fashion week Photograph: Raúl Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images An oil painting entitled the Lying Cow (1882/1883) is shown at the Bubb Kuyper auction house. For decades experts attributed it to Vincent van Gogh, but recent research has raised doubts Photograph: Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP/Getty Images
