Skip next section Qatar suspends flights to Lebanon
09/24/2024September 24, 2024
Qatar suspends flights to Lebanon
Qatar Airways said on Tuesday that it had suspended flights to Beirut for the day as tensions escalated between Israel and Hezbollah.
“Due to the ongoing situation in Lebanon, Qatar Airways has temporarily suspended flights to and from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport until September 25,” the Qatari national carrier said in a statement. “The safety of our passengers remains our highest priority.”
Last week, Qatar Airways announced a ban on pagers and walkie-talkies on its Beirut flights following the that killed 37 people and wounded thousands over two days.
Lufthansa, Germany’s national carrier, and Air France have also suspended or extended their suspension of flights to Beirut in recent days.
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Skip next section Hezbollah says rockets strike Israel explosives factory
09/24/2024September 24, 2024
Hezbollah says rockets strike Israel explosives factory
Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it had attacked several Israeli military targets with rockets Tuesday morning, including an explosives factory 60 kilometers (37 miles) into Israel.
The militant group said it had attacked the explosives factory around 4 a.m. (0100 UTC) and the Megiddo airfield three separate times overnight.
Israel’s military said that sirens warning of Hezbollah rocket fire sounded across northern Israel, including in the port city of Haifa, and in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the military said.
Some 60,000 people have been evacuated from northern Israel as a result of the cross-border fighting.
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Skip next section Thousands flee southern Lebanon amid Israeli strikes
09/24/2024September 24, 2024
Thousands flee southern Lebanon amid Israeli strikes
Thousands in packed family members and belongings into cars, vans and trucks in a rushed attempt to evacuate their homes.
A Lebanese official coordinating the crisis response told Reuters news agency that 89 temporary shelters in schools and other facilities had been set up, with the capacity for more than 26,000 people as civilians fled.
In the southern port city of Sidon, cars heading north toward Beirut packed the main north-south highway linking the capital with southern communities.
The last time that Lebanon saw such a large wave of displacement was in 2006, when Israel clashed with Hezbollah, causing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in the south.
On Monday, Israel warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to leave areas close to sites where Hezbollah is thought to be hiding weapons.
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Skip next section Hundreds reported killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon
09/24/2024September 24, 2024
Hundreds reported killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon
The Israeli army confirmed it had launched sites in Lebanon on Monday. Lebanese authorities said the strikes had killed 492 people.
“Israel’s war is not with you. It’s with Hezbollah. For too long, Hezbollah has been using you as human shields,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a short video statement addressed to the Lebanese people.
Israel had warned people in Lebanon to evacuate areas where it said Hezbollah was storing weapons.
Hezbollah launched more than 100 projectiles toward Israel on Monday, the military said.
Several countries, including the United States in 1997 and Germany in 2020, have designated . The European Union designated its armed wing as a terrorist group in 2013.
jcg/wmr (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)
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