• Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire avoids mistakes of the past, U.S. negotiator says

    Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire avoids mistakes of the past, U.S. negotiator says

    Nov 27, 2024 11:55 PM EDT

    Residents of southern Lebanon began returning to their homes as the U.S. brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. The agreement calls for Israel’s withdrawal, for Hezbollah to move its fighters, and the Lebanese armed forces deployment to conclude within 60 days. Nick Schifrin discussed more with Amos Hochstein, President Biden’s special envoy who...

  • What to know about the Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire deal

    What to know about the Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire deal

    Nov 27, 2024 02:45 PM EDT

    ... Israel when it agreed to stop fighting in Gaza. Some in the region are likely to view a deal between the Lebanon-based group and Israel as a capitulation.In Gaza, where officials say the war has killed more than 44,000 Palestinians, Israel’s attacks have inflicted a heavy ...

  • Can the Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire survive its vulnerabilities? Mideast experts weigh in

    Can the Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire survive its vulnerabilities? Mideast experts weigh in

    Nov 26, 2024 11:55 PM EDT

    ... Israel-Hamas deal is not that way. Hamas will demand an asymmetrical number of Palestinian prisoners, many who have been convicted or charged with killing Israelis, and they will want a cessation of the war. I don't think Benjamin Netanyahu can do that right now. It would be fascinating ...

  • WATCH: Biden to deliver remarks on possible ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon

    WATCH: Biden to deliver remarks on possible ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon

    Nov 26, 2024 07:38 PM EDT

    ... in September with massive Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon and an Israeli ground invasion of the country's south. Hezbollah has fired thousands of rockets into Israeli military bases, cities and towns, including some 250 projectiles on Sunday. It's not clear how the ceasefire will affect the Israel-Hamas war ...

  • Israel bombards central Beirut as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah

    Israel bombards central Beirut as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah

    Nov 26, 2024 04:11 PM EDT

    ... firing into northern Israel, saying it was showing support for the Palestinians, a day after Hamas carried out its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, triggering the Gaza war. Israel returned fire on Hezbollah, and the two sides have been exchanging barrages ever since. Israel escalated its campaign of ...

  • WATCH: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire will have 'significant impact' on war in Gaza, Blinken says

    WATCH: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire will have 'significant impact' on war in Gaza, Blinken says

    Nov 26, 2024 04:04 PM EDT

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said a proposed ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah would also have a "significant impact" on the war in Gaza. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to speak at 12:10 p.m. EDT. Watch in ...

  • News Wrap: Israeli ambassador to U.S. says cease-fire with Hezbollah is 'close'

    News Wrap: Israeli ambassador to U.S. says cease-fire with Hezbollah is 'close'

    Nov 25, 2024 11:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, Israel's ambassador to the U.S. says a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is close, Russian rockets injured more than 30 people in a wave of strikes on two of Ukraine's largest cities and at least 17 people are missing in Egypt after a tourist boat sank in...

  • Why have Israel and Hezbollah not agreed to a ceasefire?

    Why have Israel and Hezbollah not agreed to a ceasefire?

    Nov 25, 2024 07:02 PM EDT

    ... 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel, wounding seven people in one of the militant group's heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut. Violent clashes continue in southern Lebanon as Israeli forces attempt to take control of strategic towns. Israel says its goal in ...

  • News Wrap: Dozens wounded, 1 killed in strikes between Israel and Hezbollah

    News Wrap: Dozens wounded, 1 killed in strikes between Israel and Hezbollah

    Nov 24, 2024 10:45 PM EDT

    ... in southern Lebanon. The IDF later apologized, saying its operations were directed at militants, and Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets and other projectiles into Israel, wounding seven. The death of a dual Israeli-Moldovan citizen is being called a terror incident by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He announced today ...

  • UAE announces 3 arrests after Israel says rabbi who went missing in the country was killed

    UAE announces 3 arrests after Israel says rabbi who went missing in the country was killed

    Nov 24, 2024 09:05 PM EDT

    ... Israel also again warned against all nonessential travel to the Emirates after Kogan's killing. “There is concern that there is still a threat against Israelis and Jews in the area,” a government warning issued Sunday said. Kogan was an emissary of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, a prominent and highly ...