Hezbollah leader vows retaliation against Israel for attacks on devices as both sides trade strikes
The leader of Hezbollah vowed to retaliate for this week’s deadly attacks on the group’s communications devices.
Israel-Hamas war latest: 20 killed, 450 wounded in second day of explosions in Lebanon
Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed and 450 others wounded by exploding electronic devices in multiple regions of the country.
Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war
Israel's defense minister declares a “new phase” of war as Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices.
Israel has a long history of pulling off complex attacks like the exploding pagers
Thousands of pagers used members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people and wounding several thousand, officials said.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Pagers explode across Lebanon and parts of Syria
Hundreds of handheld pagers have exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria, killing at least nine people, government and Hezbollah officials say.
Israel says halting Hezbollah attacks is now a war goal as officials warn of a wider operation
Israel says that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the country's north to allow its residents to return to their homes there is now an official war goal as it considers a wider military operation in Lebanon.
Blinken is heading back to the Middle East, this time without fanfare or a visit to Israel
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Egypt this week on his 10th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began nearly a year ago.
Its economy and infrastructure battered, can Lebanon afford a war with Israel?
The ferocious exchange of fire by Hezbollah and the Israeli military is raising fears of a regional war beyond the tense border.
It looked like Israel and Hezbollah had gone to war, but then they pulled back. Here's what to know
Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah pulled back after an exchange of heavy fire over the weekend that briefly raised fears of an all-out war.
What is the latest on the high-stakes negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza?
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet with Israel’s prime minister on Monday as mediators say they are closing in on a deal to halt the war in Gaza and free hostages captured by Hamas.
An Israeli strike in Lebanon kills 10 and triggers response from Hezbollah as tensions simmer
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed at least 10 Syrian nationals including a woman and her two children.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Palestinian death toll surpasses 40,000 as mediators hold cease-fire talks
The White House says talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war have resumed in Doha and are expected to run into Friday.
Lebanon's health care system in tatters but still preparing for a possible wider war with Israel
Lebanon’s health care system has been battered by multiple crisis but is now preparing for the possibility of a devastating wider conflict with Israel.
Israel-Hamas war latest: International calls for cease-fire grow after assassinations in the Mideast
The Pentagon has announced that the U.S. will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region.
Israel-Hamas war latest: A cease-fire is key to ending the region's cycle of violence, Blinken says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling for “all parties” in the Middle East to avoid escalatory actions that could plunge the region into further conflict.
For Iran and Hezbollah, calibrating response to Israeli strikes leaves no room for error
Two back-to-back strikes in Beirut and Tehran targeted high-ranking figures in Hezbollah and Hamas and have been attributed to Israel.
What to know about the escalating conflict and Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks after 2 assassinations
A pair of assassinations of anti-Israel militant leaders hours apart is threatening to set off a regional clash and upend already fragile talks toward ending the war in Gaza.
Two strikes on militant leaders risk inflaming a Middle East on edge
The targeting of two senior militant leaders in two Middle Eastern capitals within hours of each other — with each strike blamed on Israel — risks rocking the region at a critical moment.
The war in Gaza might complicate Haniyeh's replacement. Here are the possible contenders
The militant Palestinian group Hamas has a history of swift and smooth replacement of fallen leaders killed in Israeli airstrikes.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel says it killed one of Hezbollah's commanders in Beirut strike
Israel has struck the Lebanese capital of Beirut and says it killed the militant commander allegedly behind a rocket strike that killed 12 youths.
A cratered field, a mangled fence. Clues emerge from strike that killed 12 children in Golan Heights
Two days after a rocket slammed into a soccer pitch in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, killing 12 children, many questions remain about the attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams.
Netanyahu vows retaliation against Hezbollah after weekend strike as US warns against escalation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel's response would be "severe" as he blamed Hezbollah for a weekend rocket strike from Lebanon that killed 12 children.
Israel-Hamas war latest: US cautions Israel over escalation with Hezbollah after weekend attack
The United States is cautioning Israel about escalation with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah as Israel weighs its response to a rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 youths in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.
Lebanon's Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israeli kibbutz after drone strike wounds civilians
Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says its fighters have fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel targeting a kibbutz for the first time in nine months.
An Israeli strike in Syria kills a former bodyguard of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader, official says
An official with the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group says an Israeli strike in Syria killed a former bodyguard of the group's leader.
Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander
The Lebanese Hezbollah group says it's launched over 200 rockets at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders.
Israeli strike kills another senior Hezbollah commander as diplomats scramble for calm in Lebanon
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed a senior Hezbollah commander as tensions continue to boil.
Hezbollah’s deputy leader says group would stop fighting with Israel after Gaza cease-fire
The deputy leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says the only definite path to a cease-fire on the Lebanon-Israel border is a full cease-fire in Gaza.
US and Europe warn Lebanon's Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war
U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months.
Lebanese officials work to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus following Hezbollah threats
Lebanese government officials are working to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus a day after the militant Hezbollah group threatened to attack the Mediterranean island if it allows Israel to use its territories to attack Lebanon.
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group warns archenemy Israel against wider war
The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says it has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could help it target more critical positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war.
Hezbollah vows to intensify attacks against Israel after senior military commander is killed
Hezbollah has vowed to intensify its attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border to avenge the killing of its most senior military commander by Israel since the latest round of violence began eight months ago.
Blinken says some of Hamas' proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that mediators will keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal after Hamas proposed numerous changes to a U.S.-backed plan.
Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on
Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group is introducing new tactics and weapons against Israel as the war in Gaza drags on and Israeli troops enter parts of the southern city of Rafah.
Israel and Iran's apparent strikes and counterstrikes give new insights into both militaries
This month’s unprecedented direct attacks between Iran and Israel are revealing deeper insights into both militaries.
Iran's foreign minister accuses US of giving Israel 'green light' to attack consulate in Syria
Iran’s foreign minister has accused the United States of giving Israel the “green light” for a strike on its consulate building in Syria that killed seven Iranian military officials, including two generals.
Tehran vows response after strike blamed on Israel destroyed Iran's Consulate in Syria and killed 12
Iran has vowed to respond to a deadly airstrike widely attributed to Israel that demolished Iran’s consulate building in the Syrian capital and killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals.
3 UN military observers, a Lebanese interpreter wounded in blast while patrolling southern border
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon says three United Nations military observers and a Lebanese interpreter have been wounded when a shell exploded near them while patrolling the southern Lebanese border.
Lebanese Sunni militant group head says coordination with Shiite Hezbollah is vital to fight Israel
The head of a Lebanese Sunni political and militant group that has joined the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in its fight against Israel on Lebanon’s border says the conflict has helped strengthen cooperation between the two groups.
Austria's top diplomat appeals for a pause in Mideast fighting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
Austria’s foreign minister has urged Israel and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group against escalating the conflict along the volatile Israel-Lebanon border.
Israel's air force strikes deep inside Lebanon, killing 2 people, after Hezbollah downs a drone
The Israeli military says its air force has struck targets of the militant Hezbollah group deep inside Lebanon.
Israel vows to target Lebanon's Hezbollah even if temporary pause reached with Hamas in Gaza
Israel’s defense minister vowed to step up attacks on Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group even if a cease-fire is reached with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
State media say an Israeli strike kills 2 in a Damascus residential area. Another kills 2 in Lebanon
Syria's state TV says an Israeli strike that hit a residential area in the country's capital of Damascus has killed two people.
Israeli airstrikes killed 10 Lebanese civilians in a single day. Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate
Lebanon's state-run news agency says the civilian death toll from two Israeli strikes in Lebanon the day before has now risen to 10, making it the single deadliest day since in more than four months of near-daily cross-border exchanges.
A look at the arsenals of Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia as cross-border strikes escalate
The slow-simmering cross-border conflict between Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group and Israeli forces has escalated, reviving fears that the daily clashes could expand into an all-out war.
Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it's becoming inevitable
The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
An Israeli strike on a Damascus area where Iran-backed groups operate caused casualties, Syria says
The Syrian military says an Israeli airstrike on a Damascus suburb has killed and wounded several people.
Strike kills Hezbollah fighter, civilian in Lebanon, amid seeming Israeli shift to targeted killings
Lebanese state media and health officials say an Israeli airstrike has hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon.
An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 5 Iranian advisers, officials say
Syrian and Iranian officials and media say an Israeli strike on the Syrian capital of Damascus has killed five Iranian advisers with the expeditionary Al Quds force belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
Hezbollah launches drone strike on base in northern Israel but military says there's no damage
Hezbollah says it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army’s northern headquarters in retaliation for recent strikes in Lebanon that killed top Hamas and Hezbollah officials.
Blinken urges Israel to engage with region on postwar plans that include path to Palestinian state
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling on Israel to work with moderate Palestinians and neighboring countries on plans for postwar Gaza.
Israeli strike kills an elite Hezbollah commander in the latest escalation linked to the war in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike has killed an elite Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon.
Israel says Hezbollah struck sensitive air traffic base in the north and warns of 'another war'
Hezbollah has struck an air traffic control base in northern Israel, the Israeli military says.
Hezbollah, Israel trade heavy cross-border fire as Blinken seeks to prevent regional escalation
Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah have traded fire in one of the heaviest days of cross-border fighting in recent weeks.
Israel's Mossad chief vows to hunt down Hamas members a day after senior figure killed in strike
The chief of Israel’s Mossad has vowed the intelligence agency will hunt down every Hamas member involved in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, no matter where they are.
Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri, who headed West Bank operations, killed in Beirut blast
Hamas and Hezbollah officials say top Hamas official Saleh Arouri has been killed in an explosion in a southern Beirut suburb.
Apparent Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in Beirut and raises fears conflict could expand
An apparent Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut has killed Hamas’ No. 2 political leader, marking a potentially significant escalation of Israel’s war against the militant group and heightening the risk of a wider Middle East conflict.
On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza
Thousands of Palestinian families are fleeing from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges.
France urges Lebanese leaders to work on bringing calm along the border with Israel
France’s foreign minister is urging Lebanese leaders to work on reducing tensions along the border with Israel, warning that the raging Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month, could spread to other parts of the region.
US national security adviser says a negotiated outcome is the best way to end Lebanon-Israel tension
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says he has discussed with Israeli officials the volatile situation along the Lebanon-Israel border.
House passes resolution to block Iran's access to $6 billion from prisoner swap
The House has passed a measure that would permanently freeze the $6 billion recently transferred by the U.S. in a prisoner swap with Iran.
Major Iranian-backed militant group vows to expand conflict if U.S. airstrikes continue
A major Iranian-backed militant group in Iraq has warned it may strike additional U.S. targets after U.S. warplanes killed multiple militants in response to the first use of a short-range ballistic missile against U.S. forces at Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq.
Attacks by Lebanon's Hezbollah group wound 7 Israeli troops, 10 others along border with Israel
Israel’s military and rescue services say attacks by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group have wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 other people.
How Lebanon's Hezbollah group became a critical player in the Israel-Hamas war
The Lebanese militia Hezbollah has traded fire with Israeli troops along the border since the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise attack in southern Israel sparked war in the Gaza Strip.
Live updates | Israel says troops push deeper into Gaza City as Palestinians flee to the south
Israel’s military said it was advancing deep into Gaza City after encircling the northern part of the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Israel's military and Hezbollah exchange fire along the tense Lebanon-Israel border
Israeli warplanes have conducted airstrikes along the border with Lebanon as the militant Hezbollah group attacked several Israeli army posts, including one that was struck with two large rockets.
Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures
The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has met with top Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials.
Lebanon's prime minister visits troops at the country's tense southern border with Israel
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has visited troops deployed near the border with Israel and U.N. peacekeepers as Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops clash for a third week.
Hezbollah official says his group already 'is in the heart' of Israel-Hamas war
A top official with Hezbollah has vowed that Israel will pay a high price whenever it starts a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah destroys Israeli surveillance cameras along the Lebanese border as tension soars
Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said Monday it has started destroying surveillance cameras on several Israeli army posts along the border as tension rose following the Israel-Hamas war that began Oct.7.
Iran's foreign minister warns Israel from Beirut to stop Gaza attacks or risk 'huge earthquake'
Iran’s foreign minister has called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, warning that the war might expand to other parts of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle.
Trump's criticism of Israel's Netanyahu draws strong condemnation from GOP rivals
Several of former President Donald Trump’s Republican rivals are denouncing him for lashing out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days after Hamas’ deadly attack.
Jewish diaspora in South Florida deals with increased security after Hamas attack
As Israel declared war on Sunday, amid a major conflict with Hamas in the south and a Hezbollah attack in the north, synagogues in South Florida increased security.
Explosion along Lebanon-Israel border wounds 3 members of militant group Hezbollah
A Lebanese security official says an explosion ear Lebanon’s border with Israel lightly wounded three members of the militant Hezbollah group.
UN Irish peacekeeper killed in shooting in southern Lebanon
An Irish U.N. peacekeeper has been killed and several others were wounded when unidentified attackers fired at a convoy in southern Lebanon, a traditional stronghold of the militant Hezbollah group.
Israel successfully tests naval air defense system
Israel says it has successfully tested a new naval air system, intercepting a series of threats in what officials called a key layer of protection against Iran and its proxies in the region.
Lebanon's government holds first budget meeting in months
Lebanon’s government is holding its first meeting in three months to discuss the budget as talks with the International Monetary Fund over the country’s economic meltdown resumed.