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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrike on northeast Lebanon kills 11

Sep. 29, 2024 04:12 AM EDT

An Israeli airstrike on northeast Lebanon killed 11 people Sunday morning, a day after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah confirmed the death of multiple commanders, including longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Israeli army says it's carrying out attacks on Hezbollah targets in...

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

Sep. 28, 2024 20:03 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...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

Sep. 28, 2024 19:52 PM EDT

Smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday after the area was pummeled by heavy airstrikes that Israel said killed multiple Hezbollah commanders, including leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Lebanese militant group confirmed the death of its longtime leader, whose killing could...

Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a 'measure of justice'

Sep. 28, 2024 19:20 PM EDT

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice" for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said Saturday. The comments came after Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed earlier...

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...

President Joe Biden calls the Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah's chief a "measure of justice for his many victims"

Sep. 28, 2024 12:38 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden calls the Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah's chief a "measure of justice for his many victims."

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah transformed the militant group into a potent regional force

Sep. 28, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who transformed the Lebanese militant group into a potent paramilitary and political force in the Middle East, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the group said. He was 64. Nasrallah, who spearheaded Hezbollah's war against Israel...

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...