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2024 in Lebanon

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2024
in
Lebanon

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Events in the year 2024 in Lebanon.

Incumbents[edit]

Photo Post Name
President of Lebanon Vacant
Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati

Events[edit]

Ongoing: Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present).

January[edit]

February[edit]

  • 8 February
    • An IDF drone targets a car in Nabatieh. Israeli media reports that Abbas al-Dabs, a regional Hezbollah commander, is assassinated in the attack.[4]
    • Veterans protesting outside the Lebanese parliament and the Prime Minister's residence are met with tear gas by security forces.[5]
  • 11 February – A five-story building collapses in Choueifat.[6]
  • 14 February – A rocket attack from Lebanon against a military base kills a person and injures others in Safed, Israel, while Israeli airstrikes kill three civilians in Souaneh and a Hezbollah fighter in Aadchit, in southern Lebanon; eleven others are wounded.[7] Seven people are killed in a rocket attack on an apartment building in Nabatieh.[8]
  • 26 February – Israel Air Force (IAF) jets conduct strikes on Hezbollah positions.[9]

March[edit]

  • 2 March – An IDF strike on a car in the coastal road of Naqoura kills a senior Hezbollah official and two other members of Hezbollah's Imam Hussein Division.[10][11] It is reported that among them was the grandson of Hassan Nasrallah.[12]
  • 4 March
    • An anti-tank missile from Lebanon kills an Indian foreign worker and injures seven others in Margaliot, Israel.[13][14]
    • Three volunteer rescue workers are killed in an attack on an Islamic Health Authority center in Odaisseh.[15]
  • 5 March – Two Hezbollah members and a woman are killed in an IDF raid in Hula in response to the attack on 4 March.[16]
  • 26 March – The IAF launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets near the towns of Ras Baalbek and Hermel in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, killing at least three Hezbollah members.[17]

April[edit]

  • 8 April – Killing of Pascal Suleiman: Pascal Suleiman, a Lebanese Forces coordinator in the Byblos District, is abducted and murdered by a Syrian gang in a car theft. In response, activists block roads and attack Syrian refugees demanding them to leave the country.[18]
  • 10 April – A man sanctioned by the United States for smuggling money to Iranian-backed groups is found killed in Beit Mery.[19]
  • 16 April – The IDF conducts an airstrike and assassinates Ismail Yusuf Baz, the commander of Hezbollah's coastal sector in Lebanon.[20]
  • 23 April – An IAF airstrike kills two people and injures six others in Hanine.[21]
  • 30 April – An explosion and subsequent fire at a Beirut restaurant kills nine people.[22]

May[edit]

June[edit]

Holidays[edit]

Source:[35]

Deaths[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hamas deputy head killed in alleged Israeli drone strike in Beirut". The Jerusalem Post. 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  2. ^ "Hezbollah says senior commander killed in Israeli strike". Al Jazeera. 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  3. ^ Beaumont, Peter (2024-01-09). "Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to war as drone hits key Israeli command base". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  4. ^ William Christou (2024-02-08). "Israeli drone strikes car in south Lebanon's Nabatieh". www.newarab.com/. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  5. ^ Prentis, Jamie (2024-02-08). "Lebanese veterans hit with tear gas in Beirut protest over pensions". The National. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  6. ^ "Five-story building collapses in Lebanon". en.royanews.tv. 2024-02-11. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  7. ^ "Mother, two children among Lebanese killed by Israel in air raids". Al Jazeera. 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  8. ^ Atallah, Nada Maucourant (2024-02-16). "'They were only civilians': shock in Lebanon's Nabatieh after Israel's air strikes". The National. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  9. ^ "Hezbollah fires barrage of 60 rockets at Golan; IDF eliminates terror commander". The Times of Israel. February 26, 2024.
  10. ^ www.israelhayom.com https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/03/02/senior-hezbollah-terrorist-reportedly-among-3-killed-in-alleged-israeli-strike-on-car/. Retrieved 2024-03-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-confirms-attack-on-hezbollah-linked-iranian-militia-members-in-lebanon/
  12. ^ "Grandson of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah reportedly killed in Israeli airstrike". I24news. 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  13. ^ "1 killed, 7 wounded by anti-tank missile fire from Lebanon at northern community". The Times of Israel. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Strikes along Israel-Lebanon border kill 4 people as US envoy visits Beirut to press a cease-fire". AP News. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  15. ^ "نعيٌ رسمي.. 3 شهداء لـالهيئة الصحية إثر غارة العديسة و الصحة تستنكر". Lebanon24 (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  16. ^ "Hezbollah says two members killed in southern Lebanon town". The Times of Israel. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Israeli air strikes kill 3 Hezbollah militants in Lebanon". Reuters. March 26, 2024.
  18. ^ Ula, enab10 (2024-04-11). "Wave of attacks against Syrians in Lebanon, Syrian opposition condemns, while regime is silent". Enab Baladi. Retrieved 2024-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Staff (2024-04-10). "Lebanese man under US sanctions for allegedly funding Hamas found dead". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  20. ^ "Israeli drone strike on car kills Hezbollah commander in Lebanon". The Salamanca Press. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  21. ^ "Two killed by Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon's Hanin". Reuters. April 23, 2024.
  22. ^ "ضحايا بانفجار مطعم في بيروت | الشرق للأخبار". asharq.com (in Arabic). 2024-04-30. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  23. ^ "Hezbollah launches rockets at Israel after deadly south Lebanon strike". Al-Monitor. 2024-05-05. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  24. ^ "Netanyahu Says Israel Won't Give in to Hamas Demand to End War". Bloomberg. 2024-05-05. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  25. ^ "Hezbollah claims responsibility for rocket barrage on Kiryat Shmona". The Times of Israel. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  26. ^ Lebanese Army raids Shatila, arrests alleged drug traffickers, kills one today.lorientlejour.com (16 May 2024)
  27. ^ Siddiqui, Usaid. "Israeli military kills 60 across Gaza, confirms operations in central Rafah". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  28. ^ "Gunman tries to attack U.S. Embassy in Lebanon, shot and captured by Lebanese forces". CBS News. 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  29. ^ "Lebanon's Hezbollah says it targeted Israel's Iron Dome in Ramot Naftali". Reuters. June 5, 2024.
  30. ^ "Two killed in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah-Israel fighting soars". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  31. ^ "Hezbollah fires most rockets yet in war after Israel kills a top commander". Reuters. June 12, 2024.
  32. ^ "IDF kills key Hezbollah terrorist in southern Lebanon". June 17, 2024.
  33. ^ "The Latest | Hezbollah says Israeli strikes kill 3 fighters as US envoy tries to calm tensions". AP News. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  34. ^ "Head of Lebanon's Hezbollah threatens Israel, Cyprus in televised address". Reuters. June 19, 2024.
  35. ^ "Lebanon Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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