Excavators clear the rubble of a building as rescuers search for victims one day after an Israeli airstrike that struck near a hospital in the southern port city of Sour on June 2, 2026. (Credit: AFP)
Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir set the tone as early as late April. Since Oct. 7, 2023, the army has been engaged in "a campaign on several fronts ... 2026 will probably be another year of fighting on all these fronts." A month later, Israel's strategy appears clearer than ever: advance its positions through land acquisition in the region.In Lebanon, where Tehran continues to make any agreement with Washington conditional on a cease-fire, Israel has in recent days intensified its bombardment campaign in the South, expanded its ground invasion and, on June 1, threatened to strike "Hezbollah terrorist targets in southern Beirut" before U.S. President Donald Trump ultimately intervened to put a stop to the latter. An editorial you (may have) missed The price of Israeli hegemony In Gaza, despite the...
Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir set the tone as early as late April. Since Oct. 7, 2023, the army has been engaged in "a campaign on several fronts ... 2026 will probably be another year of fighting on all these fronts." A month later, Israel's strategy appears clearer than ever: advance its positions through land acquisition in the region.In Lebanon, where Tehran continues to make any agreement with Washington conditional on a cease-fire, Israel has in recent days intensified its bombardment campaign in the South, expanded its ground invasion and, on June 1, threatened to strike "Hezbollah terrorist targets in southern Beirut" before U.S. President Donald Trump ultimately intervened to put a stop to the latter. An editorial you (may have) missed The price of Israeli hegemony In Gaza, despite the...
Bahrain supports Joseph Aoun and rejects any foreign interference in Lebanon