US EditionFamilies take shelter in schools as Lebanon’s government calls Hezbollah’s strike on Israel illegal
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam ordered Hezbollah to cease military actions and surrender arms after rocket attacks on Israel, with at least 31 killed in retaliatory airstrikes, officials said.
- On Monday, Lebanon's government banned Hezbollah's military activities and demanded it hand over weapons, while Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said only the state should decide on war and peace.
- Hezbollah said it struck to avenge the Saturday killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and framed the attacks as retaliation for repeated Israeli aggressions.
- Israel launched heavy airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled Beirut suburbs, killing 31 and wounding 149, while the Israeli military warned around 50 communities to evacuate and called up more than 100,000 reservists.
- Lebanese civilians fled from the south and Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, seeking refuge in schools in Beirut as highways jammed, with Ali Hamdan describing a seven-hour gridlock.
- The escalation marks the harshest stance yet toward Hezbollah, with officials saying it could fuel wider war and prompting the Prime Minister to call for international efforts to secure an Israeli commitment to stop strikes.
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The Lebanese government has taken a decision months ago to ban the military activities of Hezbollah following the attack of the pro-Iranian movement against Israel, which trained Lebanon in the regional war declared following the US-Israeli attacks against Tehran, reports AFP.
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Hezbollah historically has fit in an unusual position in Lebanese politics, being a substantial Shi’ite political party as well as a substantial Shi’ite militia that was centered on resisting Israeli military intervention on Lebanese territory. Those statuses are coming into focus again as Israel ramps up its latest war against…
Lebanese state bans Hezbollah military activities amid Israeli attacks
Lebanon bans Hezbollah's military activities amid escalating Israeli attacks, marking a significant shift in the region's dynamics. The decision follows Hezbollah's retaliation against US-Israeli actions, leading to intense strikes on Lebanese soil. Discover the unfolding tensions and the Lebanese government's stance.
As announced, Hezbollah intervenes in the war between the US and Iran. The militia attacks Israel from Lebanon, which responds militarily. Now Beirut intervenes and goes on a confrontational course to the previously tolerated organization.
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