Tag: Israel
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After Iran’s attack on Israel, the Biden White House is desperately trying to avert a wider war in the Mideast
The Biden administration’s monthslong effort to avert a full-blown war between Israel and Iran is now being put to the most difficult test yet after Tehran on Tuesday launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel. The administration has worked around the clock for the past year trying to avoid a direct clash between its…
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Iran has launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel
Iran has launched ballistic missiles at Israel, causing sirens to sound all over the country, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday. Orange fire illuminated the sky over Israel as NBC News crews in both Tel Aviv and across the border in Tyre, Lebanon, viewed the apparent missiles being fired. Smaller streaks of light were also…
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Who is Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader Israel says it killed in Beirut strike
Israel announced on Saturday that its forces have killed Hassan Nasrallah, the powerful leader of the Lebanese militant and political group, Hezbollah, in what would mark a major escalation amid mounting hostilities at its northern border with Lebanon. An Israeli official said Friday that Israeli forces had targeted Nasrallah, who has led the Iran-backed militant…
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Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes as U.S. proposes Lebanon cease-fire
Share Israel hammers Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon with strikes Israel continued to hammer southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley with airstrikes overnight into Thursday, with the Israeli military saying it hit around 75 targets, all of which it said belonged to Hezbollah. The Israel Defense Forces said “weapons storage facilities, ready-to-fire launchers, terrorists, and…
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U.S. and allies propose 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah
The United States, European Union and almost a dozen other countries called jointly on Wednesday for an immediate 21-day ceasefire to allow for negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah amid fears that the escalating conflict could plunge the broader region into an all-out war. Israel and Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon and backs fellow Iranian…
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Lebanese fear a return to the 2006 war with Israel, or worse — a situation like Gaza
“This is already a war.” For many in Lebanon, warnings from the United States that further escalation between Israel and Hezbollah could lead to all-out conflict have fallen flat. To Elias Faouz, it feels like that moment has already passed. “It has been going on for a year now,” said Faouz, 44, an architect in…
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Israel sends unidentified bodies to Gaza as Palestinian officials demand answers
CAIRO — Israel returned the bodies on Wednesday of 88 Palestinians killed in its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which the territory’s health ministry refused to bury before Israel discloses details about who they are and where it killed them. The bodies were brought into Gaza in a container loaded on a truck through…
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Activists protest U.S. support for Israel as risks rise of wider Middle East war
WASHINGTON — Protesters in some U.S. cities demonstrated on Tuesday against American military support for Israel as risks have risen of a full-fledged conflict in the Middle East, with anti-war activists demanding an arms embargo against the U.S. ally. Dozens of protesters gathered in Herald Square in New York City on Tuesday evening and carried…
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Northern Israel braces for war with Hezbollah as cross-border attacks intensify
KIRYAT BIALIK, Israel — Those who remain in the northern city of Kiryat Bialik are preparing for the worst-case scenario: a full-blown war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group just across the country’s northern border with Lebanon. After months of tit-for-tat cross-border attacks, the damage in the city in Israel’s Haifa region is plain…
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Israel issues rare warning to Lebanese civilians and Johnson’s new strategy to avert a shutdown: Morning Rundown
House Speaker Mike Johnson makes a deal with Democrats in an attempt to avert a shutdown. Israel launches ‘’extensive’’ strikes across Lebanon. And catch up on the highlights from Week 3 of the NFL. Here’s what to know today. House to take up new funding bill as some Republicans fear shutdown Tom Williams / Getty…