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Jamie Prentis

Jamie Prentis

Lebanon correspondent
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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Large parts of the city, along with villages and towns across the Bekaa Valley, have been reduced to rubble in Israeli attacks. Mohamad Zanaty for The National
Lebanon's historic Baalbek city flattened by Israel's daily bombardment

Large parts of the city have been reduced to rubble in relentless attacks

MENANovember 13, 2024
People and rescuers try to put out a fire at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a densely populated neighborhood in Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek on November 6, 2024. Israel expanded operations in Lebanon in September 2024 nearly a year after Hezbollah began exchanging fire in support of its ally, the Palestinian Hamas movement following its attack on Israel in October 2023. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
Civilians bear the brunt in Baalbek

Israeli strikes on Bekaa Valley over the past week have killed more than 160 people

MENANovember 08, 2024
The site of an Israeli strike in Barja which killed 35 people on Tuesday. Matt Kynaston for The National
Disbelief in Lebanese town of Barja after Israeli strikes turn home for displaced into graveyard

Coastal town is the latest to suffer deadly attack despite having no links to Hezbollah

MENANovember 07, 2024
Lebanese have been injured and traumatised by the escalation in Israeli attacks on Baalbek. Matt Kynaston / The National
Lebanon's Baalbek city endures week of death and destruction

Israeli strikes on Bekaa Valley have killed about 160 people in a matter of days

MENANovember 04, 2024
Buildings damaged by Israeli strikes on the village of Hadath Baalbek on Thursday. Reuters
Seven more killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon's Baalbek

Israeli army issued eviction orders for entire city for second day in a row, hours ahead of attacks

MENAOctober 31, 2024
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan condemned Israel's actions against the Palestinian people. AP
Saudi Arabia to host summit on 'Israeli aggression' in Gaza and Lebanon

Kingdom demands an immediate ceasefire as Hezbollah's new leader vows to continue on 'path of war'

MENAOctober 30, 2024
People gather at the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese town of Sarafand. Reuters
Dozens killed and injured in Israeli air strikes on south Lebanon

Most residents fled north after Israeli military issued eviction order, mayor says

MENAOctober 30, 2024
People inspect the destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike on the Gouraud Barracks neighbourhood of Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek on October 29, 2024. Lebanon's health ministry said at least 60 people were killed on October 28 in Israeli raids on several areas in the eastern Bekaa Valley, most of them in the Baalbek region. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
'Bodies so burnt ... all you could see were teeth': Civilians suffer in Bekaa strikes

Hospitals in Baalbek overwhelmed with burn and shrapnel injuries after Israeli strikes

MENAOctober 29, 2024
New Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem was deputy secretary general under Hassan Nasrallah. Reuters
Naim Qassem chosen as Hezbollah leader, succeeding Hassan Nasrallah

Qassem is known as the public face of the militant group, rather than as a military tactician

MENAOctober 29, 2024
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese city of Baalbek last week. AFP
Israeli strikes kill 63 in Lebanon's Baalbek-Hermel and Bekaa region

More than a dozen people still trapped under rubble, says governor

MENAOctober 29, 2024
People inspect a damaged building after an Israeli strike on the Haret Saida neighbourhood, Sidon, on Sunday. EPA
Eight killed as Israel bombs Lebanese city of Sidon

Israeli military did not issue eviction orders or say what they were attacking

MENAOctober 27, 2024
Damaged cars and debris from buildings after the Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, that killed three media workers. AP
Three journalists killed by Israeli attack on south Lebanon

Employees of several media outlets covering the war were staying at guesthouse in town of Hasbaya

MENAOctober 25, 2024
Damaged buildings in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. Reuters
Beirut pummelled by Israeli strikes as three Lebanese Army soldiers killed in south

Israel recommenced daily attacks on the capital after a brief lull last week

MENAOctober 24, 2024
Smoke rises over Tyre in the south of Lebanon on Wednesday, as hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces continue. Reuters
Israel strikes historic Tyre in south Lebanon after evicting residents

Unesco heritage-listed city has largely been spared in the Hezbollah-Israel war, but strikes have intensified recently

MENAOctober 23, 2024
A combination image shows a building collapsing following a missile strike, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut's Ghobeiri district, southern suburbs, Lebanon, October 22, 2024. Reuters
'Children dying in front of me': Horror as Israel hits residential buildings near Beirut hospital

Residents describe brutal scenes after Israeli strike near Rafic Hariri Hospital kills at least 18 and injures dozens

MENAOctober 22, 2024
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