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Fierce battle erupts just kilometres from Irish troops in Lebanon war zone
Lebanon
The border town of Bint Jbeil is vital to Hezbollah and Israel is determined to take it. The Israelis have now surrounded it and are intent on having complete control of it in days. The Defence Forces say the 350 Irish troops in the area are safe and accounted for.
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Fears for Irish soldiers in Lebanon as Israel intensifies strikes
Defence Forces
There are increased fears Israel will mount a full scale invasion of southern Lebanon, where the Irish soldiers are part of the 10,000-strong UNIFIL force.
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Kneecap call press conference as High Court to rule on rapper's terror case
Kneecap
The High Court’s decision will be given on Wednesday, the group said
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Dubai Marina tower hit as Iran launches missile attacks - live updates
Dubai
Explosions have been heard in Dubai Marina several hours after the UAE Ministry of Defence said its air defences were intercepting missiles and drones launched from Iran
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Appeal against decision to throw out Kneecap terror case due to be heard
Kneecap
Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh was accused of displaying a flag in support of proscribed terror organisation Hezbollah at a gig in north London in November 2024
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Gun gang who attacked Irish UN patrol in southern Lebanon 'were as young as 16'
Defence Forces
The Irish were targeted by six males on mopeds near the town of Bint Jbeil on December 4. A number of shots were fired at them, but they escaped uninjured. Six suspects are now in custody
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Hezbollah spreading misinformation about Irish and other UN soldiers in southern Lebanon, senior officer warns
Defence Forces
The Irish Mirror goes on exercise with the Defence Forces' 126 Infantry Battalion ahead of its six-month UNIFIL mission to war-torn southern Lebanon
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Conor McGregor hits out at pro-Palestine demonstrators in Dublin
Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor has hit out at pro-Palestine demonstrators
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Irish citizen charged over alleged 'attempt to join Hezbollah'
Hezbollah
Jack Danaher Molloy is alleged to have gone to the Middle East to allegedly try to join Hezbollah
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Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah officially commences
Israel
Israeli ministers insisted it would resume strikes on Lebanon if Hezbollah breached the terms of the ceasefire, while the deal does not affect Israel’s continuing war with Hamas in Gaza
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Moment Irish soldiers stare down the barrel of an Israeli tank outside their post in war-torn Lebanon
Lebanon
The exclusive Mirror photograph shows the Israeli Defense Force's multi-million dollar Merkava tank outside a beleaguered outpost housing 35 brave Irish UNIFIL peacekeepers on the border between Israel and Lebanon
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Israel PM Netanyahu's two words in US speech that will send a chilling warning to Gaza
Hamas
Benjamin Netanyahu received standing ovations from Republicans as he called for more support from the US, condemned anti-war protestors, and vowed the Gaza war would not end until Israel's goals were achieved
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Hundreds of Irish peacekeepers working as normal in midst of bloody Israel / Hezbollah feud
Defence Forces
More than 350 Irish soldiers are battling to keep the peace on the front line between Israel and southern Lebanon as part of two United Nations missions there – UNTSO and the larger UNIFIL force
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Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon took cover 'hundreds of times' in last six months
Lebanon
The soldiers have been caught up in rocket, artillery and drone battles between Israel and Islamic paramilitary group Hezbollah that have been raging in southern Lebanon
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Mícheál Martin in Lebanon to demand justice for Private Sean Rooney shot dead in 2022
Micheal Martin
The murder has been blamed on members of Hezbollah, the largest paramilitary and political grouping in Lebanon
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Iran gives US chilling warning to 'stay away so you won't get hurt' as it vows revenge on Israel
Iran
'Stay away so you won't get hurt,' Iran warned the US after vowing to get revenge for a strike widely attributed to Israel which killed Iranian military staff at the country's consulate in Syria
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Defence Forces poised to send 300 Irish troops to war-torn Lebanon
Defence Forces
The soldiers will begin deploying next week and will spend six months on patrol as part of a United Nations mission
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Irish troops take cover in bomb-proof bunkers amid Israel attacks in southern Lebanon
Irish News
The Mirror established that the 338 Irish members of 122 Infantry Battalion and Polish, Hungarian and Maltese colleagues based at two sites in southern Lebanon, all took shelter.
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Five alleged Hezbollah armed group members charged with murder of Irish soldier Sean Rooney
Hezbollah
That is Lebanon’s most powerful armed grouping which fought a bloody war against Israel in 2006 – and which had steadfastly and repeatedly denied any involvement in the Co Donegal peacekeeper’s slaying.
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Hezbollah terror group 'hands over man suspected of killing Irish soldier Sean Rooney'
Hezbollah
It comes just days after the Lebanese authorities vowed that they would do everything to catch Sean’s killers
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