Lebanon's health ministry: Israel kills at least 3,648 people since March Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,468 people and and wounded another 10,577 since 2 March, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
Fresh round of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire talks begins in Washington Lebanon's National News Agency is reporting that the fourth-round of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations have begun. The agency said that the talks at taking place at US State Department headquarters in Washington. Meanwhile Israeli bombardment has continued to pound southern Lebanon, after the US reportedly intervened to halt a renewed Israeli assault on Beirut.
Countries that rely on US-made air defence system feel increasingly exposed as interceptor supplies dwindle Russia is exploiting a critical global shortage of air defence interceptor missiles as it ramps up its airstrikes against Ukraine, amid warnings that a shortfall for the Patriot system in particular is creating a “window of vulnerability” for the countries that rely on them. The MIM-104 Patriot manufactured by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin is the primary surface-to-air system of the US military to shoot down ballistic missiles, and has been widely relied on by US allies – not least in the Gulf, as well as by Ukraine. Continue reading...
Two children among bodies recovered from Israeli attack on southern Lebanon Two children and a woman are reported to be among six bodies recovered by emergency teams from the rubble of a residential building in southern Lebanon targeted by an Israeli attack on Monday. The country's civil defence agency said earlier on Tuesday that its teams have been conducting searches in the building - which is located in the town of Marwaniyeh in the Sidon district- since yesterday evening. The Lebanese Ministry of Health subsequently confirmed that the fatalities include a woman and two children, with another woman, a child and four other people wounded in the attack.
Lebanon parliament speaker says he would guarantee Hezbollah’s commitment to ‘global ceasefire’ with Israel Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri would guarantee Hezbollah’s adherence to a “global ceasefire” with Israel if such an agreement is reached, his adviser told AFP on Tuesday. Berri, who leads the Hezbollah-allied Amal movement, has long acted as a key intermediary between the Iran-backed group and Washington, which designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. “Speaker Berri’s main demand is a global ceasefire,” adviser Ali Hamdan said.
Armed Forces Under-secretary Al Carns has said Britains adversaries would not hesitate to deploy systems that kill without human approval The UK must prepare for the possibility of "taking the human out of the loop" using highly automated weapons systems, according to Al Carns, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for the armed forces.
An Israeli campaign that started with high hopes has devolved into a kind of impasse, with Hezbollah looking more capable than it did when the war began.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that Tehran would stand against the Zionist regime if its attacks on Lebanon continue, saying Iran has been seriously pursuing efforts to halt the assaults over the past days.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Quds Force warned that continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the Gaza Strip could lead to efforts to make maritime traffic conditions in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait comparable to those in the Strait of Hormuz.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy announced that it targeted a vessel owned by a US-Israeli entity in a retaliatory operation following a US attack on an Iranian ship in the Sea of Oman.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters warned residents of northern parts of the occupied territories and military settlements to leave the area if the Zionist regime follows through on its threat to attack Beirut and its southern suburbs.
BEIRUT, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Israel has escalated its military operations in Lebanon in recent days, threatening to expand military control in southern Lebanon and strike Beirut despite a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that took effect in mid-April. Tensions appeared to ease late Monday after U. S.
Israeli military says it intercepted missiles from Lebanon this morning while Netanyahu says his forces will continue operating in the south of the country Trump says Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to ‘stop all shooting’ Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. Donald Trump has hailed an agreement to de-escalate the fighting in Lebanon , which has killed thousands of people and inflamed tensions in the broader US-Israeli war with Iran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) threatened to open “new fronts” and keep the strait of Hormuz closed over Israel’s offensive in Lebanon, state media reported.
Israeli strikes and shelling continue across southern Lebanon Israeli forces continued attacks across southern Lebanon on Tuesday, with artillery shelling reported near Nabatieh and air strikes targeting the villages of Shukin and Kafr Tibnit, according to reports from the ground. Israeli drones also carried out three strikes on the town of Tallet Tol in the Nabatieh district. In a separate incident, an Israeli air attack struck an area near Tibnin, as military operations continued across southern Lebanon despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to secure a lasting ceasefire.
Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, US President Donald Trump says diplomacy is gaining momentum on two fronts, claiming Hezbollah agreed to stop firing on Israeli forces and expressing optimism about reaching an agreement with Iran within days. However, fighting in Lebanon continues, with Israeli air strikes reported overnight and growing international concern over the expanding conflict. Here are the latest developments: Trump says he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull troops back from Beirut and claimed Hezbollah representatives agreed to halt attacks.
Video: Israel plans military-controlled area near Litani River, Katz says Israeli defence minister Israeli Katz, speaking in Tel Aviv on Monday, vowed to establish a military-controlled zone in the area of south Lebanon’s Litani River. Katz also said that Beirut would face continuous air strikes if attacks on Israel continued. His comments come after Israeli forces seized the Beaufort Castle and the strategic ridge surrounding it in southern Lebanon as it continued to expand its offensive despite a nominal ceasefire.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry warned that any violation of the April 2026 ceasefire on one front amounts to a breach of the truce across all fronts, holding the US responsible for continued ceasefire violations against Iran and for the Israeli regime’s attacks on Lebanon.
French UN envoy calls Israeli incursion into Lebanon a ‘strategic mistake’ French Ambassador to the United Nations Jerome Bonnafont described Israel’s expanding military incursion into Lebanon as a “major strategic mistake”, warning that the raising of an Israeli flag over Beaufort Castle reflected a “worrying return to the past”. Bonnafont said Hezbollah, with support from Iran, had helped drag Lebanon into war, but stressed that there was no justification for the continuation of Israeli military operations. The French envoy reiterated France’s position that a political and diplomatic solution remains the only viable path to long-term stability in Lebanon and the region.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hezbollah will not agree to a limited or phased ceasefire, a senior Lebanese lawmaker said, adding that the movement insists instead on a complete cessation of Israeli aggression throughout Lebanon.
US lawmaker urges halt to military assistance for Israel US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar condemned Israel’s military actions in Lebanon and called for an immediate end to US military aid to Israel. In a post on X, Omar said: “The lesson Israel has learned, time and again, is that it can commit genocide and other atrocities with near-total impunity. ” She added, “Now it’s exporting the Gaza playbook to Lebanon,” arguing that “Israel’s war in Lebanon is killing thousands and displacing over a million.
