Israel: Terrorism in the West Bank is fast becoming more sophisticated, deadly

In barely a week, the Israel Defense Forces has lost two fighters to powerful roadside bombs in the West Bank. Cpt. Alon Sacgiu, 22, a sniper team commander in the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit, was killed in an explosion Read More …

Hezbollah, Iran have turned the Galilee into a weapons-testing ground

In Wednesday’s incident, two relatively small but accurate explosive drones were launched in a coordinated manner, in a way that not only caused fatal damage to the rescue and medical teams that arrived within a few minutes, but also penetrated Read More …

U.S. Beirut embassy comes under shooting attack

A gunman fired shots at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut on Wednesday, the Lebanese army said. The army said it fired back and injured the attacker, a Syrian national, who was then taken to hospital for treatment, according to some Read More …

Sri Lankan peacekeepers visit Chinese peacekeeping troops’ barracks in Lebanon

Sri Lankan peacekeepers recently visited the barracks of the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Multi-role Engineering Company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The two sides exchanged views on the current security situation in the mission area and shared Read More …

Israel: Four IDF soldiers wounded in explosion on Lebanese side of border

Four IDF soldiers were wounded by an unidentified explosion just inside the Lebanese side of the western border with Israel during operations related to securing the border. The IDF is still reviewing what caused the explosion but did not say Read More …

Lebanon: Chinese, French peacekeepers exchange mine clearance, EOD experience

The 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Multi-Role Engineering Company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) had exchanges on mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) with the French peacekeeping battalion on the morning of April 4, the International Day Read More …

UN observers wounded in Lebanon not hit by ‘direct or indirect fire’

The four members of the U.N.’s technical observation mission in southern Lebanon were wounded as they were carrying out a foot patrol in south Lebanon. Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the U.N. peacekeeping mission UNIFIL, said its “preliminary investigation showed that Read More …

Chinese, French peacekeeping troops in Lebanon conduct exchange activity

The 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were invited to an exchange activity with the French battalion, which also undertakes the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, on February 26. During the event, the engineering Read More …

Israeli strike in Lebanon kills two Hezbollah members

The IDF struck Hezbollah terror targets deep inside Lebanon on Monday afternoon, the military announced. At least two simultaneous strikes hit around Lebanon’s city of Baalbek, two security sources told Reuters, in the first bombardment of eastern Lebanon since regional Read More …

Israeli engineering forces clear 30 kilometers of Lebanese border routes

Engineering forces of the Alexandroni Brigade cleared close to 30 kilometers of routes near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, the military said on Wednesday, granting it significant freedom of action on the northern front. The Alexandroni Brigade, deployed from Metulla Read More …

Hezbollah’s threats to northern Israel: The evolution of drone warfare

On Monday, February 19, a drone carrying explosives struck a field near Arbel in northern Israel. This is around 30 kilometers from the Lebanon border, which meant the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had flown for some distance inside Israeli airspace. Read More …

Israel: IDF says its strikes near Sidon in Lebanon targeted Hezbollah weapons depots

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the Israeli military was behind large airstrikes near Sidon in Lebanon earlier today. Hagari says the strikes targeted weapons depots belonging to the Hezbollah terror group. Read more… Source: The Times of Israel Read More …

Argentina arrests three from Lebanon, Syria in Maccabi Games terror plot

Police in Argentina have arrested three people for suspicion of planning a terrorist attack at the Pan American Maccabi Games in Buenos Aires, according to police reports from Argentina. The Argentine Federal Police (PFA) arrested three men from Syria and Read More …

Chinese peacekeepers in Lebanon obtain mine clearance and EOD quality certification

BEIJING, Jan. 2 — The 52 members of the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) passed the mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) quality assessment conducted by the United Nations Mine Action Read More …

Israel: Alerts in north triggered by two explosive-laden drones from Lebanon

Two apparently explosive-laden drones entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon, setting off sirens in the Galilee Panhandle. One was intercepted by the Iron Dome, while the second hit an area near the northern community of Margaliot, according to the IDF. The Read More …

Chinese peacekeepers fulfill commitments on peacekeeping battlefield in Lebanon

The 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-role engineering company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), formed by troops from a brigade under the PLA 75th Group Army, concluded its peacekeeping mission and returned to China successfully on the early Read More …

Cluster Munitions: New Use, Transfers Challenge Total Ban

Civilian harm from new use of cluster munitions and recent transfers of the weapon show the urgent need for all countries to join the international ban on cluster munitions, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing the 96-page global “Cluster Read More …

Lebanon Is Still Littered With Land Mines

On a spring morning near the town of Aarab el-Louaizeh in southern Lebanon, 39-year-old Zeinab Hashem sported an unconventional outfit. In a heavy vest, helmet, and visor that chafed against her skin in the warm weather, Hashem slowly swung a Read More …

Chinese peacekeepers in Lebanon awarded UN medals of peace

A total of 410 peacekeepers of the 21st Chinese peacekeeping contingent to Lebanon were awarded UN medals of peace on Tuesday for their outstanding commitment to maintaining stability and peace in the south of the country. A medal parade ceremony Read More …