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Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike

Sep. 28, 2024 16:46 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut. The killing of the powerful militant group’s longtime leader sent shockwaves...

Hundreds of fleeing families sleep on beaches and streets after Israel's strikes shake Beirut

Sep. 28, 2024 16:09 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Smoke was still rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday morning, visible to many of the families who had fled their homes there the night before to escape Israel’s massive bombardment. It had been a harrowing night — getting out amid earthshaking...

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

Sep. 28, 2024 15:42 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu signaled to the world from the United Nations on Friday that the multiple conflicts in the Middle East were far from resolved, and he vowed to continue battling the Lebanese Hezbollah and defeat Hamas in the Gaza Strip until “total...

Israel's military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Beirut strike

Sep. 28, 2024 04:04 AM EDT
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Beirut strike.

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

Sep. 28, 2024 00:52 AM 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. At least six people were killed and 91 were...

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

Sep. 28, 2024 00:16 AM 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. Israeli army spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said it targeted the main Hezbollah...

Lebanon’s Health Ministry has raised the death toll to 6 with 91 people wounded in Israeli strikes in Beirut

Sep. 27, 2024 18:01 PM EDT
BEIRTU (AP) — Lebanon’s Health Ministry has raised the death toll to 6 with 91 people wounded in Israeli strikes in Beirut.

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.

Israeli army warns residents in Beirut to evacuate from 3 buildings it says Hezbollah uses to hide weapons

Sep. 27, 2024 17:12 PM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli army warns residents in Beirut to evacuate from 3 buildings it says Hezbollah uses to hide weapons.

Lebanese health ministry says at least 2 killed and 76 wounded in massive Israeli strikes in Beirut suburb

Sep. 27, 2024 13:47 PM EDT
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese health ministry says at least 2 killed and 76 wounded in massive Israeli strikes in Beirut suburb.