Sep 23 What to know about the Israel-Hezbollah conflict By Lee Keath, Associated Press Many fear the escalating violence could lead to an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, which would further destabilize a region already shaken by the fighting in Gaza. Continue reading
Sep 23 Israeli strikes kill 182 in Lebanon, officials say, as country sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 By Bassam Hatoum, Melanie Lidman, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Thousands of Lebanese fled the south, and the main highway out of the southern port city of Sidon was jammed with cars heading toward Beirut in the biggest exodus since the 2006 conflict. Continue reading
Sep 21 Israeli airstrike kills at least 22 people in a school building, Gaza health officials say By Associated Press An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people and wounded another 30, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said that it targeted a Hamas command center in what… Continue reading
Sep 18 Sanders prepares Senate resolutions to block $20B in U.S. arms sales to Israel By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing a series of Senate resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel. Continue reading
Sep 17 Hezbollah members among hundreds wounded after pagers explode across Lebanon and Syria, officials say By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Lebanese state media say the explosions occurred in the suburbs of Beirut and in other parts of the country. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 8:24 U.N. coordinator describes challenges of providing humanitarian aid to Gaza By Nick Schifrin The United Nations called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate release of all Israeli hostages and for humanitarian aid access to be unimpeded. Sigrid Kaag is the UN’s senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza. She has visited… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 4:37 News Wrap: FBI investigates apparent assassination attempt on Trump in West Palm Beach In our news wrap Sunday, Secret Service agents opened fire on a person with a firearm near Trump at his golf club in Florida, a university in Springfield, Ohio received a shooting threat targeting Haitian community members, Houthi rebels fired… Continue watching
Sep 15 Missile fired from Yemen by Houthi rebels lands in central Israel, triggering air raid sirens By Natalie Melzer, Ohad Zwigenberg, Associated Press A missile fired by Yemen's Iran-backed rebels landed in an open area in central Israel early Sunday and triggered air raid sirens at its international airport, in the latest reverberation from the nearly yearlong war in Gaza. Israel hinted that… Continue reading
Sep 15 Israel says 'high probability' its own airstrike killed 3 hostages in Gaza last November By Natalie Melzer, Ohad Zwigenberg, Associated Press The Israeli army announced the conclusions of its investigation into the deaths of Cpl. Nik Beizer, Sgt. Ron Sherman and Elia Toledano, who were kidnapped in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Their bodies were recovered in December, but the cause of… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 3:35 News Wrap: Turkish-American woman killed in West Bank buried in her hometown In our news wrap Saturday, a funeral was held in Turkey for the Turkish-American woman killed by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, Israeli airstrikes hammered central and southern Gaza, Russia and Ukraine exchanged 206 prisoners of war, a… Continue watching