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Israel: We Killed Hezbollah Chief in Lebanon
Hezbollah Confirms Israel
Has Killed Its Leader
UPDATED
Sep 28, 2024 6:30 AM CDT

Hezbollah Confirms Israel Has Killed Its Leader

Hassan Nasrallah was killed amid airstrikes in Lebanon

(Newser) - Hezbollah has now confirmed what Israel reported earlier on Saturday: The nation's military has killed Hassan Nasrallah, its leader for three decades, during heavy airstrikes overnight in the Beirut area, per the AP . Nasrallah, 64, "has joined his fellow martyrs," according to a statement from the group....

Lebanon Fears Gaza-Level Destruction

Israeli bombs have killed 700 in the country this week, say Lebanese authorities

(Newser) - Nearly 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. Israel has dramatically escalated strikes, saying it's targeting Hezbollah's military capacities and senior Hezbollah commanders. The International Organization for Migration estimated Thursday that more than 200,000 people have been displaced in...

Relatives of 6 Slain Hostages Issue a 'Clarion Call'

'Act,' they write in an open letter

(Newser) - The families of the six hostages taken by Hamas and killed 328 days later have penned an open letter published by Time "to people in power" that contains a simple request: "Act." The families of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel...

Hamas Leader's Low-Tech Solution: Coded Messages

Yahya Sinwar reportedly uses a system developed in Israeli prisons

(Newser) - The pager explosions in Lebanon this week put a spotlight on a low-tech communication method that Hezbollah reportedly turned to as a means of evading Israeli intelligence and their tracking of cellphones. The Wall Street Journal reports that another of Israel's foes, Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, has gone even...

Israeli Official: We Could Offer Hamas Leader Safe Passage

Hostage envoy says if Hamas returns all hostages, such a deal is possible

(Newser) - Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, architect of the October 7 attack on Israel, could be granted a safe exit out of Gaza in exchange for Hamas relinquishing control of the Gaza Strip and releasing the 101 hostages it still holds, an Israeli official says. "I'm ready to provide safe...

Israel Leaves Trail of Destruction in West Bank

Military appeared to withdraw from Jenin refugee camp on Friday

(Newser) - Israeli forces appear to have withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp and two others in the occupied West Bank after a more-than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction, per the AP . In the quiet morning Friday, Jenin residents took advantage of the lull to...

Netanyahu Takes Heat With Ceasefire Talks at Standstill
Biden Reportedly Sours
on Self-Serving Netanyahu
the rundown
Sep 4, 2024 6:41 AM CDT

Biden Reportedly Sours on Self-Serving Netanyahu

Reports suggest Israel's leader views ceasefire as a political loss

(Newser) - Last week, Biden administration officials said an agreement to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was close, with only minor details to iron out. But Saturday's discovery that six Israeli hostages were killed in Gaza as Israeli forces moved in "changed everything," one Israeli official tells...

Feds Announce Charges Against Hamas Leader

Charges against Sinwar, 5 others include conspiracy to murder US nationals

(Newser) - The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack. The seven-count criminal complaint filed in federal...

Israel Rolls Into the West Bank
Israel Rolls Into the West Bank
Aug 28, 2024 6:29 AM CDT

Israel Rolls Into the West Bank

9 dead in large-scale military operation

(Newser) - Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, where its forces killed at least nine Palestinians and sealed off the volatile city of Jenin. Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack out of Gaza triggered the ongoing...

US Officials Say Hamas Has Been Weakened Enough

Negotiations are the only way to free hostages, officials say

(Newser) - With a new round of ceasefire talks set to begin in Qatar, American officials believe the Israeli military has hit the limit of what it can achieve in Gaza. Officials tell the New York Times that the group has been significantly weakened and is no longer capable of carrying out...

In Khan Yunis, 'We Are Running From Death to Death'

Israel issues one of its largest evacuation orders yet in Gaza; UN says there are no safe spots left

(Newser) - Over the weekend, residents in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis started receiving flyers and phone calls warning them that staying in the area "has become dangerous." Those cautionary messages came courtesy of the Israeli military, which said on Sunday that it was expanding evacuation orders in...

Dozens Reported Dead After Israeli Strike on Gaza School

Israel says it hit a Hamas command center embedded in school/shelter; Hamas denies that

(Newser) - An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command center within the school....

Mastermind of Oct. 7 Attacks Is New Hamas Leader

Yahya Sinwar was already group's top official in Gaza

(Newser) - Hamas said Tuesday it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The choice of the hardliner was a defiant move by the Palestinian militant group, whose political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran last week...

One Mystery Solved About Hamas Leader's Killing

It wasn't an airstrike, it was a bomb smuggled into Iranian guesthouse of Ismail Haniyeh

(Newser) - When leading Hamas figure Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran this week, one question that lingered was how his killers managed to pull it off. Now, both the New York Times and CNN report they have the answer: Somebody smuggled a bomb weeks ago into the Tehran guesthouse where he'...

Israel: Elusive Hamas Commander Is Dead

Intelligence confirms Mohammed Deif died in July 13 strikes on Khan Younis

(Newser) - Mohammed Deif, the shadowy commander of Hamas' military wing, has been killed, Israel's military confirmed Thursday. Deif, the highest-ranking Hamas commander to be killed during Israel's 10-month-war with Hamas, was the target of July 13 strikes on southern Gaza, which the Gaza Health Ministry said killed at least...

What This Assassination Could Mean for the Middle East

Iran vows revenge, Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations are thrown into doubt

(Newser) - Questions are swirling after the apparent assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, where he had traveled to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. The details of how he was killed are slowly filtering in, with NBC News citing Iranian state media as reporting the...

Hamas Leader Assassinated in Tehran
Hamas Leader
Assassinated in Iran
Jul 31, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Hamas Leader Assassinated in Iran

Hamas blames Israeli airstrike in killing of Ismail Haniyeh

(Newser) - Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday, and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack, the AP reports. Israel has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other leaders of Hamas over the group's Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed 1,200...

Israel Orders Evacuation of Gaza Humanitarian Zone

Meanwhile, at least 30 are dead after Israeli airstrikes on Gaza school

(Newser) - Israeli airstrikes hit a school being used by displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 30 people, as the country's negotiators prepared to meet international mediators to discuss a proposed ceasefire. At least one small child was among the dead taken from the girls school in...

Drone Strike Kills 1, Injures 10 in Tel Aviv

Houthi rebels claim responsibility

(Newser) - Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday claimed responsibility for an early morning drone believed to have exploded above Tel Aviv, leaving at least 10 injured and one dead. The aerial strike rumbled through the streets causing shards of shrapnel to rain down and leaving a large explosion radius, authorities said....

Big Israeli Strike Targets Elusive Hamas Figure

Mohammed Deif is believed to be the architect of the Oct. 7 raid; his fate was not immediately known

(Newser) - Israel went after Hamas' shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 71 people, according to local health officials. It was not immediately known whether Mohammed Deif was among the dead. An Israeli military official said they were "still...

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