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      Jamie Prentis

      Jamie Prentis

      Lebanon correspondent
      Location
      Beirut
      Jamie is a British journalist and has been a correspondent at the Beirut bureau since March 2022, where he covers Lebanese affairs and the wider region. Before that he was a reporter at the London bureau for nearly four years. Before joining The National he worked for the Libya Herald and covered the country for outlets including The Times.
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      Articles

      Workers repair electricity infrastructure, damaged during Israeli strikes on Wednesday, in Tyre, south Lebanon. Reuters
      Strait of Hormuz closure inflicts more financial woes on Lebanon's generator users

      Crisis linked to the blockade hits Lebanon disproportionately hard

      MENAMay 09, 2026
      Smoke from an Israeli bombardment rises behind Beaufort Castle. AFP
      Lebanon's Crusader-era Beaufort Castle is consumed by conflict once again

      The imperious 12th-century fortification has had a bird's-eye view of many battlefields. Now, with its surrounding villages emptied by forced displacement orders as Israel's air strikes rain down, war has returned to its doorstep

      MENAMay 08, 2026
      Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut. AFP
      Israel kills Hezbollah commander in first attack on Beirut in weeks

      The attack on the capital comes amid continuing Israeli strikes and demolitions across southern Lebanon

      MENAMay 06, 2026
      Lebanese soldiers secure the site of an Israeli drone attack in southern Beirut. AFP
      Lebanese army enters Beirut suburbs to arrest gunmen who fired at Hezbollah funeral

      Rare army intervention in southern suburbs comes as Hezbollah fighters engage in major clash with Israeli troops

      MENAMay 05, 2026
      Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on the village of Kfar Tibnit, Lebanon. AFP
      Angry Birds caricature of Hezbollah leader deepens Lebanon divide

      Pro-Hezbollah accounts respond with online posts attacking Maronite leader

      MENAMay 04, 2026
      Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for three Lebanese Civil Defense members in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on Thursday. Reuters
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      Israeli attacks kill nine in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

      Nearly two dozen wounded as military carries out extensive morning strikes

      MENAApril 30, 2026
      Hezbollah drone Gif
      Play00:45
      AnalysisHezbollah increases drone strikes against Israeli troops in Lebanon

      Iran-backed group is transitioning from heavy fire to precision attacks, says military analyst

      MENAApril 30, 2026
      Lebanon food Gif
      Quarter of Lebanon plunged into hunger by war with Israel

      Experts predict 1.2 million people will reach 'crisis' level of food insecurity

      MENAApril 29, 2026
      Israeli tanks and military vehicles on patrol among the ruins of southern Lebanon. AFP
      Israel issues forced displacement order for 16 Lebanese towns

      Area to be vacated is home to only functioning hospital in south of country

      MENAApril 28, 2026
      Smoke rises following an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon. AFP
      Lebanon seeks armistice in talks with Israel, affirms Aoun

      Lebanese president appeared to accuse Hezbollah of 'betrayal', saying the country had been 'dragged into war' to serve Iran's interests

      MENAApril 27, 2026
      Amira Fadel works at her stall after her shop was bombed in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Reuters
      Lebanon remains on edge despite extension of ceasefire

      Low-level exchanges of fire continue as country divided over Israel talks

      MENAApril 24, 2026
      Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was among five people killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. Photo: Supplied
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      ExclusiveSurvivor of Israeli strike on journalists describes hours-long wait for rescue

      Photographer Zeinab Faraj told The National how she waited for hours with Amal Khalil for help that came too late after a triple-tap strike

      MENAApril 23, 2026
      A woman and her daughter pass a building that was damaged by an Israeli air strike in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh, on April 20, 2026. Getty Images
      'The war hasn’t stopped': Lebanese doubt truce as Israel tightens grip on southern Lebanon

      Israeli military's 'forward defence line' brings dozens of southern villages under its heel

      MENAApril 20, 2026
      A photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency on April 17, 2026, shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun delivering a televised address to the Lebanese people from the Baabda Presidential Palace, east of the capital Beirut. A 10-day truce, announced by US President went into force at midnight April 16, 2026, seeking to end more than six weeks of war with Israel that has killed nearly 2,300 people in Lebanon and displaced more than a million. The ceasefire agreement makes no mention of an Israeli withdrawal from the 10-kilometre (six-mile) security zone along the border in southern Lebanon. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
      Beirut caught between hope and fear despite Israel–Hezbollah truce

      Lebanese President says he is ready to go 'anywhere' to secure a deal to save Lebanon

      MENAApril 17, 2026
      Destroyed buildings in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, near the Israel-Lebanon border. Reuters
      Israel tries to capture Hezbollah's 'symbols of resistance'

      Focus may have briefly switched to a possible ceasefire, but on the ground in south Lebanon fighting is raging

      MENAApril 16, 2026
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