Jane Araf
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1,797 appearances
216 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 3d ago
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On Sunday, the Israeli military said it captured a mountaintop crusader-era castle near the southern city of Nabatea.
Last week, Lebanon's culture minister said the castle had suffered a direct hit from an Israeli strike.
Israel has sent tanks and troops into Lebanon, as well as launching hundreds of strikes a day, according to UN peacekeepers.
Hezbollah has fired back with a much smaller number of attacks on Israeli forces.
It has recently deployed low-tech drones that Israel's prime minister has called a major threat.
Iran has said any ceasefire with the U.S.
has to include an end to the war in Lebanon, where Israel has invaded and is fighting Hezbollah, the militant group that Iran backs.
In the past week, Israel has taken over more territory in southern Lebanon and its intensified strikes.
Almost the entire south has been displaced.
Just to give you an indication of this, UN peacekeepers who track ceasefire violations say since last Sunday, Israeli forces have launched more than 3,000 strikes.
The UN Secretary General's latest annual report to the Security Council on conflict-related sexual violence adds Israel and Russia to the list of countries credibly suspected of patterns of rape and other sexual violence.
Both countries deny the allegations.
The UN says it documented last year multiple incidents of sexual violence by the Israeli military and security forces.
including as a form of torture against men, women, and children from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The militant group Hamas was previously added to the list, but the U.N.
said it could not verify many of the claims because Israel denies access needed to investigate them.
Jane Araf, NPR News, Beirut.
Israel launched its most intense airstrikes in weeks despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to crush Hezbollah and said Israeli forces were capturing and controlling areas in Lebanon.
Lebanese health authorities said the dead included two children and three women in attacks on a village in southern Lebanon.
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