• Families in Lebanon still search rubble for loved ones killed in a day of Israeli strikes

    Families in Lebanon still search rubble for loved ones killed in a day of Israeli strikes

    May 05, 2026 10:35 PM EDT

    Simona Foltyn: Zahraa visits the place where her mother was killed every day to look for her mobile phone, she says, or perhaps for answers that might never come. The Israeli military claimed to have killed 250 Hezbollah operatives on April 8. For the IDF's claims to be true ...

  • Palestinian and Israeli writers reflect on bridging divides in ‘The Future is Peace’

    Palestinian and Israeli writers reflect on bridging divides in ‘The Future is Peace’

    May 01, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... of people standing at checkpoint, and the Palestinians passing by saying, this is like us in the morning going through the checkpoints. And, for the Israelis, for the people who were -- experienced all this, they're like, no, no, it's not the same. By the end, though, everyone was ...

  • Southern Lebanon weighs losses from Israeli strikes as ceasefire hangs by a thread

    Southern Lebanon weighs losses from Israeli strikes as ceasefire hangs by a thread

    Apr 24, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... has been inflicted on their houses. Simona Foltyn: Hezbollah has made it clear it will not accept a one-sided cease-fire. Responding to repeated Israeli violations, the group has claimed responsibility for 10 attacks on Israeli troops both inside Lebanon and in Northern Israel. The cease-fire may have ...

  • WATCH: Trump announces Israel and Lebanon have agreed to 3-week ceasefire extension

    WATCH: Trump announces Israel and Lebanon have agreed to 3-week ceasefire extension

    Apr 23, 2026 11:13 PM EDT

    ... there have been multiple violations by both side sides. On Wednesday, Amal Khalil, a well-known Lebanese journalist covering southern Lebanon, was killed by an Israeli strike. Lebanese health officials said the Israeli military opened fire on an ambulance that responded to the scene, preventing rescuers from reaching her. Her ...

  • Israel's UN ambassador says IDF is 'most moral military in the world'

    Israel's UN ambassador says IDF is 'most moral military in the world'

    Apr 23, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    Geoff Bennett: You say that Israel does not target journalists. Amal Khalil is dead. CPJ has documented a growing pattern of targeted Israeli attacks in Lebanon, where 15 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israel since the October 7 attacks. Your government continues to state that Israel does ...

  • In rare interview, top Hezbollah leader rejects disarmament, calls for Israeli withdrawal

    In rare interview, top Hezbollah leader rejects disarmament, calls for Israeli withdrawal

    Apr 21, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... Safa (through interpreter): We don't accept any Israeli presence, not on our land, not in our skies, not even in our waters. Simona Foltyn: Israel says its so-called buffer zone is necessary to protect residents in the north. At least 35 Israelis have been killed by Iranian and ...

  • Witnesses detail deadly Israeli strikes on medics in Lebanon

    Witnesses detail deadly Israeli strikes on medics in Lebanon

    Apr 18, 2026 08:55 PM EDT

    ... in the village of Jibsheet, near Nabatiyeh, was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike last month, one of 59 primary health care centers shuttered due to Israeli attacks, according to the World Health Organization. The U.N. health agency also denounced Israeli strikes that twice in a matter of three days ...

  • London police investigate discarded items near Israeli Embassy

    London police investigate discarded items near Israeli Embassy

    Apr 17, 2026 07:56 PM EDT

    LONDON (AP) — Police in London said Friday they were investigating an incident near the Israeli Embassy involving a number of discarded items. The Metropolitan Police said the embassy was not attacked but that its officers, including some in protective clothing, were combing the area around the plush neighborhood of Kensington ...

  • Hezbollah and Israel truce holds in Lebanon as some displaced families begin to return home

    Hezbollah and Israel truce holds in Lebanon as some displaced families begin to return home

    Apr 17, 2026 02:41 PM EDT

    ... hospital Meanwhile, in Al-Najda al Shaabiya Hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh, officials said Thursday was one of the heaviest days of Israeli strikes since this latest Israel-Hezbollah war began. Hospital Director Mona Abou Zeid said the wounded continued arriving from nearby Israeli strikes until around ...

  • Israel agrees to 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon as U.S. pushes for broader peace deal

    Israel agrees to 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon as U.S. pushes for broader peace deal

    Apr 16, 2026 10:55 PM EDT

    Stephanie Sy: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a potential peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon a historic opportunity, but added Israeli forces will remain in Lebanon and that a potential peace deal must include the dismantling of Hezbollah. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister (through interpreter): To achieve this cease ...