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Charismatic and shrewd: A look at longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Sep. 27, 2024 19:39 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has led the Lebanese militant group for the past three decades and transformed it into one of the most powerful paramilitary groups in the Middle East. Israeli airstrikes on Friday afternoon knocked out six buildings in Beirut’s...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel carries out attacks in Beirut on Hezbollah targets

Sep. 27, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

The Israeli military says it struck the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut. The series of explosions Friday evening is the most powerful yet seen in the Lebanese capital the past year. The series of gigantic blasts at around nightfall reduced six buildings to rubble in the...

Israel strikes Hezbollah in a huge blast targeting the militant group's leader

Sep. 27, 2024 19:24 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that targeted the leader of the militant group and leveled multiple high-rise apartment buildings. The biggest blast to hit the Lebanese capital in the past year...

Israel's military says it is conducting airstrikes in Beirut area where it had warned residents to evacuate

Sep. 27, 2024 17:55 PM EDT
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel's military says it is conducting airstrikes in Beirut area where it had warned residents to evacuate.

Netanyahu, at UN, vows that Israel will keep 'degrading Hezbollah' until its objectives are met

Sep. 27, 2024 16:01 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — His leadership strained by conflicts on two fronts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders at the United Nations on Friday that his nation will “continue degrading Hezbollah" until achieving its goals along the Lebanon border, further dimming hopes...

What to know about the growing conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah

Sep. 27, 2024 15:09 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Since mid-September, there has been a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. First came two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah — attacks widely blamed on Israel that killed at least 39...

PHOTO COLLECTION: Israel Lebanon Mideast Tensions

Sep. 27, 2024 15:03 PM EDT
This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

Netanyahu cuts short U.S. visit and will return immediately to Israel

Sep. 27, 2024 13:13 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Netanyahu cuts short U.S. visit and will return immediately to Israel.

Netanyahu says Israel will fight "until we achieve total victory" if Hamas does not surrender

Sep. 27, 2024 10:13 AM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Netanyahu says Israel will fight "until we achieve total victory" if Hamas does not surrender.

Netanyahu tells UN Israel will no longer tolerate daily Hezbollah rocket fire, "enough is enough"

Sep. 27, 2024 10:03 AM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Netanyahu tells UN Israel will no longer tolerate daily Hezbollah rocket fire, "enough is enough."