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A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs

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Israel says it killed a Hezbollah commander in Beirut it blames for a deadly strike

10:10pm July 30, 2024

by James Hider

The Israeli military says it "eliminated" a top Hezbollah commander in a suburb of Lebanon's capital in retaliation for a deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.

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A masked demonstrator waves a flag of Hezbollah during a demonstration supporting the Palestinians in Beirut on Oct. 20, 2023.

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What is Hezbollah and why did Israel launch an airstrike into Beirut?

8:27pm July 30, 2024

by Michael Levitt

Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire for months now. Tuesday's strike in Beirut will further stir international fears of a wider regional war.

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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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Art is a comfort for these displaced Lebanese kids

11:39am July 25, 2024

Displaced by current airstrikes and past conflicts, children board a brightly painted bus to attend art classes that aim to make them feel like kids again — and give them a way to express their pain.

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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For Israelis near the Lebanon border, war with Hezbollah feels inevitable

1:01pm June 18, 2024

by Kat Lonsdorf

The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel has intensified in recent weeks along the border with Lebanon. Some Israelis in the north say they feel resigned to the possibility of war.

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A gunman was captured after a shootout near the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon

6:23am June 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Lebanese military said that soldiers shot an assailant, who they only described as a Syrian national. The gunman was wounded and taken to a hospital. The shooter's motives were not clear.

A tattered Israeli flag waves on Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

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Five ways Israelis have changed, after 5 months of war

1:41pm March 09, 2024

The state of Israeli society, five months after the Oct. 7 attack, is crucial to understanding where the Israel-Hamas conflict might lead. Here are five ways Israel has been transformed.

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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.

Israeli police investigate the site of a shooting attack at the Masmiya-Re'em junction in southern Israel on Friday, Feb. 16.

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Photos: Border tensions rise as Israel confirms Rafah as its next military target

12:23pm February 19, 2024

by NPR Staff

This past week, despite growing tensions at the borders, Israel announced a plan to move forward into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Also, Israeli airstrikes killed many in Lebanon.