Israeli army conducts artillery strikes,
ground incursion, house burnings
in southern Lebanon
August 11, 10:58am
(PressTV)
The Israeli military has carried out artillery strikes, a ground
incursion, and house burnings in southern Lebanon despite
a ceasefire agreement that took effect on April 16.
According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA),
Israeli forces discharged machine gun fire towards Wadi
al-Salouqi in the Nabatieh governorate and bombarded
the town of Mansouri in southern Lebanon overnight.
The Israeli forces also conducted two
explosions in the Mansouri region.
They carried out a major explosion in the Kfar Tebnit area
of Nabatieh, while the surrounding areas of Nabatieh
al-Fawqa were subjected to intermittent artillery
shelling from Israeli positions.
Israeli forces set fire to multiple houses in Khiam
while offensives persisted inside the town.
NNA reported that Israeli forces have made advances into
the western outskirts of Mays al-Jabal, accompanied by
artillery fire aimed at a residential structure.
Israeli drones also flew at low altitude over
the Zahrani area. There were no reports
of casualties or property damage.
The assaults came just days after the conclusion of the seventh
round of Lebanese-Israeli discussions, which wrapped up
on Thursday in Rome... with the sponsorship of the US.
The talks primarily addressed issues concerning the
implementation of a so-called framework
agreement established on June 26.
During a cabinet session on Friday, Lebanese President Joseph
Aoun asserted that Lebanon had achieved “positive progress”
in the discussions held in Rome regarding border issues
and detainees.
Despite these ongoing negotiations, Israel continues its acts
of aggression in Lebanon, which commenced on March 2,
resulting in the deaths of 4,335 individuals and injuries
to 12,277, while displacing over 1 million people, as
reported by the Lebanese authorities.
Israel maintains its occupation of regions in southern Lebanon,
with some areas being held for decades and others since the
war of 2023-2024, as its military has penetrated over
10 kilometres (6.21 miles) into Lebanese land
during the current onslaught.
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The Lebanese government’s direct talks
with Israel... ‘pointless’, says top cleric
August 11, 10:20am
(PressTV)
Vice President of Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Shia Council
(SISC), Sheikh Ali Khatib, has categorically dismissed
direct talks between the Beirut government and the
Israeli regime, stressing that the negotiations are
pointless and will not yield any benefits to the
Arab nation.
“Surrender to the Zionist regime implies heading towards
destruction. Israel is actually the enemy of Palestinian
life in Gaza and the West Bank,” Sheikh Khatib said.
“Israeli prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] --- has declared
that the regime will not withdraw its forces from Gaza and
implement the so-called peace agreements in Gaza....
unless Hezbollah and Hamas disarm. If, God forbid,
the resistance groups relinquish their weapons,
ordinary people will be massacred and
slaughtered,” he said.
Sheikh Khatib maintained that while the Lebanese authorities
have declared they would engage in direct negotiations with
Israel to restore security and peace so that the residents of
southern Lebanon can return to their homes, Israeli
officials have announced ----------- they will not
withdraw from occupied Lebanese areas.
The senior Lebanese cleric emphasized that Palestinians were
massacred in their own villages and vicious atrocities were
committed against them when they were forced to hand
over their weapons before 1947.
“What was the upshot of the United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1701 adopted in 2006? Israel did not comply
with it and continued its aggression, killing more than
500 people over the course of 15 months,” he said.
He went on to say that the Israeli military has destroyed and
bulldozed villages in southern Lebanon, covering a vast
swathe of land ..from the Khiam region to Naqoura.
“These villages, which were once vibrant with their residents
and buildings, have been reduced to ruins, and destroyed
due to round-the-clock explosions,” he said.
Sheikh Khatib argued that officials do not acknowledge the
fact that Israel does not intend to implement the ceasefire
agreement, and simply says one thing, but does another.
He noted that there is an internal and Arab collusion with Israel,
as certain Lebanese political factions and some Arab countries
regimes are against Hezbollah and the regional resistance
groups people, because the latter have thwarted their
''normalization'' schemes.
Sheikh Khatib finally lambasted the Lebanese government’s
efforts to distance itself from it, characterizing such
attempts as “naive and stupid.”
“The main purpose of these attempts - is to support the Israeli
occupation of southern Lebanon, help Israel, and give Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a higher chance of
winning the forthcoming election,” the senior
Lebanese cleric concludes.
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Iran won -- both war and diplomacy
in US-Israeli aggression: Araghchi
August 11, 9:42am
(PressTV)
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran has won - on both the
battlefield and the diplomatic front during the recent US-Israeli
aggression and the 12-day war - stressing: that the Iranian
resistance --------- ultimately forced the enemy to
seek negotiations.
Speaking at a Tuesday ceremony to sign a memorandum of
understanding on cooperation between diplomacy and the
health sector, to rebuild infrastructure damaged during
the recent war, Araghchi said the 12-day war, like the
eight-year Iran-Iraq war, featured “unprecedented
scenes” of courage and sacrifice by Iranians
across all sectors.
He said the efforts of Iranian men and women ensured that
people’s livelihoods and access to life, health, hygiene
and medical services, were not disrupted during
the aggression.
“Iran rendered the world’s largest conventional army incapable
and defeated it. This is not a slogan; it is a reality,” Araghchi
said, adding that the Islamic Republic demonstrated to the
world that it is ---- a resilient and formidable force.
The foreign minister said - he has repeatedly heard foreign
ministers and officials praise Iran’s performance, saying
that Iranians surprised the world --- by resisting the US,
Israel, Western regimes, and others supporting them.
“Nobody thought that Iran could resist in this way and
ultimately force the enemy to ask for negotiations,”
he said.
Araghchi noted that the same enemy that called for
“unconditional surrender” on the first day of the
war was, 20 days later, seeking negotiations.
He added that Iran also demonstrated during the
diplomatic process that it knew how to defend
its interests.
“I also heard this from various officials, in these exact
words: ‘You won both the war and the diplomacy,’”
Araghchi said.
“We brought ethics, we brought dignity, and we took
pride in it,” he added, attributing the outcome to
the sacrifices made by Iran’s medical and
resistance sectors.
The US&Israel launched unprovoked wars against the
Islamic Republic on June 13 last year and February
28, which lasted 12 and 40 days, respectively.
The Iranian Armed Forces managed to force the
aggressors into asking for a truce, during both
rounds of assaults.
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Israel --- manipulated the
2026 Slovenian election
August 11, 11:56am
(PressTV)
A European government that imposed an arms embargo
on Israel was destabilized and ultimately toppled
by a covert, dirty tricks campaign.
The Slovenian Liberal Freedom government was targeted by
a shadowy private intelligence company working on behalf
of the Zionist entity, known as Black Cube, to influence
the outcome of Slovenia's general election... earlier
this year.
However, despite Black Cube’s interference, the Liberal Freedom
Movement still secured more votes than their rivals, but
insufficient to form a government, and has now
been replaced by a right-wing coalition.
One of the new government's first retrograde steps
..........was to lift the arms embargo on Israel.
Subverting Slovenia:
Today, we will be exposing how a European government, that
imposed an arms embargo on Israel, was destabilized, and
ultimately toppled, by a covert dirty tricks campaign.
12 days before election day in Slovenia in March this year, videos
of prominent Slovenian figures during alleged business meetings
began appearing on the website www.anticorruption2026.com,
which lists no owners, no editor, or contact information.
The meetings were reportedly organized by the alleged British
investment fund, Stockard Capital, and the purpose of the
post was to expose the corruption of the government
and its president, Robert Golob.
But Stockard Capital does not exist. It was a fake entity
used to generate video material of alleged corruption.
The whole episode was a sting operation designed
to topple the incumbent pro-Palestine government.
Operatives from Black Cube, a private corporate
intelligence firm --- staffed by former Israeli
defense and intelligence personnel, ran
a hybrid election meddling operation.
In March 2026, Slovenian law enforcement, investigative
journalists, and civil society groups revealed that Black
Cube executives, including CEO Dan Zorella, & adviser
Giora Eiland, former head of Israel's National Security
Council, had made multiple covert trips to Ljubljana.
The operatives were accused of orchestration, wiretapping, and
establishing fake corporate fronts to record Slovenian figures.
These selective, edited recordings, which allegedly linked Golob's
liberal government to corruption, were leaked online --- just days
before the March 22nd, 2026 national election.
In 2025, Black Cube had met secretly with the conservative,
populist opposition leader, Janez Janša, who amplified the
leaked tapes during his campaign.
Prior to the election, Slovenia had established one of the
most vocally anti-Netanyahu, pro-Palestinian stances
in the EU.
The Golob administration had formally recognized Palestinian
statehood, imposed a complete arms embargo and transit
ban on military equipment destined for Israel ---- and
imposed an unprecedented travel ban on Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
far-right ministers.
Because of these policies, analysts and former government
ministers suggested... that the progressive leadership
in Slovenia --- had become a target for political
neutralization and external pressure
by pro-Israel actors.
The subversion campaign.... triggered a massive diplomatic crisis.
PM Golob formally requested that the EU Commission investigate
the incident, labeling the private spy operation --- a grave hybrid
threat against the EU.
Janez Janša won the elections, and his new right-wing government
immediately made a sharp U-turn in foreign policy by lifting the
Israeli arms embargo, reversing travel bans, lowering the
Palestinian flag from government buildings, and moving
Slovenia's embassy....... to Jerusalem/Al-Quds.
Slovenia had been successfully neutralized.
Black Cube is a secretive intelligence and dirty tricks firm created
in the settler colony, with offices in London and Madrid as well as
Tel Aviv. It's been implicated in subversion and covert dirty
tricks ----------- in 60 countries.
It claims not to work for Israeli clients or the
Zionist regime, but such claims --- are false.
Black Cube operates in a similar space to other Israeli tech
startups such as NSO Group, Pegasus Spyware, Celebrate,
Intelixa, and Predator spyware.
These entities leverage Israel's intelligence community's
expertise and appear to pursue the Zionist regime's
expansionist aims.