World Jan 08 Israeli airstrike kills top Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon It's the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians.
World Jan 06 Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in retaliation for killing of top Hamas leader in Beirut Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel on Saturday, warning that the barrage was its initial response to the targeted killing, presumably by Israel, of a top Hamas leader in Lebanon’s capital earlier this week.
World Jan 04 Islamic State group claims responsibility for suicide bombings in Iran Experts who follow the group confirmed that the statement, circulated online among jihadists, came from the extremists, who likely hope to take advantage of the chaos gripping the region amid Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
World Jan 02 Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri killed in Beirut blast, local Hezbollah media reports Saleh Arouri, who was the most senior Hamas figure killed since the war with Israel began, was also a founder of the group's military wing. His death could provoke major retaliation by Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia.
World Dec 31 Netanyahu promises months of war ahead as Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill dozens more Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israel’s prime minister said the war will continue for “many more months,” resisting international calls for…
World Dec 18 France urges Lebanese leaders to work on easing tensions along the border with Israel Earlier Monday, Lebanon’s state news agency said an Israeli drone fired a missile at a building close to where the funeral of a Hezbollah fighter was being held in a southern border village, without inflicting any casualties.
Politics Dec 15 U.S. national security adviser says a negotiated outcome is the best way to end Lebanon-Israel tension Speaking to reporters in Jerusalem, Sullivan said that Washington won't tolerate threats by Hezbollah, which has been attacking Israeli military posts along the border since a day after the Israel-Hamas war began.
Politics Dec 15 U.S. and Israel agree combat in Gaza will take months amid growing American unease with death toll U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Friday with Israeli officials amid growing American unease about the mounting death toll in Gaza. He met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later in the day about the besieged enclave's postwar future.
World Dec 02 Israeli offensive moves south in Gaza, driving up death toll a day after truce with Hamas ends Israel pounded targets in the crowded southern half of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, driving up the death toll even as the United States and others urged it to do more…
World Dec 01 Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza after truce ends, sirens warning of Hamas rockets heard Israeli fighter jets hit targets in the Gaza Strip minutes after a weeklong truce expired, as the war with Hamas resumed in full force.