Iranians hold portraits of slain top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani during the commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary of his killing in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 3, 2024. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images Deadly blasts that killed at least 84 people in southern Iran has added to growing international concerns about the … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — When a pair of drone-fired missiles slammed into an apartment building in south Beirut on Tuesday, killing a top militant leader and his lieutenants, it appeared to mark a shift in Israel’s war against Hamas. For three months, Israel has pressed a full-scale military invasion … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BEIRUT — In an anxiously anticipated speech Wednesday, Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, the Lebanese paramilitary group and political party, was expected to address the assassination of a senior Hamas official in Beirut that was ascribed to Israel and raised fears of a wider regional war. … Read more
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli officials are stepping up threats against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, warning that Israel is running out of patience as the two sides continue to trade fire along Israel’s volatile northern border. Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s War Cabinet, said Wednesday that if the international community and the Lebanese … Read more
The Washington Post Exclusive Updated December 11, 2023 at 2:13 p.m. EST|Published December 11, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST Remnants of a U.S.-produced white phosphorous smoke round found in Dheira, Lebanon. (William Christou for the Washington Post) Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave DHEIRA, Lebanon — Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus munitions in … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BEIRUT — News organizations and rights groups that investigated shelling that killed a journalist and injured others in Lebanon in October said their findings indicate that Israel was responsible. Two rights groups described the attack as a “war crime.” The shelling on Oct. 13 in southern Lebanon … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BEIRUT — Airstrikes blamed on Israel killed four Lebanese civilians Tuesday, including two journalists, in a fresh escalation of fighting along the Israel-Lebanon border, where Hezbollah fighters and Israeli forces have been engaged in daily exchanges of fire over the past six weeks. A separate strike killed … Read more
BINT JBEIL, Lebanon — An Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon on Sunday evening killed four civilians, including a woman and three children, raising the likelihood of a dangerous new escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border. Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants and their allies have been clashing for a month along the border since … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 7:17 p.m. EDT Two refugee women and their children pass time in the courtyard of the Tyre Technical School in Tyre, Lebanon on October 19, 2023. Several UN-schools in South Lebanon are currently sheltering Lebanese communities that were internally displaced due to the increase in violence between Israel and Lebanon at … Read more
Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah, who was killed in Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon, has been laid to rest in his hometown in a funeral procession attended by hundreds of people ByThe Associated Press October 14, 2023, 8:09 AM KHIAM, Lebanon — A Reuters videographer killed in Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon was laid to rest … Read more