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Lebanon

Last year
2024
As it happened
Israel vows to retaliate after Iran launches almost 200 missiles in response to Lebanon attacks
The missile attack came after Israel invaded southern Lebanon earlier today.
Updated 1 Oct 2024
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Kamala Harris says she will 'always support Israel's right to defend itself' against Hezbollah
28 Sep 2024
Israel makes return of its residents to north of the country a new 'war goal' of Gaza conflict
17 Sep 2024
'Do not wait for something to happen': Mícheál Martin urges Irish citizens to leave Lebanon
1 Aug 2024
Iran
Iran has launched missiles towards Israel, IDF spokesperson says
Updated 1 Oct 2024
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Middle East
Panic in Lebanon: 'We are on the precipice of disaster'
Hannah McCarthy reports from Beirut, where one soldier told her, ‘My advice is to leave now’.
Hannah McCarthy
1 Oct 2024
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Israel vows to retaliate after Iran launches almost 200 missiles in response to Lebanon attacks
1 Oct 2024
Irish Defence Forces confirm all soldiers 'safe' in positions across South Lebanon
1 Oct 2024
Hannah McCarthy in Lebanon: 'Hezbollah and supporters are in shock after death of Nasrallah'
30 Sep 2024
Peacekeepers
Irish Defence Forces confirm all soldiers 'safe' in positions across South Lebanon
1 Oct 2024
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UN General Assembly
Opposition TDs condemn Ireland's decision not to join walk out during Netanyahu's UN speech
30 Sep 2024
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Hezbollah
Hannah McCarthy in Lebanon: 'Hezbollah and supporters are in shock after death of Nasrallah'
The journalist in Beirut says the population has been left reeling by Israel’s latest attacks.
Hannah McCarthy
30 Sep 2024
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Israel targets Hezbollah headquarters in Lebanon with Netanyahu pledging to continue strikes
27 Sep 2024
Netanyahu tells UN that Israel will continue operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon
27 Sep 2024
Lebanon says 1,540 people have been killed in Israel-Hezbollah conflict since October
26 Sep 2024
Lebanon
Israel kills seventh Hezbollah leader as airstrikes are launched against Yemen
Hezbollah confirmed that Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of the militant group’s central council, was killed in an attack on Saturday.
29 Sep 2024
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Catholic Church
Pope denounces abuse cover-ups and calls for ceasefire in 'martyred' Lebanon as he ends Belgium trip
29 Sep 2024
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Lebanon
Israel says it has killed another top Hezbollah official in Lebanon air strike
Lebanon’s health minister said yesterday that 1,030 people – including 156 women and 87 children – have been killed in Israeli strikes in less than two weeks.
Updated 29 Sep 2024
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Hassan Nasrallah
Kamala Harris says she will 'always support Israel's right to defend itself' against Hezbollah
Updated 28 Sep 2024
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Department of Foreign Affairs
Tánaiste urges Irish citizens in Lebanon to leave as conflict escalates
28 Sep 2024
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Trade union calls for legal right for workers to refuse to assist genocidal regimes
28 Sep 2024
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Lebanon
Israel targets Hezbollah headquarters in Lebanon with Netanyahu pledging to continue strikes
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, addressing the UN in New York earlier today, said that operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon would continue.
Updated 27 Sep 2024
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Netanyahu tells UN that Israel will continue operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon
27 Sep 2024
Lebanon says 1,540 people have been killed in Israel-Hezbollah conflict since October
26 Sep 2024
United Nations
Netanyahu tells UN that Israel will continue operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon
27 Sep 2024
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Ceasefire
Starmer meets Trump in New York after calling for Gaza ceasefire in UN speech
27 Sep 2024
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Bombardment
Lebanon says 1,540 people have been killed in Israel-Hezbollah conflict since October
The US, France and other allies have jointly called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire to allow for negotiations in the escalating conflict.
Updated 26 Sep 2024
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sally rooney
'Don't turn away, keep speaking out': author Sally Rooney highlights Palestine and Lebanon in London speech
26 Sep 2024
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minister for foreign affairs
'We meet at a dangerous moment': Tánaiste addresses the UN Security Council
25 Sep 2024
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UNIFIL
Irish citizens urged to leave Lebanon as Israeli army chief warns of possible ground operation
Updated 25 Sep 2024
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Hezbollah
Israeli military chief tells troops to prepare for possible ground invasion of Lebanon
The Israel-Lebanon border is the site where Irish forces are stationed as part of a UN peacekeeping mission.
Updated 25 Sep 2024
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Push for Peace
Taoiseach tells Palestinian Authority President that Ireland 'knows what it's like' to seek recognition
Updated 25 Sep 2024
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Lebanon
'There's no bed space': Fears Beirut hospital system could collapse in wake of Israeli attacks
Monday’s bombing represented Lebanon’s “worst day in 18 years”, an Irish UNICEF worker said.
Niall O'Connor
25 Sep 2024
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cross-border strikes
Israel and Hezbollah continue exchanging fire as world leaders call for peace at UN assembly
Hezbollah claimed 18 attacks on Israel today, while the Israeli military said the group fired about 300 rockets across the border.
The UN refugee commissioner said Israeli airstrikes “are now relentlessly claiming hundreds of civilian lives” in Lebanon.
US President Joe Biden warned against a full-blown war in Lebanon.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the devastating air campaign in Lebanon.
Updated 24 Sep 2024
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Hezbollah
Tom Clonan: Israel now looks prepared to do to Lebanon what it has done to Gaza
Tom Clonan
24 Sep 2024
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As it happened
Israel condemned at the UN as Biden urges diplomatic solutions in the Middle East
The bombs continued to fall across Lebanon as world leaders gave speeches at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Updated 24 Sep 2024
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Lebanon
Lebanon death toll rises to 492 in Israeli strikes, including 35 children
The Israeli military has fired on more than 1,300 sites in Lebanon yesterday.
The resulting death toll of 492 people includes 35 children.
The UN's Special Coordinator for Lebanon has warned that the "stability of the region is at stake".
Updated 23 Sep 2024
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Netanyahu admits 'series of blows' on Hezbollah but says Israel will 'not tolerate' attacks in return
22 Sep 2024
Tom Clonan: Israel's pager attack was a mass casualty event and in effect, a terrorist attack
18 Sep 2024
Lebanon
Defence Forces personnel in Lebanon 'safe and accounted for' as Israeli air strikes intensify
23 Sep 2024
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Lebanon
Netanyahu admits 'series of blows' on Hezbollah but says Israel will 'not tolerate' attacks in return
The world is watching as the two sides exchange attacks despite calls from leaders around the world to de-escalate.
Israel is threatening to send Hezbollah a 'message'.
The deputy chief of Hezbollah has said it is ready for 'all military possibilities'.
The EU's top foreign affairs diplomat has expressed 'extreme concern' over the escalating situation.
Updated 22 Sep 2024
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Explosions
UN denounces device explosions in Lebanon as violation of international law
Updated 21 Sep 2024
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Lebanon
Israel says top Hezbollah commander among 12 people killed in strike on Beirut
A source close to Hezbollah said the strike killed the group’s elite Radwan unit chief.
Updated 20 Sep 2024
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Hannah McCarthy: Lebanon is on edge today as the country braces for an escalation of violence
Hannah McCarthy
20 Sep 2024
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Pager Explosions
Hezbollah leader says Israel will face 'tough retribution' following device blasts
The death toll from the explosions has risen to 37 people.
Lebanon's Prime Minister said a UN Security Council meeting tomorrow should "take a firm stance to stop the Israeli aggression".
The Israeli military confirmed today that it struck seven Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon overnight.
Lauren Boland
Updated 19 Sep 2024
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Hezbollah
Qatar Airways bans pagers and walkie-talkies on Lebanon flights after device explosions
19 Sep 2024
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voices
Tom Clonan: Israel's pager attack was a mass casualty event and in effect, a terrorist attack
Tom Clonan
Updated 18 Sep 2024
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beirut
At least 20 dead and hundreds wounded in new wave of hand-held device explosions in Lebanon
The UN Security Council is to meet on Friday to discuss the attacks.
The explosions come a day after pagers held by members of Hezbollah exploded simultaneously, killing 12 people and injuring thousands.
Some of today's blasts took place during funerals of those killed yesterday.
Meanwhile, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution today demanding Israel end its occupation of Palestine within 12 months.
Updated 18 Sep 2024
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Tom Clonan: Israel's pager attack was a mass casualty event and in effect, a terrorist attack
18 Sep 2024
Explosive pagers that injured thousands in Lebanon came from apparent shell company in Hungary
18 Sep 2024
Hezbollah blames Israel as nine killed and thousands injured by exploding pagers across Lebanon
17 Sep 2024
Hezbollah
Explosive pagers that injured thousands in Lebanon came from apparent shell company in Hungary
Updated 18 Sep 2024
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Pager Explosions
'New form of warfare': Tánaiste says explosives attack in Lebanon showed 'disregard for lives'
18 Sep 2024
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Lebanon
Hezbollah blames Israel as nine killed and thousands injured by exploding pagers across Lebanon
17 Sep 2024
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Kiryat Shmona
Hezbollah fires rockets, Israel strikes after attack kills Lebanon rescuers
8 Sep 2024
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Middle East
Gaza ceasefire negoations end without agreement as Israel and Hezbollah trade fire
A US official said lower level ‘working teams’ will remain in Cairo in an effort to bridge remaining gaps.
26 Aug 2024
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