Israel’s Netanyahu says Lebanese government will be held responsible if Hezbollah attacks

October 13th, 2009 Exploding shell caused blast at Hezbollah homeBEIRUT — A blast at a Hezbollah member's home in southern Lebanon was caused by an exploding shell and injured one person, Lebanon's army said Tuesday. Monday night's explosion occurred in a garage, and Lebanese security officials said the building might have been used to store weapons — a violation of the U.N.

October 12th, 2009 Explosion rips through Hezbollah member's homeBEIRUT — An explosion ripped through the garage of a Hezbollah member's home in southern Lebanon on Monday, and security officials said the building might have been used to store weapons. One senior security official said the blast killed one person, but the other officials could not confirm that.

October 1st, 2009 Lebanese say UAE pressed them to spy on HezbollahBEIRUT — A Lebanese businessman alleged Thursday that he and several hundred other Lebanese were expelled from the United Arab Emirates country because they refused to spy on the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and other fellow citizens. Hassan Alayan said more than 300 Lebanese — mostly Shiites — have been forced to leave the Emirates over the past three months.

September 13th, 2009 Netanyahu: Israel won't hold back when attackedJERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon on Sunday that Israel "will not hold back" when attacked and holds the Lebanese government responsible for any assault on his country. Netanyahu delivered the warning after two rockets fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel on Friday.

September 11th, 2009 Rocket fire from Lebanon sparks Israel retaliationBEIRUT — Two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into Israel on Friday, prompting Israel to respond with artillery fire, Lebanese security and military officials said. The exchange, in which no casualties were reported by either side, was the latest in persisting tensions between the two countries.

August 14th, 2009 Hezbollah chief: We'll hit Tel Aviv if Beirut hitBEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah warned Israel Friday his fighters would hit Tel Aviv with rockets if Israeli forces attack Beirut or the guerrillas' stronghold in its southern suburbs. Speaking on the anniversary of the end of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said the Shiite militants are now capable of striking any Israeli city.

August 10th, 2009 Israel says Lebanon govt accountable for HezbollahJERUSALEM —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will hold the Lebanese government responsible for any attacks on Israeli targets by the country's Hezbollah militia. It's the latest shot in a war of words which has been escalating since a July 14 explosion at a suspected Hezbollah arms depot near the Israeli border.

July 15th, 2009 UN says south Lebanon weapons cache a violationBEIRUT — The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Wednesday ammunition which had exploded in a southern village was a "serious violation" of the U.N.-brokered ceasefire that ended a monthlong war between Hezbollah militants and Israeli forces three years ago.

June 13th, 2009 Senior EU official holds talks with HezbollahBEIRUT — The European Union's foreign affairs chief held talks Saturday with a Hezbollah legislator in the first meeting between a senior EU diplomat and the Iranian-backed militant Shiite group. The meeting was part of an outreach by European powers to Hezbollah, which the United States and Israel consider a terrorist group.

May 13th, 2009 Israel delays decision on returning Lebanese townJERUSALEM — Israel is suspending discussions of a possible withdrawal from the Lebanese side of a divided border town until after the neighboring country's elections next month, concerned that Iranian-backed Hezbollah could gain more political power and take control of the area, an official said Wednesday. Israel has held the Lebanese half of Ghajar since recapturing it in its 2006 war with Hezbollah, concerned that if it gives it back it will give the Shiite militant group another foothold on the border.

May 13th, 2009 Israel: No decision on divided town until electionJERUSALEM — Israel is suspending discussion of a possible withdrawal from the Lebanese side of a divided border town, fearing the Hezbollah guerrilla group will take control, an Israeli official said Wednesday. The official said Israel will wait until after Lebanon's June 7 elections, which Hezbollah is contesting.

February 7th, 2009 BEIRUT - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman Saturday said he will give instructions to the concerned parties to obtain more information on the missing Iranian diplomats, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. The president's remarks came after meeting with Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Shibani at the presidential palace.

February 5th, 2009 TEHRAN - Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea has admitted that the four Iranian diplomats who went missing in Lebanon in 1982 were kidnapped at Alberiareh checkpoint and later killed, Mehr News reported Friday. However, Geagea late Wednesday refused to say how the diplomats were abducted.

February 1st, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israel's counter-terrorism bureau warned Sunday of a 'concrete, high-level threat' that the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla group planned an attack against Israelis to avenge the February 2008 assassination of Imad Mughniyah, its deputy leader. 'The Hezbollah organization is apparently prepared to carry out a serious attack (assassination, kidnapping) against an Israeli target, including abroad.

January 29th, 2009 BEIRUT - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora has hit back at Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah for holding his government responsible for the four Iranian diplomats who went missing in 1982, a media report said Friday. In a statement Thursday, Seniora said his government had sent a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon in September last year, urging him to help resolve the issue of Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped during the Israeli invasion in 1982, the NBN TV reported.