Tag: Israeli
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U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon will not give in to Israeli demand to ‘get out of harms way’
With tensions simmering after several incidents over the past week, the United Nations has insisted it will not withdraw its peacekeepers from southern Lebanon despite repeated demands by Israel for them to move out of the area where its military is operating against the Hezbollah militant group. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL)…
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Israeli strike on Gaza hospital ignites devastating fire
The strikes marked a deadly weekend in Gaza that continued into Monday morning, with the Israeli military launching a separate strike in the area of the Jabalia refugee camp in the enclave’s north, killing at least several people and injuring dozens of others, an official at the Al-Awda Hospital told NBC News. The official said…
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The fight for white women voters and Hezbollah strikes Israeli base: Morning Rundown
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a closely divided campaign for white women. Middle-class homeownership is becoming more difficult. And what you may have missed in Week 6 of the NFL. Here’s what to know today. Trump, Harris and the battle for white women Getty Images; AP White women helped Trump win in 2020.…
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Hezbollah drone kills 4, injures 61 at Israeli base
Share Israeli airstrikes kill at least 10 at a flour distribution center in northern Gaza At least 10 people were killed in Israeli strikes on a flour distribution center in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, an official at the Al Awda hospital in the camp told NBC News. The official said 40 more…
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Beirut reels from deadly Israeli strike; Iran warns Arab states not to help Israel attack
Beirut reels from deadly Israeli strike; Iran warns Arab states not to help Israel attack
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Israeli airstrikes force Lebanese Christians to seek shelter in monastery
ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes and its burgeoning ground invasion have forced dozens of Lebanese Christians to take shelter in a monastery close to the border with Israel. Milad Louis, head of the municipality of Ain Ebel, a largely Christian town, said Israeli airstrikes forced the community to evacuate in just 45 minutes. “The…
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Lebanon fears a repeat of past Israeli invasions
Hanging over all of this for Charbel — as well as the relatively small contingent of Israeli critics of the escalation with Hezbollah — is the fear that history will repeat itself. Israeli invasions in both 1982 and 2006 became more expansive and deadly than how they had been initially framed. Those fears are not unfounded,…
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Hurricane Helene aftermath and Israeli ground operation in Lebanon: Morning Rundown
Residents in Asheville, North Carolina, criticize what they see as the city’s lack of preparedness for Helene’s destruction. Israel launches a ground operation in Lebanon. And vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz are set to debate. Here’s what to know today. North Carolina residents raise questions over disaster response North Carolina residents are…
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Israeli troops launch ‘limited’ ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon, IDF says
Israel’s military forces crossed the border into southern Lebanon on Monday to conduct what its military described as “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. The offensive is aimed at pushing Hezbollah forces further away from the Israeli border and is expected to last for days, not weeks, according to…
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Lebanese worry nowhere is safe amid widespread Israeli bombing
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fears grew across Lebanon on Monday after Israel launched a strike on a residential building in central Beirut, marking a fresh escalation in a devastating bombing campaign that local officials say has already killed more than 1,000 people. “There’s no safe place guaranteed in Lebanon,” Jihan Kaisi, the executive director of the…