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UK delays decision on banning some arms sales to Israel amid Lebanon crisis

Date: 2024-07-30 22:24:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:10808845

LONDON, July 30 (MENA) – The escalating crisis in Lebanon and legal difficulties in defining UK arms exports used solely for offensive purposes has prompted Britain to delay making a decision on banning some arms sales to Israel, The Guardian ....

US will help Israel defend itself in Lebanon war, Austin says

Date: 2024-07-30 21:33:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:10808809

WASHINGTON/ MANILA, July 30 (MENA) – The United States would help Israel defend itself should a full-scale war break out with Lebanon, the country’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters in the Philippines as Lebanon braced for an Israeli ....

Israel’s strikes on Lebanon blatant violation of int’l law - Russian foreign ministry

Date: 2024-07-30 21:27:59 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:10808797

MOSCOW, July 30 (MENA) - Israel’s strikes on Lebanon constitute a flagrant violation of international law, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement reported by TASS on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Israeli army said earlier that its forces had ....

Israel targets Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike

Date: 2024-07-30 21:26:28 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:10808796

BEIRUT, July 30 (MENA) – Israel says it launched a strike in Beirut, Lebanon, targeting a Hezbollah commander that it blamed for a deadly attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, CNN reported. At least one person was killed and several ....

Israeli strike in Lebanon's southern suburb leaves 1 woman killed, 68 injured

Date: 2024-07-30 20:44:27 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10808807

BEIRUT, July 30 (MENA) - An Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut left one woman killed and 68 people injured, according to initial reports announced by the Lebanese Health Ministry. In a statement Tuesday, the ministry said that ....

Canada urges citizens to leave Lebanon

Date: 2024-07-30 20:11:55 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:10808794

OTTAWA, July 30 (MENA) - Canada on Tuesday reiterated a call for its citizens to leave Lebanon while they can, saying the security situation in the country was becoming increasingly volatile and unpredictable due to the conflict between Israel and ....

Woman killed, others injured in Israeli strike on Lebanon's Beirut

Date: 2024-07-30 19:46:44 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10808750

BEIRUT, July 30 (MENA) - A woman was killed and several others were injured, some seriously, as a result of an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported. Ambulances rushed to ....

Israel claims responsibility for strike in Lebanon's Beirut

Date: 2024-07-30 19:45:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10808678

RAMALLAH, July 30 (MENA) - The Israeli military said it carried out a "targeted strike" in southern Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday. It said the strike was on a Lebanese Hezbollah commander they say is responsible for last Saturday's attack that ....

Palestinian youth, minor succumb to critical injury from Israeli army gunfire

Date: 2024-07-30 19:43:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:10808752

RAMALLAH, July 30 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth and a minor were killed by Israeli army gunfire in north and south the West Bank. The Palestinian youth died of his critical injury after being shot with live rounds fired by Israeli occupation ....

US to pursue diplomacy to avoid escalation of Israel-Hezbollah conflict

Date: 2024-07-30 19:22:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10808749

WASHINGTON, July 30 (MENA) - The US will continue pursuing diplomacy to avert an escalation of the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, the US State Department said on Tuesday. "We're continuing to work toward a diplomatic ....