World Sep 28 Who was Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah assassinated by Israel? Nasrallah's death comes amid a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, since the war in Gaza started, and more than three decades after he took leadership of the Iranian-backed militant group following the killing of…
World Sep 28 Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut The Lebanese Health Ministry said six people were killed and 91 injured in the strikes, which leveled six apartment buildings. Iran announced Saturday that a prominent general in its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard sanctioned by the U.S. died in the same…
World Sep 27 Israel says it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in huge explosion that shakes Lebanese capital The Israeli military 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 wounded,…
World Sep 26 Israeli prime minister appears to downplay hopes for a cease-fire as deadly strikes continue in Lebanon The Israeli prime minister on Thursday appeared to downplay hopes of an imminent truce with Hezbollah after the United States and its allies called for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to “provide space for diplomacy.”…
World Sep 23 Israeli strikes kill hundreds in Lebanon’s deadliest day of conflict since 2006 Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said.
World Sep 23 Israeli strikes kill 182 in Lebanon, officials say, as country sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 Thousands of Lebanese fled the south, and the main highway out of the southern port city of Sidon was jammed with cars heading toward Beirut in the biggest exodus since the 2006 conflict.
World Sep 20 Hezbollah confirms one of its commanders was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and…
World Sep 18 Lebanon rocked by 2nd wave of exploding devices as Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war Israel's defense minister declares a "new phase" of war as Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices.
Politics Sep 17 WATCH: Pentagon holds daily briefing after Hezbollah pagers explode in Lebanon and Syria The mysterious explosions came amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which have exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the war in Gaza.
World Sep 17 Hezbollah members among hundreds wounded after pagers explode across Lebanon and Syria, officials say Lebanese state media say the explosions occurred in the suburbs of Beirut and in other parts of the country.