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Smoke and flames rise in Beirut's southern suburbs in Lebanon after Israeli airstrikes, as seen from Sin el Fil, Lebanon, on October 6.
Israeli airstrikes hit financial sites in Beirut, Lebanese state media says
BEIRUT — Israeli airstrikes hit three branches of a Hezbollah-linked financial institution in Beirut on Sunday evening, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.The strikes hit Al-Qard Al-Hassan branches in the Hay Al-Sellom, Burj Al-Barajneh and Ghobeiry areas of Beirut’s southern suburbs, NNA reported.The news agency reported that evacuations were underway in Hermel, where buildings near an Al-Qard Al-Hassan branch were being cleared. Elsewhere, the Baalbek Government Hospital in the Beqaa region moved patients to “safer rooms” further away from a building associated with the financial institution across the street, the Lebanese Ministry of Health told CNN. The ministry said the hospital continues to operate normally.Earlier Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces had...
October 21, 2024

Israeli airstrikes hit financial sites in Beirut, Lebanese state media says

Palestinians carry the bodies wrapped in shroud to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after an Israeli attack on Deir al Balah, Gaza on October 20.
At least 87 killed in strike on northern Gaza, as UN warns 'nowhere is safe'
GAZA — Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said at least 87 people were killed and more than 40 injured in Saturday's Israeli air strike on the city of Beit Lahia in the north of the Palestinian enclave.The ministry said a number of people were still under the rubble after a residential area was hit.Israel said it was checking reports of casualties but added that earlier — lower — figures published by Hamas were "exaggerated". In recent weeks, the Israel military has been carrying out intense bombardment of northern Gaza, saying it wanted to prevent Hamas fighters from regrouping there.A senior UN official warned that the "nightmare in Gaza is intensifying" and the war "must stop now".The UN's peace process co-ordinator, Tor Wennesland, said...
October 21, 2024

At least 87 killed in strike on northern Gaza, as UN warns 'nowhere is safe'

An air strike on the edge of the Dahieh area that completely destroyed one building and damaged adjacent buildings, including a large gynaecology clinic
The suburbs bearing the brunt of Israel’s strikes on Beirut
BEIRUT — The air strike that killed the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah shook the earth for hundreds of metres in every direction.A few blocks away, in the Beirut suburb known as the Dahieh, Mehdi Moussawi thought his own building was falling down.From his balcony, the 45-year-old taxi driver and his wife Zahraa – who asked that their names be changed for this story – watched as a thick blanket of smoke and dust enveloped everything around them. In the distance, they could he—ar debris raining down, and overhead the familiar buzz of an Israeli drone.The drones had become so common over Dahieh in the previous few days that they barely noticed them anymore. A majority Shia suburb in the south of Beirut, Dahieh was once again under Israel’s watchful eye; its more than half a...
October 21, 2024

The suburbs bearing the brunt of Israel’s strikes on Beirut

Smoke was seen rising over Beirut's southern suburbs after Israeli air strikes late on Sunday
Blasts heard in Lebanon as Israel vows to hit Hezbollah banks
BEIRUT — Israel has carried out more air strikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon, including on branches of a bank that it says is supporting Hezbollah.Explosions were heard in southern Beirut's Dahieh district, an area controlled by Hezbollah, as well as the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon. It is unclear whether there are any casualties.The Israeli military earlier warned people living in 25 areas in Lebanon — including 14 in the capital Beirut — that it planned to carry out strikes throughout the night.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also said it would target banks and other financial infrastructure supporting Hezbollah.In a statement on Sunday evening, IDF spokesman Rear Adm Daniel Hagari warned that "anyone located near sites used to fund Hezbollah’s terror activities...
October 21, 2024

Blasts heard in Lebanon as Israel vows to hit Hezbollah banks

A demonstrator holds a sign about the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a protest calling for a cease-fire deal, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tel Aviv.
Biden leads calls for ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas leader's death
BRUSSELS — Western leaders, led by US President Joe Biden, have pushed for an end to the conflict after the death of Hamas leader in Gaza and mastermind behind the 7 October attacks, Yahya Sinwar.Hours after Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, Biden and other leaders congratulated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the killing — saying that Sinwar had "blood on his hands".As he arrived in Germany, Biden said, "Now's the time to move on ... Move toward a ceasefire in Gaza."Sinwar, a rarely seen figure, was responsible for a deadly terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October — a moment that sparked devastating, year-long attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip and spawned a separate, deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas' allies Hezbollah in...
October 18, 2024

Biden leads calls for ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas leader's death

Yahya Sinwar
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza
JERUSALEM — Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli soldiers after they engaged and killed three militants during ground operations in Gaza on Thursday.A senior Hamas official has just confirmed the death of the group's leader. In a video statement, Khalil al-Hayya went on to say that Sinwar died in combat. The senior Hamas official said his group will continue on its path to achieving the Palestinian people's ambitions, adding that Sinwar's death will only strengthen the group. He added that the Israeli hostages will not be returned until the aggression on Gaza ends and there is a full withdrawal of Israeli forces in the Strip. Al-Hayya is believed to be the most senior man in Hamas after Sinwar. Earlier on Thursday, the IDF said the identities of the three...
October 18, 2024

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza

The US said long-range B2 stealth bombers were involved in the mission. (File photo)
US bombers target underground Houthi weapon sites in Yemen
WASHINGTON — The US says it has carried out "precision strikes" against five weapons storage locations in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi movement.Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said B-2 Spirit stealth bombers were part of the operation that targeted hardened underground facilities housing missiles and other munitions that the Iran-backed group had used to attack civilian and military ships.The strikes demonstrated the ability of the US to hit facilities that adversaries sought "to keep out of reach", he added.Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said the strikes targeted six areas in and around the capital, Sanaa, and two near the northern city of Saada. It did not report any casualties.US Central Command, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East, also...
October 17, 2024

US bombers target underground Houthi weapon sites in Yemen

Israeli military body Cogat said 50 lorries delivered aid from Jordan to northern Gaza on Wednesday
UN says 'trickle' of aid reaches north Gaza, as Israel denies blocking access
GAZA — Israel has denied obstructing humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, after the US warned its ally in a letter to urgently boost humanitarian access or risk having some military assistance cut off.The first aid in two weeks was allowed into northern Gaza following the letter, but the UN's acting humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya described it as a “trickle”.In the letter sent on Sunday, the US expressed deep concern at the humanitarian situation and said Israeli actions had contributed to it.Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, told the Security Council that it had “flooded Gaza with as much aid as possible” and accused the Palestinian armed group Hamas of stealing and selling shipments.Ms Msuya warned that essential supplies are running out for about 400,000...
October 17, 2024

UN says 'trickle' of aid reaches north Gaza, as Israel denies blocking access

Nabatieh's governor said the number of dead could rise as the rubble was still being searched
Mayor and 15 others killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon council meeting
BEIRUT — The UN’s special coordinator for Lebanon has criticized Israel after air strikes on municipal buildings in the southern city of Nabatieh killed the mayor and 15 other people.Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert called the killing of mayor Ahmad Kahil “alarming” and said any violations of international humanitarian law were “completely unacceptable”.At least five of those killed in Wednesday's strike were municipal staff co-ordinating aid for civilians remaining in the area, Nabatiyeh Governor Howaida Turk told the BBC.Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati condemned the attack, saying it had "intentionally" targeted a council meeting.The attack was the most significant against a Lebanese state building since the latest escalation in fighting, which...
October 17, 2024

Mayor and 15 others killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon council meeting

Ramez Abu Nasr managed to save his brother from the rubble
Gazans describe fresh horror in north as Israel renews offensive
JERUSALEM — The hand was covered in dust, streaked with blood on the fingers and wrist, all that could be seen of the person who was killed.Like many other victims of the Israeli air strikes they lie buried under the rubble - this time in Gaza City, in the north.A teenage boy was pulled from the first floor of a collapsed building. As his feet and legs emerged it looked as if he might be alive.But then the whole body was lifted free, and flopped lifelessly in the arms of the rescuers.They leaned across and passed the boy through a window below, and into the waiting arms of another group of men.In the narrow streets men dug with their hands. But there were no sounds coming from the rubble now. Whoever lay there was beyond help.Ramez Abu Nasr was digging for hours. His mother, father and...
October 17, 2024

Gazans describe fresh horror in north as Israel renews offensive

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