<article data-history-node-id="440101" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-issues-new-evacuation-orders-four-south-lebanon-towns" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-issues-new-evacuation-orders-four-south-lebanon-towns" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel issues new evacuation orders for four south Lebanon towns</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for residents of the southern Lebanese towns and villages of Arzoun, Tayr Debba, Al-Bazouriyah and Al-Hawsh, warning civilians to leave before planned military operations.</p> <p>The orders came as Israel continued attacks in southern Lebanon despite an existing ceasefire arrangement.</p> <p>Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli forces destroyed a solar-powered water pumping station in the town of Deir Mimas overlooking the Litani River after explosives planted earlier detonated, causing extensive damage to a facility supplying drinking water.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the Israeli military said its air force had struck more than 1,100 Hezbollah targets and killed more than 350 fighters since the ceasefire agreement began on 16 April.</p> <p>Lebanese authorities say at least 2,846 people have been killed and more than one million displaced since Israel launched its war on Lebanon on 2 March.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Smoke trails rise during Israeli shelling near Yohmor in southern Lebanon, 10 May 2026 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5003917f-f5fb-4e6f-89cd-313da18c0e0a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Smoke%20trails%20rise%20during%20Israeli%20shelling%20near%20Yohmor%20in%20southern%20Lebanon%2C%2010%20May%202026%20%28AFP%29.jpg" width="1341" height="755" alt="Smoke trails rise during Israeli shelling near Yohmor in southern Lebanon, 10 May 2026 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Smoke trails rise during Israeli shelling near Yohmor in southern Lebanon, 10 May 2026 (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Spring 2026

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<article data-history-node-id="437896" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hezbollah-attacks-israeli-settlements-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hezbollah-attacks-israeli-settlements-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hezbollah attacks Israeli settlements in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Hezbollah announced that it is launching rocket attacks targeting the Israeli settlements Kiryat Shmona, Metula and Misgav Am in the occupied West Bank.</p> <p>In a statement on Telegram, Hezbollah said that “these attacks would continue until the Israeli-American aggression against the country and the people stopped”.</p> </div> </div> </article>

China and Taiwan have been at odds for more than 75 years.

<article data-history-node-id="437483" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-blow-residential-buildings-lebanon-township" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-blow-residential-buildings-lebanon-township" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces blow up residential buildings in Lebanon township</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces blew up residential buildings in Lebanon’s Naqoura region, causing widespread destruction to what appears to be a civilian township.</p> <p>The attacks come as Israeli troops invaded parts of Lebanese territory, carrying out demolitions and strikes inside the sovereign nation.</p> <p>The escalation also included the destruction of surveillance cameras, including those used to monitor the safety of UN personnel near the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.</p> <p>The move to remove the cameras has drawn protest from the United Nations and raised concerns over the safety of peacekeepers.</p> <p>While Israel uses the pretext of targeting Hezbollah, the scale of destruction to homes and civilian infrastructure shows the growing impact on civilians across southern Lebanon.</p> <p>Critics say Israel is exploiting the conflict to expand its territory, advancing further into Lebanese land.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Israeli forces blew up residential buildings in Lebanon’s Naqoura region, causing widespread destruction to what appears to be a civilian township.<br> <br> The attacks come as Israeli troops invaded parts of Lebanese territory, carrying out demolitions and strikes inside the sovereign… <a href="https://t.co/DaiDiYDBSo">pic.twitter.com/DaiDiYDBSo</a></p> — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2040572811090256277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

An Israeli strike has hit a Hezbollah-run health center in southern Lebanon and killed 12 medical workers, as Israel widens its campaign beyond fighters.

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An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

<article data-history-node-id="434352" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-attack-iranian-girls-school-rises-85-says-judiciary" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-attack-iranian-girls-school-rises-85-says-judiciary" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Death toll from attack on Iranian girls school rises to 85, says judiciary</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The death toll from an attack on a girls school in&nbsp;Iran's south has risen to 85, the Iranian judiciary said.&nbsp;</p> <p>The attack on Saturday morning hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab in the southern Hormozgan province. Almost all of those killed were young girls.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

"To unnecessarily deport a sick baby and his entire family is heinous," said US Rep. Joaquin Castro.

The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’

The Board of Peace for Gaza signals a shift away from multilateral institutions to personalised, transactional diplomacy driven by private business interests

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A chorus of European voices have started to condemn Israel's war of extermination in Palestine, but their rhetoric is not translating into action