Tag: Lebanon
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Iran vows revenge for Nasrallah killing amid Lebanon strikes
The State Department last night offered assistance to U.S. citizens looking to leave Lebanon, warning that citizens who remain in the country should be ready to shelter in place for an extended period of time. The department said on its website that it “strongly encourages” Americans in southern Lebanon, near the borders with Syria or…
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Netanyahu lashes out at U.N. and defends Israel’s actions in Gaza and Lebanon
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly faced an international community from which he has become deeply isolated amid international condemnation of Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and the military’s fresh escalations in Lebanon. Netanyahu opened his speech before the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York on Friday by saying he had not planned…
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Health workers killed in Lebanon
Share Netanyahu to speak at UNGA after defying international calls for a cease-fire Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday after striking a defiant note the day before as he vowed to continue hitting Hezbollah “with all our might.” Netanyahu said Israel will not stop…
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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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More than 90,000 displaced in Lebanon; IDF calls up reserve brigades
Share At least 90,530 ‘newly displaced’ people reported in Lebanon, U.N. migration agency says At least 90,530 “newly displaced” people have been reported in Lebanon, the International Organization for Migration has said. The U.N. agency said that nearly 40,000 people were being provided shelter across 283 shelters. Tens of thousands of people have been forced…
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U.S. to send troops to be ready to help evacuate U.S. citizens from Lebanon
The Defense Department plans to send a few dozen U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming days to be ready to help Americans flee a region bracing for a significant escalation in the simmering conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to three defense officials. The U.S. forces will add to the roughly…
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How pagers turned into explosive devices in Lebanon
Pagers, devices that are used every day as a crucial form of communication for health care professionals, became a deadly weapon Tuesday as thousands of them simultaneously exploded in Lebanon, killing 37 people and injuring thousands. The explosions targeted the militant and political group Hezbollah, after the devices had reportedly begun beeping and heating up. The…
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Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war after Hezbollah device blasts in Lebanon
TEL AVIV — The Israeli military launched a new wave of attacks against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Thursday, after two days of device explosions that left the Middle East fearing all-out war. The attack on southern Lebanon involved airstrikes and artillery, but Israeli ground forces had not crossed the border, an Israeli official told NBC…
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Lebanon reels from second day of explosions and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail: Morning Rundown
Sean “Diddy” Combs remains jailed after his bond appeal was rejected, in part because of witness intimidation allegations. Israel declares a ‘’new phase’’ of war as Lebanon reels from a second day of deadly device explosions. And new research identifies the ways the U.S. health care system is failing. Here’s what to know today. Sean…
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Who made the exploding pagers? The messy global trail behind Lebanon blasts
HONG KONG — An electronics manufacturer in Taiwan said Wednesday that a company based in Hungary made the pagers bearing its brand that were used by members of the militant group Hezbollah and exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday. At least 12 people were killed and more than 2,750 others were injured in the blasts,…