Oct 19 Israel pounds Lebanon and Gaza with airstrikes and says a drone targeted Netanyahu’s house By Adam Schreck, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israel's government said a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house Saturday, with no casualties, as fighting with Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Gaza -based Hamas showed no pause after the killing of the Hamas mastermind of last year’s Oct. 7 attack. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 7:52 Hamas, Hezbollah and Israel refuse to back down from conflict after Sinwar’s death By Nick Schifrin, Geoff Bennett If the U.S. wants to use the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as an opportunity for peace, the warring sides are publicly resisting. On Friday, Hamas vowed to keep fighting, Lebanese Hezbollah announced a new phase of its war… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 3:22 Israel resumes bombardment on Beirut’s suburbs By Leila Molana-Allen Israel resumed punishing airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and across central and southern Lebanon. More than 130 strikes targeted what Israel says were Hezbollah operatives and locations. Israel's military also said more than 90 Hezbollah rockets were fired into northern… Continue watching
Oct 16 Israeli airstrike in Lebanon kills at least 21 in town that has seen its share of deadly attacks By Kareem Chehayeb, Mohammed Zaatari, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Officials say Israeli airstrikes have pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 21 people, including more than a dozen in a southern town where Israeli bombardments in previous conflicts are seared into local memory. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 4:55 Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill civilians and threaten safe havens for the displaced By Leila Molana-Allen The U.S. said Tuesday it did not approve of Israel's bombing campaign in Beirut over the last several weeks that has led to major civilian casualties. Far from Beirut in northern Lebanon, a deadly Israeli airstrike targeted one Hezbollah member… Continue watching
Oct 15 UN calls for investigation into Israeli airstrike on apartment in Lebanon that killed 22 By Kareem Chehayeb, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The United Nations is calling for an independent investigation into an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in northern Lebanon that killed at least 22 people. Continue reading
Oct 14 Israeli strike on apartment building kills at least 21 people in Lebanese village By Yahya Habchiti, Kareem Chehayeb, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and it was not clear what the target was. The strike hit the village of Aito, which is part of the country's Christian heartland in the north and far from the… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 7:39 Civilians feel nowhere is safe as Israel expands and intensifies strikes in Lebanon By Leila Molana-Allen, Claire Mufson, Satvi Sunkara Israel is stepping up its bombardment of Gaza and Lebanon as it wages a multi-front war against Hamas and Hezbollah. In southern Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike on a century-old market killed one person and wounded several others, as Israeli Prime… Continue watching
Oct 13 Hezbollah claims responsibility for drone strike in central Israel in retaliation for strikes on Beirut By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers Sunday, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 5:09 Israel injures UN peacekeepers again, raising more concerns about its operation in Lebanon By Leila Molana-Allen, Morgan Till It was another day of widening war in Lebanon. Israeli troops fired again on U.N. positions, wounding two. IDF troops also fired on Lebanese Armed Forces. All this as Hezbollah militants fired dozens more rockets into Israel. But as Leila… Continue watching