Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Developments in international calls for the Israeli army to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon.Graffiti on the interior wall of a house reading "Thanks for your hospitality. Signed: the Israeli army,” in Khiam, on Jan. 29, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient Today) Lebanon to exert diplomatic pressure against extended Israeli occupation: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said the country “unanimously” chose the diplomatic route in response to Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon past yesterday’s withdrawal deadline, citing talks with truce monitoring committee members, the U.S. and France alongside a planned appeal to the U.N. Security Council. The Israeli army said it could...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Developments in international calls for the Israeli army to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon.Graffiti on the interior wall of a house reading "Thanks for your hospitality. Signed: the Israeli army,” in Khiam, on Jan. 29, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient Today) Lebanon to exert diplomatic pressure against extended Israeli occupation: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said the country “unanimously” chose the diplomatic route in response to Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon past yesterday’s withdrawal deadline, citing talks with truce monitoring committee members, the U.S. and France alongside a planned appeal to the U.N. Security Council. The Israeli army...
Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon, demolishes buildings in Bint Jbeil