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2 killed in southern Lebanon as protests against Israeli presence erupt for a second day

Jan. 27, 2025 23:07 PM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — Firing by Israeli troops killed two people and wounded 17 on Monday in the second day of deadly protests in southern Lebanon, health officials said, as residents displaced by the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah attempted to return to villages where Israeli troops remain. ...

22 reported killed in Lebanon before agreement to extend deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw

Jan. 26, 2025 19:36 PM EST

MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 22 and injuring 124, Lebanese health officials reported. Hours later, the White House said Sunday...

Netanyahu suggests Israel might not complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by a ceasefire deadline

Jan. 24, 2025 15:11 PM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a deadline set in its ceasefire with Hezbollah, and Washington appears prepared to push for an extension. Under the deal reached in November, Israel...

Middle East latest: Released Israeli hostage says she has 'returned to life'

Jan. 20, 2025 21:38 PM EST

One of the Israeli hostages freed on the first day of the Gaza ceasefire said Monday in her first comments since being released that she has “returned to life.” Emily Damari, 28, was one of three hostages freed Sunday after spending 471 days in captivity. Officials at a hospital...

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 17 people in Gaza, nearly all of them women or kids

Jan. 07, 2025 18:08 PM EST

Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza killed at least 17 people late Tuesday, nearly all of them women or children, the territory’s Health Ministry and hospital officials said. Five kids were killed as they sheltered together in the same tent, said Ahmed al-Farra, director of the...

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside the war operations room, aide says

Jan. 05, 2025 13:02 PM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group's war operations room, according to new details Sunday disclosed by a senior Hezbollah official. A series of Israeli airstrikes flattened several buildings...

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024

Dec. 31, 2024 15:51 PM EST

It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency. While former President Jimmy Carter ’s time in the White House only lasted one term, the decades afterward were defined by humanitarian work that affected people all around the world. Founding the Carter Center with...

Former Israeli spies describe attack using exploding electronic devices against Hezbollah

Dec. 23, 2024 16:48 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two recently retired senior Israeli intelligence agents shared new details about a deadly clandestine operation years in the making that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria using exploding pagers and walkie talkies three months ago. Hezbollah began...