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Israel Launches Ground Offensive in Lebanon

IDF says the operation will be limited in scope

(Newser) - Israel has launched a ground operation in Lebanon , though in announcing the move early Tuesday, the Israeli military called it "limited, localized, and targeted" in its scope. It said Israeli troops had, a few hours prior, started entering southern Lebanon and targeting Hezbollah infrastructure and sites that "pose...

One Big Question Looms for Lebanon
One Big Question
Looms for Lebanon
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Sep 30, 2024 9:19 AM CDT

One Big Question Looms for Lebanon

Is the Israeli bombardment a prelude to a ground invasion?

(Newser) - The two-week Israeli bombardment of Lebanon intensified in a significant way on Monday: An overnight bomb struck a residential building in central Beirut, the first known Israeli attack in the capital since Israel and Hezbollah fought in 2006, reports the New York Times . Three Palestinian militants were reported killed.
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Israel Takes Battle Into Yemen, Hitting Houthi Infrastructure
Israel Takes Its Battle Into
Yemen, Hitting Houthis
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Sep 29, 2024 4:03 PM CDT

Israel Takes Its Battle Into Yemen, Hitting Houthis

Netanyahu critic rejoins Israel's Cabinet in a political win for prime minister

(Newser) - Israel pressed its strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday, while broadening its battle to include Houthi fighters—also backed by Iran—in Yemen. The Israeli military said the attack on infrastructure and fighters in the city of Hodeidah was in retaliation for recent Houthi missiles launched at Israel,...

Another Israeli Bombardment Follows Hezbollah Chief&#39;s Death
Israel Follows Up With
Another Bombardment
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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
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....

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...

Macklemore Booted From Fest After 'F--- America' Chant

Rapper doubles down on support for Palestine, gets dropped by Vegas' Neon City Festival

(Newser) - Las Vegas is hosting its very first Neon City Festival music and cultural event in November, but one act has already been booted from the lineup. Per The Hollywood Reporter , rapper Mackemore was dropped from the fest after a controversial appearance last weekend at a pro-Palestinian event in Seattle, where...

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 Bulldozers Level Parts of West Bank

Residents see destruction as a message about what's ahead

(Newser) - Israel is bulldozing sections of West Bank towns, destroying infrastructure and businesses in operations that the government says are intended to root out terrorists and residents say appear designed to send an ominous message. Video shows Israeli soldiers impeding emergency responders, the New York Times reports. "We watched their...

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...

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...

US Adds to Deployment as Fighting Flares

Dozens of troops are going, official says

(Newser) - The US is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary,...

Israel, Hezbollah Declare &#39;New Phase&#39; as Missiles Fly
Israel, Hezbollah Declare
'New Phase' as Missiles Fly
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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 "...

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...

Gaza Health Ministry: 22 Dead, 30 Hurt in Latest Israeli Strike

Israel counters that airstrike targeted Hamas 'command and control center ... that previously served' as school

(Newser) - An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Another 30 were wounded in the strike on the school in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City, the ministry said in a statement, per the AP . The Israeli army...

University Sued Over Canceled Oct. 7 Vigil

Students for Justice in Palestine group says First Amendment rights are being violated

(Newser) - A First Amendment lawsuit has been filed in federal court to challenge the University of Maryland's decision to cancel a vigil on Oct. 7, the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. The Students for Justice in Palestine group planned the vigil to...

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...

Military: Slain Hostages Were Held in 'Horrific Conditions'

Israeli military releases video of cramped Gaza tunnel where bodies of 6 hostages were found

(Newser) - Israel released video Tuesday of the tunnel under Gaza where six hostages were held in grim conditions before they were killed by their Hamas captors. The video shows Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari entering the tunnel, where the roof was too low for him to stand upright, Ynetnews reports. "...

Israel Admits It Likely Killed American, by Mistake

Secretary of State Blinken calls for 'fundamental' change in tactics after death of Aysenur Eygi

(Newser) - Israel acknowledged on Tuesday that it was "highly likely" one of its soldiers fired the shot that killed 26-year-old American citizen Aysenur Eygi last week. The development prompted what the Washington Post describes as an unusually harsh criticism of Israeli tactics by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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