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IDF finds network of Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon

The IDF said more than 50 tunnel shafts and other 'terrorist infrastructure' had been destroyed and a cache of weapons including landmines and anti-tank missiles seized.

Israel

Hezbollah targets residence of the Israeli prime minister in Caesarea

Israel’s government said a drone was launched by Hezbollah towards the prime minister’s house on Saturday, with no casualties reported.

Germany

Biden says forging ceasefire in Lebanon could be easier than Gaza

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said allies were working to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East and agreed that there was no 'military-only solution' as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues.

Europe News

'Unacceptable': Italian PM Meloni denounces Israeli attacks on UNIFIL

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterated her criticism of Israel for attacking United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

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Lebanon

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon refuse to move despite Israeli warnings

The IDF has repeatedly demanded that UNIFIL troops remove themselves from the path of its growing campaign against Hezbollah.

EuroVerify

What is Ireland’s Occupied Territories Bill and could it be revived?

Dublin says a renewed tensions in the Middle East provide legal grounds to re-examine the bill, which has stalled for six years over concerns it breaches EU law.

Europe News

EU leaders converge on Israel but calls for trade sanctions still fail

Diplomatic sources tell Euronews that the latest escalation in Lebanon has changed the mood music among leaders.

Lebanon

Dozens killed in airstrikes as Israel ramps up attacks on Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 27 people on Wednesday, while UNIFIL says Israeli troops fired at their watchtower in southern Lebanon.

Europe News

EU calls on member states to provide emergency medical aid to Lebanon

The European Union has urged its member states to respond to Lebanon’s request for medical equipment and medications following the Israeli ground operation in the southern part of the country.

Lebanon

Israel resumes strikes on south Beirut despite warning from US

The strikes are the first in southern Lebanon in six days, as Israel continues its ground incursion in the country's south with the US expressing concern over the "scope" of the strikes.

World News

US threatens to cut military aid to Israel over Gaza crisis

The letter warns that Israel has 30 days to boost aid to Gaza, saying failure may "have implications for US policy."

Israel

Netanyahu will only strike military targets in Iran, reports say

The Israeli leader's comments are a signal to Washington that Israel is planning a more limited counterattack that would avoid hitting nuclear sites or oil facilities.

Lebanon

UN says peacekeepers will stay in Lebanon despite Netanyahu's demands

Israel's attacks on UN peacekeepers have drawn international condemnation, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the accusations that Israel deliberately attacked UNIFIL personnel "completely false."

Israel

Four IDF soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone attack, Israel says

The strike, which is the deadliest by the militant group on Israeli territory since the IDF launched its ground operation into Lebanon, comes as the two sides exchange near-daily fire.

USA

US to deploy anti-missile defence system and troops to Israel

According to the Pentagon, the advanced missile defence system underscores the United States’ ironclad commitment to the defence of Israel, and to defend Americans in Israel, from any further ballistic missile attacks by Iran.

World News

15 UN peacekeepers injured as Israeli forces destroy compound gate

The latest incident comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to “immediately” remove UN peacekeepers from combat zones in southern Lebanon.

Europe News

Protesters in Rome and Lisbon call for Middle East ceasefire

Israel has been at war with the Gaza-based militant group Hamas since last October after it launched an attack on southern Israel that killed 1,200 people. More recently a new front has opened up in Lebanon where the IDF launched a ground operation on 30 September.

Lebanon

Israel renews orders for Palestinians to leave northern Gaza

The order comes as the UN warns that no food aid has entered northern Gaza since 1 October.

Europe News

Southern EU leaders want Lebanon's army to reassert itself in south

Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged almost daily cross-border fire since the war in Gaza started last October but recent weeks have seen that violence significantly ramp up turning southern Lebanon into a flashpoint.

Lebanon

At least 22 killed and scores injured in Israeli strike on Beirut

Meanwhile, Italy's Defence Ministry summoned the Israeli ambassador in protest against strikes on UNIFIL personnel that wounded two peacekeepers.

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