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Children killed in Lebanon as Israeli strikes hit homes far from front lines of war with Hezbollah
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (1091+ words) The target was Jawad's uncle's home. The blast shook buildings and threw Jawad's siblings at home to the ground. Their mother scrambled to help them but already had a feeling of dread. "I was pulling my children off the floor…...
Israeli soldier from Connecticut killed in Lebanon
2+ week, 2+ day ago (309+ words) NEW YORK " A young man who moved from Connecticut to Israel last year to join the military was killed during a combat operation in southern Lebanon on Saturday just weeks after he completed training. The Israeli military identified the soldier…...
What to know about the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (783+ words) The burst of strikes in central Beirut and other parts of the country killed more than 300 people and wounded more than 1, 000, according to health officials. The Israeli military said it had targeted sites affiliated with Hezbollah and announced that it…...
US and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump seizes diplomatic offramp
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (1250+ words) By BASSEM MROUE, JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY Trump said he was holding off on his threatened attacks on Iranian bridges, power plants and other civilian targets as the U. S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening…...
Gunmen attack building housing Israeli Consulate in Istanbul
1+ week, 1+ day ago (349+ words) By KHALIL HAMRA and SUZAN FRASER Two police officers sustained slight injuries in the clash, Istanbul Gov. Davut Gul told reporters. The assailants were carrying long-barreled weapons. Interior Minister Mustafa Cifti wrote on X that the attackers had traveled from…...
War crimes complaint filed in France over a deadly Israeli strike in Beirut
1+ week, 5+ day ago (431+ words) The artist, Ali Cherri, and the International Federation for Human Rights, or FIDH, said the complaint was filed with France's war crimes unit in Paris against unknown perpetrators over the strike in Beirut's Noueiri neighborhood, just hours before a ceasefire…...
An Israeli soldier from Connecticut is killed in southern Lebanon weeks after completing training
2+ week, 2+ day ago (351+ words) The Israeli military identified the soldier as Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22. He was originally from New Haven, Connecticut, according to family members. "My heart is shattered and the wound is real," his father, Mendy Katz, said in a post…...
Israeli parliament to vote on death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis
2+ week, 2+ day ago (629+ words) The parliament began debate on Monday, days before its spring recess. The bill's passage would mark the culmination of a yearslong push by Israel's far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis " and victory for Israel's…...
Where did the experts go? State Department cuts limit the Iran war effort
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1399+ words) Typically led by a veteran diplomat, the bureau's role would be to coordinate U. S. foreign policy across an 18-country region, much of which has become a chaotic battlefield scarred by drone and missile strikes as the U. S. and Israel remain locked in…...
Israel is rapidly killing Iran's top leaders. Experts warn the strategy could backfire
3+ week, 6+ day ago (944+ words) Israel has killed one senior Iranian leader after another in airstrikes as it seeks to topple the Islamic Republic. But its past experience of targeting senior militants shows the strategy has limits and can sometimes backfire. Israel killed Hezbollah leader…...