Hashem Safieddine, a cousin of Hassan Nasrallah, joined Hezbollah soon after the group was formed and rose quickly in its ranks. The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had weeks ago killed Hashem Safieddine, the presumed successor to Hezbollah’s…
A leading historian of antisemitism, he countered the prevailing narrative of Jewish victimhood and later pushed back against efforts to diminish the Holocaust’s significance. Yehuda Bauer, whose family narrowly escaped the Nazis in their flight to Mandatory Palestine from Czechoslovakia…
The suspects, all Israeli citizens, conducted intelligence missions for two years under the direction of two Iranian agents, the authorities said. The Israeli authorities said on Monday that they have dismantled a spy network made up of seven Israelis who…
News Analysis A two-state solution remains the goal of the United States and the West, but many in the region say the devastation in Gaza and the lack of effective Palestinian leadership make it a remote prospect. The killing of…
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is expected to depart on Monday in a renewed effort to bring calm to the region. The State Department did not say which other countries he might stop in. Secretary of State Antony J.…
Peace talks were nowhere in sight and, despite Yahya Sinwar’s death, the violence seemed only to increase, as Israel struck northern Gaza and Hezbollah fired dozens of projectiles. Israeli forces pounded targets in the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya on…
Lloyd J. Austin lamented that civilian casualties during Israel’s war in Lebanon are “far too high.” Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said on Saturday that civilian casualties in Lebanon were “far too high” and that he would “like to…
The action came after the channel aired a report describing a number of leaders of Iranian backed armed groups as terrorists. Iraqi regulators have suspended the license of a Saudi-owned television channel and are taking steps to terminate its right…
The Israeli prime minister and his wife were not home at the time of the strike, his office said. The episode highlighted the challenge drones pose to Israel’s air defenses. A drone from Lebanon struck a building near the private…
news analysis Just about all of the actors in the region are looking for an “offramp” to the conflict, many analysts say. But Hezbollah and Hamas are talking tough, and Israel is not backing down. The killing of Yahya Sinwar,…
Extensive Israeli attacks have blown up Hezbollah munitions and killed many fighters and leaders, but the Lebanese militia is far from incapacitated, analysts say. Israeli bombs have blown up its munitions stores and killed thousands of its fighters, including many…
American commandos and intelligence officers began helping Israel soon after the Oct. 7 attacks last year. Days after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the Pentagon quietly dispatched several dozen commandos to Israel to help advise on hostage recovery…