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An Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills at least 30, hospital director says

Nov. 17, 2024 13:48 PM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli strike early Sunday in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza killed at least 30 people, the director of a hospital there told The Associated Press. Hosam Abu Safiya with Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya also said there were dozens of wounded, and others likely...

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak

Nov. 10, 2024 23:54 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the world watched for signs of how the U.S. election might affect the wars between Israel and Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. ...

Middle East latest: Large airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs as Israel expands northern Gaza operations

Nov. 07, 2024 16:13 PM EST

Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Thursday, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airport. The Israeli military had issued an evacuation notice for the site, saying Hezbollah facilities were there, without giving more details. ...

Hezbollah chief says group will hold out in its war with Israel for 'suitable' cease-fire terms

Oct. 30, 2024 21:51 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s newly named leader Naim Kassem said in his first public comments aired Wednesday that the militant group will keep fighting in its ongoing war with Israel until it is offered cease-fire terms it deems acceptable. “If the Israelis decide to stop the...

Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes pound the eastern Lebanon city of Baalbek

Oct. 30, 2024 20:48 PM EDT

Israeli airstrikes pounded the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry and state-run news agency. Hours earlier, the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for residents in the entire city — including...

Israeli strikes in northern Gaza kill at least 88, officials say

Oct. 29, 2024 22:44 PM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two Israeli airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed at least 88 people, including dozens of women and children, health officials said, and the director of a hospital said life-threatening injuries were going untreated because a weekend raid by...

Middle East latest: Hezbollah picks a new leader and Israel bombs southern Lebanon

Oct. 29, 2024 17:35 PM EDT

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has chosen Sheikh Naim Kassem as its leader after longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike last month, as the militant group vowed Tuesday to continue “until victory is achieved.” Kassem, 71, had been Nasrallah’s deputy leader for over...

Hezbollah cleric Naim Kassem picked to lead the Lebanese militant group

Oct. 29, 2024 12:50 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah announced Tuesday it has chosen cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group after the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb in late September. The group said in a statement that Hezbollah’s...

Israeli strikes pound Lebanese coastal city after residents evacuate

Oct. 23, 2024 19:21 PM EDT

TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending up large clouds of black smoke, while Hezbollah confirmed that a top official widely expected to be the militant group's next leader had been killed in an Israeli strike. ...

Top Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine is dead

Oct. 23, 2024 11:14 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Hashem Safieddine, a strongman who rose through the ranks of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah over decades to become the second-most powerful person within the organization, has died. Safieddine, who was about 60, was killed in early October in a...