An elite Israeli army unit conducted a "highly unusual raid" in Syria earlier this week and destroyed an underground precision missile factory that Israel and the U.S. claim was built by Iran, three sources briefed on the operation told U.S. news portal Axios.

The Israeli army announced Thursday that it managed to “rescue and return” an Israeli civilian boat from Lebanon’s territorial waters, without mentioning anything about any coordination with the UNIFIL forces.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three individuals, five companies and two vessels that are allegedly involved in smuggling oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to generate revenue for Hezbollah.

U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein will arrive in the region carrying the following message: “Refrain from escalation” against Hezbollah, Israel’s Channel 12 reported.

Hezbollah targeted several military bases and posts in northern Israel on Thursday as the Israeli army bombed villages in southern Lebanon.

In response to attacks on southern villages and an Israeli drone strike that killed two teenagers riding a motorbike in the al-Bayyada area on Wednesday, Hezbollah said it for the first time targeted the Rosh HaNikra Israeli settlement with volleys of rockets.

Retired servicemen on Wednesday blocked roads around the Grand Serail as well as the nearby Ring highway and roads in the Bekaa and North, after caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati convened a surprise Cabinet session in an apparent bid to avoid the retirees’ protests.

The retired servicemen had managed to prevent the caretaker Cabinet from convening on Tuesday after they blocked the roads leading to the Grand Serail.

European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell met Thursday with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, as he visits Lebanon to prevent further escalation of the Gaza war.

Berri told Borell during their meeting in Ain el-Tineh that "Lebanon does not want war but that it has the right to defend itself and is able to do it," while Borell said after the meeting that Lebanon cannot protect its foreign interests if there is no domestic accord, urging for a solution to the presidential impasse.

The compelling art exhibition "Solace Before the World Turned Silent," featuring renowned artist Roland El Khoury, opened on September 7, 2024. The exhibition will be on view through the end of September, available exclusively by appointment.

This deeply personal collection represents El Khoury's response to a profound fear of losing his hearing. In a bid to capture the essence of the music he cherishes, El Khoury has transformed his favorite songs into striking visual masterpieces. Each artwork serves as a tribute to the melodies and rhythms that have shaped his life, rendered with a sensitivity that mirrors the artist’s emotional connection to his auditory experiences.

Hezbollah on Wednesday announced four attacks with missiles and “appropriate weapons” on four Israeli military posts in northern Israel and the occupied Shebaa Farms.

Israeli warplanes had at dawn carried out more than 15 strikes on forests and groves on the outskirts of the Tyre district towns of Zibqin, al-Shaaitiyeh, al-Qlayleh, al-Hinniyeh, Majdal Zoun and Tayr Harfa, causing extensive damage to crops, properties and buildings in the groves of al-Qlayleh.

Senior Hezbollah official Sayyed Hashem Safieddine has addressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “his army” by saying that “through the current way that they’re following, they won’t be able to restore security and serenity for their northern settlers to enable them to return.”

“Accordingly, the only way which we had announced from the very beginning would be halting the killing, destruction and massacres in Gaza, so that the front here in south Lebanon could be deactivated,” Safieddine, who is the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, added.