Jan 09 Hezbollah launches drone strike on base in northern Israel. Israel’s military says there’s no damage By Hussein Mallah, Associated Press Hezbollah says it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army's northern headquarters in retaliation for recent strikes in Lebanon that killed top Hamas and Hezbollah officials. Continue reading
Jan 08 Slain Hezbollah commander fought in some of the group’s biggest battles, had close ties to leaders By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Wissam al-Tawil was a commander in Hezbollah's secretive Radwan Force, which is deployed along the border with Israel. He was killed Monday when a strike hit his SUV in his hometown. Continue reading
Jan 08 Fears escalate that Israel, U.S. and Iran’s allies moving towards all-out war By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has fired barrages of rockets into Israel, the U.S. has killed a militia commander in Baghdad and Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have… Continue reading
Jan 08 Israeli airstrike kills top Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon By Kareem Chehayeb, Bassem Mroue, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 07 Israel warns of ‘another war’ as cross-border fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon escalates By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Najib Jobain, Associated Press An increase in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah across the Lebanese border gave new urgency to U.S. diplomatic efforts as Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to visit Israel on his latest Middle East tour. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 2:59 News Wrap: FAA grounds Boeing Max jets for inspection after mid-air emergency In our news wrap Saturday, the FAA temporarily grounded about 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a window blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight, a major winter storm is bearing down on the East Coast, Hezbollah fired rockets… Continue watching
Jan 06 Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in retaliation for killing of top Hamas leader in Beirut By Bassem Mroue, Samy Magdy, Najib Jobain, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 9:59 Assassination of Hamas leader in Lebanon deepens concerns of broader regional conflict By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi, Jonah Anderson Fears of a widening war in the Middle East are back on boil after Tuesday's killing of a top Hamas leader in Beirut, Lebanon. Israel has not acknowledged any role in the drone attack, but it spent Wednesday awaiting possible… Continue watching
Jan 02 Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri killed in Beirut blast, local Hezbollah media reports By Bassem Mroue, Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 6:00 Escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah grow fears of wider outbreak of war By Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi, Sonia Kopelev, Ethan Dodd With the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza showing no signs of stopping, exchanges of fire across the Israel-Lebanese border are raising fears of a widening conflict. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Paul Salem, the president and CEO of the Middle East… Continue watching