gray oak Aug 3, 2023, 5:22 PM

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A thread to discuss, share footage, and (perhaps) research events happening in Lebanon.

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Tip: If you use "عين الحلوة" on social-media, which is Ain al-Hilweh in Arabic, you'll find more footage.

gray oak Aug 3, 2023, 5:43 PM

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https://www.newarab.com/news/lebanon-warns-army-intervention-if-camp-clashes-continue

The New Arab

Lebanon warns of army intervention if camp clashes continue

Lebanon's caretake prime minister condemned and urged an end to the ongoing clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh camp in southern Lebanon over a phone call with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

gray oak Aug 3, 2023, 6:02 PM

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https://twitter.com/beirutcalling/status/1687139132441600004?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

Michael Young (@BeirutCalling)

My colleague @MohanadHageAli writes the ongoing fighting in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon may be part of an Iranian effort to weaken Fatah and strengthen a united front to undermine normalization with Israel, at Diwan: https://t.co/Mfk4ctomnp #AinAlHelweh

gray oak Aug 4, 2023, 12:45 PM

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https://twitter.com/s_hm2030/status/1687443804570161152?s=20 this video displays damage done to buildings. given the white and blue one it is probably near the school (possibly a UN one) where the Fatah guy got shot.

الردع السعودي ١٧٢٧م 🇸🇦 (@s_hm2030)

كعادتهم منذ 75 سنة .. "مرتزقة الكضية" يتركون إسرائيل التي تحتل وطنهم ويذهبون يقاتلون بعضهم في دول عربية!!
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صورًا تُظهر حجم الدمار الكبير الذي خلّفته الاشتباكات في مخيم #عين_الحلوة للاجئين الفلسطينيين في جنوب لبنان👇

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cunning copper Aug 4, 2023, 11:15 PM

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the Saudi embassy in Lebanon issued a travel warning this evening calling on its citizens to return to Saudi Arabia as soon as possible

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https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1687579710589644800

cunning copper Aug 4, 2023, 11:38 PM

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https://t.me/ShehabTelegram/386788

وكالة شهاب

سفارة الكويت لدى لبنان: ندعو الكويتيين المتواجدين في لبنان التزام الحيطة والحذر والابتعاد عن مواقع الاضطرابات الأمنية والتقيد بالتعليمات الصادرة عن السلطات المحلية.

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Kuwaiti Embassy in Lebanon: We call on Kuwaitis in Lebanon to remain vigilant, stay away from security disturbance sites, and adhere to the instructions issued by the local authorities.

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https://twitter.com/ahdath_kw/status/1687608512178782208?s=46&t=5NAcIsx5j65nOQwXG1HuoA

الاحداث الكويتية 🇰🇼 (@Ahdath_kw)

عاجل/ سفارة الكويت في لبنان : على الكويتيين إلتزام الحيطة والحذر والإبتعاد عن مواقع الإضطرابات الأمنية في بعض المناطق والتقيد بالتعليمات الصادرة عن السلطات المحلية المختصة.

على أتم استعداد لتواصل المواطنين الكرام بخصوص أية استفسارات على رقم طوارئ السفارة:
009617117144

#لبنان

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Urgent / Kuwaiti Embassy in Lebanon: Kuwaitis must remain vigilant, stay away from security disturbances in some areas, and adhere to the instructions issued by the competent local authorities.

We are fully prepared to contact the honorable citizens regarding any inquiries at the embassy's emergency number:

009617117144

lebanon

cunning copper Aug 5, 2023, 12:03 AM

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/port-of-beirut-explosion-aftermath-scars-on-already-broken-lebanon

the Guardian

The aftermath: how the Beirut explosion has left scars on an alread...

The long read: Three years ago, a huge explosion ripped the city apart – and with it people’s hopes for rebuilding. The most vulnerable, many of them women, are bearing the brunt of Lebanon’s endless disasters

gray oak Aug 5, 2023, 6:12 AM

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cunning copper the Saudi embassy in Lebanon issued a travel warning this evening calling on its...

Interesting.

cunning copper Aug 5, 2023, 10:00 PM

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https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1687902558847959042

The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex)

BREAKING: Bahrain calls on its nationals to leave Lebanon

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cunning copper Aug 10, 2023, 3:50 PM

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https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1689435089808277504?t=Mvz7HfVVmGWWBZpqaKN7bQ&s=19

Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman)

In light of today’s clashes in the village of Kahaleh, Lebanon that have caused at least two deaths, protestors are targeting Hezbollah with their powerful message saying they are the resistance against the Iranian occupation in Lebanon.

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https://twitter.com/Levitt_Matt/status/1689357055381868544 a lot happening yesterday in Lebanon

Matthew Levitt (@Levitt_Matt)

Today in Lebanon:

Truck carrying #Hezbollah weapons overturns in Christian town leading to 1 local & 1 Hezbollahi killed
LAF appears to be trying to secure weapons to return them to Hezbollah
#Hezbollah abducts & assassinates LF official

gray oak Aug 10, 2023, 10:18 PM

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Lebanon

gray oak Aug 11, 2023, 9:02 AM

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https://twitter.com/salahmari20/status/1689777270364270593?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

سعيد الاحمري (@sAlahmari20)

حسين مرتضائي

هذه هي الضاحيه الجنوبيه #لبنان والصوره تشهد عناصر مليشياويه منفلته وأكوام من الأسلحه والذخائر ،هذا ماتمارسونه يومياًعلى المواطن اللبناني المسكين،لماذا لاتتحدث عمن أطلق النار ويطلقه كل يوم #الكحاله

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https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-hezbollah-weapons-bekaa-highway-6ec881d1aa1c484e3fd80d186df35fc0

AP News

Bullets hit Lebanese defense minister's car as he was on the road n...

A Lebanese security official says two bullets hit the car of the country's caretaker defense minister while he was in a convoy near Beirut. No one was hurt.

gray oak Aug 17, 2023, 10:10 AM

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https://x.com/lorienttoday/status/1691865899169444189?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

L'Orient Today (@lorienttoday)

The US announced a series of sanctions Wednesday against Green Without Borders (GWB), a Lebanese environmental NGO accused of providing "support to and cover" for Hezbollah: https://t.co/YCzQgiEXI5

gray oak Aug 17, 2023, 1:24 PM

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https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/08/17/beirut-airport-safety-fears-flagged-in-global-watchdog-report/

The National

Beirut airport: Safety fears flagged in global watchdog report

Concerns relating to air-traffic control must be addressed with utmost urgency, report says

gray oak Aug 24, 2023, 12:32 PM

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https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1347241/men-surround-hurl-insults-at-lgbtq-friendly-bar-in-mar-mikhael.html

L'Orient Today

Beirut bar attacked in latest assault on LGBTQ+ community

''Jnoud al-Rab attacked the venue and held everyone hostage and refused to let people out …,'' Tarek Zeidan, executive director of the Helem LGBTQ+ rights organization, told L'Orient...

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https://twitter.com/joudsally/status/1694450487628591136?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

Sally Abou AlJoud | سالي (@JoudSally)

Members of the Christian group “Jnoud al-Rab” ambushed Om Barroom pub in Mar Mikhael, Beirut, amid a drag show it was hosting this evening.

The members could be heard threatening, “Promoting homosexuality is forbidden,” “this is just the beginning.”

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ashen tree Aug 31, 2023, 9:55 AM

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gray oak https://twitter.com/joudsally/status/1694450487628591136?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQ...

@thin karma the Middle East isn't your main area of focus, but you might find this interesting.

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Here is some background info on that Jnoud Al-Rab group https://beirut-today.com/2023/01/09/how-did-jnoud-el-rab-come-to-be/

Beirut Today

Karim Safieddine

How did Jnoud el Rab come to be? - Beirut Today

In the past few months, a group of a few hundred men roaming the streets of Achrafieh made headlines in Lebanon. They called themselves “Jnoud Al-Rab”, which roughly translates to “Soldiers of God”, and identified themselves as a newly-established Christian militant group. The group set out to openly wage war against refugees, the LGBTQ+ communi...

gray oak Sep 1, 2023, 5:51 PM

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https://twitter.com/tony_tawkk/status/1697517115756982678?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg came across footage from the group like this too, @thin karma

tony (@tony_tawkk)

جنود الرب - فرع طرابلس 🌈

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gray oak Sep 4, 2023, 6:57 AM

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https://t.co/ZsH86Q2xrJ

L'Orient Today

End of suspense: Barbie to be released in Lebanese cinemas on Sept. 7

''Don’t miss Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the blockbuster of the summer, Barbie The Movie,'' wrote VOX Cinemas, the film's distributor in the country, on...

gray oak Sep 9, 2023, 10:09 AM

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Heavy fighting again in Ain al-Hilweh RC.

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Pro-Hezbollah account:

https://twitter.com/hoseinmortada/status/1700450216434909276?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

حسين مرتضى Hussein Mortada (@HoseinMortada)

مشاهد من استمرار المعارك في مخيم #عين_الحلوة
#صيدا

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https://twitter.com/orientnews/status/1700046454390206800

Orient أورينت (@OrientNews)

تجدد الاشتباكات بالأسلحة الثقيلة والرشاشة بمخيم #عين_الحلوة⁩ في #لبنان ⁩بعد انهيار الهدنة بين الفصائل #الفلسطينية
#أورينت

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frail fractal Sep 9, 2023, 1:52 PM

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https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1700409976953467094?s=20

شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn)

تغطية صحفية: تجدد الاشتباكات في مخيم عين الحلوة للاجئين الفلسطينيين في لبنان، صباح اليوم.

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gray oak Sep 10, 2023, 9:26 PM

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https://twitter.com/zeinakhodraljaz/status/1700935039943421963

Zeina Khodr (@ZeinakhodrAljaz)

#Lebanon Army statement- 5 soldiers wounded when 3 shells fired from inside AIN el Helweh landed near their positions at the entrance of the Palestinian refugee camp - one of the soldiers is in critical condition

frail fractal Sep 11, 2023, 7:35 AM

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https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-palestinians-refugees-clashes-camps-8f342f0a717ad01de57ec3340c9fd625

Islamist factions in a troubled Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon say they will honor a cease-fire

AP News

Islamist factions in a troubled Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon...

Islamist factions in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp say they will abide by a cease-fire after three days of clashes killed at least five people and left hundreds of families displaced.

gray oak Sep 11, 2023, 9:42 AM

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https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1348333/lebanons-forgotten-airfields.html

L'Orient Today

Lebanon’s forgotten airfields

L’Orient-Le Jour takes you back in time to the origins of these airfields and airports.How many runways and airfields can a country with a surface area of a bit over 10,000 square kilometers...

gray oak Sep 16, 2023, 5:57 AM

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https://twitter.com/lorienttoday/status/1702730155938963670?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

L'Orient Today (@lorienttoday)

Gone are Lebanon’s days of geopolitical significance. Today, Lebanon resembles an island, isolated from the world stage and pushed to its sidelines: https://t.co/Qlnq5w2xQf

gray oak Sep 17, 2023, 1:02 PM

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https://twitter.com/nippysweety01/status/1703338738330267889?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

Nippy Sweety (@NippySweety01)

The Lebanese army storms a Syrian refugee camp in the Bekaa region and confiscates solar panels.

The Lebanese army, effectively subservient to Hezbollah, is armed & backed by the US & UK governments.
Was this part of @BarackObama's & @POTUS' "legacy deal" or just an added extra?

gray oak Sep 26, 2023, 5:07 PM

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https://twitter.com/political_aya__/status/1706716566459404741?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

aya (@political_aya__)

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will deliver a speech on Monday 2/10/2023 during the ceremony held by Hezbollah in celebration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) and his grandson Imam Jaafar Sadeq (as). The ceremony is set to start at 8 p.m. Beirut time.

gray oak Sep 29, 2023, 6:03 PM

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https://twitter.com/glcarlstrom/status/1707639547452879033?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom)

"Money talks, wealth whispers. Except in Lebanon, a country struggling to exit a deep economic crisis, where wealth has been screaming louder than usual." Great, depressing @rayajalabi piece on Lebanon's two-track economy. https://t.co/nEOpxJJpZe

gray oak Sep 30, 2023, 5:07 PM

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@thin karma @ashen tree already archiving the footage.

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storm garnet Sep 30, 2023, 5:08 PM

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gray oak

I have the tower in the video

gray oak Sep 30, 2023, 5:08 PM

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storm garnet I have the tower in the video

yep

elfin parcel Sep 30, 2023, 5:10 PM

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In the last second you see the Quasar Tower, too.

gray oak Sep 30, 2023, 5:11 PM

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elfin parcel In the last second you see the Quasar Tower, too.

yes and it all started in front of the Embassy of Belgium in Lebanon.

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this is the place the bald dude is talking.

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gray oak Sep 30, 2023, 5:17 PM

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storm garnet I have the tower in the video

is there more footage?

gray oak Sep 30, 2023, 5:18 PM

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storm garnet I have the tower in the video

the guy having made that 360 photo might actually be a family member of a Lebanese friend of mine.

storm garnet Sep 30, 2023, 5:18 PM

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Yes, of Arabic accounts ,you'll find over the link

gray oak Sep 30, 2023, 5:19 PM

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"Members of the security forces attacked activists and journalists in Riad al-Solh, following homophobic shabiha attacks on participants in"

Link: https://twitter.com/megaphone_news/status/1708121567547314385?s=20

Megaphone (@megaphone_news)

اعتدى عناصر من القوى الأمنية على ناشطين وصحافيين في رياض الصلح استكمالا للاعتداءات التي نفذها شبيحة هوموفوبيين على مشاركين في #مسيرة_الحريات

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https://maps.app.goo.gl/9jNYq55KhSWfUMNr8

33°53'42.0"N 35°30'14.6"E · El, El Amir Bachir, Beirut, Lebanon

El, El Amir Bachir, Beirut, Lebanon

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correction:

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it's here: 33.89525189830454, 35.503241294089584

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gray oak Sep 30, 2023, 5:47 PM

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anyways there's a bunch more footage, I'll geolocate them all.

gray oak Oct 1, 2023, 7:29 PM

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https://twitter.com/husseinch96/status/1708512328336158776?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

Hussein Cheaito | حسين شعيتو (@husseinch96)

Last night, a group of men attacked a gathering in ‘Cloud59’ bar in Tyre, bashing people & trashing the place.

And though it was not an event specifically catering for LGBTQ+ folk, the attack still happened. Gun shots, terror, & sporadic violence filled every inch of the place.

gray oak Oct 2, 2023, 6:58 AM

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https://www.newarab.com/features/how-lebanons-biggest-landfill-making-everyone-sick

The New Arab

How Lebanon's biggest landfill is making everyone sick

Lebanon's biggest landfill is another 'Beirut port explosion' located at the heart of the capital, but this time, its effects are silent and invisible to the naked eye.

gray oak Oct 2, 2023, 8:07 PM

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Speech by Nasrallah from Hezhollah. It includes some homophobic slurs, so be warned. Further it consists of glorification of Shiite Islam and aggression towards Israel (as usual).

https://twitter.com/political_aya__/status/1708897010261111253?s=46&t=6Sn-YGNglfw_u6qQZWxDFg

aya (@political_aya__)

speech started
sharing highlights below

wet locust Jan 16, 2025, 2:02 PM

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https://x.com/NCNE_Lebanon/status/1879595604684476583

National Center for Natural Hazards &Early Warning (@NCNE_Lebanon) ...

🛰️Continuing the efforts of NCNE of @CNRSL , the assessment has now extended to the southern border villages, utilizing high-resolution satellite imagery dated from 12 to 16 December 2024, combined with Geospatial AI.

storm garnet Jan 24, 2025, 2:49 PM

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrn0nwn0eqo

Mostly civilians were killed in IDF attack on Lebanon village, BBC ...

The missile strike on a Lebanese apartment block targeting Hezbollah left mostly civilians dead, BBC finds.

prisma dome Jan 28, 2025, 12:50 AM

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storm garnet https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrn0nwn0eqo

Really great investigation. I'm surprised they didn't mention that the munitions were US made GBU-39s though.

prisma dome Jan 28, 2025, 1:30 AM

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Looks like fragment is photographed on the roof of one of the buildings just north of the building that was targeted at 33.551193, 35.408756

References for munition ID:
https://armamentresearch.com/diagnostic-remnants-of-the-gbu-39/
https://osmp.ngo/collection/small-diameter-bomb-gbu-39-visual-guide/

last chasm Feb 15, 2025, 3:51 AM

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https://x.com/UNIFIL_/status/1890505983689990355

UNIFIL (@UNIFIL_) on X

Statement:

This evening a UNIFIL convoy taking peacekeepers to Beirut airport was violently attacked, and a vehicle was set on fire. UNIFIL’s outgoing Deputy Force Commander, who was returning home after ending his mission, was injured.

misty wraith Jul 4, 2025, 4:45 PM

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https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/who-gets-the-guns-in-lebanon
(archived https://archive.ph/Ufh7M)

The New Yorker

Who Gets the Guns in Lebanon?

As the Lebanese Army tries to assert its authority in the war-torn south, calls to disarm Hezbollah are rising.

wet locust Jul 10, 2025, 5:41 AM

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An interactive map / timeline documenting incidents of Israel using white phosphorus based munitions in Lebanon since October 2023.
https://whitephosphorus.info/

White Phosphorus

Mapping, geolocating, and verifying Israel's use of white phosphorus in Lebanon over the past year.

misty wraith Sep 3, 2025, 12:58 PM

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https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2025/09/03/israeli-drones-drop-grenades-near-un-peacekeepers-in-lebanon/
(archived https://archive.ph/aEMjB)

The Irish Times

Israeli drones drop grenades near UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

Force describes incident as ‘one of the most serious attacks on Unifil personnel and assets’ since end of Israel-Hizbullah war