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At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on UN peacekeepers
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut Thursday left two neighborhoods smoldering, killing 22 people and wounding dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as well as further escalating Israel’s bloody conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. The air...
Middle East latest: 22 people killed and 117 wounded in Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon says
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip and Beirut on Thursday have left dozens of people dead, Palestinian and Lebanese authorities said. The first strike, on a school sheltering the displaced in the Gaza Strip, killed at least 27 people, including a child and seven women, Palestinian...
When is an interview too tough? CBS News grappling with question after Dokoupil interview
NEW YORK (AP) — An internal debate over CBS News host Tony Dokoupil's pointed interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel has spread to the boardroom, with the chief of the network's parent company saying Wednesday that it was a mistake to reprimand him. Shari Redstone, o...
UN-backed experts say Israel is destroying Gaza's health sector and both sides have tortured people
A U.N. commission on Thursday accused Israel of destroying Gaza's health care system through “relentless and deliberate attacks” in its yearlong war with Hamas and said that Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages have been tortured and sexually abused. The expert panel was...
What to know about Israel's ground invasion in southern Lebanon
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s ground invasion in Lebanon stretched into its second week, as the Hezbollah militant group fired hundreds of rockets deep into Israel — with no end in sight to the escalating conflict. More than 1,400 people have been killed in Lebanon — mostly in...
Middle East latest: Dozens killed as Israeli troops pound central and northern Gaza
Israel’s bombardment of central and northern Gaza has killed dozens of people and trapped thousands in their homes, Palestinian officials said Wednesday, as the death toll in the yearlong war passed 42,000. Gaza’s Health Ministry said it recovered 40 bodies from Jabaliya from...
UN agency for Palestinians warns Gaza aid work may 'disintegrate' if Israeli legislation passes
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday that if pending Israeli legislation is adopted, all humanitarian operations in Gaza and the West Bank may “disintegrate,” leaving hundreds of thousands of people in dire need as war rages. ...
Brown rejects calls to divest from companies in connection with pro-Palestinian protests on campus
BOSTON (AP) — Brown University has rejected a proposal to divest from 10 companies that protesters say were facilitating the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. The vote Tuesday by the Corporation of Brown follows a committee report recommending against divesting partly...
Israeli defense minister warns an attack on Iran would be 'lethal' and 'surprising'
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country's retaliation for a recent Iranian missile attack will be “lethal” and “surprising,” while the Israeli military pushed ahead with a large-scale operation in northern Gaza and a ground offensive in Lebanon...
Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday held their first call in seven weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how to respond to Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack. ...
