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Several videos have emerged of the gruesome scene, but it remains unclear if the three were alive or dead at the time. Video Israeli soldiers threw, pushed and kicked three…

News Analysis Israel’s attack on Hezbollah’s communication devices raised expectations of a decisive shift in their war of attrition. Instead, the fighting has returned to a standoff. After the surprise…

The senior leader, who survived multiple assassination attempts, has been sought by the United States for bombings in the 1980s. Here is a closer look. Ibrahim Aqeel, the Hezbollah commander…

Even as Israel signals that it is moving its focus to its northern border with Lebanon, there has been no pause to its bombardment in Gaza, where residents are facing…

News Analysis The attacks in Lebanon required getting deep into the supply chain, which is difficult to do. But the sabotage contributes to a sense of vulnerability that ordinary devices…

Hassan Nasrallah refused to say when or how Hezbollah would take revenge. As he spoke, Israeli fighter jets swooped low over Beirut. The leader of the Lebanese armed militia Hezbollah,…

After two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, Beirut was a city on edge, with people worried there were bombs in their bags or pockets. Victims’ relatives vowed retribution. In…

Israel has long blamed Hamas for civilian and children deaths, arguing that the militant group uses innocent people as human shields. U.N. child rights experts on Thursday condemned the “catastrophic…

Experts are at odds over the question of whether it violates the laws of war to hide explosives in wireless devices that may go off near civilians. The exploding wireless…

The Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, did not say how his group would respond to attacks on hand-held devices, which killed dozens when pagers and walkie-talkies exploded. The Israeli military carried…