Oct 10 Watch U.N. accuses Israel of firing on its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon By Leila Molana-Allen, Morgan Till The United Nations said its peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon came under attack by Israeli forces. Israel invaded last month to press its military campaign against Hezbollah militants. The UN peacekeeping force is charged with keeping the border between Lebanon… Continue watching
Oct 10 Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut kill at least 22 people By Bilal Hussein, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israeli airstrikes hit different areas of central Beirut on Thursday evening, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said. The attack came the same day as Israeli forces fired on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon… Continue reading
Oct 10 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as 2 UN peacekeepers in Lebanon wounded by Israeli tank By Associated Press UNIFIL said in a statement that its headquarters and nearby positions “have been repeatedly hit.” It said the army also fired on a nearby bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, damaging vehicles and a communication system. It said an Israeli drone… Continue reading
Oct 10 Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 27 By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israel has continued to strike at what it says are militant targets across the Palestinian enclave even as attention has shifted to its war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and rising tensions with Iran. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 5:45 More civilians in Lebanon displaced and in dire need amid Israel’s battle with Hezbollah By Leila Molana-Allen, Morgan Till Thousands upon thousands of Lebanese are fleeing Israeli bombing across southern and central Lebanon as Hezbollah continues its rocket and missile fire into northern Israel. As fears of all-out regional war mount, special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen sits down with the… Continue watching
Oct 09 How misinformation about Israel and Gaza has evolved in the yearlong war By Maria Briceño, Sara Swann, PolitiFact How the misleading and false narratives about Israel, Gaza and the war in the Middle East have evolved over the past year. Continue reading
Oct 09 Israel warns attack on Iran would be ‘lethal’ and ‘surprising’ By Tia Goldenberg, Samy Magdy, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israel’s defense minister says his country’s retaliation for a recent Iranian missile attack will be “lethal” and “surprising.”… Continue reading
Oct 09 Biden and Netanyahu hold first phone conversation in weeks By Zeke Miller, Tia Goldenberg, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press “It was direct, it was productive,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who added that the leaders discussed a long list of issues on the call, including Israel's deliberations on how it will respond to Iran. Continue reading
Oct 09 Israeli offensive kills dozens and threatens hospitals in hard-hit northern Gaza By Samy Magdy, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press The continuing cycle of destruction and death in Gaza, unleashed by Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, comes as Israel expands a weeklong ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon and considers a major retaliatory strike on Iran. Continue reading
Oct 08 With U.S. support, Israeli strikes shift power balance in Middle East By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Israeli military strikes are targeting Iran’s armed proxies across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the Middle East and are threatening Iran itself. Continue reading