Israel and Hezbollah

How the next U.S. president could change the course of Israel’s wars

4:14pm November 01, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

The U.S. presidential election is already influencing Israel’s war strategy. A Trump or Harris presidency could lead to vastly different outcomes for the conflicts there.

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Israel strikes Lebanon’s ancient city of Baalbek, as tens of thousands of people flee

6:04pm October 31, 2024

As Israel intensified attacks in the Lebanese city of Baalbek, residents fled to an ancient Roman temple, hoping the site’s UNESCO status might save them.

Hezbollah picks cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group

10:54am October 29, 2024

The cleric takes over after Israel killed Hezbollah's longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike in a Beirut suburb in late September.

Lebanon's only burn unit sees a surge of patients as Israel strikes the country

5:00am October 29, 2024

Geitaoui Hospital has Lebanon's only unit specializing in burn treatment. Since Israel launched an air and ground invasion of the country to fight Hezbollah, burn cases have mounted.

Lebanon assesses the damage after Israel strikes Hezbollah-linked banks

10:47am October 21, 2024

Israel's military carried out airstrikes overnight on targets in Lebanon that the military says belong to Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a financial institution that undergirds the militant group Hezbollah.

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What is the U.N. peacekeeping force stationed in Lebanon?

6:22pm October 11, 2024

The mission was created in 1978 to help restore order after Israel's first invasion of Lebanon. Decades later, it's still there but has come under fire during a new Israeli invasion in Lebanon.

In separate strikes, Israel kills 2 Lebanese soldiers and injures 2 U.N. peacekeepers

11:49am October 11, 2024

The Israeli attack on the Lebanese army came hours after Israeli troops fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time this week.

1 year after Hamas attacked Israel, the conflict grows more dangerous than ever

12:00pm October 07, 2024

The Hamas-led assault that killed 1,200 people triggered a devastating Israeli military response in Gaza. Now the war has engulfed Lebanon and threatens to bring Israel and Iran into direct conflict.

Israeli strike on Gaza mosque kills 19 as conflict widens in Lebanon

3:37pm October 06, 2024

As the expanding Mideast war nears a one-year milestone, Israel launched targeted strikes in Lebanon overnight, where the conflict pushed further north.

Israel's military fights Hezbollah in Lebanon, as it vows to respond to Iran's missiles

9:57am October 02, 2024

The Middle East is bracing for a wider war as Israel fights in Gaza and Lebanon, and as Israel promises a strong response to Iran's missile strikes.