Donald Trump announced Wednesday via Truth Social that the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak on Thursday, marking the first direct communication between the two nations’ heads of state in 34 years. The announcement follows a Tuesday meeting in Washington, DC, where Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors held their first face-to-face diplomatic talks in over … Read more
Israeli forces have begun demolishing dozens of homes across more than 20 frontline villages in southern Lebanon as part of a military operation code-named “Silver Plow.” The military is using heavy engineering equipment to “clear” the first line of villages near the border, a tactic the IDF previously employed during its two-year offensive in the … Read more
Three consecutive Israeli airstrikes killed at least three paramedics in the southern Lebanese town of Mayfadoun on Wednesday. The attacks followed a brutal logic: the first strike created the casualties, and the subsequent strikes targeted the rescuers who rushed to save them. Fadel Serhan, 43, was among the dead. He’d spent the early weeks of … Read more
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least three paramedics on Wednesday, April 15, according to Lebanese health officials. The attacks targeted three separate rescue teams in succession as they attempted to evacuate wounded people from the town of Mayfadoun in the Nabatieh region. The victims included 43-year-old Fadel Serhan. Serhan’s team had been operating … Read more