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U.S. expands sanctions on Iran in response to its ballistic attack on Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Friday announced new sanctions on Iran's energy sector in response to its Oct. 1 attack on Israel when it fired roughly 180 missiles into the country. Iran said the barrage was retaliation for a series of devastating blows Israel has landed in recent...
The UN says that aid entering Gaza is at its lowest level in months
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. humanitarian officials say aid entering Gaza is at its lowest level in months and warn that critical lifelines in the territory's north, where Israel has renewed its military offensive, have been cut off. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq delivered the...
Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in separate strikes
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three on Friday, Lebanon's military said, just hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two of them for the second day in a row. The...
Middle East latest: UN mission in Lebanon hit again by explosions
The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said new explosions hit its headquarters Friday, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after Israeli forces targeted the same position and struck central Beirut. Earlier Friday, cross-border fire from Lebanon killed a young man from...
UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon in crosshairs of Israel’s war on Hezbollah
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force and other positions in southern Lebanon in recent days, drawing widespread condemnation from around the world. The force, known as UNIFIL, said new explosions hit its headquarters on Friday...
At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on UN peacekeepers
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut on Thursday left two neighborhoods smoldering, killed 22 people and wounded dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as well as further escalating Israel’s bloody conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. The air...
Israel's airstrike warnings terrify and confuse Lebanese civilians
BEIRUT (AP) — As the war between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, Lebanese civilians are increasingly paying the price – and this dangerous reality often becomes clear in the middle of the night: That’s when the Israeli military typically warns people to evacuate buildings or neighborhoods...
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...
