As Israel Advances On A Syrian Buffer Zone, It Sees Peril And Opportunity
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel. After fighting wars on multiple fronts for months, Israel is now concerned that unrest in Syria could spill over into its territory. Israel...
Israel Launches Airstrike On Lebanon, Accuses Hezbollah Of Breaking Ceasefire Agreement
BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold. There was no immediate word on...
Israel Strikes In The Heart Of Lebanon’s Capital Near Parliament And Embassies
Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Lebanon’s capital late Monday evening, slamming into an area near the Parliament, several embassies and the U.N. headquarters, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least five people were killed and...
New Law Lets Israel Deport Families Of Palestinians Believed To Be ‘Terrorists’
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament passed a law early Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, including the country’s own citizens, to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations. The law, which was championed by members of Prime Minister Benjamin...
U.S. Gives Israel A ‘Fail’ Grade On Improving Aid To Gaza So Far
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up criticism of Israel for not doing enough to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza as a 30-day deadline looms for Israeli officials to meet certain requirements or risk potential restrictions on military assistance. State Department spokesman Matthew...
Israel Pummels Lebanon And Gaza, Killing Dozens In Waves Of Airstrikes
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon’s northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. In central Gaza, Palestinians recovered the bodies of 25 people killed in a barrage of...
Israel Passes Laws To Restrict The Work Of U.N. Agency That Is A Lifeline For Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it. The laws, which do not immediately take...
Israel Strikes Iran As Payback For Missile Attack, Risking Escalation Of Mideast Wars
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel pounded Iran with a series of airstrikes early Saturday, saying it was targeting military sites in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired upon Israel earlier this month. Explosions could be heard in the...
Humanitarians Warn Israel Is Rapidly Erasing Northern Gaza: ‘We Feel Hopeless’
Humanitarians, aid groups and Palestinian civilians are desperately trying to tell the world that the Israeli military is essentially wiping northern Gaza off the map, with its weekslong siege involving relentless bombing, the destruction of hospitals and other infrastructure, and the ongoing aid blockade that...
Israel Says It Killed A Hezbollah Official Expected To Become The Group’s Next Leader
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel said Tuesday that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier in the month killed a Hezbollah official widely expected to have replaced the militant group’s longtime leader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in September. There was no immediate confirmation...
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