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Israelis evacuated from the Lebanese border wonder if they'll ever return

Mar. 19, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (AP) — For four years, Sivan Shoshani Partush recruited families for Kibbutz Malkiya, a community of around 400 that she calls her “little slice of heaven.” It wasn’t a hard sell: spacious homes, beautiful nature, paths winding through manicured lawns, and a slower...

Israel strikes several sites in Syria, wounding a soldier, Syrian military says

Mar. 16, 2024 20:15 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria early Sunday wounding a soldier, Syrian state media reported. State news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military official, said air defenses shot down some of the missiles, which came from the direction of the...

An Israeli drone strikes a car in southern Lebanon and kills a member of Hamas' military wing

Mar. 13, 2024 09:51 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli drone strike targeted a car in southern Lebanon near the coastal city of Tyre, killing a member of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and a civilian. Since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza on Oct. 7, Israeli strikes have killed or wounded several...

The Latest | Ship with food aid leaves for war-torn Gaza; Israel says 100 rockets fired from Lebanon

Mar. 13, 2024 00:58 AM EDT

A ship carrying 200 tons of food was on its way Tuesday to the war-devastated Gaza Strip from the island of Cyprus to test-run opening a sea corridor to the besieged Palestinian territory, where hundreds of thousands of people are on the brink of starvation. The Israeli military...

A pair of Israeli airstrikes deep into northeastern Lebanon kills at least two people, officials say

Mar. 12, 2024 12:45 PM EDT

SAFRI, Lebanon (AP) — A pair of Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday in northeastern Lebanon killed at least two people and wounded 20, marking a continued escalation between Israel and Hezbollah over the war Israel is waging against Hamas militants in Gaza. One of the airstrikes...

UN envoy Giandomenico Picco, who helped end the Iran-Iraq war and won hostage releases, has died

Mar. 10, 2024 14:55 PM EDT

Former U.N. diplomat Giandomenico Picco, whose negotiating skills helped resolve some of the thorniest crises of the 1980s and 1990s, including the Iran-Iraq war and the kidnappings of Westerners by Hezbollah in Lebanon, has died. Picco passed away peacefully Sunday after a long...

US Treasury official pushes Lebanon to halt the flow of funding to Hamas

Mar. 09, 2024 09:33 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — A top U.S. Treasury official visiting Beirut this week pressed Lebanese authorities to prevent funds from being funneled to Hamas by way of Lebanon, officials said. Jesse Baker, deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for Asia and the Middle East in the Office of...

Strikes along Israel-Lebanon border kill 4 people as US envoy visits Beirut to press a cease-fire

Mar. 04, 2024 13:30 PM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed three paramedics from the militant group Hezbollah on Monday, state media said, hours after a missile strike blamed on the militants killed at least one foreign worker in northern Israel. The deadly violence Monday came...

Israeli strikes kill 7 Hezbollah members in south Lebanon

Mar. 02, 2024 07:19 AM EST

SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli drone strike hit a car in south Lebanon Saturday morning, killing three Hezbollah members, state media and officials said. Another four Hezbollah members were killed in a strike on a house in the town of Ramia overnight, said a Lebanese security...

Austria's top diplomat appeals for a pause in Mideast fighting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

Feb. 29, 2024 08:24 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — Austria’s foreign minister on Thursday urged Israel and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group against escalating the conflict along the volatile Israel-Lebanon border and expressed hope for a pause in the fighting in Gaza in time for the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in...