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Will not give up on calls for urgent ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon: UN chief

On October 7, as the attack by Hamas on Israel completed one year, Guterres said that it is a day for the global community to condemn the 'abhorrent acts of Hamas'

Israel begins ground operations in southwest Lebanon despite Iran's warning

Israel has been weighing options to respond to Tehran's ballistic missile attack last week, carried out in response to Israel's military action in Lebanon

Israel expands offensive in Lebanon; kills Hezbollah official: Report

The Israeli military said Tuesday it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on Beirut, a day after the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack was marked by mourning and demonstrations around the globe. The military said the strike killed Suhail Husseini, who it said was responsible for overseeing logistics, budget and management of the militant group. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah. The military said Husseini was involved in the transfer of advanced weapons from Iran and their distribution to different Hezbollah units, and that he was a member of the group's military council. Israeli strikes have killed Hezbollah's overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and several of his top commanders in recent weeks. Last week, Israel launched what it says is a limited ground incursion into southern Lebanon. Hezbollah says it has already replaced its slain commanders. It has vowed to keep firing rockets, missiles and drones into Israel until there is a cease-fire in

349 Australians evacuated from Lebanon, touch down in Sydney

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong shared an emotional image to X of a joyous family arriving in Sydney with celebratory balloons seen in the background

Will soon launch operations on Lebanon's southern coast, says Israel

The Israeli military says it will soon launch operations on Lebanon's southern coast, telling residents to stay off the beaches and fishermen off the sea for a 60-kilometer (36 miles) stretch along the Mediterranean. The military's statement did not specify what operations would be carried out. Israeli forces have been carrying out intensified airstrikes across southern Lebanon and limited ground incursions near the border in a campaign against Hezbollah. The statement told residents south of Lebanon's Awali River to stay off beaches and the sea for their safety. The river empties into the Mediterranean about 60 kilometers (36 miles) north of the Israeli-Lebanese border.

Hezbollah fires rockets at Haifa, Israel steps up bombings in south Lebanon

Iran-backed Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group fighting Israel in Gaza, said it targeted a military base south of Haifa with "Fadi 1" missiles

Hezbollah strikes Israel on Gaza war anniversary; fears grow over Mideast

It said 15 other rockets were fired inland at Tiberias in Israel's northern Galilee region, some of them intercepted. Israel media said a further five rockets hit the Tiberias area

Israel increased bombing at Gaza, southern Lebanon on 7 Oct eve anniversary

Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon on Sunday in a widening war with Iran-allied militant groups across the region, while Palestinian officials said one strike on a mosque killed at least 19 people. A year after Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack, Israel has opened a new front in Lebanon against Hezbollah, which has traded fire with Israel along the border since the war in Gaza began. New strikes began in the Beirut suburbs late on Sunday, AP video showed. Israel also has vowed to strike Iran after a ballistic missile attack on Israel last week. The widening conflict risks further drawing in the United States, which has provided crucial military and diplomatic support to Israel. Iran-allied militant groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen have joined in with long-distance strikes on Israel. Israel is on high alert ahead of memorial events for the October 7 attack, while rallies continue around the world marking the anniversary. A stabbing and shooting attack

Hezbollah fires rockets on Haifa as Israel intensifies attacks on Beirut

Israeli media reported that at least 10 people have been injured in the rocket attack on Haifa

19 killed in Israeli airstrike on mosque as it bombards Gaza, Beirut

Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon on Saturday, hitting Beirut's southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters. Thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian refugees, continued to flee the widening conflict in the region, while rallies were held around the world marking the approaching anniversary of the start of the war in Gaza. Israel's attack on the northern Beddawi camp killed an official with Hamas' military wing along with his wife and two young daughters, the Palestinian militant group said. Hamas later said another military wing member was killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley. Residents confronted the aftermath: smashed buildings, scattered bricks and stairways to nowhere. Israel's military said it killed two senior officials with Hamas' military wing in Lebanon, where fighting has sharply escalated. Israel has kille

Lebanese worldwide fear for their homeland, people as violence intensifies

It was a year ago when Jomana Siddiqui visited Lebanon, where her father was born and is now buried. She planned to return there soon; this time, she thought, she would take her two teenage daughters. Instead, Siddiqui, who lives in California, now worries about relatives there. As she watches from afar the violence and the recent escalation in Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Siddiqui thinks about the people she met during her visit, the kindness and generosity she encountered. She thinks about her father's grave when, or if, she will get to visit it again. Her voice cracks with emotions. It's been gut-wrenching, she said. It's like the universal story of the Lebanese people, she said. They have to keep leaving and not knowing when they can come back. From the United States to South Africa, Cyprus, Brazil and beyond, many members of Lebanon's far-flung and large diaspora are contending with the ripples of the violence grieving, gripped by fear for loved

Health workers in Lebanon describe deadly Israeli attacks, fear more

Israel's military struck outside the gates of a hospital in southern Lebanon without warning on Friday, killing seven paramedics and forcing the facility to close, the hospital director told The Associated Press a day after one of the most deadly attacks on health workers in the weeks since fighting escalated between Israel and Hezbollah. The account of the Friday airstrikes that flung hospital doors off their hinges and shattered glass was the latest to detail attacks that Lebanon's health ministry says have killed dozens of health workers. Marjayoun hospital director Mounes Kalakesh said that even before Friday's attack, ambulance crews in the area were so reluctant to operate that the facility had not received anyone wounded for days. "We have not been able to work. There was fear and panic among the staff," he said. Kalakesh said the government hospital did not receive any warning from Israeli forces before the attack, even though nearby villages have received such warnings to

Dismantled 250 m terrorist tunnel in southern Lebanon, claims IDF

IDF claimed that the tunnel was designated to be used in an invasion into Israel by Hezbollah's Radwan Forces

Best of BS Opinion: Deadly risks in global supply chains and more

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US arranges flights to bring American citizens out of crisis-hit Lebanon

US-arranged flights have brought about 350 Americans and their immediate relatives out of Lebanon this week during escalated fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, while thousands of others still there face airstrikes and diminishing commercial flights. In Washington, senior State Department and White House officials met Thursday with two top Arab American officials to discuss US efforts to help American citizens leave Lebanon. The two leaders also separately met with officials from the Department of Homeland Security. Michigan state Rep. Alabas Farhat and Abed Ayoub, executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, used the White House meeting to "really drive home a lot of important points about the issues our community members are facing on the ground and a lot of the logistical problems that they're encountering with it when it comes to this evacuation, Ayoub said. Some officials and community leaders in Michigan, home to the nation's largest concentration

Lebanon's exploding pagers expose unseen flaws in global supply chains

According to reports, Hezbollah had started to use pagers and walkie-talkies around February 2024, suspecting that Israeli security agencies were monitoring cell phone networks

Israeli strike closes off road used to flee Lebanon: Transport minister

The escalating fighting between Hezbollah and Israel has raised fears that the United States and Iran will be sucked into the Middle East conflict raging on several fronts

Is Nasrallah's successor Hashem Safieddine eliminated in Israeli strikes?

Hashem Safieddine is widely regarded as a likely successor to Hassan Nasrallah. If appointed, he could take charge of Hezbollah during a challenging period amid increased escalation with Israel

Iran's nuclear breakout nears, raising likelihood of Israeli strike

What hasn't changed in recent weeks is that Iran spent the last decade hardening its nuclear program against attack

Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signalling increased attacks

Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah after nearly a year of rocket attacks that began on October 8 and displaced some 60,000 Israelis from communities in the north