Feb 26 Israeli strikes inside Lebanon kill at least 2 Hezbollah members By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The strikes near Baalbek are among the deepest into Lebanon since a January airstrike on Beirut killed top Hamas official Saleh Arouri. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 5:17 Civilians describe living in crossfire as Israel and Hezbollah battles escalate By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Karl Bostic, Ethan Dodd As the war in Gaza rages, tensions are escalating on Israel’s Northern border. Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah, which the U.S. labels a terrorist group, have traded fire since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Nick Schifrin spoke with Israelis who live… Continue watching
Feb 15 Israeli airstrikes kill 10 civilians in Lebanon, state media reports. Hezbollah vows to retaliate By Mohammed Zaatari, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate for Wednesday's strikes, which hit in the city of Nabatiyeh and a village in southern Lebanon just hours after projectiles from Lebanon killed an Israeli soldier and wounded eight. Continue reading
Feb 12 Egypt is threatening to void its decades-old peace treaty with Israel. What does that mean? By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Egypt has threatened to void its decades-long peace treaty with Israel if it begins a large-scale offensive against Rafah, where some 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering in densely packed tent camps on the border with Egypt. Continue reading
Feb 10 Israeli drone attack kills 2 in Lebanon, one of the deepest hits inside the country in weeks By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press An Israeli drone strike hit a car near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding two others, security officials said. Continue reading
Feb 03 As war in Gaza hits 4 months, Israel issues its most detailed warning yet to Hezbollah By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israel’s military on Saturday issued its most detailed warning yet to Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon that it would be “ready to attack immediately” if provoked, as it recounted its actions along the northern border during four months of war in Gaza. Continue reading
Feb 01 Israel and Lebanon are prepping for war, but neither wants the conflict many fear is inevitable By Abby Sewell, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Israel and Hezbollah each have lessons from their last war, in 2006. The monthlong conflict ended in a draw. Continue reading
Jan 21 Strike kills civilian, Hezbollah fighter as Israel seems to shift to targeted killings in Lebanon By Mohammed Zaatari, Abby Sewell, Associated Press An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing a Hezbollah member in one car and a woman in the other and wounding several other people, Lebanese state media and health officials reported. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 3:44 World leaders concerned about Mideast war escalating after attacks in Lebanon and Iraq By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi The Biden administration will soon designate Houthi militants in Yemen as a specially designated global terrorist group, a White House official tells the NewsHour. It follows more than 30 Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and it's… Continue watching
Jan 14 Two Israeli civilians killed by missile fire from Lebanon as Israel-Hamas war rages for 100th day By Melanie Lidman, Samy Magdy, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press An anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon hit a home in northern Israel on Sunday, killing two civilians and renewing concerns about the risk of a second front erupting in the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading