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Middle East latest: An Israeli airstrike cuts a major highway linking Lebanon with Syria

Oct. 04, 2024 06:16 AM EDT

An Israeli airstrike has cut off a main highway linking Lebanon with Syria, leaving two huge craters on either side of the road. The airstrike Friday rendered the road unusable for cars, leaving people to go on foot to the Masnaa Border Crossing where tens of thousands of people...

Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria

Oct. 04, 2024 06:34 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in southern suburbs of Beirut and another that cut off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, a main crossing point for tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment. The blasts in the...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen

Oct. 04, 2024 05:37 AM EDT

Hezbollah on Sunday confirmed the death of high-ranking official Nabil Kaouk in an Israeli airstrike, a day after the Lebanese militant group acknowledged the killings of multiple commanders, including longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah. Israel struck Houthi targets in Yemen in...

Middle East latest: Israeli strike in Beirut kills 9 as troops battle Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

Oct. 03, 2024 23:48 PM EDT

An Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in the Lebanese capital killed nine people, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in the heart of...

Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive

Oct. 03, 2024 22:04 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a U.N.-declared buffer zone, signaling that it may widen a ground operation launched earlier this week against the Hezbollah militant group. Meanwhile, Israeli...

UN peacekeepers stay on Lebanon's border despite Israeli ground incursion

Oct. 03, 2024 21:08 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. peacekeepers are staying in their positions on Lebanon’s southern border despite Israel’s request to vacate some areas before it launched its ground operation against Hezbollah militants, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Thursday. Jean-Pierre Lacroix...

What to know as Israel expands its operations in Lebanon

Oct. 03, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

Israeli airstrikes hammered targets across southern Lebanon and Beirut's suburbs while its military urged residents to flee more than two dozen Lebanese towns and villages, further signs that Israel is ramping up its operations in Lebanon. Israel, which had been focused for nearly a...

Middle East latest: UN ponders how to calm the conflict as Israel battles militants on two fronts

Oct. 03, 2024 00:29 AM EDT

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday to address the spiraling conflict in the Middle East. Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. said his country launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday as a deterrent to further Israeli violence, while his...

Israel presses forward on two fronts and reports 8 combat deaths as fears of a wider war mount

Oct. 02, 2024 21:53 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead and conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. As Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Oct. 02, 2024 19:42 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 30 The Wall Street Journal on Biden, Medicare prescription drug premiums ’Tis the season for election handouts. On Friday the Biden Administration announced lower...