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October 7, 2024 5:27 PM

How the world is marking Oct. 7 attack on Israel, start of Gaza war

People around the world were holding vigils, ceremonies and protests to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, as fighting raged on in the enclave on Monday. The militants killed some 1,200 peop...

October 7, 2024 5:44 PM

Israel steps up Gaza bombing as Palestinians mark war’s first anniversary

Israel stepped up its air and ground offensive in Gaza with more attacks on Hamas militants and command posts on Monday as both sides marked the first anniversary of a war that has destroyed much of the territory and changed Palestinians' lives forev...

October 7, 2024 12:55 PM

Hezbollah strikes Israel on Gaza war anniversary; fears grow over Middle East instability

Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's third-largest city of Haifa, police said early on Monday, and Israeli media reported 10 injured in the country's north on the first anniversary of the Gaza war, which has spread in the Middle East. Iran-backed Hezbolla...

October 7, 2024 12:17 PM

Iran confrontation offers Israel’s Netanyahu path to erase Oct 7 stigma, at least at home

For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, confrontation with Iran and its proxies offers the chance of political redemption at home, even at the risk of a regional war, a year after the Oct 7 attack demolished his reputation as a security hawk. ...

October 7, 2024 12:13 PM

Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary under shadow of escalating war

Israelis on Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the Middle East. Ceremonies and protests in Jerusalem and Israel's so...

October 3, 2024 7:54 PM

Israel kills Hamas militant once jailed for role in West Bank lynchings

Israel has killed Abdel-Aziz Salha, a West Bank Hamas militant who had been jailed for life for taking part in the lynching of two Israeli reservists in Ramallah in 2000 but later deported to Gaza in a prisoner swap, Hamas media and medics said. Sal...

October 3, 2024 11:48 PM

Israel strikes Beirut suburb, Hezbollah keeps up cross-border fire

Israel's military told residents of more than 20 towns in south Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately on Thursday as it pressed on with its cross-border incursion and struck Hezbollah targets in a suburb of Beirut. The latest warnings took the...

September 29, 2024 2:27 PM

Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader

Israel struck multiple targets in Lebanon on Sunday, pressing Iran-backed Hezbollah with more attacks after it struck a huge blow by killing the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. The Israeli military said the air force had "struck dozens of He...

September 25, 2024 5:44 PM

Israeli warplanes hit Lebanon again as Hezbollah takes aim at central Israel

Israel unleashed more airstrikes on Lebanon on Wednesday and Hezbollah militants fired salvoes of rockets into Israel in the heaviest exchanges between the arch-foes in a year. Hezbollah claimed to have targeted the headquarters of the Mossad spy ag...

September 25, 2024 4:17 PM

How the Israel-Hezbollah war might lead to broader conflict

Israel has intensified its bombardment of Lebanon, striking what it says are hundreds of sites linked to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, with Lebanese authorities saying the barrage killed more than 500 people on one day alone. The escalation, afte...