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Hezbollah leader vows retaliation against Israel for attacks on devices as both sides trade strikes

Sep. 19, 2024 17:11 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Hezbollah vowed Thursday to keep up daily strikes on Israel despite this week's deadly sabotage of its members' communication devices, and said Israelis displaced from homes near the Lebanon border because of the fighting would not be able to return until the war in...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Hezbollah leader says Israel crossed a `red line'

Sep. 19, 2024 17:01 PM EDT

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...

Harris plans a livestream with Oprah Winfrey while Trump is set to address an Israeli-American group

Sep. 19, 2024 15:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both major presidential candidates are making appearances Thursday meant to fire up their core supporters, with Vice President Kamala Harris participating in a livestream with Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump attending an event with prominent Jewish donors before addressing a...

What to know about the two waves of deadly explosions that hit Lebanon and Syria

Sep. 19, 2024 13:08 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices detonated in Lebanon Wednesday in what appeared to be a second wave of sophisticated, deadly attacks that targeted an extraordinary number of people. ...

Is Israel preparing for a war with Hezbollah?

Sep. 19, 2024 12:03 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — With Israel's defense minister announcing a “new phase” of the war and an apparent Israeli attack setting off explosions in electronic devices in Lebanon, the specter of all-out combat between Israel and Hezbollah seems closer than ever before. Hopes for a...

The exploding device attacks dealt a major but not crippling blow to Hezbollah, analysts say

Sep. 19, 2024 11:34 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The waves of remotely triggered explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members in grocery stores, on streets and at a funeral procession this week made for an eerie and shocking spectacle. Analysts said Hezbollah will be able to regroup...

Israel says two of its soldiers were killed by latest Hezbollah strikes across the Lebanon border

Sep. 19, 2024 11:24 AM EDT
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel says two of its soldiers were killed by latest Hezbollah strikes across the Lebanon border.

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war

Sep. 19, 2024 03:45 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in a second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said. At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 wounded in...

Israel-Hamas war latest: 20 killed, 450 wounded in second day of explosions in Lebanon

Sep. 18, 2024 16:54 PM EDT

Lebanon’s health ministry said Wednesday that at least 20 people were killed and 450 others wounded by exploding electronic devices in multiple regions of the country. The explosions came a day after an apparent Israeli attack targeting pagers used by Hezbollah killed at least 12...

UN General Assembly widely supports a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation

Sep. 18, 2024 14:48 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly strongly supported a nonbinding Palestinian resolution Wednesday demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year. The vote in the 193-member world body was 124-14, with 43...