Middle East Experience

The Jerusalem Post reached out to four Lebanese citizens in the homeland and diaspora to hear their perspectives on the pager explosions.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'Iranian proxies and drug lords': Lebanese react to Hezbollah's ‘pager intifada’

The arrest of 73-year-old Motti Maman from Ashkelon for allegedly spying for Iran, including planning attacks in Israel, was revealed following a joint Shin Bet and police operation.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: From Ashkelon to Tehran: How Iran works to recruit agents in the heart of Israel

Hassan Nasrallah’s speech comes after a series of pager and walkie-talkie blasts across Lebanon, increasing fears that Israel will launch a wider war in the country nearly one year into ongoing cross-border fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hezbollah chief says 'inevitable' response to Lebanon blasts coming

Some panic-stricken Lebanese have tossed power banks, or sleep with mobile phones in another room, after hand-held devices used by Hezbollah operatives detonated two days in a row, killing 37 people. "What happened in the last two days is so frightening. It's terrifying," Lina Ismail told AFP by phone from the eastern city of Baalbek where some of the explosions occurred."We were so scared that we dismantled the inverter (a component inside solar energy systems) and turned off the device," she said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Fear, panic haunt Lebanese after devices explode

A series of deadly explosions targeting Hezbollah members this week in Lebanon came only days after Israel announced plans to expand its war in Gaza to its northern border with Lebanon.Hezbollah and its main backer Iran have blamed Israel for the blasts, but Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied responsibility.The explosions have raised the likelihood of full-scale war with Hezbollah, and experts interviewed by AFP offered insights on how that might unfold.- Why now? -
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Why is Israel focusing on border with Lebanon?

A Muslim familiar with the historiographical context of these verses understands the meaning instinctively—“fighting is permitted.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Red for revenge: Nasrallah's speech was a call to fight

The prime minister has claimed that investigating the Oct. 7 massacre would get in the way of the ongoing war,
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: PM disagrees that national probe is only appropriate Oct. 7 investigation tool

Backed by Iran and hated by Israel, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is Lebanon's most powerful man.He enjoys cult status among his Shiite supporters, is equipped with a formidable arsenal far bigger and more modern than the national army's, and holds sway over the country's institutions.Nasrallah has rarely been seen in public since his Shiite movement fought a devastating 2006 war pitting his fighters against Israeli troops.No one knows where he lives, and the vast majority of his speeches in the past two decades have been televised from a secret location.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hezbollah's Nasrallah: the most powerful man in Lebanon

The Iran-backed group said Abu Haidar al-Khafaji had been a security advisor in Damascus.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Commander in Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah killed in Israeli strike in Syria

The deal would have also encompassed the disarmament of Hamas.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Haniyeh's son: Hamas rejected 'deal of a century' for statehood, billions invested into Gaza