Lebanon closes airspace, Hezbollah launches rockets at Israel
Lebanon has announced the closure of the Lebanese airspace to aviation due to the Iranian drone attack on Israel.
Lebanon has announced the closure of the Lebanese airspace to aviation due to the Iranian drone attack on Israel.
A Hezbollah militant was killed in Israeli attacks on border areas in southern Lebanon, a Lebanese military source said.
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and military sources have reportedly said that two people were killed and five others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia military group, has vowed to retaliate against Israel's "brutal aggression" after two journalists from Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen were killed in Israeli attacks on the southern village of Tayr Harfa.
Four Lebanese were reportedly killed in confrontations between Hezbollah and the Israeli army.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said that the armed clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon are unacceptable as they violate the country's sovereignty.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called on Palestinian leaders to help restore security in the Ain Al-Helweh Palestinian refugee…
"Around 80 per cent of the Lebanese are paid in local currency and they have seen their purchasing power drop by 90 per cent," he said.
The protest movement rocking Lebanon since October 17 revived this week as a deepening economic crisis increases pressure to form a new government.
The security forces beat journalists and photographers who were covering the rallies on al-Hamra street Tuesday and in front of al-Helou police station on Wednesday.
