Oct 14 Watch 4:33 U.S. providing powerful air defense system to Israel amid tensions with Iran By Amna Nawaz, Nick Schifrin The U.S. is promising to send an air defense system to Israel amid tensions with Iran. The U.S. is also condemning Israeli attacks that killed civilians in Gaza. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
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 12 Watch 2:30 News Wrap: Northern Gaza suffers under heavy Israeli bombardment In our news wrap Saturday, the death toll and destruction are growing amid more fighting on Israel’s two fronts in northern Gaza and southern Lebanon, the U.S. military says it conducted airstrikes targeting ISIS camps in Syria, Florida is assessing… Continue watching
Oct 12 Israel heavily bombards Gaza’s north while UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again By Samy Magdy, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel continued to tell people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of its offensives against the Hamas… Continue reading
Oct 11 Israel’s airstrike warnings terrify Lebanese civilians and draw criticism from rights groups By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press It wasn’t until late last month, when Israel dramatically expanded its aerial campaign against Hezbollah, that Lebanese people began receiving regular warnings about upcoming airstrikes. Human rights groups say Israel’s warnings are inadequate and sometimes misleading. 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
Oct 11 UN mission in Lebanon says 2 peacekeepers injured after its base was hit by new explosions By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The force, known as UNIFIL, said the explosions went off close to an observation tower at its headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura. Continue reading
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