Israel Expands Bombardment In Lebanon As Tens Of Thousands Flee
MASNAA BORDER CROSSING, Lebanon (AP) — Powerful new explosions rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs late Saturday as Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon, also striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters. Thousands...
Israel Presses Forward On Two Fronts And Reports 8 Combat Deaths As Fears Of A Wider War Mount
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead and conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. As Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack a...
Israel Reports 8 Combat Deaths As Troops Battle Hezbollah In Lebanon And Fears Of A Wider War Mount
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead and conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. As Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack a...
Israel Begins Ground Offensive Against Hezbollah In Southern Lebanon
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday, marking a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah militants and opening a new front in a yearlong war against its Iranian-backed adversaries. The incursion follows weeks of heavy blows by Israel against...
Israel Is Preparing A Risky Incursion Into Lebanon — As Biden Stands By
Israel has told the U.S. it is planning ground operations inside Lebanon, State Department spokesperson Matt Miller told reporters on Monday. Miller cast the Israeli incursion as short of an invasion, saying the U.S. believes it will be “limited” and focused on infrastructure belonging to...
Israel Launches Small Raids Against Hezbollah Across The Lebanese Border, Official Says
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday, marking a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah militants and opening a new front in a yearlong war against its Iranian-backed adversaries. The incursion follows weeks of heavy blows by Israel against...
Israel Struck Hezbollah’s Headquarters In Huge Blast Targeting Militant Leader
BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that targeted the leader of the militant group and leveled multiple high-rise apartment buildings. At least six people were killed and 91 were wounded,...
Netanyahu Vows That Israel Will Keep ‘Degrading Hezbollah’ In UN Speech
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — His leadership strained by conflicts on two fronts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders at the United Nations on Friday that his nation will “continue degrading Hezbollah” until achieving its goals along the Lebanon border, further dimming hopes for...
Israel And Hezbollah Renew Fire After Deadliest Day In Lebanon Since 2006
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander Tuesday as part of a two-day bombing campaign that has left more than 560 people dead and prompted thousands in southern Lebanon to seek refuge from the widening conflict. With the two sides on the brink...
Israel Says Its Strike On Beirut Killed Top Hezbollah Military Official
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and...
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