Israel-Hamas war

Global economy will slow for a third straight year in 2024, World Bank predicts

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

Heightened global tensions, arising particularly from Israel's war with Hamas and the conflict in Ukraine, pose the risk of even weaker growth.

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.

WATCH: Blinken dismisses South Africa genocide case against Israel as ‘meritless’

By Matthew Lee, Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The U.S. has pressed Israel to scale down its offensive in Gaza to more precise operations targeting Hamas. But the pace of death and destruction has remained largely the same, with several hundred Palestinians killed each day, according to health…

Israel kills Hezbollah commander as Blinken visits region to stave off broader conflict

By William Brangham, Solveig Rennan

As Israel’s offensive in Gaza continues, a new front is heating up on the country’s northern border. Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been trading fire and Monday morning, an Israeli strike killed one of Hezbollah's high-ranking members.

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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.

Israeli finance minister calls for reestablishing Israeli settlements in Gaza

By Associated Press

Bezalel Smotrich, a champion of West Bank Jewish settlements, recently sparked an international outcry over his comments calling for Palestinians in Gaza to leave the territory.

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…

Blinken meets with leaders in Saudi Arabia, UAE in push to contain Israel-Hamas war

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that four key Arab nations and Turkey have agreed to begin planning for the reconstruction and governance of Gaza once Israel’s war against Hamas ends.

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.

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.