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Euroviews. Can Lebanon finally free itself from Hezbollah's grip?

The renewed war on Lebanon's well-trodden battlefront could escalate far beyond what we are witnessing now. Yet, even one decisive blow after another will not bridge the deep ideological chasm and decades of enmity that fuel this conflict, Brent Sadler writes.

Europe News

MED 9 in Cyprus: EU Leaders meet in the shadow of the war in Lebanon

The meeting, set in the coastal city of Pafos, comes as the war between Israel and Hamas, which began in Gaza last year, has now spread into Lebanon.

Europe News

Borrell: Use 'Hezbollah's weakness' to secure Lebanon ceasefire

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.

Lebanon

Israel expands ground operation in southwestern Lebanon

The move comes after the Israeli military killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on central Beirut, which the militant group responded to with defiance.

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Israel

Gaza missiles trigger sirens in Tel Aviv on Hamas attack anniversary

Meanwhile, Hezbollah reaffirmed its commitment to support Hamas by fighting Israel along Lebanon's southern border.

Lebanon

Israeli strike kills 19 in Gaza and more strikes hit Beirut's suburbs

An Israeli strike on a mosque in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday killed at least 19 people, Palestinian officials said.

Europe News

88 francophone countries call for 'immediate' ceasefire in Lebanon

The demand comes in response to an Israeli ground operation into Lebanon, launched at the end of September to take out Hezbollah positions close to the Israeli border that has killed and displaced thousands.

World News

Airstrikes in Gaza kill nine people as Israel issues evacuation notice

Meanwhile, Israel's military gave its first evacuation warning in weeks, telling civilians in areas of central Gaza to leave ahead of strikes targeting Hamas fighters.

Europe News

Israel hits Beirut’s southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes

Meanwhile tens of thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian refugees, continued to flee the widening conflict.

World News

Israeli airstrike kills Hamas official and his family in north Lebanon

The fighting has led more than 250,000 Syrians and 82,000 Lebanese to flee north to Syria in the past two weeks.

Europe News

Wider Middle East war could have serious implications for EU — analyst

Though many countries still believe a diplomatic solution to end the conflict is achievable, so far, diplomatic efforts to ease tensions have failed to bring about concrete results.

Lebanon

Israeli strikes on Lebanon cut off main evacuation highway to Syria

Israel's military intensifies strikes on Lebanon, cutting a major highway and warning people to evacuate. Over 300,000 have fled to Syria, and health services are crippled.

Europe News

EU countries continue to evacuate citizens from Lebanon

These evacuations happened as the Israeli military issued fresh evacuation orders for communities in southern Lebanon, signalling that it may widen the ground operation launched earlier this week against the Hezbollah militant group.

Lebanon

Israel targets Beirut in a fresh wave of strikes

The attacks on Lebanon's capital come as Israeli troops battle Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.

Europe News

EU gives €30 million extra to Lebanon in humanitarian aid

The additional funds bring the total amount of monetary aid provided to more than €100 million for 2024.

Europe News

UN says refugees from Middle East crisis may try to reach Europe

A representative for the UN's refugee agency told Euronews that Europe could be seen as a refuge amid fears of a growing humanitarian catastrophe in the Middle East, prompted by the conflict between Israel, Iran, Lebanon and Hamas.

Lebanon

Central Beirut Israeli strike death toll rises to nine

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.

Lebanon

UN: Around 100,000 Lebanese refugees have fled to Syria

Over 1,000 Lebanese people have been killed and 6,000 wounded since Israel intensified cross-border attacks in southern Lebanon and Beirut, according to the Lebanese health authorities.

Lebanon

IDF continues striking Beirut amid Iranian attacks on Israel

Israel’s military said it was striking Hezbollah targets in Beirut in the early hours on Wednesday, stating its operational capabilities have not been affected by Iran’s missile strikes.

Europe News

Czechia blocks EU statement urging 'immediate ceasefire' in Lebanon

The EU fears that "any further military intervention would dramatically aggravate the situation" in the Middle East, Josep Borrell has said.

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