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Mourners bury the bodies of their relatives, killed in Israeli airstrikes in the village of Karak, Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in a huge blast targeting the group’s leader

September 27, 2024 at 3:34 p.m.

The Israeli military struck Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that targeted the group's leader and leveled multiple high-rise apartment buildings.

An emergency worker cuts concrete blocks as he searches for survivors at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in the town of Maisara, north of Beirut, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Israel’s Netanyahu appears to downplay hopes for a cease-fire as deadly strikes continue in Lebanon

September 26, 2024 at 8:14 a.m.

The Israeli prime minister on Thursday appeared to downplay hopes of an imminent truce with Hezbollah after the United States and its allies called for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to...

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on Kfar Rouman village, as seen from Marjayoun town, south Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill more than 400

September 23, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

Israeli strikes killed more than 180 Lebanese Monday in the deadliest and most intense barrage in nearly a year as the Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon...

Mourners carry the coffins of victims who were killed Tuesday after their handheld pagers exploded, during their funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah leader vows retaliation against Israel for attacks on devices as both sides trade strikes

September 19, 2024 at 3:20 p.m.

The leader of Hezbollah vowed to retaliate for this week’s deadly attacks on the group’s communications devices.

Lebanese soldiers stand guard at a street that leads to the American University hospital where they bring wounded people whose handheld pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war

September 19, 2024 at 8:18 a.m.

Walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in a second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and...

Civil Defense first-responders carry a wounded man whose handheld pager exploded at al-Zahraa hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah hit by a wave of exploding pagers and blames Israel. At least 9 dead, thousands injured

September 17, 2024 at 7:26 p.m.

Pagers used by hundreds of members of the group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people – including an 8-year-old girl.

FILE – Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance

August 7, 2024 at 8:44 a.m.

Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power...

A general view shows a damaged building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. An Israeli airstrike hit Hezbollah’s stronghold south of Beirut Tuesday evening causing damage, a Hezbollah official and the group’s TV station said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israel carries out rare strike on Beirut that it says killed Hezbollah commander

July 30, 2024 at 5:35 p.m.

Israel on Tuesday carried out a rare strike on Beirut, which it said killed the Hezbollah commander who was allegedly behind a weekend rocket attack that killed 12 young people...

Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold banners and flags during a protest calling for their return, outside meetings of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Blinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not

June 12, 2024 at 10:05 a.m.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that mediators would keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal after Hamas proposed numerous changes to a U.S.-backed plan, some of...

Palestinians flee from the eastern side of the southern Gaza city of Rafah after the Israeli army orders them to evacuate ahead of a military operation on May 6, 2024. The order affects tens of thousands of people and could signal a broader invasion of Rafah, which Israel has identified as Hamas' last major stronghold after seven months of war. (Ismael Abu Dayyah/AP)

Palestinian, Egyptian officials say Israeli tanks move close to Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt

May 6, 2024 at 6:08 p.m.

The Israeli army has told Palestinians to begin evacuating a part of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, along the border with Egypt, signaling that a ground invasion...

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