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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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      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
      A man fires an AK-47 in the air during the funeral of Pierre Mouawad and his wife Flavia in Yahchouch. Their killing highlighted sectarian tension in Lebanon. AFP
      'Nowhere is safe': Israel's relentless attacks fuel Lebanon's sectarian tension

      Some residents in Christian villages want movement of displaced Shiite people to be limited for fear of becoming an Israeli target

      MENAApril 14, 2026
      A man walks through debris at the site of an Israeli strike on Tyre, southern Lebanon. Reuters
      Optimism limited over Israel-Lebanon peace talks as attacks continue

      Much rests on US-Iran negotiations in Islamabad

      MENAApril 10, 2026
      Rubble at the site of Israeli air strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs. AFP
      Israeli strikes kill at least 15 as Lebanon observes national day of mourning

      Attacks on southern Lebanon follow wave of bombings on Wednesday that killed more than 300 people

      MENAApril 09, 2026
      First responders and residents gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Tallet al-Khayyat neighbourhood. AFP
      More than 250 killed in Beirut 'massacre' as Israel drops 100 bombs in 10 minutes

      Hundreds injured in bombing spree as Israel declares Lebanon is not part of ceasefire

      MENAApril 08, 2026
      Air strikes pounded Beirut during what Israel called its biggest strikes on Lebanon of the war. Reuters
      Lebanon reels as Israel expands strikes despite ceasefire

      Israel launches biggest attacks yet on Beirut, hours after US and Iran agree to resume talks

      MENAApril 08, 2026
      A bulldozer clears rubble after a strike near Rafic Hariri University Hospital, in Jnah, Beirut, one of several areas hit by a wave of Israeli attacks. EPA
      Dozens killed in latest wave of Israeli air strikes across Lebanon

      Israel's military plans to widen Operation Northern Arrows mission and promises 'damage to Hezbollah will intensify'

      MENAApril 06, 2026
      A clergyman holds a crucifix outside St Georges Church in qlayaa on Easter Sunday. Reuters
      Dispatch'We will stay until our last breath': Easter in the shadow of war in Lebanon

      For the few people left, a normally happy Easter Sunday is one etched with uncertainty

      MENAApril 05, 2026
      Israel's new tactics in reginited war on Lebanon shorthand gif
      Special report‎No red lines: Israel's new tactics in its war on Lebanon

      After years of impunity in the Palestinian strip, Israel is deploying the same strategies in Lebanon

      MENAApril 02, 2026
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