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Israeli officials demand the right to strike Hezbollah under any cease-fire deal for Lebanon
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials demanded Wednesday the freedom to strike Lebanon's Hezbollah as part of any cease-fire deal, raising a potential complication as a top U.S. envoy was in the region attempting to clinch an agreement. The development came as an airstrike hit the...
Middle East latest: Large airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs as Israel expands northern Gaza operations
Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Thursday, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airport. The Israeli military had issued an evacuation notice for the site, saying Hezbollah facilities were there, without giving more details. ...
Hezbollah chief says group will hold out in its war with Israel for 'suitable' cease-fire terms
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s newly named leader Naim Kassem said in his first public comments aired Wednesday that the militant group will keep fighting in its ongoing war with Israel until it is offered cease-fire terms it deems acceptable. “If the Israelis decide to stop the...
Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes pound the eastern Lebanon city of Baalbek
Israeli airstrikes pounded the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry and state-run news agency. Hours earlier, the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for residents in the entire city — including...
Israeli strikes in northern Gaza kill at least 88, officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two Israeli airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed at least 88 people, including dozens of women and children, health officials said, and the director of a hospital said life-threatening injuries were going untreated because a weekend raid by...
Middle East latest: Hezbollah picks a new leader and Israel bombs southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has chosen Sheikh Naim Kassem as its leader after longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike last month, as the militant group vowed Tuesday to continue “until victory is achieved.” Kassem, 71, had been Nasrallah’s deputy leader for over...
Hezbollah cleric Naim Kassem picked to lead the Lebanese militant group
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah announced Tuesday it has chosen cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group after the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb in late September. The group said in a statement that Hezbollah’s...
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 27 people including a city mayor, Lebanese officials said. Hezbollah acting leader Sheikh Naim Kassem declared Tuesday that the Lebanese militant group would ramp up attacks on Israel...
Middle East latest: Hezbollah's acting leader says the group is focused on hurting Israel
Hezbollah’s acting leader declared Tuesday that the Lebanese militant group is focused on “hurting the enemy” by targeting Haifa and other parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv. Sheikh Naim Kassem, Hezbollah’s deputy chief, vowed in a televised speech to “defeat our enemies...
Hezbollah vows to expand attacks in Israel after deadly strike in Lebanon's Christian heartland
AITO, Lebanon (AP) — The day after a deadly Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon – far from Hezbollah’s main area of influence – the militant group's acting leader said it would aim rockets into more areas of Israel. Naim Kassem said Hezbollah is focused on “hurting the...
