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Another Israeli Bombardment Follows Hezbollah Chief's Death
Israel Follows Up With
Another Bombardment
the rundown
Sep 28, 2024 5:30 PM CDT

Israel Follows Up With Another Bombardment

Biden calls killing justice but urges diplomatic settlement

(Newser) - Israeli airstrikes hit areas near Beirut on Saturday evening, hours after Hezbollah confirmed that its longtime leader was killed in heavy bombing overnight near Lebanon's capital. Allies of Hezbollah urged quick retaliation for the death of Hassan Nasrallah, and the Middle East prepared for further escalation. "We are at...

Israel: We Killed Hezbollah Chief in Lebanon
Hezbollah Confirms Israel
Has Killed Its Leader
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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....

Israel Says It Struck Hezbollah Headquarters

Lebanon's prime minister says Israel doesn't care about ceasefire efforts

(Newser) - The Israeli military said it struck the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut on Friday. The series of evening explosions is the most powerful yet seen in the Lebanese capital over the past year; the blasts leveled multiple buildings and were felt some 18 miles away, the AP reports, sending...

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...

Israeli Foreign Minister: 'There Will Be No Ceasefire' in Lebanon

Israel Katz's remarks come after US, other allies proposed 21-day pause against Hezbollah

(Newser) - With the possibility of an Israeli ground invasion into Lebanon to go after the militant group Hezbollah, the United States, France, and other allies proposed a 21-day ceasefire this week. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati seemed keen on the idea, but Israeli leaders—not so much. "There will be...

Israel Tells Troops to Prepare to Invade Lebanon

Commanders say they expect to meet 'forceful response' in possible operation against Hezbollah

(Newser) - After days of airstrikes , commanders in the Israeli military have told troops to get ready for a possible ground invasion of Lebanon. "We need to be very ready to go into action and to invade," Israel Defense Forces Northern Commander Maj. Gen. Uri Gordon told the military's...

Israel: Hezbollah Targeted Tel Aviv for the First Time

Israel says it intercepted missile fired from Lebanon; Hezbollah says it was targeting Mossad

(Newser) - Israel's strikes on Lebanon continue as it tries to take down Hezbollah across the border, but on Wednesday, Hezbollah attempted its own major strike, launching a surface-to-surface missile programmed for Tel Aviv that Israel intercepted, reports the AP . The New York Times calls it "one of the militant...

Israeli Air Strikes Kill Nearly 500 in Lebanon in One Day

Making it the deadliest day of conflict there since 2006

(Newser) - Monday was the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon since 2006, with Israeli air strikes killing at least 492 people, per Lebanon's health ministry. Among those were 35 children and 58 women, the BBC reports. Another 1,645 were wounded in the wave of air strikes, which Israel Defense...

After Rare Warning, Israel Bombards Lebanon

At least 180 are dead after latest Israeli airstrikes, hundreds wounded

(Newser) - Israeli strikes killed more than 180 Lebanese people on Monday in the deadliest and most intense barrage in nearly a year, per the AP . The Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate their homes ahead of time, the first such Israeli warning of its kind in...

Israel, Hezbollah Declare 'New Phase' as Missiles Fly
Israel, Hezbollah Declare
'New Phase' as Missiles Fly
the rundown
Sep 22, 2024 5:00 PM CDT

Israel, Hezbollah Declare 'New Phase' as Missiles Fly

Biden says US is working to prevent an expanded war

(Newser) - Against a backdrop of escalating missile and rocket attacks across the Lebanon border, Israel and Hezbollah declared their resolve Sunday to defeat the other and stoked fears that the Middle East is on the brink of a full-blown war. President Biden told reporters that he's worried but that "...

Beirut Airstrike Is Deadliest Since 2006

Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah commander

(Newser) - The Israeli military announced that its airstrike Friday on a neighborhood of Beirut killed Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah military official. There was no immediate confirmation of his death from Hezbollah. The Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital killed at least nine people, wounded nearly 60...

Israel Hits Beirut With 'Targeted Strike'

Hezbollah fired more than 150 rockets at Israel Friday

(Newser) - The Israeli military says Hezbollah fired more than 150 rockets into Israel from Lebanon on Friday, the day after the group's leader vowed that there would be retribution for the dozens of deaths and thousands of injuries caused by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies. Many of the projectiles were intercepted...

Hezbollah Leader: Israel Violated 'All Conventions'

Hassan Nasrallah promises retribution after explosions

(Newser) - Blaming Israel for fatal explosions of handheld devices across Lebanon that he said violated "all conventions and laws," Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised retribution in a speech Thursday. "Indeed, we have endured a severe and cruel blow," he acknowledged, the New York Times reports. In his...

'Everyone Is Panicking' After Lebanon Device Explosions

Second wave of attacks killed at least 20

(Newser) - The death toll from Wednesday's second wave of exploding devices is at least 20, with around 450 injured, according to Lebanon's health ministry. At least one of the walkie-talkies blew up at a funeral for some of the 12 people killed by exploding pagers on Tuesday. The New ...

Who Made the Exploding Pagers? It's Convoluted
Who Made the
Exploding Pagers?
It's Confusing
updated
Sep 18, 2024 4:21 PM CDT

Who Made the Exploding Pagers? It's Confusing

They're reportedly marked with the name Gold Apollo, which says it didn't make them

(Newser) - The death toll from exploding pagers in Lebanon now stands at 12, two of them children. Some 3,000 people are said to have been injured in Tuesday's attack involving pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah. CNN reports its sources say the explosions were the work of...

New Wave of Explosions Rocks Lebanon
New Wave of Explosions
Rocks Lebanon
Sep 18, 2024 10:28 AM CDT

New Wave of Explosions Rocks Lebanon

At least one person is dead in new round of detonating communications devices

(Newser) - Communications devices used by Hezbollah exploded a second day in Lebanon, with Reuters reporting that explosions were heard in multiple regions of the country. Lebanon's Health Ministry says one person was killed and more than 100 were wounded on Wednesday. Multiple explosions went off Wednesday at the site of...

Report: Israel Hid Explosives in Pagers

Hezbollah vows to avenge 'criminal aggression' after blasts kill at least 9, wound thousands

(Newser) - Pagers issued to Hezbollah members exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least nine people, wounding almost 3,000—and leaving plenty of questions about how the unprecedented attack was carried out. Some suspected that malware could have caused batteries in the devices to overheat, but the New ...

Pagers Explode Across Lebanon in Deadly, Brazen Attack

Nine dead, and nearly 3K injured, as Hezbollah blames Israel

(Newser) - At least nine people were killed and more than 2,700 injured in Lebanon when hundreds of pagers blew up in what appears to have been a coordinated attack, reports the AP and the New York Times . The pagers belonged to members of Hezbollah, which accused Israel of being behind...

Israel, Hezbollah Trade Heavy Fire
Israel, Hezbollah
Trade Heavy Fire
Aug 25, 2024 6:03 AM CDT

Israel, Hezbollah Trade Heavy Fire

Raising fears of an all-out regional war

(Newser) - Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a preemptive strike on Hezbollah, as the militant group said it launched hundreds of rockets and drones to avenge the killing of one of its top commanders last month. The heavy exchange of fire...

After Mediators Express Hope, Airstrike Kills 18 in Gaza Family

Another Israeli attack leaves at least 10 Syrians dead in Lebanon

(Newser) - An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed at least 18 people, all from the same family, on Saturday, hours after mediators expressed optimism that a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was imminent after 10 months of war. A joint statement by US, Egypt, and Qatar mediators said that a proposal to...

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