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 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 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
Oct 08 Hezbollah’s acting leader says more Israelis will be displaced as the militants extend their rocket fire By Bassem Mroue, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press In a defiant statement televised on Tuesday, acting leader Sheikh Naim Kassem said Hezbollah's capabilities are still intact despite weeks of heavy Israeli airstrikes and that it has replaced slain commanders. Continue reading
Oct 07 WATCH: Nearly 900 Americans and families have left Lebanon since Israel-Hezbollah fighting intensified By Associated Press Nearly 900 American citizens, green card holders and their families have now left Lebanon on U.S.-contracted flights since late September. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 8:47 Lebanese civilians run from bombs, sleep on streets as Israel intensifies attacks By Leila Molana-Allen, Harry Zahn, Kaisha Young Israel carried out its heaviest bombardment of Beirut in its campaign against Hezbollah overnight. Civilians who had evacuated their homes returned to ash and rubble. Nearly one quarter of the Lebanese population has been displaced, with some living out of… Continue watching
Oct 06 Strike on a mosque kills at least 19 people as Israel bombards both Gaza and Lebanon By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press An Israeli strike on a mosque in the Gaza Strip early Sunday killed at least 19 people, Palestinian officials said, as Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon in a widening war with Iran-allied militant groups across the region. Continue reading