Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Sept. 20, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from L’Orient Today editor – Olivia Le PoidevinWhere do we go from here? The mood music is concerning. Overnight, Israel intensified strikes on southern Lebanon, stating that it is entering a "new phase" of the conflict to return its citizens in the north of the country home. Meanwhile, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah vowed revenge in his speech yesterday evening, describing the two days of simultaneous explosions that ripped through the country as a "massacre without precedent," causing thousands of injuries - several life-changing. Both sides are entrenched. As Israel becomes more bellicose, Hezbollah reiterates that it won't stop fighting until a cease-fire deal is reached in Gaza. At today's emergency...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Sept. 20, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from L’Orient Today editor – Olivia Le PoidevinWhere do we go from here? The mood music is concerning. Overnight, Israel intensified strikes on southern Lebanon, stating that it is entering a "new phase" of the conflict to return its citizens in the north of the country home. Meanwhile, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah vowed revenge in his speech yesterday evening, describing the two days of simultaneous explosions that ripped through the country as a "massacre without precedent," causing thousands of injuries - several life-changing. Both sides are entrenched. As Israel becomes more bellicose, Hezbollah reiterates that it won't stop fighting until a cease-fire deal is reached in Gaza. At today's...
Israel vows to press military campaign in Lebanon despite Iran's warnings