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Middle East latest: Israeli jets pummel southern Lebanon and Beirut's suburbs
Israeli jets struck southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people including a city mayor, Lebanese officials said. Hezbollah acting leader Sheikh Naim Kassem declared Tuesday that the Lebanese militant group will ramp up attacks on Israel in...
Israeli strikes hit Lebanon and kill at least 15 in a town with a dark history of civilian deaths
QANA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 21 people, officials said Wednesday, including 15 in a southern town where Israeli bombardments in previous conflicts are seared into local memory. The other six were killed in a wave of strikes...
US sees a window for a new push to break political deadlock in Lebanon to ease conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Israel’s sabotage and military operations in Lebanon taking out many of Hezbollah’s senior leaders, some in Washington and elsewhere believe there may be a window for a new push to break the political deadlock in Lebanon to try to ease escalating war. To...
Israel tells its troops to prepare for a possible ground operation in Lebanon
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon, its army chief said Wednesday as Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets across the border and a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group's deepest strike yet. Addressing troops on the...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel threatens ground operation after long-range Hezbollah missile attack
The Israeli military is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon, the Israeli army chief said Wednesday as Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets into Israel, including a longer-range projectile that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel. It was the group’s...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel claims death of Hezbollah commander as Beirut toll rises
Israel claimed the death of a senior Hezbollah military official after a rare Israeli airstrike on Beirut as the death toll rose Saturday to at least 37 people, with dozens more wounded, shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets. The strikes are part of a new...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Hezbollah leader says Israel crossed a `red line'
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah is promising to retaliate for deadly attacks on its communication devices after Israel's defense minister announced a “new phase” of the war. Hezbollah and the Israeli military traded new strikes over the border on Thursday. Fears are increasing...
Former five-time Lebanese prime minister Salim Hoss dies at 94
BEIRUT (AP) — Five-time former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss, who served during some of the most tumultuous years of his country’s modern history, died Sunday at age 94, the current premier said. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati described Hoss, who was also a former...
