Jamie Prentis

Jamie Prentis

Journalist
London
Jamie has been a reporter at the London bureau since June 2018. He studied history at the University of Nottingham where he focused on the 1956 Suez Crisis and the partition of India. Before joining The National he worked for the Libya Herald and covered the country for outlets including The Times, The Daily Telegraph and Al Monitor.
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Smoke rises from Beirut's southern suburbs on Wednesday after Israeli air strikes. AP
At least 16 killed in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon municipal building

Attack comes after PM Netanyahu rejected any ceasefire that would leave Hezbollah close to border

October 16, 2024
A Middle East Airlines plane takes off from Beirut airport as smoke rises over the city's southern suburbs. Reuters
Beirut airport perseveres amid Israeli bombs and GPS jamming

Flag carrier Middle East Airlines is navigating dangerous skies as the Israeli military pummels the city

October 14, 2024
The aftermath of an Israeli air strike in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
Lebanese PM suggests Hezbollah ready to comply with UN resolution

UNSCR 1701 requires the armed group to withdraw north of Litani River

October 11, 2024
Displaced Lebanese children sleep in a car park in central Beirut. Reuters
Hezbollah backs ceasefire with Israel without linking it to Gaza war

Israeli sends more troops to the Lebanese border, while Hezbollah hits Haifa with the largest barrage since the start of the war

October 08, 2024
A woman walks with her child in the corridor of a school housing families displaced from the south of Lebanon. AFP
Lebanon's embattled public schools to stay shut until November

September start date was delayed amid Israel's intensive bombardment of the country

October 06, 2024
Displaced people in their tents at the seaside at Ramlet Al Baida beach in Beirut. More than one million people have been displaced by the Israeli air assault on the country. EPA
Lebanon is paying the price in Israel's war - and it can't afford it

Thousands killed and more than a million displaced have left a country on the brink

October 05, 2024
Smoke rises from an Israeli air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs. Reuters
Israel hits Lebanon-Syria road after Beirut and West Bank attacks

Target of Beirut attack was Hashem Safieddine, a potential successor to Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah chief

October 04, 2024
Lebanese people who fled their homes amid Israeli airstrikes set up tents by the sea in Beirut. EPA
Beirut residents tell of harsh reality as Israel pummels Lebanon

Repeated Israeli strikes shake the city while people try to sleep on the streets and the rubbish piles up

October 03, 2024
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike in Dahieh, Beirut, on Thursday. AP
Paramedics among nine killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Almost 100 medical workers have been killed in Israeli attacks across Lebanon since October 8, according to officials

October 03, 2024
An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires from northern Israel towards Lebanon on Wednesday. AP
Eight Israeli soldiers killed as war with Hezbollah is fought on streets

Israeli army continues air strikes as ground invasion begins

October 02, 2024
Beaufort Castle looks down on Deir Mimas Monastery, demolished in the 2006 war and rebuilt in 2008 with Qatari funds. It is now inaccessible to the inhabitants of Deir Mimas, as Israel regularly strikes the valley, which is judged to be a launching area for Hezbollah operations. Matt Kynaston for The National
South Lebanon's historic sites caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah

Castles and fortresses of the strategic region such as Beaufort have been a battleground for centuries

September 16, 2024
Smoke rises near the Israel-Lebanon border, after Hezbollah fired projectiles towards Israel from Lebanon. Reuters
Hezbollah launched rockets at north Israel in response to south Lebanon strikes

The Israeli military said 55 rockets were detected crossing from Lebanon into the Galilee area

September 14, 2024
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell in Beirut on Thursday. Reuters
EU's Borrell says 'drums of war have not stopped pounding' in Lebanon

Foreign affairs and security chief meets senior Lebanese politicians after visit to Unifil headquarters

September 12, 2024
Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepts missiles fired from southern Lebanon over Upper Galilee, on Tuesday. EPA
Israel hits suspected Hezbollah positions across south Lebanon

At least 30 military sites struck in quick succession

September 11, 2024
Benny Gantz said Iran and its proxy groups, including Hezbollah, are now the main threat to Israel. EPA
Israel needs to shift military focus to Lebanon, Gantz says

Hamas is 'old news', former war cabinet and defence minister tells forum in US

September 09, 2024