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2026-05-022026-06-15

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  1. June 2026
  2. Joy Online

    Tehran acted after an attack on one of its allies, following an Israeli strike on what it said was a Hezbollah-linked building in southern Beirut.

    Iran’s strike on Israel suggests the regime’s sense of resilience is growing
  3. Joy Online

    However, Israel earlier on Sunday launched strikes in the Beirut area for the first time since the U.S.

    Israel hits Iran with new strikes despite Trump admonition
  4. Joy Online

    Israel has hit southern Beirut in the first attack on the Lebanese capital since a truce brokered by the US last week.

    Israel strikes Beirut suburb days after US-brokered truce
  5. Joy Online

    That agreement stipulated Israel would not attack Hezbollah positions in the capital Beirut if the group did not attack Israel, as well as making provisions for “pilot” security zones inside southern Lebanon from which the group would be banned from operating.

    Lebanese general among three soldiers killed in Israeli attack on car
  6. Joy Online

    The mood was similar on the streets of Beirut’s southern suburbs – a stronghold of Hezbollah, also known as Dahieh – with a storekeeper expressing doubts about the agreement.

    Hezbollah rejects renewed ceasefire agreed by Israel and Lebanon
  7. Joy Online

    Israel continued its attacks in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, but did not strike Beirut following a partial ceasefire agreement with the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.

    Israel strikes southern Lebanon but partial truce with Hezbollah appears to hold
  8. The Chronicle

    Israel’s prime minister has ordered attacks on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, as its conflict with the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah escalates.

    Israel PM orders strikes on Beirut suburbs as Hezbollah conflict escalates
  9. Joy Online

    Iran has warned that Israeli attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon could threaten Tehran’s ceasefire with the US, after Israel’s prime minister ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut.

    Iran warns Israeli attacks in Lebanon threaten ceasefire with US
  10. Joy Online

    Israel’s prime minister has ordered attacks on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, as the conflict with the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah continues to escalate.

    Israel PM orders strikes on Beirut suburbs as Hezbollah conflict escalates
  11. May 2026
  12. Joy Online

    More than one million people, amounting to one in five of the population, have been forced from their homes across Lebanon, most of them from the south, the eastern Bekaa Valley, and the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahieh, areas where Hezbollah holds sway.

    Lebanon says six killed in Israeli strike as US announces ceasefire extension

Monday 8 June

  1. Iran's missile strike on Israel signals growing regime confidence

    Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel in response to an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah-linked building in southern Beirut. The attack suggests Iran's leadership believes the regime has strengthened its resilience despite months of conflict, sanctions, and military pressure.

    8 June 2026 · Joy Online

  2. Israel strikes Iran military targets despite Trump opposition

    Israel carried out strikes on military targets in western and central Iran on Monday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Prime Minister Netanyahu to refrain from further attacks. Trump said the strikes would not affect U.S. peace talks with Tehran, insisting he "calls the shots," but the latest hostilities and Iranian retaliation have put negotiations at risk.

    8 June 2026 · Joy Online

Sunday 7 June

  1. Israel strikes Beirut days after ceasefire agreement

    Israel conducted air strikes on southern Beirut, hitting apartment buildings in a Hezbollah stronghold and killing two people while injuring at least 17, according to Lebanon's state news agency. Prime Minister Netanyahu said the strikes targeted "terrorist headquarters" in response to Hezbollah fire into Israeli territory, breaking a truce brokered by the US.

    7 June 2026 · Joy Online

  2. Israeli forces kill Lebanese general in southern Lebanon vehicle strike

    The Israel Defense Forces confirmed it attacked a vehicle carrying Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon, killing a brigadier-general, a captain and a private. The IDF said the vehicle was moving suspiciously towards forces in an active combat zone where troop movements require IDF coordination, though Israel is not in direct conflict with the Lebanese government and is instead fighting Hezbollah in the region.

    7 June 2026 · Joy Online

Thursday 4 June

  1. Hezbollah rejects US-backed Israel-Lebanon ceasefire deal

    Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, saying negotiations were "futile" and "humiliating" and that the agreement would amount to surrender of Hezbollah's positions. The ceasefire, backed by the US and agreed by Israel and Lebanon, would create security zones in Lebanon where Hezbollah operatives would be banned and require a complete cessation of fire by the group.

    4 June 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 3 June

  1. Israel attacks southern Lebanon; partial Hezbollah truce reportedly holds

    Israel continued strikes in southern Lebanon on Tuesday but avoided Beirut under a partial ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah announced by US President Donald Trump, under which Israeli forces would not bomb the capital in exchange for Hezbollah not attacking Israel. Israeli air strikes hit a hospital in Tyre on Monday, killing four people and injuring 127, including 39 hospital staff.

    3 June 2026 · Joy Online

Tuesday 2 June

  1. Israel orders strikes on Beirut suburbs amid Hezbollah tensions

    Israel's prime minister has ordered attacks on southern Beirut suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, citing the armed group's violations of an April ceasefire and attacks on Israeli civilians. The Israeli military ordered residents to evacuate, while the U.S. proposed a plan for gradual de-escalation.

    2 June 2026 · The Chronicle

Monday 1 June

  1. Iran warns Israeli Lebanon strikes threaten US ceasefire

    Iran's Foreign Minister said Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon could violate the country's ceasefire agreement with the US, which Tehran says covers all fronts. The warning came after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered strikes on southern Beirut in response to Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks.

    1 June 2026 · Joy Online

  2. Israel orders strikes on Beirut suburbs; Hezbollah conflict escalates

    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered attacks on southern Beirut suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, citing breaches of a US-brokered ceasefire from April. The US Secretary of State is proposing a staged de-escalation in which Hezbollah would cease attacks on Israel in exchange for Israeli restraint in Beirut.

    1 June 2026 · Joy Online

Sunday 17 May

  1. Lebanon reports six dead in Israeli strike amid ceasefire extension

    Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli air strike on the southern town of Harouf killed six people, including three paramedics, as the US announced Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 45-day ceasefire extension following negotiations in Washington.

    17 May 2026 · Joy Online

Saturday 16 May

  1. Lebanon reports six killed in Israeli strike; US extends ceasefire

    Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli air strike on the southern town of Harouf killed six people, including three paramedics. The US announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend their ceasefire for 45 days following talks in Washington DC.

    16 May 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 13 May

  1. Israeli strikes on Lebanese cars kill 12, health ministry reports

    Lebanese health ministry says at least 12 people were killed in seven separate Israeli air strikes on cars in areas south of Beirut, including eight people in three vehicles on a coastal highway. The strikes continue despite an announced ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, with Lebanon reporting over 400 deaths since the ceasefire was announced nearly a month ago.

    13 May 2026 · Joy Online

Friday 8 May

  1. Israel continues bombing southern Lebanon after Hezbollah commander strike

    Israel has continued air strikes on southern Lebanon, killing one person and injuring several others, a day after it targeted a Hezbollah Radwan Force commander in Beirut. The strikes came after Israel issued new evacuation orders for three southern towns, accusing Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire that came into effect in mid-April.

    8 May 2026 · The Chronicle

Thursday 7 May

  1. Israeli military investigates soldier's disrespect toward Virgin Mary statue

    Israel's military is investigating an Israeli soldier photographed smoking and placing a cigarette on a statue of the Virgin Mary in occupied southern Lebanon's Christian village of Debel, following a similar incident last month in which another soldier hit a Jesus statue with a sledgehammer. The military said it views the conduct with "utmost severity" and that it deviates from expected values, while local church leaders and the Roman Catholic Church's representative condemned the actions as unethical and reflective of extremism and intolerance.

    7 May 2026 · Joy Online

  2. Iran considering US 14-point proposal to end war

    Iran says a US proposal to end the war is "still being considered," with the White House reportedly working on a 14-point memorandum of understanding that could include suspension of Iranian nuclear enrichment, lifting of sanctions, and restoring free transit through the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump said the US has had "very good talks with Iran in the last 24 hours" and that a deal is possible.

    7 May 2026 · Joy Online

Saturday 2 May

  1. Thirteen killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon

    The Lebanese health ministry said at least 13 people, including four women and a child, were killed in Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon on Friday, with 32 people injured. Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has continued despite an ongoing three-week ceasefire extension.

    2 May 2026 · Joy Online

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