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☆ South Lebanon shepherds face risk and ruin from cross-border hostilities
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Abdelaziz Boumzar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

But they are now off-limits, rendered too dangerous for sheep, cows and their herders by Israeli air raids and artillery fire. Lebanese Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has fired rockets at Israel, which has retaliated with air strikes and artillery shells. The resulting fires have burned olive trees and torched agricultural land across southern Lebanon, devastating herders and farmers already hit hard by a four-year economic meltdown. Two Lebanese shepherds were also found dead after being shot at by Israeli troops earlier this month. Lebanese herders have long learned to live with the cross-border tensions between Lebanon and Israel.

Persons: Tony al, Mays, Ali Beber, Jihad Said, Beber, AbdelAziz Boumzar, Abdelhadi Ramahi, Ahmad Kerdi, Maya Gebeily, Gareth Jones Organizations: Hezbollah, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Rmeich, Lebanon, Beirut, Fanar, SELM, Houla, Majdal, Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Lebanese

☆ Slain Lebanese schoolgirl sisters are latest victims of Mideast war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Abdelaziz Boumzar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

When they set off on Sunday, a missile Lebanon says Israel fired hit their car, killing all three and their grandmother, and leaving their mother wounded and confused. The Ayyoub sisters, aged 14, 12 and 10 respectively, are the latest victims of a Middle East war that began on Oct. 7 when Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing some 1,400 people, most of them civilians. Israeli strikes have killed some 60 Hezbollah fighters and at least 10 civilians, Lebanese security officials say. One of the girls’ aunts, Ahlam Ibrahim, said she did not expect this latest dark chapter for southern Lebanon to be the last. Among those killed in southern Lebanon in the current conflict is Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah.

Persons: Samir Ayoub, Lianne Ayyoub, Israel, Samir Ayyoub, Ahlam Ibrahim, “ It’s, we’ve, Issam Abdallah, Lebanon's, John Davison, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Reuters, United Nations, Palestinian, Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah, Hezbollah, Thomson Locations: Israeli, Aytaroun, Lebanon, Israel, Beirut, Iran

[1/6] Rmeich's sign is seen amidst tension between Israel and Hezbollah, in the Christian village of Rmeich, Lebanon, October 31, 2023. Rmeich is one of around a dozen or more Christian villages near the border with Israel in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim south Lebanon. There is no work or money," said Charbel Al Alam, 58, who makes his living from farming tobacco, historically an important industry for south Lebanon. "In the 2006 war, tobacco plants dried out in the fields and no one was able to harvest it. We don't want war, we're a peaceful village ... so the village remains safe if others flee to it."

Persons: Zohra, Israel, Toni Elias, We're, Elias, Rmeich, Georges Madi, Al Alam, Milad Al Alam, Hezbollah's, Riham, Tom Perry, Gareth Jones Organizations: Hezbollah, REUTERS, Palestinian, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Israel, Christian, Rmeich, Lebanon, Lebanese, Iran, Muslim

[1/5] An aerial view shows rescue teams searching for dead bodies at a beach, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 17, 2023. Hamad Awad sat on a blanket on an empty street with a bottle of water and bedding alongside him. "I am staying in our area trying to clean it and trying to verify who is missing," he said. Entire districts of Derna, with an estimated population of at least 120,000, were swept away or buried in brown mud. Civil protection workers from Algeria combed through the rubble of multistorey buildings with a dog to help detect any survivors.

Persons: Ayman Al, Hamad Awad, Storm Daniel, spokespeople, Osama Al, OCHA, al, Mohammad Shaheen, Abdulnabi, Muammar Gaddafi, Abdulhamid, Mohammed, Menfi, Abdelaziz Boumzar, Ayman Sahly, Adam Makary, Thomas Perry, Maya Gebeily, Philippa Fletcher, Susan Fenton Organizations: REUTERS, Volunteers, United Nations, Sunrise, Humanitarian Affairs, Crescent, Libyan Red Crescent, Reuters, NATO, Thomson Locations: Derna, Libya, DERNA, Libyan, Algeria, al Badya, Ajaylat, Tripoli

REUTERS/Zohra BensemraLYMAN, Ukraine, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday they exhumed the bodies of dozens of people, including civilians and a one-year-old baby, to determine the cause of death following the retreat of Russian troops from two recently-liberated towns in the eastern Donetsk region. He said the bodies of 55 people had been exhumed in the town, including civilians. Both died on May 24, 2022, during the period when Russian forces were battling to seize Lyman. Kyrylenko said that preliminary results on the 55 exhumed bodies indicated deaths resulted from "explosive and projectile injuries, bullet injuries". Last month the bodies of 436 people were exhumed from a burial site in the northeastern town of Izium after it was liberated.

☆ Explosions heard, power out in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fire is seen at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Sofiia GatilovaKHARKIV, Ukraine, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Three explosions were heard, then electricity cut out on Tuesday in Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv, a Reuters witness reported. Terekhov said an infrastructure facility was hit and said authorities were working to restore power as quickly as possible. The report followed a rocket attack on Kharkiv Sept. 9 in which at least 10 people were wounded. Ukrainian officials said that attack was revenge for its forces' successes on the battlefieldagainst Russia.

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