Middle East

Lebanon assesses damage after wave of Israeli strikes on Hezbollah-run financial institution

Lebanese were surveying the damage on Monday after overnight Israeli strikes hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution that Israel says is used to fund attacks but where many ordinary people keep their savings. The strikes targeted Al-Qard Al-Hassan branches in the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, across southern Lebanon and in the Bekaa, where ...

11:52 Et October 21, 2024

Israel intensifies offensive in Gaza, Lebanon after Hamas leader's death

 Israel said it had struck Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday, while officials in Gaza said they were still trying to recover bodies from ...

20:00 Et October 20, 2024

Gaza man says Yahya Sinwar was killed in his evacuated house

A displaced Palestinian from Gaza has told the BBC that the house the former Hamas leader was killed in was his home for 15 years before he had ...

10:00 Et October 20, 2024

Drone strike launched toward Israeli prime minister’s house. At least 50 killed in strikes on Gaza

The Israeli government said a drone was launched toward the prime minister’s house Saturday, with no casualties, as Iran’s supreme leader vowed that Hamas would continue its fight ...

10:59 Et October 19, 2024

IDF orders more than 20 villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has issued urgent evacuation orders for more than 20 villages in southern Lebanon. In a post on X, external, the Israeli military's Arabic ...

10:44 Et October 18, 2024

Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes ‘victory plan’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his government has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, ...

10:39 Et October 18, 2024

US long-range B-2 stealth bombers target underground bunkers of Yemen’s Houthi rebels

U.S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes early Thursday morning targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear what damage was done in ...

10:09 Et October 17, 2024

US gives Israel 30 days to boost Gaza aid or risk cut to military support

The US has written to Israel, giving it 30 days to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some US military assistance cut off. The letter, ...

11:00 Et October 16, 2024

Israeli strikes kill at least 15 in Qana, a Lebanese town with a dark history of civilian deaths

 Israeli strikes have killed at least 15 people in the southern Lebanese town of Qana, which has long been associated with civilian deaths after Israeli strikes during previous conflicts with Hezbollah. Israel meanwhile struck Beirut’s southern suburbs early Wednesday for the first time in nearly a week. Israel also carried out a wave of airstrikes on ...

10:56 Et October 16, 2024

Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills at least 21 people

An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. The Israeli military did not ...

10:50 Et October 15, 2024
129 / 1
Tue 9:00
scattered clouds
18.04
°
C
Wed
21.7
mostlycloudy
Thu
22.38
mostlycloudy
Fri
20.99
mostlycloudy
Sat
19.23
mostlycloudy
Sun
16.58
mostlycloudy