Israel and Hezbollah

Lebanon counts nearly 500 killed in a day of Israeli strikes, with over 1,600 wounded

10:08am September 23, 2024

Analysts say it's Israel's largest aerial strikes against Hezbollah since 2006. Lebanon's Health Ministry say dozens of women and children are among the casualties.

Hezbollah vows a war of 'reckoning' as exchange of fire with Israel escalates

1:56am September 22, 2024

The Israeli military said 150 rockets, cruise missiles and drones were launched toward Israel. Earlier, exploding electronic devices and an airstrike in Beirut killed dozens and wounded thousands.

People inspect the site of an Israeli strike, in Beirut

Hezbollah says top commander, several officers killed in Israeli strike on Beirut suburb

10:39am September 20, 2024

The airstrike follows a deadly week of attacks that have intensified nearly a year of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah.

Tracking the exploding pagers used in apparent Israeli attack on Hezbollah

4:50am September 18, 2024

Gold Apollo denied all involvement with the explosive pagers, telling NPR outside its offices in Taiwan that it was a Budapest-based company called BAC Consulting which manufactured the devices.

Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon, causing thousands of injuries

4:09pm September 17, 2024

Electronic pagers belonging to members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah exploded simultaneously on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least nine people and wounding around 2,800.

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War fears and flight cancellations in Lebanon send travelers and residents scrambling

5:49pm August 05, 2024

The U.S. and other governments issued Lebanon travel advisories and some airlines stopped flying there, in anticipation of an escalation of fighting after assassinations in Iran and Beirut.

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A rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, after Israel struck a Gaza school

7:16pm July 27, 2024

A rocket has hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region Saturday afternoon, on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens.

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LBN: patrolling the BLUE LINE with Italian troops

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U.N. peacekeepers take cover as Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel trade attacks

6:02am July 15, 2024

by Jane Arraf

“The situation is really quite volatile,” Capt. Alessandro Crepy, with the Italian contingent of the peacekeeping group UNIFIL, says of the fighting between forces in Israel and Lebanon.

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Relatives of Amal Hassan al-Durr, a 5-year-old girl, lay her body to rest at the cemetery in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, on Feb. 22. She lost her life during an Israeli attack. In recent weeks, Israel has intensified its airstrikes, penetrating deeper into Lebanon.

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Relatives in Lebanon mourn victims of Israeli strikes, including a 5-year-old girl

4:45pm February 29, 2024

by Diego Ibarra Sánchez

Photographer Diego Ibarra Sánchez accompanied mourners in southern Lebanon after Israel stepped up airstrikes that claimed the lives of civilians and Hezbollah fighters.

Sisilya al-Ousi sits in her apartment building's bomb shelter, where she spends most of her time.

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As conflict on Israel's northern border grows, residents agonize over whether to stay

4:34pm January 10, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

The pace of attacks across the Lebanon border has quickened since a strike in Beirut killed a Hamas official. Some residents have vowed to stay. Others wonder whether it's time to move away for good.