Oct 01 Watch 11:05 Middle East again on edge after largest aerial attack ever launched against Israel By Nick Schifrin, Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi Continue watching
Oct 01 Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel in sharp escalation of regional conflict By Aamer Madhani, Julia Frankel, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Iran fired dozens of missiles into Israel, a sharp escalation of the monthslong conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militias Hezbollah and Hamas that threatened to become a wider regional war. Continue reading
Oct 01 Hezbollah denies ground incursion as Israel calls for evacuations in Lebanon By Julia Frankel, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities hours after announcing what it said were limited ground operations against Hezbollah… Continue reading
Sep 30 Israel begins ‘limited’ ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon By Josef Federman, Abby Sewell, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The move by Israeli ground forces marked a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah and opening a new front in a yearlong war against its Iranian-backed adversaries. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 7:08 Israel starts invasion of southern Lebanon, continues air strikes across the country By Nick Schifrin, Jonah Anderson Israel appears to be starting its invasion of southern Lebanon, but on what U.S. officials believe will be a more limited basis. Israel continues to launch punishing air strikes across Lebanon, with some that have targeted leaders of militant groups… Continue watching
Sep 30 Who were the 7 Hezbollah leaders killed over the past week? By Kareem Chehayeb, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press In just over a week, intensified Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed seven high-ranking commanders and officials from the powerful Hezbollah militant group, including the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Continue reading
Sep 30 Hezbollah’s acting leader vows to fight on after former head Nasrallah’s death By Abby Sewell, Natalie Melzer, Associated Press The Lebanese Health Ministry says over 1,000 people have been killed in the country in the past two weeks. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 8:29 People in Lebanon fear echoes of past all-out war with Israel in latest airstrikes By Leila Molana-Allen, Kaisha Young Israel kept up its bombardment of Hezbollah in Lebanon on Sunday and also targeted strikes at Houthi fighters in Yemen, another Iran-backed militant group. President Biden said all-out war in the Middle East has to be avoided and that he… Continue watching
Sep 29 Israeli airstrikes kill 7th senior Hezbollah official in Lebanon and hit Houthi targets in Yemen By Melanie Lidman, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press The Israeli military said Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah's Central Council, was killed on Saturday. Hezbollah confirmed his death, making him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader slain in Israeli strikes in a little over a week. Continue reading
Sep 28 Who was Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah assassinated by Israel? By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Nasrallah's death comes amid a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, since the war in Gaza started, and more than three decades after he took leadership of the Iranian-backed militant group following the killing of… Continue reading