
Tensions High as Israel and Hezbollah Test Fragile Cease-Fire
A 60-day cessation of hostilities hangs by a thread as tensions persist along the border.
A 60-day cessation of hostilities hangs by a thread as tensions persist along the border.
COMMENTARY: The greatest hope of the people of Rmeish is to live in peace. Israel and Hezbollah have other priorities.
COMMENTARY: The actions that led to the end of the 32-year reign of the leader of Hezbollah have particular relevance in Buenos Aires.
Iran has since directly fired on Israel, targeting 10 million civilians with hundreds of ballistic missiles on Tuesday.
Father Abboud said Caritas had prepared a response for the potential crisis in advance, but recent events exceeded everyone’s projections.
The unceasing bombardment of rockets and armed drones has affected all aspects of daily life in the region.
Maronite Archbishop Moussa El-Hage of Haifa and the Holy Land, and Syriac Bishop Mar Yacoub Ephrem Semaan, the patriarchal vicar of Jerusalem, Holy Land, and Jordan, are the two prelates named in the complaint.
Since then, there have been more than 100 Lebanese deaths, with several hundred injuries, according to the nation’s health ministry’s Dec. 19 report.
The country’s largest parliamentary bloc, led by Iranian-backed Hezbollah, lost its parliamentary majority, but urgent action is required from a new government to address Lebanon’s devastating economic crisis.
Without mentioning Hezbollah by name, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch said that it was unacceptable for “a party to make decisions on war” without the quorum of two thirds required by the country’s constitution.
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