Middle East

At the scene of Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut Israel has been carrying out air strikes across Lebanon for days, but Sunday’s strike on Kola was the first to hit the heart of the capital Beirut. Four people were killed and a further four were injured in the attack, Lebanon’s health ministry said. … Read more

Injured Gaza girls make it to Italy for treatment after long wait BBC Zeina is one of the few injured Gazans who have been evacuated for medical treatment abroad recently Warning: Readers may find some of the details within this report upsetting “Higher,” the little girl demands, her eyes bright with excitement. “Higher, higher.” Zeina’s … Read more

Young Lebanese girl left fighting for life after Israeli strikes ‘Nowhere here is safe’: BBC’s Orla Guerin reports from Lebanese hospital In the hills of the Bekaa Valley – as in swathes of Lebanon – death can come from the sky these days, at any moment. Israel has been bombing the area through the day, … Read more

Israeli strikes may have displaced million people – Lebanon PM Israel’s continuing air strikes may have already forced as many as one million people from their homes across Lebanon, the country’s prime minister has said. “It is the largest displacement movement that may have happened,” Najib Mikati said. Lebanon’s health ministry reported more than 50 … Read more

Watch: BBC Verify analysis footage of Israeli strikes on Beirut Israeli strikes on Friday, which are now known to have killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, concluded a week of Israeli strikes on southern areas of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas has been analysing numerous videos shot from multiple vantage points to investigate … Read more

Lebanon: ‘The worst moment the country passed through’ Goktay Koraltan / BBC Madina Mustafa Ali (right) says she and her seven-month-old baby Amir will be staying on Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square as they have nowhere else to go Lebanon is a country that knows war all too well. And it is not eager for more. It … Read more

What will Iran, Hezbollah and Israel do next after Lebanon strikes? Reuters Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the long–standing leader of Hezbollah, is a major escalation in its war with the Lebanese militant group. It has, potentially, brought the region one step closer to a much wider and even more damaging conflict, one that pulls … Read more

Huge Beirut strike leaves West powerless as Israel chases victory Getty Images The bombing reportedly targeted Hezbollah’s leader It is time to stop talking about the Middle East being on the brink of a much more serious war. After the devastating Israeli attack on what it said was the Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut it feels … Read more

Watch: BBC correspondent records moment air strike hits Beirut Plumes of smoke were seen across Beirut as the city has been rocked by multiple blasts. The moment of one of the explosions was captured by BBC World Service correspondent, Nafiseh Kohnavard. The BBC’s Middle East correspondent, Hugo Bachega, reported from a car as he described … Read more

Huge air strikes hit Beirut as Israel says it targeted ‘Hezbollah headquarters’ Israel has launched a series of huge air strikes in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, targeting what it says is Hezbollah’s central headquarters. Images showed the smouldering wreckage of several buildings in Dahieh, Hezbollah’s stronghold in the south of the city. BBC reporters in Beirut … Read more