October 2024

OCTOBER

bold date	= may be war crime	In October 2023, Netanyahu's ill-conceived declaration of war on Gaza had triggered series of reactions from Hezbollah. We view these reactions as reflections of the group's own experience with the Israelis that is similar to those of Hamas as both were found in the same circumstances. For Hezbollah, the occupation of Southern Israeli escalation from 1982 to 2000. For Hamas, the active occupation of Gaza from 1956 to 2005, and the retaliatory blockade from 2007 into the period of Netanyahu's brazen dystopian onslaught that began on October 8, 2023. Documenting how the media headlines another brazen onslaught but in Israeli escalation goes along with history in mind, not politics.
bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide
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DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

Israeli invasion of Lebanon Israeli occupation power is a war belligerent since 1967. Intruding a sovereign country with full force from the ground and from the air is carrying out an invasion.
20241001	'The country is lost': Fear and uncertainty in Lebanon as Israel invades	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	For the past few days, there was a feeling in Lebanon that an Israeli ground invasion into the country’s south was almost inevitable as Israel indicated its campaign against Hezbollah would not stop with the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, who, for three decades, was the face of the group.
20241001	Israel launches ground offensive into southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	The Israeli military has launched a ground offensive into several Lebanese villages near the border. An Israeli army statement says it is a “limited, localised and targeted” raid against Hezbollah targets
20241001	Israeli strike hits Lebanon’s Ein al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	The Israeli military conducted a strike on the Ein al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon. At least five people were killed in the attack reportedly targeting the home of a brigadier general in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Lebanon.
20241001	Lebanon state media says Israel strike kills six in Palestinian camp	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Lebanon's official news agency said an Israeli strike early Tuesday killed six people including three children and the son of a militant in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp.
20241001	Israeli troops advance into Lebanon as ground offensive launched	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Defying global calls for de-escalation, Israel has begun its first ground offensive into Lebanon in 18 years. The military says its conducting quote "limited and targeted raids" against Hezbollah after killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah just days ago. Beirut's southern suburbs have been hit multiple times and Lebanon's largest and most densely populated Palestinian refugee camp has also been attacked.
20241001	Elite Israeli units enter Lebanon but ground war plays to Hezbollah ‘home strengths’	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Analysis -- Israel has been preparing its Northern Command for months for a ground assault into southern Lebanon. It's the first time in 18 years that Israeli troops have crossed into Lebanon.
20241001	Israeli strikes on civilians violate international law and Lebanese sovereignty.	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Analysis -- Paul Morcos is a Professor of International Law at Strasbourg University, and President of JUSTICA legal Foundation. He emphasized that Israeli strikes on civilians in Lebanon breach international law, violating the Geneva Conventions. He highlighted that these attacks fail to distinguish between military targets and civilians, and that forced evacuations and the use of US weapons raise further legal concerns.
20241001	Lebanon's government faces fallout from Israel-Hezbollah fighting	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Lebanon’s military has been largely absent from the fighting between the Israeli army and Hezbollah but as Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr explains, Lebanon’s government is having to deal with the fallout.
20241001	Israel, Lebanon telling ‘their versions’ of truth about ground offensive.	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Analysis -- Ori Goldberg, an Israeli political commentator and lecturer at Reichman University, says he doesn’t believe that Israel is lying about sending ground troops into Lebanon despite Hezbollah’s denial. “It’s a grey area,” he told Al Jazeera from Tel Aviv. “This isn’t an invasion force. This isn’t an expeditionary force. There are no tanks. There are no infantry troops. These are mostly commando units.” Golberg said that it is likely that Israeli forces are likely focusing on known Hezbollah installations or similar targets. “So in that sense, if Hezbollah was expecting an invasion, then Hezbollah's statements are correct. Israel, however, has been exactly saying that this is what the force is,” he said. “So both sides are telling their version of the truth.”
20241001	Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Israel says it’s conducting “limited incursions” into southern Lebanon, with tens of thousands of troops at the country’s border. Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos explains why fighting on the ground against Hezbollah could be different.

end of Israeli invasion of Lebanon

20241001	Escaping Beirut: Hundreds of Lebanese flee as airlines suspend flights	Israeli escalation / forced displacement	A million people have been forced from their homes by Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. Only a few airlines are still flying from Beirut's airport. Many of those lucky enough to secure tickets out say they don’t care where they're headed, as long as they can reach safety.
20241001	Israel’s war on Lebanon triggers unprecedented displacement crisis	Israeli escalation / forced displacement	Civilians have fled Israel’s relentless bombing and looming invasion, triggering a humanitarian catastrophe.
20241001	US out of step as world reacts to Israel’s ground offensive into Lebanon	Israeli escalation	Many countries and global bodies call for restraint amid Israel’s expanded military operations, but the US offers support.

Iran retaliates Israeli assassinations It is the first time since 2013 that Tehran reacts to preemptive attacks on Iranian bases in Syria, and assassinations of Iran's nuclear scientists by Israelis.
20241001	Iran launches missiles at Israel	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Live video from Tel Aviv showed a barrage of projectiles that the Israeli military says were Iranian missiles after warnings of an imminent attack.
20241001	Iran launches missile attack against Israel	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran’s IRGC says tens of missiles fired in retaliaition for the killing of Hezbollah, Hamas and IRGC officials.
20241001	Israeli army says Iran has fired missiles at Israel	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The Israeli military reports that missiles have been launched from Iran, as sirens sound across the country. Flares and missiles are currently visible in the Tel Aviv sky. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the missile attack underway on Israel is in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as that of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh earlier this year, Iran’s Fars news agency reported. Red alert sirens have been activated across central and southern Israel.
20241001	Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel in a sharp escalation of regional conflict	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of escalating attacks in a yearslong conflict between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threatens to push the Middle East closer toward a regionwide war.
20241001	Israel vows response after Iran hits it with salvo of ballistic missiles	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for Israel's campaign against Tehran's Hezbollah allies in Lebanon, drawing vows of a sharp response from both Israel and the United States.
20241001	Iran Guards threaten 'crushing attacks' if Israel responds to missiles	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to carry out "crushing attacks" against regional foe Israel if it retaliated for a missile attack under way on Tuesday.
20241001	US Navy destroyers fired dozen interceptors against Iranian missiles, Pentagon says	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Pentagon said on Tuesday that two U.S. Navy destroyers fired about a dozen interceptors against Iranian missiles aimed at Israel. Pentagon spokesperson Major General Patrick Ryder told reporters that no other U.S. military assets were used to shoot down the missiles, which were all fired from inside Iran.
20241001	EU condemns Iran's attack on Israel, urges regional ceasefire	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The European Union on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest terms" an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel and called for an immediate ceasefire across the Middle East.
			Comment: the EU has put itself in the position of collusion since 1995 when it signed with the Israelis a association agreement.
20241001	US boosting forces in Middle East by a 'few thousand' troops	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The United States is boosting its forces in the Middle East by a "few thousand" troops, by bringing in new units while extending others that are already there, the Pentagon said.
20241001	Iran launched twice as many missiles as in last attack on Israel: Pentagon	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran launched about twice as many ballistic missiles Tuesday as it did in its previous direct attack on Israel earlier this year, the Pentagon said.
20241001	Biden orders US military to shoot down Iranian missiles targeting Israel	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	President Joe Biden ordered the US military on Tuesday to "aid Israel's defence" and shoot down Iranian missiles targeting Israel, the White House said.
20241001	US destroyers joined Israeli air units against 'defeated and ineffective' Iranian ballistic missile attack: US official	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran's ballistic missile assault on Israel was "defeated and ineffective", the White House said on Tuesday, warning that Tehran could expect severe consequences for the attacks
20241001	US condemns Iran attack on Israel as major escalation	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The United States warned Iran that it would face severe consequences for its ballistic missile attack on Israel on Tuesday, saying the barrage marked a significant escalation but appeared to have been thwarted.
20241001	US helped Israel shoot down Iran missiles - Pentagon	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The US fired approximately a dozen interceptors at the Iranian missiles fired towards Israel, the Pentagon has said.
			Comment: the US is part of the problem since May 1948, and did nothing to stop the Israelis from being the first nuclear power in the Middle East in the 1960s.

20241001	Britain 'completely condems' Iran's actions, PM's office says	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Britain "completely condemns" Iran's actions after it fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel and calls for de-escalation across the region, the office of Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday.
			Comment: Britain is the creator of the Palestinian problem and ignores distinction of the problem and nuclear rivalry that the Israelis started with Iran in the 1968.

end of Iran retaliates Israeli assassinations

DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20241002	Israel vows to restore south Lebanon buffer zone	Israeli escalation	Israel's military has reportedly added ground units to its operation against the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. The IDF's stated goal is to restore a demilitarized buffer zone in southern Lebanon to ensure the safe return of some 60,000 Israeli residents to homes in northern Israel.
			Comment: Southern Lebanon was under Israeli occupation from the year 1982, when Hezbollah was formed, until 2000. It is re-occupying Southern Lebanon.

20241002	IOF troops and Hezbollah clash 'in close-range' inside Lebanon	Israeli escalation	Israel's military is engaging in "close-range encounters" with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli Defence Forces statement on Wednesday.
20241002	Israel reports 8 combat deaths as troops battle Hezbollah in Lebanon and fears of a wider war mount	Israeli escalation	Israel’s ground incursion into Lebanon to battle Hezbollah militants left eight Israeli soldiers dead Wednesday, while the region braced for further escalation as Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack a day earlier.
20241002	Israel says eight soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon	Israeli escalation	Israel said on Wednesday eight of its soldiers were killed in combat in south Lebanon as its forces thrust into its northern neighbour in a campaign against the Hezbollah armed group.
20241002	Several Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah ambush on Lebanon borders	Israeli escalation	Several Israeli soldiers were killed in an ambush set by the resistance after they crossed the Lebanese border, Hezbollah and the Israeli army announced on Wednesday.
20241002	Lebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipment	Israeli escalation	story -- When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen.
20241002	Palestinian buried as only known victim of Iranian barrage against Israel	Israeli escalation	Sameh Khadr Hassan Al-Asali had been staying in a Palestinian security forces compound in the occupied West Bank when he was killed by falling missile debris during Tuesday's attack, which Israel said was largely thwarted by its air defence systems.
20241002	Iran's Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say	Israeli escalation	Iran concerned about possible infiltration of its own Trust damaged by Nasrallah's assassination by Israel Hezbollah investigating deep Mossad infiltration Investigation was led by Nabil Kaouk; disrupted by his killing Nasrallah's death has left Hezbollah leaderless and shaken trust
20241002	Iran says it has concluded its attack on Israel	Israeli escalation
20241002	Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ call for further attacks on Israel	Israeli escalation	Proxy groups from Lebanon, Gaza, Syria, Iraq and Yemen ‘commend’ missile attacks and threaten escalation of operations
20241002	Iranian missile strike on Israel shows capability for greater scale, complexity	Israeli escalation	Analysis -- The Iranian ballistic missile attack against Israel on Tuesday was larger, more complex and involved more advanced weapons than the strikes in April, experts say, putting greater stress on missile defences and allowing more warheads to get through.
20241002	Iran and Israel warn each other against attacks at UN meeting – video	Israeli escalation	Ambassadors for Israel and Iran threatened each other with retaliation if attacked again, amid fears of a wider war in the Middle East. Israeli airstrikes have continued in southern Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, while Iranian-backed Hezbollah continues to fire rockets into Israel.
20241002	US seeks to align positions with Israel on response to Iran, top American diplomat says	Israeli escalation	The Biden administration is seeking to align its position with Israel on any potential response to Iran's attack but also recognizes the Middle East is on a "knife's edge" and a broader escalation could imperil both Israeli and U.S. interests, U.S. Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell said on Wednesday.
20241002	Biden says will not support Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites	Israeli escalation	President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will not support an Israeli strike on sites related to Tehran’s nuclear program in response to Iran's missile attack on Israel.
20241002	US would not support Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, says Biden	Israeli escalation	Top Israeli diplomat at UN warns his country’s retaliation for Iranian missile attack will be heavier than Tehran ‘could ever have imagined’
20241002	Timeline: The key moments that led to Iran’s missile attacks on Israel	Israeli escalation	Over the past year, escalations have raised concerns over an expanding war in the Middle East.
20241002	Israel able to repel Iranian attack without need for major help from allies	Israeli escalation	opinion -- Most of the defensive effort appears to have been undertaken by Israeli air defence systems
			Comment: found videos showing Iranian missiles hitting the Negev desert airbase show that no air defense system was active.
20241002	'Sickening cycle of escalation' in Mideast must stop, UN chief says	Israeli escalation	UN chief Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for an end to the "sickening cycle of escalation" in the Middle East, while specifically condemning Iran over its latest missile attack after facing harsh criticism from Israel.

20241002	Israel bars UN chief from the country over Iran attack response	Israeli escalation	Israel’s foreign minister accused Antonio Guterres of ‘backing terrorists, rapists, and murderers’ and branded him ‘a stain on the history of the UN’.

20241002	Israel declares UN chief 'persona non grata'	Israeli escalation	Israel's foreign minister has said he is barring UN Secretary-General Guterres from entering the country over his response to Iran's missile attack. The EU and UN have urged de-escalation in the region.
20241002	UN calls Israel’s ban on its top leader a political statement in long-running rift	Israeli escalation	U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters that Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz deeming the U.N. chief “persona non grata” is also “one more attack on the United Nations staff that we’ve seen from the government of Israel.”
20241002	UN chief condemns Iran attack after Israel ban	Israeli escalation	The United Nations secretary general has condemned Iranian strikes on Israel, after earlier being banned from the country for his initial response.
20241002	Repeat of 2006? Why Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon won’t be easy	Israeli escalation	The failures of the past loom large as Israel launches a new military foray into southern Lebanon.
20241002	After pressing an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, the Biden administration shifts its message	Israeli escalation	The Biden administration says there is a significant difference between Israeli actions that have expanded its war against the Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran’s retaliatory missile attack against Israel, which it condemned as escalatory.

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20241003	'Easy' choice: Hezbollah’s likely new leader is Nasrallah's cousin, Hashem Safieddine	Hezbollah	UNCONFIRMED CLAIM -- Just like his cousin Hassan Nasrallah – killed in a massive Israeli air raid on Hezbollah’s headquarters in the outskirts of southern Beirut on September 27 – Hashem Safieddine wears a black turban, a prestigious Shiite symbol marking him out as a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed. Safieddine, described by his opponents as aggressive and “bloodthirsty”, is widely expected to take over as Hezbollah’s new leader. And he can count on his influential brother, Abdallah Safieddine, who heads the group’s operations in Iran, to back him up.

20241003	Radar shows scale of damage from Israeli strikes on Lebanon	Israeli escalation / destruction	Satellite data shows more than 3,100 buildings affected as intense wave of attacks kills over 1,300 people
20241003	Video: Israeli air attacks kill several in Beirut city centre	Israeli escalation	Video shows the scene of an Israeli air attack on an apartment in the centre of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. At least six people were reportedly killed by the strike, around a kilometre from the prime minister’s office.
20241003	Iran warns of ‘unconventional response’ in case of new Israeli attack	Israeli escalation	In indirect message to the US via Qatar, Iran says it doesn’t want a regional war, but that Israel must be ‘deterred’, an Iranian official tells Al Jazeera
20241003	Iran's president issues stern warnings to Israel after meetings with Qatari, Arab officials in Doha	Israeli escalation	Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to address recent developments in the region, in a series of high-stakes meetings in Doha two days after Tehran launched a major missile attack against Israel.
20241003	Qatar condemns Israel’s efforts to politicize UN’s role	Israeli escalation	The statement came a day after Israel declared Guterres “persona non grata” and barred him from entering the country, accusing him of failing to “unequivocally” condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel.
20241003	Israel attacks heart of Beirut as Hezbollah pushes back in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation	Israel’s military kills nine in attack on central Beirut as eight Israeli soldiers killed in southern ground offensive.

20241003	Video: Israel bombs Lebanon escape route after issuing evacuation orders	Israeli escalation	Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports on how Israel has repeatedly attacked a main escape route for people in south Lebanon after issuing evacuation orders for dozens of towns and villages, forcibly displacing those who had not already left due to attacks against Hezbollah.
			Comment: the report reveals that the Israelis use a tactic similar to the dystopian terror in Gaza.

20241003	Israel strikes Beirut suburb, Hezbollah keeps up cross-border fire	Israeli escalation	Israel's military told residents of more than 20 towns in south Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately on Thursday as it pressed on with its cross-border incursion and struck Hezbollah targets in a suburb of Beirut.
20241003	Israel hits central Beirut	Israeli escalation	Lebanese authorities reported a fresh Israeli strike on central Beirut early Thursday.
20241003	Israel targets Beirut in a fresh wave of strikes	Israeli escalation	The attacks on Lebanon's capital come as Israeli troops battle Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.
20241003	Central Beirut Israeli strike death toll rises to nine, health ministry says	Israeli escalation	The airstrike started a fire in an apartment building in the residential Bashoura district, not far from the UN headquarters, the prime minister’s office and parliament.
20241003	Israel says damage from Iranian missile attack minimal thanks to 'high-quality defence'	Israeli escalation	Israel has been assessing the damage caused by Iran's massive 180-rocket missile attack on Tuesday night after its air defence intercepted most of the projectiles.
			Comment: found videos show missile barrage pounded an airbase in the Negev desert. No air defense was active.
20241003	Israel issues new evacuation order for parts of southern Beirut	Israeli escalation/ forced displacement	The Israeli military issued orders in the early hours of Thursday telling people to leave multiple areas of densely-populated southern Beirut, where it says it will hit Hezbollah sites.
20241003	Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive	Israeli escalation/ forced displacement	The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate a city and other communities in southern Lebanon that are north of a U.N.-declared buffer zone, signaling that it may widen a ground operation launched earlier this week against the Hezbollah militant group.
20241003	Israel tells residents of 25 southern Lebanon villages to evacuate	Israeli escalation/ forced displacement	The Israeli military has told residents of 25 villages across southern Lebanon to evacuate on Thursday, the latest in a series of relocation calls issued by the Israeli Army as it targets the area.
20241003	No cookers, showers or gas – displaced people shelter in Lebanese schools	Israeli escalation/ forced displacement	Staff at schools around the country have been ‘working like beehives’ to prepare for the arrival of thousands of people fleeing Israel’s bombardment.
20241003	Hezbollah kills at least 4 Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon clashes: Sky News Arabia	Israeli escalation	Four Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Hezbollah members in the town of Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon on Wednesday dawn, Sky News Arabia quoted unnamed sources as saying.
20241003	The maps that help explain the Israel-Hezbollah conflict	Israeli escalation	Israel is once again fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, nearly two decades after a UN resolution that was meant to bring peace to the area. Al Jazeera’s Virginia Pietromarchi looks at some of the history that’s shaping the conflict today.
20241003	‘As if we don’t exist’: Under bombs in Lebanon, Americans feel abandoned	Israeli escalation	Critics say the US rushed to evacuate its citizens in Israel last year. For Lebanon, the response has been much slower.
20241003	Gaza and a ceasefire slip out of focus as Lebanon conflict rages	Israeli escalation	Palestinians fear the crisis in Lebanon is diverting the world's attention from Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed dozens more people this week, and diminishing already dim prospects for a ceasefire a year into a war that has shattered the enclave.
20241003	Nearly 2,000 killed in Lebanon since conflict with Israel began, health ministry says	Israeli escalation / targeting civilians	Health Minister Firas Abiad said Thursday that more than 9,000 have also been wounded in Israeli attacks since Oct. 8, 2023.
20241003	Civilians bear brunt in 'catastrophic' Lebanon conflict, UN official says	Israeli escalation / targeting civilians	Civilians are bearing the brunt of a "truly catastrophic" situation in Lebanon, a senior U.N. official said, urging respect for the rules of war nearly two weeks since Israel launched a major offensive against the armed group Hezbollah.
20241003	Dozens killed in new Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / targeting civilians	At least seven health and rescue workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut overnight, an Islamic health organization said Thursday, as Israel's battle against the Iran-backed groups Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza raged, fueling concern of a wider regional conflict.

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20241004	Nasrallah temporarily buried for fear of Israeli strike on funeral: Sources	Israeli escalation / invasion	A source close to Hezbollah said Friday that the Lebanese group's slain chief Hassan Nasrallah has been temporarily buried in a secret location for fear Israel would target a large funeral.
20241004	Israel rocks Beirut with huge attack and cuts off main Lebanon-Syria road	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel hits Beirut’s southern suburbs with its largest attack yet and cuts off a vital escape route into Syria.
20241004	Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group.
20241004	Israel cuts off main Lebanon-Syria road	Israeli escalation / invasion	An Israel airstrike hit Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing with Syria, cutting off a road that was being used by hundreds of thousands of people to flee Israeli bombardments in recent days.
20241004	Three Lebanese hospitals suspend services amid Israeli bombing	Israeli escalation / invasion	Three hospitals in Lebanon including one on the outskirts of Beirut's southern suburbs announced Friday the suspension of work, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment.

20241004	Death toll in Israeli attacks on Lebanon rises again: Ministry	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanon’s health minister has said that 2,023 people have been killed “since the start of Israeli aggression on Lebanon”. The dead include 127 children and 261 women, along with 9,526 wounded.

20241004	Can UN Resolution 1701 help end the Hezbollah-Israel fight?	Israeli escalation / invasion	opinion -- Many politicians and diplomats have said that the only solution to the current conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, that can bring peace and security to both Israel and Lebanon, must be political. Part of any such solution could well involve a resolution agreed to by the United Nations' Security Council just over 18 years ago, they say.
20241004	Iran-Israel: Will Turkey get involved?	Israeli escalation / invasion	opinion -- Turkey supports the Palestinians and criticizes Israel while still observing distant relations with Iran. Turkish military involvement in the growing regional conflict is therefore unlikely, experts say.
20241004	Biden says he would weigh alternatives to striking Iranian oil if he were in Israel's shoes	Israeli escalation	President Joe Biden said on Friday he would think about alternatives to striking Iranian oil fields if he were in Israel's shoes, adding he thinks Israel has not yet concluded how to respond to Iran.
20241004	Iran vows to target Israeli energy sites if it ‘makes any mistake’: IRGC deputy commander	Israeli escalation	Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Ali Fadavi warned Israel that Iran will not hesitate to target its energy sources should it "make any mistake," the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
20241004	Iranian FM pledges ‘stronger’ retaliation if Israel strikes Iran	Israeli escalation	Iran’s foreign minister says he supports efforts for a regional ceasefire with Israel, while also warning Tel Aviv that if it carries out an attack on Iran, Tehran will retaliate in a harsh way.
20241004	No place for foreign workers being displaced in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / humanitarian crisis	Some of them were born and raised in Lebanon, but in war they have no place in the authorities’ support programmes.

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20241006	Palestinians in Lebanon, refugees living in fear of Israeli air strikes	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel has expanded its war, targeting Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, raising fears of an extended Nakba.
20241006	Israel intensifies bombardment of Gaza and southern Lebanon ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary	Israeli escalation / invasion	A year after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Israel has opened a new front in Lebanon against Hezbollah, which has traded fire with Israel since the war in Gaza began.

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20241007	Hezbollah rocket attack on Haifa	Israeli escalation / invasion	Video shows the moment a Hezbollah attack hit the Israeli port city of Haifa after a barrage of rockets was fired and a number of them evaded air defence systems.
20241007	UN peacekeepers in Lebanon at risk as Israeli forces ‘move very close’: UNIFIL spokesperson	Israeli escalation / invasion	Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for the UN’s peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, says the safety of its troops is at risk during the ongoing border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. “We have been seeing in recent days heavy shelling throughout the area of operations,” Tenenti told Al Jazeera. “The fact [Israeli] troops have moved very close to our position, the Irish contingent, at the moment is also a concern.” UNIFIL soldiers are caught in the crossfire, he said. “Definitely also concerning is the fact we were told to move from certain positions along the Blue Line, but we are staying because we want the UN flag to fly in all these positions close to the Blue Line.” Tenenti was referring to the UN-drawn “provisional border of withdrawal” between Israel and Lebanon established in 2000.
20241007	IDF orders evacuations in Beirut as huge blast hits city	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel's Lebanon operation continues as leaders consider their response to Iran's long-range attack on Tuesday, in which hundreds of missiles were fired into the country, according to Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.
20241007	Hezbollah missiles hit Israel's Haifa in escalating conflict	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel's third largest city Haifa early on Monday as Israeli forces looked poised to expand ground incursions into southern Lebanon on the first anniversary of the Gaza war, which has spread conflict across the Middle East.
20241007	Hamas and Hezbollah fire rockets at Israel on October 7 anniversary	October 7 anniversary	live blog
20241007	Hezbollah missiles hit Israel on Gaza war anniversary	October 7 anniversary	Hezbollah rockets struck Israel on Monday (October 7) on the first anniversary of the Gaza war.
20241007	Israel hits Lebanon, Gaza hard on Oct. 7 anniversary	October 7 anniversary	Israel launched major strikes on Gaza and Lebanon as the country commemorated the anniversary of the violent Oct. 7 attack that triggered its yearlong offensive against Hamas and Hezbollah militants.
20241007	Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza on anniversary of Oct. 7	October 7 anniversary	Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continued as the region faced the grim anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, which triggered the war in Gaza.

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20241008	Netanyahu threatens Lebanon with 'destruction like Gaza' if Hezbollah remains	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Lebanon faces "destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza" if its people do not "free" their country from Hezbollah.
			Comment: Then it wasn't about Hamas but whole Gaza as Hamas

20241008	Hezbollah leader says more Israelis will be displaced as the militants extend their rocket fire	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah’s acting leader said Tuesday that even more Israelis will be displaced as the militant group extends its rocket fire deeper into Israel, in a defiant televised statement marking the anniversary of fighting that escalated into war last month.
20241008	Hezbollah supports ceasefire efforts in Lebanon, deputy leader says	Israeli escalation / invasion	Iran-backed Hezbollah, which has suffered major blows from Israel in Lebanon, on Tuesday left the door open to a negotiated ceasefire after its arch-foe raised the stakes with fresh incursions in the south of the country.
20241008	Hezbollah deputy chief backs Lebanon ceasefire efforts, omits mention of Gaza deal	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem said in comments broadcast on Tuesday that his movement supports efforts to reach a ceasefire for Lebanon, but for the first time omitted any mention of a Gaza truce deal as a pre-condition to halting the group's fire on Israel.
20241008	Israel’s strikes are shifting the power balance in the Middle East, with US support	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli military strikes are targeting Iran’s armed allies across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the Middle East and threatening Iran itself. The efforts raise the possibility of an end to two decades of Iranian ascendancy in the region, to which the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq inadvertently gave rise.
20241008	Israel expands offensive against Hezbollah in south Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel ramped up its ground offensive against Hezbollah along Lebanon's southern coast on Tuesday, deploying more troops and urging civilians near the Mediterranean to evacuate
20241008	Israel’s military expands invasion into south-west Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel is expanding its ground invasion of Lebanon against Hezbollah, sending thousands of additional troops into a new zone in the south-west of the country.
20241008	Israel expands offensive to southwest Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel's army says it has expanded ground operations, while Hezbollah says it was repelling the Israeli incursions.
20241008	Fears grow that Lebanon may become another Gaza	Israeli escalation / invasion	UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, driven by the fear that what happened in Gaza may befall them, too.
20241008	Fears grow that Lebanon may become another Gaza	Israeli escalation / invasion	UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, driven by the fear that what happened in Gaza may befall them, too.
20241008	UN warns Lebanon could face same 'spiral of doom'	Israeli escalation / invasion	UN humanitarian officials called Tuesday for urgent action to stop the escalating conflict in Lebanon from spiraling into a similar scene of devastation as seen in Gaza.
20241008	EU should exploit 'Hezbollah's weakness' to secure ceasefire, Borrell says	Israeli escalation / invasion	There’ll be no solution to a conflict that’s cost thousands of lives until Lebanon strengthens its political institutions, the EU’s chief diplomat said.
			Comment: A association treaty from 1995 with the Israelis have brought the EU into the position of collusion.
20241008	Netanyahu claims Israel has killed Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's successors	Israeli escalation	Israeli forces have killed the would-be successors of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu claimed on Tuesday, without naming them. Earlier Tuesday, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that Hashem Safieddine, the man expected to replace Nasrallah, had probably been "eliminated". Safieddine had not been heard from publicly since an Israeli air strike late last week.
			Comment: report contains contradictions.
20241008	Hezbollah leader's 'replacement and replacement's replacement killed', Netanyahu says	Israeli escalation	Netanyahu says the Israeli military has killed "thousands of terrorists" in its operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon, leaving the Iran-backed militant group weaker than it has been in decades.

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20241009	Israeli offensives in Lebanon kill dozens, displace thousands	Israeli escalation	Gaza death toll tops 42,000 as Israel pummels north, while fighting sends 1.2 million fleeing in Lebanon.
20241009	As Israel plots to strike Iran, its choices range from symbolic to severe	Israeli escalation / Iran	Israel has promised to retaliate for Iran’s massive missile attack last week. How it does so involves great risk, and could have major repercussions for the archenemies, the Middle East and the world.
20241009	Gulf states must not allow use of airspace against Iran, Iranian official says	Israeli escalation / Iran	Tehran has told Gulf Arab states it would be "unacceptable" if they allowed use of their airspace or military bases against Iran and warned that any such move would draw a response, a senior Iranian official said.
20241009	More airlines fly over Afghanistan in last week as Middle East tensions rise	Israeli escalation / Iran	Airlines have diverted more flights over Afghanistan over the past week to avoid Iranian airspace, data shows, adding to journey times and fuel costs in the latest disruption for routes between Asia and Europe as tensions in the Middle East escalate.
20241009	Netanyahu says Israel has killed the successor to the head of Hezbollah	Israeli escalation / invasion	Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday (yesterday) that Israel has killed the successor to the head of Hezbollah while the militant group’s acting leader promised more fighting in southern Lebanon.
20241009	Israel says it has killed slain Hezbollah leader's successors	Israeli escalation / invasion	Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday (yesterday) Israeli airstrikes had killed two successors to Hezbollah's slain leader, as Israel expanded its ground offensive against the Iran-backed group with a fourth army division deployed into south Lebanon.
			Comment: Claim has not been confirmed (yet)
20241009	Loud explosions heard in Beirut overnight as Israel continues strikes	Israeli escalation / invasion	Loud explosions reverberated over the suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday night and into Wednesday. A fire was also seen burning in the capital.
20241009	Hezbollah steps up rocket fire as Israel sends more troops into Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah fired another barrage of rockets into Israel on Tuesday, and the militant group’s acting leader vowed to keep up pressure that has forced tens of thousands of Israelis from their homes near the Lebanese border. The Israeli military said it sent more ground troops into southern Lebanon and that a senior Hezbollah commander was killed in an airstrike.
20241009	Is Israel deliberately targeting Lebanon’s first responders?	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel has killed more than 100 medical workers in Lebanon over the past year, many medics believe it is on purpose.
20241009	Hezbollah reports clashes with Israeli troops along Lebanese border	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah said on Wednesday its fighters had pushed back advancing Israeli troops in clashes along the length of the border, a day after Israel said it had killed two successors to the Iran-backed Lebanese militant movement's slain leader.
20241009	Rocket from Lebanon kills two Israelis in Kiryat Shmona	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli emergency responders said two people were killed Wednesday in a rocket attack on the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, as the army and Lebanon's Hezbollah exchanged fire along the border.
20241009	Turks set to evacuate from Lebanon by ship, driven by safety fears	Israeli escalation / invasion	Nearly 2,000 Turkish citizens and family members prepared to leave Beirut on two Turkish navy landing ships on Wednesday, evacuating from Lebanon over fears for their safety as Israel expanded its operations against Hezbollah militants.
20241009	Mass burials and unidentifiable bodies: Horror accounts of Israeli attacks in south Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Two weeks of Israel's bombardment of Lebanon has resulted in destruction, civilian casualties and fear that this time will be worse than 1982
20241009	Spanish PM Sanchez denounces Israeli invasion of Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez described Israel's military offensives in Lebanon as an "invasion" on Wednesday, saying that the international community had to act.
20241009	Fears grow of humanitarian crisis in Lebanon: NGO warns of 'catastrophic' situation	Israeli escalation / invasion	As the war continues to widen in Lebanon, it's estimated that 1.2 million people have already been displaced from their homes.
20241009	Destruction like Gaza or civil war? Netanyahu's warning adds to questions over Israel's goals in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	For many observers and civilians in Lebanon, the Israeli leader's comments amounted to a choice between civil war or the same fate as Palestinians in Gaza.
20241009	Israel occupation forces ‘exhausted, lost 12 battalions’ in Gaza war, say media	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli media outlets have revealed that while the Israel occupation forces have been talking for weeks about a systematic “reduction” of Lebanese Hezbollah’s capabilities, the army is not talking about the extent of the “reduction” in its own capabilities over the past year of war against the Palestinians in Gaza, as well as the daily exchanges of fire with Hezbollah in the north.

DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20241010	Israel recommends Lebanon peace keepers move, says UN envoy	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Israel is focused on fighting Hezbollah and recommends that the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon move north, Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon said on Thursday after Israeli forces fired on several U.N. positions.
20241010	Israel advises UN peacekeepers in Lebanon 'relocate 5 kilometers north to avoid danger'	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Israel announced on Thursday that it has recommended the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) “relocate five kilometers north to avoid danger as fighting intensifies” after the Israeli army fired artillery on positions of peacekeepers in Lebanon
20241010	Israeli troops fire at 3 UNIFIL positions in southern Lebanon, U.N. source says	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Israeli troops opened fire at three positions held by U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Thursday, according to a U.N. source who was not immediately able to specify the type of fire.
20241010	Two peacekeepers hurt in Israeli attack on UNIFIL HQs in Naqoura	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Link leads you to an infographic
20241010	Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, wounding two	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	UNIFIL says Israeli soldiers ‘deliberately fired at and disabled’ on-site monitoring cameras prior to Labbouneh attack.
20241010	UN peacekeepers injured by Israeli fire in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The United Nations has said two members of its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon were injured when an Israeli tank fired on its headquarters.
20241010	UN peacekeepers say Israel fired on Lebanon HQ, injuring 2	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	UN peacekeepers in Lebanon said Israeli fire on their headquarters in the south Thursday left two Blue Helmets injured, as they accused Israel of "repeatedly" hitting their positions.
20241010	U.N. says Israeli forces battling Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon fire on UNIFIL peacekeepers, wounding two	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said Thursday that Israeli forces had opened fire on several of its installations in the area, as tension between the global body and Israel mounted amid escalating Israeli military operations against the Iran-backed group Hezbollah.
			Comment: headline contains element of intend insinuation as if the UN mentioned "...Israeli forces battling Iran-backed Hezbollah..."
20241010	UN says peacekeepers in Lebanon wounded by Israeli fire	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said an Israeli tank fired on a base, injuring two peacekeepers.
20241010	Angry Italy protests to Israel after shots fired at UN in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Israeli forces have acted illegally by shooting at positions used by U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday, denouncing it as a possible war crime.
20241010	Italian PM Meloni calls Israel's attack on UNIFIL bases in Lebanon 'unacceptable'	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The Italian government formally protested against the Israeli authorities for an attack on the headquarters and two Italian bases of the UN peace mission in southern Lebanon. Defence Minister Crosetto called it "possible war crimes".
20241010	France demands explanation from Israel after UN troops targeted in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	France said it was waiting for explanations from Israel after U.N. peacekeeping troops were targeted in Lebanon on Thursday and that it was an obligation to ensure their safety.
20241010	White House 'deeply concerned' by Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The White House said Thursday it is “deeply concerned’ by Israel’s repeated attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon after two members of the international force were injured by Israeli tank fire.
20241010	At least 11 people killed in Israeli airstrikes that hit two different areas in central Beirut	Israeli escalation / invasion	An photographer who went to the scene of the strikes said the first one, in the area of Ras al-Nabaa, appeared to have hit the lower half of an eight-story apartment building, and that explosions were ongoing inside the building. A large number of ambulances arrived at the scene.
20241010	At least 11 killed in Israeli strikes on central Beirut: State media	Israeli escalation / invasion	State media said two Israeli strikes hit the central area of Lebanon's capital on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, the third such attack on Beirut since Israel escalated its air campaign last month.
20241010	Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut kill 11; security source says senior Hezbollah figure targeted	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli strikes on central Beirut on Thursday night killed 11 people and wounded at least 48, Lebanon's health ministry said, as a Lebanese security source said at least one senior Hezbollah figure was targeted in the attacks.
20241010	Lebanon envoy urges pressure on Israel to end military campaigns, allow humanitarian relief	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanon and other states called for more pressure on Israel to end its military campaigns in the Middle East at a meeting at the U.N. in Geneva on Thursday, saying that it was repeating its Gaza methods in Lebanon with catastrophic consequences.
20241010	US warns Israel not to repeat Gaza destruction in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	The United States urged its ally Israel to avoid a Gaza-like assault in Lebanon, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it could face "destruction" like the Palestinian territory.
20241010	Hezbollah thwarts Israeli infiltration attempts into southern Lebanon, hits northern Israel in counterattack	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah stated in a series of statements on Telegram by 1450GMT that it “targeted an Israeli tank with guided missiles as it advanced towards the town of Ras al-Naqoura, resulting in its burning and destruction, and casualties among its crew.”

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20241011	Witness describes 'roar then explosion' from Israeli strikes on Beirut that killed 22	Israeli escalation / invasion	Amid acrid smoke and cries from residents, rescue workers were searching Friday morning for signs of anyone left trapped in the rubble from two Israeli air strikes that hit central Beirut overnight.
20241011	Lebanon appeals to UN for 'immediate' ceasefire in Israel escalation	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanon urged the UN on Friday to demand an "immediate" ceasefire in Lebanon nearly three weeks into Israel's escalation against Hezbollah which has killed 1,200 people and displaced more than a million others.
20241011	Two Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli strike on southern Lebanon, army says	Israeli escalation / invasion	Two Lebanese soldiers were killed and three others wounded in an Israeli strike on an army post in southern Lebanon on Friday, the army said.
20241011	Israeli strike kills two Lebanese soldiers in south Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanon's military said an Israeli strike on one of its positions in south Lebanon on Friday killed two of its soldiers, bringing to four the number of Lebanese troops who have been killed by Israel since its military escalation in Lebanon.
20241011	How Israel is replaying its Gaza doctrine in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	As Israel wages war on Lebanon, it is deploying some of the same devastating tactics that it used to destroy Gaza.
20241011	Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war after heavy Israeli blows	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah is preparing for a long war of attrition in south Lebanon, after Israel wiped out its top leadership, with a new military command directing rocket fire and the ground conflict, two sources familiar with its operations said.
20241011	Hezbollah's priority is defeating Israel, open to efforts to stop the attacks, group's official	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah's priority right now is defeating Israel militarily but it is open to any efforts to stop "the aggression", the head of Lebanese group's media office, Mohammad Afif, said on Friday.
20241011	With Israel’s undeclared invasion of Lebanon, has Netanyahu already won?	Israeli escalation / invasion	After nearly a year of political division, popular protest and international isolation, Israel’s attacks on Lebanon appear to have given a second wind of sorts to the rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
20241011	Israeli attacks in Beirut city centre kill at least 22 people	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli forces have killed at least 22 people in air attacks on central Beirut. They’re the deadliest strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital since Israel stepped up its bombardment of the country.
20241011	At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on UN peacekeepers	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut on Thursday left two neighborhoods smoldering, killed 22 people and wounded dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as well as further escalating Israel’s bloody conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
20241011	Deadly Israeli strike on Beirut likely targeted Hezbollah security chief	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel appeared to target Hezbollah's security chief in air strikes on Beirut that killed at least 22 people and injured dozens, in the deadliest raid on the centre of Lebanon's capital since Israel's escalation began weeks ago.
20241011	UNRWA chief says many Palestinians camps in Lebanon empty after Israeli strikes	Israeli escalation / invasion / forced displacement	Most Palestinian refugees living in camps in southern Lebanon or near Beirut have fled following escalating Israeli strikes, the head of the United Nations agency on Palestine refugees said on Friday, drawing parallels with mass displacement in Gaza.
20241011	Lebanon displacement 'devastating' as support remains insufficient: UN official	Israeli escalation / invasion / forced displacement	The displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon is "devastating", a UN migration official has said, warning international support was falling short of the needs, as Israel intensifies its bombing in several parts of the country
20241011	Family who fled Israeli attacks killed in Beirut air raid	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli attacks in central Beirut that killed at least 22 people. Among the victims was a family who’d fled Israel’s assault on southern Lebanon.
20241011	Fear engulfs Beirut residents after Israel expands deadly strikes into city centre	Israeli escalation / invasion	Residents of the central Beirut area hit by a deadly Israeli airstrike were still in shock on Friday amid the dust, rubble and broken glass, fearing that if their previously untargeted neighbourhood had been struck, nowhere in Lebanon was safe.
20241011	Israel’s airstrike warnings terrify and confuse Lebanese civilians	Israeli escalation / invasion / cyber terror	As the war between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, Lebanese civilians are increasingly paying the price – and this dangerous reality often becomes clear in the middle of the night: That’s when the Israeli military typically warns people to evacuate buildings or neighborhoods to avoid airstrikes.
			Comment: How did the Israeli obtain the phone numbers of people in Lebanon to use these numbers to spread terror while bombing the country?
20241011	Israeli forces again target UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The attack on UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura comes a day after two Indonesian peacekeepers were injured.
20241011	Two UN peacekeepers wounded by Israeli strike in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Two U.N. peacekeepers were injured on Friday by an Israeli strike near their watchtower in south Lebanon, the Israeli military said, while blasts shook the peacekeepers' main base in the area for the second time in 48 hours as Israeli forces battled Hezbollah.
20241011	2 more UN peacekeepers injured by Israeli fire	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon has said two more of its peacekeepers have been injured after Israeli forces fired at its main headquarters near Lebanon's southern border. On Thursday, Israeli tanks hit the same position with tank fire, injuring two people. The incidents come as the Israeli military moves deeper into Lebanon to battle Hezbollah militants.
20241011	Peacekeepers’ safety in Lebanon ‘in jeopardy,’ UN official warns after Israeli fire injures two	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Concerns are mounting for the safety of United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon amid Israel’s ground incursion, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix warned on Thursday, after Israeli fire resulted in the injury of two UN troops.
20241011	UN mission in Lebanon hit again by explosions	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said new explosions hit its headquarters Friday, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after Israeli forces targeted the same position and struck central Beirut.
20241011	At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on UN peacekeepers	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut on Thursday left two neighborhoods smoldering, killed 22 people and wounded dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as well as further escalating Israel’s bloody conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
20241011	The UN peacekeeping mission caught in the middle of fighting in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Israeli forces fired on the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon for the second time in two days on Friday, injuring four peacekeepers. It is the first time Blue Helmets from the UN mission, established in 1978, have been injured since the escalation on both sides of the Blue Line dividing Israel and Lebanon.
20241011	Israel attacks UN peacekeepers in Lebanon: Why it’s such a big deal	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The international community considers Israel’s attack on UNIFIL’s headquarters a violation of international law.
20241011	France, Italy and Spain condemn targeting of UNIFIL by IDF -joint statement	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	The leaders of France, Italy and Spain on Friday condemned the recent targeting of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, by the Israel Defence Forces and said such attacks were "unjustifiable" and should "immediately come to an end."
20241011	Israeli attack on UNIFIL sparks condemnation, grave concerns	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on UNIFIL	Intl reaction shows dissatisfaction over provocation against authority of UN, intl law: expert

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20241012	US 'responsible' for Gaza genocide, siege of Jabalia: Palestine presidency	Israeli escalation	Palestine has urged the US to withdraw its support for Israel, calling for action to stop aggression in Gaza and the occupied West Bank and to comply with international resolutions amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
20241012	Hezbollah says launched missiles on Israeli base near Haifa	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanese group Hezbollah on Saturday said it launched a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military base south of the coastal city of Haifa, as Israelis marked the Yom Kippur holiday.
20241012	The new U.S. strategy on the Lebanon conflict: Let it play out	Israeli escalation / invasion	After weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, the United States has settled on an altogether different approach: let the unfolding conflict in Lebanon play out.

20241012	Israeli army threatens to attack ambulances in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	After hitting UN peacekeepers, military claims Hezbollah is using ambulances for fighters while offering no evidence.
20241012	IDF says Hezbollah moving fighters	Israeli escalation / invasion	The Israeli military said today that Hezbollah was using ambulances to transport fighters and weapons and that it would take any necessary action.
			Comment: old Hamas-uses-ambulance-trick from the Gaza Wars 2008-2009 and 2014 refurbished into Hezbollah-uses-ambulance-trick

20241012	Israel orders evacuation of more southern Lebanese towns	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel ordered more evacuations and targeted a new location in northern Lebanon on Saturday, as a third U.N. peacekeeper was wounded in Israel's escalating conflict with Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
20241012	Israel urges evacuations in Lebanon, Gaza	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel told residents in northern Gaza and southern Lebanon to leave their homes.
20241012	The new U.S. strategy on the Lebanon conflict: Let it play out	Israeli escalation / invasion	After weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, the United States has settled on an altogether different approach: let the unfolding conflict in Lebanon play out.
			Comment: sounds like "If you can't put out the fire then let it burn"
20241012	Israeli bombing turns swathes of Lebanon into another Gaza!	Israeli escalation / invasion	photo gallery page
20241012	As Gaza war grinds on, Israeli military faces daunting new challenges in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel's decision to begin ground attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon has sparked a debate about the wisdom of opening up a second front and presents Israeli soldiers with a different challenge from the dense urban environment of Gaza.
20241012	MED9 leaders pledge support for Lebanon's army in bid to stop Israel-Hezbollah conflict	Israeli escalation / invasion	The leaders of nine southern European Union countries have pledged support for Lebanon's armed forces to reassert control over the country’s south in the hope of bringing peace to an area plagued by fierce fighting between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah.
20241012	US urges Israel to stop shooting at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	US President Joe Biden has said he is "absolutely, positively" urging Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers during its conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon, following two incidents in 48 hours.
20241012	Biden: We’re asking Israel to stop hitting UN peacekeepers	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	The leaders of France, Italy, and Spain on Friday condemned the firing on the position of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon explaining that such attacks were "unjustifiable".
20241012	UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	The U.N. peacekeeping force said that its headquarters in Naqoura was hit again, with a peacekeeper struck by gunfire late Friday and in stable condition.
20241012	34 UNIFIL-contributing countries call for protection of peacekeepers in Lebanon after Israeli attacks	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	34 UNIFIL-contributing countries have signed a joint statement reaffirming the protection of UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon and condemning the latest attacks against them.
20241012	Fifth peacekeeper wounded in southern Lebanon, UN says	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	A UN peacekeeper has been wounded in southern Lebanon after being hit by gunfire, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) has said, the fifth member of the multinational force to be injured in recent days.

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20241013	At least 20 injured in drone attack on northern Israel	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli media is reporting that at least 20 people have been injured, including five in serious condition, after a drone attack hit near the Israeli town of Binyamina in the northern Haifa district.
20241013	More than 50 injured by drone attack in north-central Israel, officials say	Israeli escalation / invasion	At least 52 people in Israel have been injured in a drone attack, according to hospital officials.
20241013	Drone strike in Israel wounds more than 60 as Hezbollah claims responsibility	Israeli escalation / invasion	A drone strike hit central Israel on Sunday, wounding more than 60 people, some of them critically, rescue services said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in Israel in a year of war. The Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group claimed responsibility, saying it targeted a military camp.
20241013	Hezbollah says its drones targeted Binyamina in northern Israel where at least 67 people are injured.	Israeli escalation / invasion	The Hezbollah drone strike comes the same day that the US announced it would send a new air-defence system to Israel to help bolster its protection against missiles.
20241013	Unprecedented Lebanese drone attack wounds 67 near Binyamina, four in critical condition	Israeli escalation / invasion	Two drones were launched toward Israel, but one of the UAVs penetrated deep into Israel, crashing in the Binyamina area. No alarms were activated.
			Comment: source is Israeli
20241013	Israeli Army: One Hezbollah Drone Intercepted, Second Lost and Later Exploded, Causing Mass Casualties	Israeli escalation / invasion	live blog
20241013	Hezbollah attack shows striking Lebanon carries a heavy price for Israelis too	Israeli escalation / invasion	The Hezbollah attack in Binyamina shows that attacking Lebanon carries a heavy price for Israelis too, according to Gideon Levy, Israeli political analyst.
20241013	The new US strategy on the Lebanon conflict: Let it play out	Israeli escalation / invasion	US drops calls for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon Change reflects desire to see Hezbollah weakened New strategy risks fueling broader war, say analysts
			Comment: Washington appears to have realized that "ceasefire" in Lebanon is naive, and that they suppose to know that there will be no peace and stability in the region as long as there is an Netanyahu.
20241013	Hezbollah clashes with Israeli troops after infiltration attempts	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanon's resistance group Hezbollah said it clashed twice with Israeli troops who attempted to infiltrate near a Lebanese border village on Sunday after several other attacks overnight while accusing Israel of using internationally banned cluster bombs in strikes against the south.
20241013	Hezbollah says deterring 'barbaric Israeli invasion' in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah clashed with the Israeli army on Sunday targeting troops and vehicles with "explosive devices and missiles" as part of efforts to deter the "barbaric Israeli invasion" of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah's media office said in a statement.
20241013	Israeli military intensifies operations in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanese state media say Israeli warplanes have attacked southern Lebanon overnight. The strikes destroyed a century-old marketplace in the city of Nabatiyeh. The Israeli military previously urged residents to leave the border regions.
20241013	'Bombed day and night': A Lebanese hospital on the front line of Israel's war	Israeli escalation / invasion	Medical staff at the Rayak hospital in the Beqaa Valley are on the verge of collapse as they treat victims of Israel's relentless attacks

20241013	Pentagon confirms anti-missile system being sent to Israel	Israeli escalation / Iran	Following US media reports of anti-missile system being sent to Israel along with US troops to operate it, the Pentagon has confirmed that it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and its US military crew to Israel.
20241013	US to send anti-missile system to Israel, says Pentagon	Israeli escalation / Iran	The United States said on Sunday it will send to Israel an advanced anti-missile system - and U.S. troops to operate it - in a bid to bolster the country's air defenses following missile attacks by Iran.
20241013	US says it will deploy anti-missile defence system and troops to Israel over Iran's threat	Israeli escalation / Iran	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.
20241013	Israel Releases American Journalist Arrested for Disclosing Intel on Iranian Missile Attack	Israeli escalation / Iran	After U.S. citizen and Grayzone journalist Jeremy Loffredo was arrested by Israel Police for revealing where Iranian missiles fell during this month's attack in a YouTube video, the Jerusalem District Court ordered his release
20241013	US considers sending more defense system to Israel : Officials say	Israeli escalation / Iran	The US Biden administration is considering sending one of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems to Israel, U.S. officials said Saturday.
20241013	U.S. Confirms Deployment of Missile Interceptor System to Israel in Preparation for Strike on Iran	Israeli escalation / Iran	The system, previously deployed in the Middle East after October 7 'to defend American troops and interests in the region', will be sent to Israel as part of preparations for a possible Israeli strike on Iran and a potential Iranian retaliation
20241013	Iran condemns 'illegal and unjustified' US sanctions on oil industry	Israeli escalation / Iran	Iran condemned Sunday what it called an "illegal and unjustified" expansion of US sanctions targeting its oil industry following Tehran's missile attack on Israel earlier this month.
20241013	Iran's foreign minister says there are 'no red lines' in defending itself	Israeli escalation / Iran	Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said Iran was "fully prepared for a war situation ... but we do not want war, we want peace". He was speaking in Baghdad, where he arrived on Sunday for talks with Iraqi officials ahead of an anticipated Israeli attack in response to Iran's October 1 missile barrage targeting Israel.
20241013	‘Apocalyptic’: Israel destroys mosque, bombs market in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / erasing culture & heritage	Israel hits southern Lebanon in new round of air raids, while at least 15 people are killed in attacks in central and northern parts of the country.
20241013	In Pictures: Israeli attacks destroy Ottoman-era market in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / erasing culture & heritage	A market in Lebanon which dates back to 1910 was destroyed by Israeli attacks in the southern city of Nabatieh.
20241013	Israeli strike completely destroys historic mosque in south Lebanon	Israeli escalation / erasing culture & heritage	An Israeli air strike Sunday destroyed a historic mosque in south Lebanon, the latest attack as Israel intensified its bombardment campaign on the country in recent weeks.
20241013	Mapping one year of cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel, Hezbollah and other Lebanese groups have exchanged more than 12,000 attacks over the past year.
20241013	Israel army expands expulsion orders for 20 more villages in south Lebanon	Israeli escalation / forced displacement	The Israeli military on Sunday expanded orders for residents of more than 20 villages in south Lebanon to leave their homes, as troops expanded their ground invasion in southern Lebanon.
20241013	Italy's Meloni tells Israel's Netanyahu attacks on UN peacekeepers are unacceptable	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has told her Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu that attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are unacceptable, her office said on Sunday.
20241013	UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say Israeli tanks destroyed their main gate	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	The UNIFIL peacekeeping force in Lebanon said that it had reported additional Israeli violations against its positions in the country, including what it described as the forcible entry of Israeli tanks through its main gate on Sunday.
20241013	UN says Israeli tanks burst through gates of peacekeeper base	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	The United Nations said on Sunday Israeli tanks had burst through the gates of a base of its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the latest accusation of Israeli violations and attacks that have been denounced by Israel's own allies.
20241013	UN says Israeli tanks forced entry into base in south Lebanon	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says Israeli tanks forced their way into one of its positions early on Sunday morning.
20241013	Netanyahu tells UN to move Lebanon peacekeepers out of 'harm's way'	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	Netanyahu called on the UN chief on Sunday to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of "harm's way", saying Hezbollah was using them as "human shields".
20241013	Israeli tanks break through peacekeeper base — UN	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	The UN's peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, said that Israeli tanks broke through the gate of a peacekeeper base. It comes after Netanyahu urged the UN to move peacekeepers out of south Lebanon.
20241013	15 UN peacekeepers injured after Israeli forces destroy main gate of UNIFIL compound in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	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.

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20241014	Hezbollah drone attack on Israeli base kills 4 soldiers	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah has carried out its deadliest attack against Israel since the latest escalation in fighting began, sending a ‘swarm’ of drones to a military base and killing at least four soldiers.
20241014	Hezbollah drone attack kills four Israeli soldiers and injures 58	Israeli escalation / invasion	Four soldiers have been killed and 58 injured in a drone strike targeting an army base in northern Israel, the IOF has said
20241014	Israel’s army says 4 soldiers killed, 61 wounded in Hezbollah drone attack on army base	Israeli escalation / invasion	A Hezbollah retaliatory drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday, the army said, in the deadliest strike by the resistance group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago.
20241014	Israel faces a fierce and evasive foe in Hezbollah’s drones	Israeli escalation / invasion	One of the worst mass casualty strikes on Israel in a year of war came not from dozens of Iranian ballistic missiles nor the repeated barrages of rocket fire launched by Hamas and Hezbollah. Instead, it was a single drone.
20241014	Israel intercepts three projectiles fired from Lebanon, military says	Israeli escalation / invasion	Millions of Israelis rushed to shelters on Monday as sirens sounded across central Israel in response to projectiles fired from Lebanon, the military said.
20241014	Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills at least 18 people	Israeli escalation / invasion	An Israeli strike on the northern Lebanese village of Aitou has killed at least 18 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. The attack, the first on the area in a year of hostilities, reportedly hit a residential building in the Christian-majority town.
20241014	Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills at least 21 people	Israeli escalation / invasion	An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
20241014	Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills at least 21 people	Israeli escalation / invasion	An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
20241014	Lebanon says 21 killed in air strike in country’s north	Israeli escalation / invasion	At least 21 people have been killed and eight others injured in a rare Israeli air strike in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry says.
20241014	In photos: Lebanon rescuers defy danger, lack of resources to keep working	Israeli escalation / invasion	When volunteer Lebanese rescue worker Aya Wehbeh was called to respond to an Israeli strike in central Beirut last week, she was terrified it had hit her family home.
20241014	UN urges Mideast ceasefires to avert 'major regional war'	Israeli escalation / invasion	The UN stressed on Monday the urgent need for ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza to avert a broader regional conflict with ramifications for the whole world.
20241014	Israel kills at least 18 in strike on Christian town in north Lebanon	Israeli escalation / Jihadistic Zionism	Israel expanded its targets in its war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 18 people in an airstrike on the Christian-majority town of Aitou in the north, the Lebanese Red Cross said.
20241014	Israel reportedly hits Christian majority area of Lebanon	Israeli escalation / Jihadistic Zionism	The Lebanese Red Cross says an Israeli airstrike has hit an apartment building in the village of Aito in northern Lebanon, killing at least 18 people. The purpose of the strike is unclear.
20241014	UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon in the crosshairs of Israel’s war	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	As the Israeli war on Lebanon escalates, a United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, is increasingly in the crosshairs, with Israeli troops firing at the peacekeepers' headquarters and positions several times in the past week.
20241014	EU condemns Israeli attacks on peacekeepers in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	The European Union condemned the Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon and rejected allegations that UN Secretary-General António Guterres is responsible for obstructing the Israeli army.
20241014	Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon must stop, EU says	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	Israel accuses peacekeeping force of 'providing a human shield' to Hezbollah
			Comment: The rhetoric really sounds like the words of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebels: "If you are accused, blame the victim."
20241014	Spanish PM says 'no withdrawal' of UN Lebanon force	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday said there would be "no withdrawal" of the UN peacekeeping force from southern Lebanon after Israeli attacks and calls to leave.
20241014	Israel trying to stop the world from seeing what it's doing in Lebanon and Gaza: Irish FM	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin is accusing Israel of trying to prevent the world from seeing what its troops are doing in Lebanon and Gaza, and of working to undermine the United Nations.

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20241015	Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	From one war zone to another, and back again – how some of the most vulnerable cannot escape wherever they turn.
20241015	UN warns of humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon amid Israel-Hezbollah war	Israeli escalation / invasion	UNICEF and WFP call for support for hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting, with women and children bearing the brunt.
20241015	Hezbollah deputy chief says group aims to inflict pain on Israel	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah's deputy secretary general Naim Qassem said on Tuesday his group has adopted "a new calculation" to inflict pain on Israel, even as he called for a ceasefire.
20241015	Hezbollah signals Lebanon truce depends on Gaza, says group aim to cause Israel pain	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollahs deputy head Naim Qassem says ceasefire is the only solution to the conflict, argues Hezbollah has right to strike all over Israel since IDF hitting all over Lebanon
20241015	Hezbollah says it will cause Israel pain but also calls for ceasefire	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah's deputy chief Naim Qassem said on Tuesday the Iran-backed group would inflict "pain" on Israel but he also called for a ceasefire as a conflict rages between them in south Lebanon.
20241015	Hezbollah says will not be defeated by ongoing bombardment	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanese militant group Hezbollah threatened Tuesday to attack targets across Israel and said it would not be defeated by ongoing intense bombardment of its strongholds and leadership.
20241015	Lebanon PM says ready to bolster army in south after any ceasefire	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanon's prime minister said Tuesday his country was ready to bolster the army's presence in the south after any ceasefire, adding Israeli troops were making brief cross-border incursions.
20241015	Israel asks its defence sector to help foil drone attacks	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel's government has turned to industry to bolster the military's ability to intercept aerial drones launched by Iran or the Lebanese Hezbollah militia.
20241015	Israel's demining near Golan signals wider front against Hezbollah, sources say	Israeli escalation / invasion	In a sign Israel may expand its ground operations against Hezbollah while bolstering its own defences, its troops have cleared landmines and established new barriers on the frontier between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and a demilitarised strip bordering Syria, security
20241015	Lebanon’s army looks on as fighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah	Israeli escalation / invasion	While Israel ramps up fighting and air strikes in Lebanon – and Hezbollah increases its drone and rocket attacks on Israel – Lebanon’s beloved but chronically underfunded military is sitting out the conflict.
20241015	Netanyahu opposes ‘unilateral ceasefire’ that would not halt Hezbollah from rearming	Israeli escalation / invasion	Netanyahu told French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday that he would not agree to a ceasefire deal that failed to stop Hezbollah from rearming and regrouping.
20241015	Mass displacement in Lebanon war revives spectre of sectarian strife	Israeli escalation / invasion / forced displacement	Marjayoun, a majority Christian town in southern Lebanon, opened its schools and a church last month to house scores of people fleeing Israel's bombardment of Muslim villages, extending a hand across the country's sectarian divide.
20241015	The UN says over 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in 3 weeks by war	Israeli escalation / invasion / forced displacement	More than 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in the past three weeks, a top official with the U.N. children’s agency said late Monday, warning of a “lost generation” in the small country grappling with multiple crises and now in the middle of the Israeli war on Lebanon.
20241015	Israeli strike kills 21 people in northern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / jihadic Zionism	The Israeli strike hit a small, Christian-majority village in northern Lebanon. Previously, the south was the main focus of Israeli attacks in its war with Hezbollah militants.
20241015	In Pictures: Israel kills at least 21 in strike on Christian town in north Lebanon	Israeli escalation / jihadic Zionism	The attack in the Christian-majority town of Aitou hit a house rented to displaced families.
20241015	UN says deadly Israeli strike in northern Lebanon should be investigated	Israeli escalation / jihadic Zionism	An Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in northern Lebanon that killed at least 22 people needs to be independently investigated, the United Nations’ human rights office said Tuesday.
20241015	UN urges probe into deadly Israeli strike in Northern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / jihadic Zionism	The United Nations on Tuesday demanded a "prompt, independent and thorough investigation" into an Israeli strike on the northern Lebanese village of Aito, which it said had killed 22 civilians.
20241015	UN urges probe into deadly Israeli strike on north Lebanon	Israeli escalation / jihadic Zionism	The UN’s humanitarian office has called for an investigation into an Israeli air strike that killed 23 people in northern Lebanon on Monday.
20241015	Israel says ‘national interests’ will dictate retaliation against Iran	Israeli escalation / Iran	PM Netanyahu’s office says it will consider US ‘opinions’, but Israel will make its own decision in attacking Iran.
20241015	Israel says to hit back at Iran based on 'national interest'	Israeli escalation / Iran	Israel will consider the United States's opinion but will act against an Iranian missile attack based on its own "national interests", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Tuesday.
20241015	Israel assures US it won’t strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say	Israeli escalation / Iran	The Biden administration believes it has won assurances from Israel that it will not hit Iranian nuclear or oil sites as it looks to strike back following Iran’s missile barrage earlier this month, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.
20241015	Netanyahu's Looming Iran Strike Could Make the U.S. Election Go Ballistic	Israeli escalation / Iran	The potential spillover of an Israeli strike on Iran – the embroilment of U.S. troops, and the potential shock on oil prices caused by a subsequent Iranian retaliation – could have a direct impact on voters in a way that Israel has never previously moved the needle
20241015	Italy PM to visit Lebanon Friday after hits on UNIFIL	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned on Tuesday against withdrawing UN peacekeepers from Lebanon at Israel's unilateral request, as she announced she would visit Lebanon on Friday.
20241015	UN Security Council voices ‘strong concern’ for UN peacekeepers after Israeli attacks	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	The U.N. Security Council expressed “strong concern” Monday as Israel has fired on and wounded U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon during intensified fighting, reiterating its support for their role in supporting security in the region.
20241015	Turkey's Erdogan blasts UN over Israeli attacks on peacekeepers	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday hit out at the United Nations for failing to prevent Israel from firing at its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.
20241015	In clash with Netanyahu, Macron says Israel PM 'mustn't forget his country created by UN decision'	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	Referring to the resolution adopted in November 1947 by the United Nations General Assembly on the plan to partition Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state, Macron warned Israel’s prime minister not to forget that “his country was created by a UN decision”, a few days after the Israeli ambassador to France was summoned, and Israel repeatedly fired on UN peacekeepers.

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20241016	How Israel’s bulky pager fooled Hezbollah	Israeli escalation / cyber terrorist attack	The batteries inside the weaponised pagers that arrived in Lebanon at the start of the year, part of an Israeli plot to decimate Hezbollah, had powerfully deceptive features and an Achilles' heel.
20241016	Israel strikes Beirut after rejecting ceasefire	Israeli escalation / invasion	The Israeli military launched strikes in southern Beirut on Wednesday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon, saying it would leave Hezbollah forces near his country's border.
20241016	Israel’s Lebanon campaign resumes strikes on Beirut despite US ‘opposition’	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli air strikes have hit Beirut’s Dahiyeh area despite US assurances Israel would scale back its attacks.
20241016	Israel resumes strikes on south Beirut despite warning from US	Israeli escalation / invasion	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.
20241016	Israel strikes Beirut, rejects cease-fire	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel said it targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot in Beirut, after rejecting any "unilateral" cease-fire plan.
20241016	Israeli jets pummel southern Lebanon and Beirut’s suburbs	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli jets struck southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people including a city mayor, Lebanese officials said.
20241016	Israeli strikes kill 25 in Lebanon, including in a town with a dark history of civilian deaths	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 25 people, officials said Wednesday, including more than a dozen in a southern town where Israeli bombardments in previous conflicts are seared into local memory.
20241016	Israeli soldiers celebrate destruction of Lebanese village	Israeli escalation / invasion / destruction	Israeli forces detonated a massive amount of explosives in the Lebanese village of Mhaibib, saying they were targeting underground Hezbollah “terrorist infrastructure.” Israeli soldiers recorded themselves celebrating the village’s apparent destruction with smiles and laughter.
20241016	Cholera confirmed in Lebanon, risk of spread 'very high': WHO	Israeli escalation / invasion / destruction / ecocide & disease outbreak	The risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon is "very high", the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, after a case of the acute and potentially deadly diarrhoeal infection was detected in the conflict-hit country.
20241016	Iran warns of 'decisive' response if Israel strikes, urges UN action	Israeli escalation / Iran	Iran's top diplomat has warned UN chief Antonio Guterres that Tehran is ready for a "decisive and regretful" response if Israel attacks his country in retaliation for a missile attack.
20241016	UN force says Israeli tank fired at peacekeeping post in south Lebanon	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Wednesday said Israeli forces fired at one of their positions in south Lebanon in a "direct and apparently deliberate" attack that damaged a watchtower, days after Israeli fire injured several members of the UNIFIL force.
20241016	UNIFIL claims IDF tank fired at southern Lebanon post this morning	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL
20241016	Netanyahu wants UNIFIL out of Lebanon. Why?	Israeli escalation / UNIFIL	As Israel attacks the UN mission and calls for its removal, experts warn a withdrawal will make it impossible to monitor violations of international law.
20241016	UN says Yemen risks being dragged into Mideast conflict that could spiral out of control	Israeli escalation / Yemen	Yemen risks being dragged further into the military escalation in the Middle East that keeps intensifying and could spiral out of control, the U.N. special envoy for the Arab world’s poorest nation said Tuesday.

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20241017	US shields Lebanese citizens from deportation amid Israel’s war	Israeli escalation / invasion	Around 11,000 Lebanese nationals in the US can stay for 18 months and file for work permits under new status.
20241017	Israel launches wave of strikes in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli forces have carried out airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh. Though officials said the strikes targeted Hezbollah militants, the people killed included Nabatiyeh's mayor, who was said to be attending a meeting to coordinate relief efforts.
20241017	'With Israel no one is safe': North Lebanon village reels after deadly air strike	Israeli escalation / invasion	An attack on a Christian village that killed 23 has left residents shaken as Israel widens its target scope across Lebanon
20241017	Lebanon crowdfunded ambulances being targeted in Israeli strikes	Israeli escalation / invasion / attacking paramedics	Lebanese data scientist and volunteer rescue worker Bachir Nakhal started a crowdfunding effort to buy new ambulances for south Lebanon months ago, fearing Israel's war on Gaza could spread to his country.
20241017	IDF spox. in Arabic cautions residents of Bekaa, Tyre to evacuate certain areas and buildings	Israeli escalation / invasion / forced displacement	The statement cautioned residents to avoid facilities affiliated with Hezbollah, noting that the IDF would operate in that area.
20241017	UN Peacekeepers Threatened	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	When Israeli tanks approached a UN post in southern Lebanon on October 13th, two accounts of what happened next emerged. Bird’s Eye View investigates.

20241017	As Israel bombs Lebanon, Lebanese police try to expel Syrian refugees	Lebanon / forced redisplacement	Syrian refugees are among those displaced in Lebanon from Israeli attacks. Many have nowhere to go and fear deportation.

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20241018	Hezbollah vows to escalate war following death of Hamas leader	Israeli escalation	Hezbollah vowed Friday to escalate its war with Israel a day after Israeli Defense Forces said they had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the October 7 Hamas terror attack that sparked the Gaza war.
20241018	UN peacekeepers report increasing violations of Lebanese airspace amid Israeli attacks	Israeli escalation / invasion	'In recent days, amount of heavy shelling, powerful airstrikes, as well as number of air violations over Lebanese airspace have grown,' says UNIFIL spokesperson
20241018	Hezbollah says its war with Israel is 'entering a new phase'	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group said Friday it is entering a new phase in its fight against invading Israeli troops, as the region continued to reckon with Israel's claim that top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza the previous day.
20241018	UN force says 'widespread destruction' in south Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / destruction	Israel's escalating war in Lebanon has caused widespread destruction of towns and villages in the south, the UN peacekeeping force in the area said Friday.
20241018	Attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon ‘unacceptable’, says Italy’s Meloni	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	In Beirut, Meloni and Lebanon’s Najib Mikati urge ‘diplomatic solution’ as Hezbollah pledges new phase of war against Israel.
20241018	'Unacceptable': Italian PM Meloni denounces Israeli attacks on UNIFIL	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterated her criticism of Israel for attacking United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.
20241018	Motion to extend deployment of Turkish troops in UN's Lebanon peacekeeping mission reaches parliament	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	New motion set to extend Türkey's contributions to UNIFIL for another year starting Oct. 31

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20241019	Israeli military conducts more heavy strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli strikes pummelled Beirut's southern suburbs on Saturday as the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired salvos of rockets at northern Israel, with one drone directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's holiday home, his spokesperson said.
20241019	Israeli airstrikes reported in Beirut	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel's military urged evacuations in southern Beirut. Local sources reported airstrikes and smoke could be seen over the city. Meanwhile, the head of the UNRWA decried the 'critical' aid situation in Gaza.
20241019	Hezbollah rockets target Israel’s north as Israel pounds Beirut suburbs	Israeli escalation / invasion	Netanyahu’s holiday residence in the town of Caesarea hit in drone attack, spokesman says.
20241019	Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's north as Israel strikes Beirut suburbs	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli strikes pummelled Beirut's southern suburbs on Saturday as Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired salvos of rockets at northern Israel, with one drone directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's holiday home, his spokesman said.
20241019	A drone targets Israeli prime minister’s house	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel’s government said a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house Saturday, with no casualties.
20241019	Drone attack targets Netanyahu residence	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli officials said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife were not at their residence in Caesarea when a drone launched from Lebanon "hit a structure" in the central town on Saturday.
20241019	One Killed, 10 Wounded as Over 180 Hezbollah Rockets Fired at Northern Israel	Israeli escalation / invasion	One person was killed and 10 were wounded in northern Israel by rockets fired from Lebanon on Saturday, with the military saying some 180 rockets had been fired throughout the day.
20241019	Hezbollah hits house Netanyahu	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel’s government said a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house Saturday, with no casualties.
20241019	Drone launched toward Netanyahu residence in central Israel	Israeli escalation / invasion	Netanyahu's office said a drone was launched toward his residence in Caesarea, after the army reported a drone from Lebanon had "hit a structure" in the central town on Saturday.
20241019	Israeli killed, 11 injured by rocket shrapnel in northern Israel	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli army detects approximately 115 rockets launched from Lebanon
20241019	How Israel is trying to generate civil strife in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / dystopian terror	Israel is hitting targets far from Hezbollah-controlled areas, spreading panic and fear across Lebanon.

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20241020	FM: ‘All Israeli targets’ identified for retaliation in case regime attacks Iran	Israeli escalation / Iran	Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that Iran has “identified all its targets” in the occupied territories for a retaliatory attack against Israel.
20241020	3 Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli strike targets Lebanese military vehicle in southern Lebanon, army says
20241020	Israel warns of strikes on Hezbollah financial arm, tells Lebanese to evacuate	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel said late on Sunday it was preparing attacks on sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon's Hezbollah group within hours and told residents to leave those areas immediately, as it intensified assaults there and in Gaza.
20241020	Israel says it will target Hezbollah’s financial arm and announces imminent strikes in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel’s military announced Sunday it will now take aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah’s financial arm and plans to attack a “large number of targets” in the coming hours in Beirut and elsewhere.
20241020	Israel intensifies Beirut bombing as Hezbollah rockets target army base in Safed	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel intensified on Sunday its attacks on the Lebanese capital Beirut, while Hezbollah said it launched rockets at an Israeli army base east of the northern town of Safed.
20241020	Israel’s ties with Europe strained by wars in Gaza and Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	From calls for a complete halt of weapons sales to Israel and considering sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers, to talks among EU members on reviewing Israel’s Association Agreement with the bloc, European leaders are trying to use their leverage to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into negotiating ceasefires.
20241020	Israel shells Lebanese town with banned phosphorous munitions: Report	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli warplanes targeted cities, coinciding with artillery shelling using phosphorus shells on the outskirts of Kfar Shuba, which ignited fires in the town's forests, Lebanon’s state news agency reported on Sunday.
20241020	Israel shells Lebanese town with banned phosphorous munitions: Media report	Israeli escalation / invasion	The Israeli army shelled the southern Lebanese town of Kafr Shuba with internationally banned phosphorus munitions, Lebanon’s state news agency reported on Sunday
20241020	UNIFIL says Israeli army demolished watchtower and fence at UN site in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL	The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said in a statement that an Israeli army bulldozer had demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a U.N. position in Marwahin in southern Lebanon on Sunday.

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20241021	Hezbollah fights Israeli ground forces in 3 border towns in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli airstrikes reported in several border towns in southern Lebanon
20241021	Israel strikes Lebanon's Al-Qard Al-Hassan banks and near Beirut airport	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel carried out more airstrikes on Lebanon, including 11 on Beirut's southern suburbs, many of which targeted the branches of the Al-Qard Al-Hassan finance organization, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported.
20241021	Israeli strikes target Hezbollah-linked financial association in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel has carried out air strikes targeting branches of a financial association linked with Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, as well as the south and east of the country.
20241021	Israel bombs Hezbollah-linked finance group in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Rawad Taha reports on overnight Israeli air strikes that particularly targeted branches of the Hezbollah financial institution Al-Qard Al-Hassan in the cities of Nabatiyeh and Tyre, according to the official National News Agency in Lebanon.
20241021	Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon hit branches of Hezbollah-linked bank	Israeli escalation / invasion	Strikes targeted Al-Qard Al-Hassan buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, south Lebanon and the Bekaa valley
20241021	Lebanon assesses damage after Israel strikes Hezbollah-run financial institution	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanese were surveying the damage on Monday after overnight Israeli strikes hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution that Israel says is used to fund attacks but where many ordinary people keep their savings.
20241021	Israel apologizes for strike that killed 3 Lebanese soldiers	Israeli escalation / invasion	The Israeli military apologized Monday for a strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon, saying it is not battling the country’s military and its troops believed they were targeting a vehicle belonging to the Hezbollah militant group.
20241021	IDF "reveals": Nasrallah's money bunker beneath Al-Sahel Hospital	Israeli escalation / invasion	The IDF published documentation showing former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had a 'money bunker' used to finance the terrorist organization underneath a Beirut hospital.

20241021	UN condemns 'extensive damage', after strikes on Lebanese finance firm	Israeli escalation / invasion	The United Nations condemned on Monday Israeli strikes the night before targeting a Lebanese firm that, it said, caused "extensive damage" to civilian property and infrastructure.

20241021	Arab League calls for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territories	Israeli escalation / invasion / regional response	Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has called for the Israeli regime’s prompt withdrawal from Lebanese territories it has occupied amid the Tel Aviv regime's ground offensive against the country.
20241021	Fears rise over Lebanon's growing displacement crisis	Israeli escalation / invasion / forced displacement	As the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues, fears are rising over the burgeoning humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, where the government says more than a million people have been displaced by violence. With state institutions unable to cope, charities, businesses and citizens have been stepping in to help, but they told FRANCE 24’s team on the ground in Lebanon that resources risk drying up.
20241021	Biden 'deeply concerned' by leak of classified Israel attack documents	Israeli escalation / invasion / Iran	'You can rest assured that [Biden] will be actively monitoring the progress of the investigative effort to figure out how this happened,' says spokesperson
20241021	Biden 'deeply concerned' about apparent leak of Israel plan to attack Iran	Israeli escalation / invasion / Iran	President Joe Biden is "deeply concerned" about a leak of classified documents that contain the US's assessment of Israeli plans to attack Iran, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
20241021	US ‘deeply concerned’ by intelligence leak over Israel plan to attack Iran	Israeli escalation / invasion / Iran	Officials say no further leaks but investigation under way into how documents came to be published on Telegram
20241021	Israel busts spy ring acting for Iran, security services say	Israeli escalation / invasion / Iran	Israel's security services have broken up a spy ring that was gathering information on behalf of Iranian intelligence in the latest attempt by Tehran to recruit Israelis for espionage, the Shin Bet and police said on Monday.
20241021	Seven Israelis arrested for spying for Iran, providing info on army bases	Israeli escalation / invasion / Iran	Prosecutors allege they completed some 600 missions for Iran, including gathering intelligence on sensitive military and infrastructure sites and identifying potential human targets for Iran.
20241021	What leaked US assessment of Israeli plans to strike Iran shows	Israeli escalation / invasion / Iran	The documents, which appeared on the messaging app Telegram on Friday, appear to reveal details of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) plans for coming missile strikes on Iran.

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20241022	Hezbollah claims responsibility for drone attack on Netanyahu holiday home	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hezbollah spokesman also acknowledges that some of the group’s fighters have been taken captive by the Israeli military.
20241022	Video: Rescuers search for survivors after Israeli strike in Beirut	Israeli escalation / invasion	Video shows emergency crews searching the wreckage of buildings in southern Beirut after Israeli air attacks killed at least 13 people, with others missing feared dead.
20241022	Video: Child among victims of Israeli attack near Beirut hospital	Israeli escalation / invasion	Video shows a building on fire after an Israeli attack near a hospital in a residential area of southern Beirut. Lebanon’s health ministry says four people were killed and 24 people were injured.
20241022	Lebanon says 13 including a child killed in Israel strike near south Beirut hospital	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanon's health ministry on Tuesday said 13 people, including a child, were killed in an Israeli strike near a south Beirut hospital the previous night, revising upwards its initial toll of four.
20241022	Lebanon says 18 killed in Israeli strike near southern Beirut hospital	Israeli escalation / invasion	Another 60 people were injured when at least three buildings about 50m (160ft) from Rafik Hariri University hospital were destroyed in the Jnah neighbourhood on Monday night.

20241022	UN rights chief 'appalled' by Israeli strike near hospital	Israeli escalation / invasion	UN human rights chief Volker Türk condemned an Israeli strike near the Rafik Hariri Hospital, which killed 18. Israel said it wasn't targeting the facility.

20241022	Fresh Israeli airstrike kills 5, injures 7 in eastern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Airstrike targets building in Ras al-Ain hills in Baalbek
20241022	'Everyone flew through the air': Survivors describe Israeli strike on Beirut that killed 18	Israeli escalation / invasion	story -- Mohammed Sukayneh picked his way through slabs of rubble and twisted metal, clutching a few plastic bags - all he could recover from his home of 45 years.
20241022	Video: Israeli military claims killing of Hezbollah commander in Damascus	Israeli escalation / invasion / assassination	Israel’s military says a strike in the Syrian capital Damascus has killed a Hezbollah commander who was responsible for the transfer of weapons from Iran.

20241022	Video shows Israeli strike collapse multi-storey building in Beirut	Israeli escalation / invasion / destruction	Video captured the moment an Israeli missile attack collapsed a multi-storey apartment building in southern Beirut.
20241022	Israeli strike destroys building near Beirut	Israeli escalation / invasion / destruction	The Israeli military leveled a building in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday that it said housed Hezbollah “facilities,” sending smoke and debris into the air a few hundred meters (yards) from where a spokesperson for the militant group had just briefed journalists about a weekend drone attack that damaged the Israeli prime minister’s house.
			Comment: found original video documented under "20241022 - Beirut, Lebanon - Israelis use US supplied GBU-28 bunker buster bomb to level residential building."

20241022	Lebanon death toll from Israeli attacks surpasses 2,500	Israeli escalation / invasion / targeting civilians	63 killed, 234 injured in Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Monday, Health Ministry says

20241022	At least 63 killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon in last day, says Lebanese government	Israeli escalation / invasion / targeting civilians	At least 63 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon over the last day, bringing the total death toll to 2,530, the Lebanese government said on Tuesday.

20241022	Israel says more strikes are coming against a Hezbollah-run financial institution	Israeli escalation / invasion / targeting civilians / access to finance	Israel said late Monday it planned to carry out more strikes in Lebanon against a Hezbollah-run financial institution that it targeted the night before and which it says uses customers’ deposits to finance attacks against Israel.

20241022	Amnesty says Israel strikes on Lebanese finance firm warrant war crime probe	Israeli escalation / invasion / targeting civilians / access to finance	Human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday that the Israeli military's bombing of branches of a financial firm in Lebanon should be "investigated as a war crime".

20241022	FBI says it’s investigating leak of secret documents on Israel’s possible attack plans	Israeli escalation / Iran	The FBI said Tuesday that it is investigating the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel’s preparation for a potential retaliatory attack on Iran.
20241022	FBI probing leak of US intel on Israel's attack plans for Iran	Israeli escalation / Iran	The FBI is investigating the public disclosure of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel's preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, the bureau said on Tuesday.

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20241023	Leaked UN confidential report confirms Israel targeted UN peacekeepers, used white phosphorus in Lebanon war	Israeli escalation / invasion / UNIFIL / banned weapons	A confidential report obtained by the Financial Times revealed that Israeli forces have launched at least a dozen documented targeted attacks on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, including the use of white phosphorus near UN bases, injuring 15 soldiers, and significantly damaging the UN infrastructure.

20241023	Video: Israeli forces attack Tyre in Lebanon and tell people to leave	Israeli escalation / invasion	Video shows smoke rising after a series of Israeli air attacks on the city of Tyre in Lebanon, shortly after the Israeli military issued forced displacement orders for civilians there. Many people had fled to the city to avoid attacks further south.
20241023	Why questions are being raised over the Greater Israel ideology?	Israeli escalation / invasion	Exploring the rising influence of the ‘Greater Israel’ ideology amid military tensions in Gaza and Lebanon.
20241023	Hezbollah confirms death of top leader Hashem Safieddine in Israeli strike	Israeli escalation / invasion	Safieddine was widely expected to be elected Hezbollah’s next leader after death of Hassan Nasrallah
20241023	Top Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine is dead	Israeli escalation / invasion	Hashem Safieddine, a strongman who rose through the ranks of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah over decades to become the second-most powerful person within the organization, has died.
20241023	At least 10 killed as Israel keeps up assault in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	At least ten people were killed in a new wave of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, according to Lebanese media.
20241023	Israel bombs historic Lebanese city	Israeli escalation / invasion	Huge clouds of smoke billowed above residential buildings in Tyre, a UNESCO-listed port city in south Lebanon, which Israel began bombing hours after issuing an order online telling residents to flee central areas.
20241023	Israeli strikes pound Lebanese coastal city after residents evacuate	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon’s southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending up large clouds of black smoke, while Hezbollah confirmed that a top official widely expected to be the militant group’s next leader had been killed in an Israeli strike.
20241023	Israeli strikes pound Lebanese coastal city of Tyre	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending large clouds of black smoke into the air.
20241023	Israel strikes Lebanon's Tyre, close to site of ancient Roman ruins	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel has carried out at least four air strikes on the historic Lebanese port city of Tyre, hours after expanding its evacuation orders to cover several central neighbourhoods, Lebanon’s state news agency says.
20241023	Blinken urges halt to Middle East conflict as Israel bombs historic Lebanese port city	Israeli escalation / invasion / complicity US	U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, but heavy Israeli airstrikes on a large, historic Lebanese port city demonstrated that there was no respite.
20241023	War likely to wipe 9% off Lebanon's GDP, with fallout set to exceed 2006 conflict	Israeli escalation / invasion / economy	The war between Israel and armed group Hezbollah is expected to wipe 9% off Lebanon's national wealth as measured by GDP, the United Nations said on Wednesday, with the scale of hostilities and the economic fallout set to surpass the last war in 2006.
20241023	UN says Israel-Hezbollah war likely to wipe 9% off Lebanon's GDP	Israeli escalation / invasion / economy	The war between Israel and Hezbollah is expected to wipe 9% off Lebanon's national wealth as measured by GDP, surpassing the economic fallout from the last war in 2006, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
20241023	Hezbollah targets Israeli military positions in northern parts of occupied territories	Israeli escalation / invasion / resistance	The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has launched fresh attacks on Israeli military positions in the northern occupied Palestinian territories in response to the Tel Aviv regime’s airstrikes on Lebanese towns and villages.

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20241024	Israeli air attack causes huge explosions in southern Beirut	Israeli escalation / invasion	A huge explosions hit the Lebanese capital Beirut as Israeli forces carried out air raids, said to be targeting Hezbollah. The attack destroyed a residential complex and killed at least one person.
20241024	At least 23 killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel has mounted massive air campaign against Lebanon since Septembe
20241024	Israeli army struggles to secure ground in southern Lebanon after 3-week incursion	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli forces have failed to gain control of any area in region despite deploying tens of thousands of soldiers in ground operations
20241024	Israeli airstrikes turn Lebanon's Tyre into ghost town	Israeli escalation / invasion	UNESCO site seen as safe for most of war Israeli strikes leading to new displacement Some residents stay, say nowhere is safe Residents fear they will face Gaza-like destruction.
20241024	Lebanon: Israel-Hezbollah war has displaced 420,000 children	Israeli escalation / invasion	The escalation between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah has forced some 1.2 million people to flee their homes in southern Lebanon — many of whom are children. DW spoke with Jennifer Moorehead of Save the Children.
			Comment: the headline diverts the cause to the war while war is the visualization that one sees. It doesn't displace people. In Lebanon (and Gaza), it is the Israelis who orders people to evict or force people to evict by warning them that they will be targeted..
20241024	Israel kills 3 Lebanese soldiers after deadly night in Beirut	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on non-participating army	The Lebanese army said Thursday that three of its soldiers were killed by Israeli fire while carrying out a rescue operation in the south.
20241024	Israeli strike kills 3 Lebanese Army troops	Israeli escalation / invasion / attack on non-participating army	The Lebanese soldiers were killed in an early morning strike as they were evacuating wounded people on the outskirts of southern village of Yater, the Lebanese army said.
20241024	US, Qatar working to reach diplomatic resolution to Lebanon conflict: Blinken	Israeli escalation / invasion / collusion & complicity	‘We're working with other partners to provide the Lebanese Armed Forces,’ Antony Blinken says
20241024	Israeli weapon of Beirut airstrike appears to be powerful smart bomb	Israeli escalation / invasion / collusion & complicity	In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer's camera captured the moments that a battleship-gray Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the tower down.
			Comment: that "battleship-gray Israeli bomb" is an US-made GBU-28 bunker buster bomb. That si we view the US as complicit in the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
20241024	US warns against long Israeli campaign in Lebanon, Israeli general says "sharp" end possible	Israeli escalation / invasion / collusion & complicity	The United States does not want a protracted Israeli campaign in Lebanon, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday, a month into Israel's military onslaught against the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
20241024	Hezbollah says it destroyed Israeli tank in southern Lebanon, killing, injuring crew	Israeli escalation / invasion / defense	The Lebanese group said it attacked the tank with a “guided missile,” causing it to catch fire, and the crew was either killed or wounded.
20241024	Hezbollah says Israeli soldiers killed, tanks destroyed in Lebanon border town	Israeli escalation / invasion / defense	In a statement released on Thursday, Hezbollah said its fighters were engaged in “heavy clashes in Aita al-Shaab” at close range. The resistance fighters also hit a Merkava tank that came to assist the Israeli troops. It reported a separate hit on a Merkava tank using a guided missile.
20241024	Hezbollah claims to have hit Tel Aviv military factory	Israeli escalation / invasion / defense	Hezbollah has said it struck a military manufacturing firm in the Tel Aviv suburbs with rockets, claiming the hit was accurate.
20241024	Israeli army chief sees possibility for 'sharp conclusion' to Hezbollah conflict	Israeli escalation / invasion / IOF	Israeli military chief said there was a possibility for a "sharp conclusion" to the conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, the military said on Thursday.

20241024	Lebanon local official says 19 killed in Israeli strike on family's home	Israeli escalation / invasion / targeting families in whole or in part	Suad Hammoud says that the dead included former school principal Ahmed Ezzedine and three generations of his family, who all lived in the three-storey building in the village of Teffahta.

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20241030	Israeli foreign minister threatens new Hezbollah leader with fate of predecessor	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel Katz warns Naim Qassem of facing same fate as Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed airstrike
20241030	Israel issues evacuation warning for Lebanon's Baalbek, including Roman ruins area	Israeli escalation / invasion	The Israeli military issued a new evacuation warning on Wednesday for residents of a large area of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek and its 3,000-year-old Roman ruins.
20241030	At least 30 killed in new Israeli attacks on eastern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion	At least 30 people were killed and several injured Wednesday in three Israeli attacks against eastern Lebanon, according to officials. Eight people were killed in an initial assessment following an airstrike on a residential home in Bednayel in the Baalbek district, according to the state Health Ministry.
20241030	Israeli strikes kill 19 people including eight women in two towns in Lebanon's Baalbek, health ministry says	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli strikes killed 19 people including eight women in two towns in Lebanon's Baalbek region, the Lebanese health ministry said on Wednesday
20241030	Lebanon's only burn unit treats toddlers after Israeli strikes	Israeli escalation / invasion	story -- Wrapped in gauze from her head to her tiny toes, toddler Ivana Skayki lies nearly motionless in a hospital bed much too big for her. For weeks, she has been treated for severe burns sustained in Israeli strikes on her hometown in southern Lebanon.
20241030	Israel strikes historic Lebanese city of Baalbek after ordering evacuation	Israeli escalation / invasion / culture & heritage	Israeli strikes have killed 19 people, including eight women, in and around Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek, the country's health ministry said.
20241030	US urges Israel to protect civilian lives, cultural sites in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion / culture & heritage	The United States on Wednesday urged Israel to protect civilian lives and cultural sites in Lebanon after Israel began heavy airstrikes on the historic city of Baalbek and surrounding villages in the eastern Bekaa region.
20241030	UN urges protection of cultural sites after Israeli strikes in Lebanon's Baalbek	Israeli escalation / invasion / culture & heritage	"Clearly, we do not want to see any harm, tend to people and also to the cultural heritage," spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference.

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20241031	Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill six medics	Israeli escalation / invasion	At least six health workers have been killed in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon as Israel has bombarded areas around the ancient eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek for a second day after issuing forced evacuation orders.
20241031	Israel strikes historic Lebanese city of Baalbek after ordering evacuation	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israeli strikes have killed 19 people, including eight women, around Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek, the country's health ministry has said.
20241031	UN says one child a day killed in Israel’s war on Lebanon in past month	Israeli escalation / invasion / children	“Since October 4 of this year, at least one child has been killed and 10 injured daily,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said on Thursday and added that “the ongoing war in Lebanon is upending children’s lives.”
20241031	Waves of rocket fire from Lebanon hit Israel, killing 7 in deadliest strikes since Israeli invasion	Israeli escalation / invasion / resistance	Rocket barrages fired from Lebanon killed seven people in northern Israel on Thursday, authorities said, hitting agricultural areas along the border and near the city of Haifa in back-to-back attacks that represented the deadliest spate of strikes from Lebanon since the Israeli military invaded the country earlier this month.
20241031	Seven killed in Israel in deadliest Hezbollah rocket strikes in months	Israeli escalation / invasion / resistance	Two separate Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed seven people in northern Israel, authorities say - the deadliest such strikes in months.
20241031	Seven Civilians Killed in Hezbollah Rocket Barrages on Northern Israel	Israeli escalation / invasion / resistance	Rockets fired from Lebanon on Thursday killed seven civilians in northern Israel and wounded several more. An Israeli and four Thai nationals were killed in the first incident, which took place in Metula along the Israel-Lebanon border.
20241031	UN peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon targeted 30 times in October	Israeli escalaltion / invasion / UNIFIL	UNIFIL attributes 20 incidents to the Israeli military of which it says seven were ‘clearly deliberate’ attacks.
20241031	Iran preparing strike on Israel from Iraqi territory within days, Axios reports	Israeli escalaltion / Iran	Israeli intelligence suggests Iran is preparing to attack Israel from Iraqi territory in the coming days, possibly before the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5, Axios reported on Thursday, citing two unidentified Israeli sources.

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