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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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Israel has demanded that the force, known as UNIFIL, pull out. But all the countries contributing troops and the U.N. Security Council decided unanimously that UNIFIL should stay. U.N. peacekeepers…
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, summoned Tehran’s envoy over reported comments by a senior Iranian official on a U.N. resolution deemed a precondition for a cease-fire. Lebanon’s caretaker prime…
Israeli forces had been steadily closing in on Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader, for weeks before he was cornered and killed in a ruined house in the Gaza Strip. At…