Mideast News Stories
Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US, UK urge restraint
Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, heightening the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah amid calls for restraint. The White House said a diplomatic solution was achievable and urgent, and...
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Lebanon's Hezbollah in disarray after second wave of device blasts
Beirut Lebanon: A second deadly wave of unprecedented explosions in the strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah left it in disarray on Thursday, hours before a major speech by its beleaguered leader Hassan Nasrallah. The latest batch of device explosions killed 20 people and wounded more than 450 others...
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Lebanon is rocked by a second wave of exploding devices as Israel declares a 'new phase' of war
BEIRUT (AP) — Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting electronic devices a day after hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and Hezbollah officials said. At least nine people...
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Blinken says Gaza truce best way to ensure regional stability
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday in Cairo that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza would be the best way to stop violence from spreading in the Middle East. This marks Blinken's 10th trip to the region since the start of the war that was sparked by Hamas's October 7...
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Hezbollah vows to avenge Israel after deadly pager blasts
Hezbollah vowed on Wednesday to retaliate against Israel after hundreds of paging devices used by the militant group's members exploded in a deadly wave across Lebanon. There was no immediate comment from Israel on the explosions that killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded up to 2,800...
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Nine dead and 2,800 wounded as Lebanon’s Hezbollah hit by wave of ‘pager’ explosions
Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon yesterday, killing at least nine people and wounding some 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed group blamed on Israel. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the wave of explosions, which came just hours after...
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Israel expands war objectives, eyeing northern front as tensions with Hezbollah continue unabated
Israel has added another objective to its ongoing conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah: ensuring the safe return of residents from communities along its border with Lebanon to their homes. The country’s security cabinet voted on the measure during a late night meeting that lasted into the early hours...
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Israeli opposition leader calls on Netanyahu to reach Gaza cease-fire, hostage deal
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to reach a Gaza cease-fire and hostage swap deal with Hamas, emphasizing the need to set aside “any political interests.” “I just finished a long meeting with (US) Secretary (of State Antony)...
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Israeli airstrikes kill 16 in Gaza, including 4 children, Palestinians say
Previous Next Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed 16 people in the Gaza Strip, including five women and four children. A strike early Monday flattened a home in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least 10 people,...
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Israeli forces clash with settlers demanding prisoner swap deal with Hamas
Anti-regime protests have turned violent in Tel Aviv and elsewhere across the occupied territories where thousands of demonstrators were calling for the resignation of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the release of captives held in Gaza. Mass protests in Israel over the past two weeks, sparked...
photo: AP / Mahmoud Illean

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