Lebanon health ministry says Israeli strike on south kills three

Lebanon health ministry says Israeli strike on south kills three

Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike killed three people Tuesday in the country's south, the latest such raid despite a November ceasefire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. "The strike launched by an Israeli enemy drone on a vehicle" in the Bint Jbeil district "resulted in the death of three people", the ministry said in a statement carried by the official National News Agency (NNA). Israel has kept up regular strikes on…

Israeli Drone Strike Kills Three in Southern Lebanon

The Lebanese Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday that three civilians were martyred in an Israeli drone strike targeting a vehicle near the town of Kfar Djal in southern Lebanon. According to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), the attack occurred when an Israeli drone fired two missiles at the car, causing it to burst into flames. Emergency teams, including firefighters and ambulances, rushed to the scene, but the victims succumbed to …

IMF sees 'some progress' on Lebanon reforms, says external support needed - Global Business Outlook

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently conducted a week of meetings in Beirut and observed that although Lebanon has made strides toward the reforms necessary to revitalise its economy, there are still important steps to take and that it will require concessional external funding. The country’s ruling elite’s decades-long wasteful spending caused Lebanon’s economy to collapse in late 2019. IMF funding required reforms were repeatedly thw…