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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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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
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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
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
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