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Israel expands its bombardment in Lebanon as thousands flee widening war

Oct. 05, 2024 20:01 PM EDT

MASNAA BORDER CROSSING, Lebanon (AP) — Powerful new explosions rocked Beirut's southern suburbs late Saturday as Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon, also striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters. ...

Middle East latest: Two Hamas officials killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Oct. 05, 2024 18:33 PM EDT

An Israeli strike on a refugee camp in north Lebanon has killed Hamas official Saeed Atallah Ali and his family, the militant group said Saturday. Hamas later said another military wing member was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. The strikes come a day...

Thousands join pro-Palestinian rallies around the globe as Oct. 7 anniversary nears

Oct. 05, 2024 17:57 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent demonstrators in Rome as tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets in major European cities and around the globe Saturday to call for a cease-fire as the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks on...

Born on Oct. 7, Ali's first year has played out against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war

Oct. 05, 2024 14:06 PM EDT

NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ali Al-Taweel was born as Israeli warplanes started to pound the Gaza Strip after Hamas’ surprise cross-border attack on southern Israel. Now, the Palestinian child will celebrate his first birthday as the Israeli-Hamas war reaches its one-year mark....

The war in Gaza long felt personal for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Now they're living it

Oct. 05, 2024 10:59 AM EDT

SEBLINE, Lebanon (AP) — The war in Gaza was always personal for many Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Many live in camps set up after 1948, when their parents or grandparents fled their homes in land that became Israel, and they have followed a year's worth of news of destruction...

What to know about fighting in Lebanon and Gaza

Oct. 05, 2024 04:40 AM EDT

Relentless Israeli airstrikes pounded Beirut's southern suburbs overnight and closed off the main highway linking Lebanon with Syria, forcing fleeing civilians to cross the border by foot. The airstrikes came as the supreme leader of Iran, which backs the anti-Israel militant groups...

Relatives say a whole family was killed in Israel's deadliest West Bank strike since Oct. 7

Oct. 04, 2024 15:31 PM EDT

TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a West Bank cafe that the military said targeted Palestinian militants also killed a family of four, including two young children, relatives told The Associated Press on Friday. The strike slammed into a three-story building in the...

For Pittsburgh Jews, attack anniversary adds to an already grim October

Oct. 04, 2024 10:28 AM EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jewish communities everywhere reacted with horror at last year's Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, but the approaching one-year commemoration of the assault hits home particularly hard in Pittsburgh's Jewish community, which already marks a grim anniversary each October. ...

A year later, Israeli survivors reflect on the lingering toll of Oct. 7

Oct. 04, 2024 00:40 AM EDT

Lilach Almog walks past the remains of a police station seized by Hamas militants and buildings pockmarked by bullets in her southern Israeli town multiple times a day. “Every corner has become a memorial,” she said. “Even if you want to forget for a bit, you can’t. You look...

Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive

Oct. 03, 2024 22:04 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a U.N.-declared buffer zone, signaling that it may widen a ground operation launched earlier this week against the Hezbollah militant group. Meanwhile, Israeli...