US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that Israel and Lebanon have both accepted the ceasefire deal put forth by the US, which he said will come into effect at 4am local time on Wednesday. Several reports said the ceasefire deal would be effective at 10am local time. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced … Read more
TWO people have been killed in northern Israel amid a barrage of some 60 rockets fired from Lebanon, the Israeli military reported on Wednesday. In the town of Kiryat Shmona, a man and a woman were fatally injured by a rocket strike, the Magen David Adom rescue service reported on X. In the port city … Read more
THE Federal Government says it has begun preparations to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon back to Nigeria. Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, in view of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. “Further to the deteriorating situation in Lebanon over the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the government has commenced preparations … Read more
SINCE the beginning of Israel’s massive aerial campaign on Lebanon which was launched last week, some 1,000 people have fled the country to neighbouring Syria. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday. Some 60 percent of them are believed to be Syrian refugees that previously fled to Lebanon amid the civil war that broke … Read more
KENYAN domestic worker Eulita Jerop is among many who are desperate to leave Lebanon as the threat of an escalating conflict looms large over the country. Employed as a domestic worker on the outskirts of Beirut for the past 14 months, Jerop has been living in fear due to the terrifying and unfamiliar sounds of … Read more