Death toll from Israeli strikes in Lebanon rises to 356, Lebanese health ministry says
MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (AP) — Death toll from Israeli strikes in Lebanon rises to 356, Lebanese health ministry says.
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4 Israeli soldiers killed, more than 60 people injured by Hezbollah drone in one of bloodiest attacks on Israel since Oct. 7
Four Israeli soldiers have been killed and more than 60 people injured in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central-northern Israel, according to first responders and the Israeli military.
Evening StandardUnited Nations says Israeli tanks burst through gates of peacekeeper base in Lebanon
It comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the United Nations to get peacekeepers out of the Lebanon 'danger zone' immediately
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Ukraine-Russia latest: Brazil urged to arrest Putin as Zelensky issues new North Korea warning
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Former British soldier sent £31k of night-vision rifle sights to Taliban
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Israel-Lebanon live: Hezbollah drone attack kills 4 Israeli soldiers as US to deploy Thaad missile system
UN warns attacks against peacekeepers may constitute a war crime
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UN says UNIFIL peacekeepers will stay in Lebanon despite Netanyahu's demands
Israel's attacks on UN peacekeepers have drawn international condemnation, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the accusations that Israel deliberately attacked UNIFIL personnel "completely false."View on euronews
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Netanyahu ‘promises Biden’ he will limit attack on Iran to military targets
Israel will reportedly strike Iran before the November US presidential election on 5 November
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Violence-hit Pakistan locks down the capital for an Asian security meeting
Shaken by multiple militant attacks, Pakistani authorities have locked down the capital in a major security move as senior officials from several nations arrive for an Asian security group meeting. A three-day holiday started Monday in normally bustling Islamabad and the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi, and Pakistan has deployed troops and blocked key roads, making it difficult even for ambulances to pass through. The main event of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be held Wednesday, when leaders and officials discuss how to boost their security cooperation and economic ties.
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Israeli airstrike kills more than 20 in northern Lebanon as UN peacekeeping row grows
Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv in wake of Israeli attack on Christian town, as UN security council voiced strong concern over IDF attacks on peacekeepers
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Israeli air strike on school in central Gaza 'kills at least 20'
Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Nuseirat killed at least 20 people, according to Palestinian hospital officials
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More than 60 people injured in drone strike on Israel, say rescue services
Hezbollah claim responsibility for what is one of bloodiest attacks on Israel in year of war
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Funeral Held for Iranian General Killed in Lebanon
The funeral ceremony of a top Iranian general killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon was held in Tehran on October 15, local media reported.Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on September 27.Iran announced the recovery of Nilforoushan’s body on October 11, according to local media.Footage here from the state-run IRIB News shows the ceremony in Tehran.According to IRIB News, Nilforoushan was to be buried in Isfahan on October 16. Credit: IRIB News via Storyful
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Women in Iran donate jewelry to support Hezbollah
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports from a Hezbollah fundraising event in Tehran, where Iranian women are donating their gold to help raise money for the Lebanon-based militant group.
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Ocasio-Cortez criticizes Biden administration over ‘unrestrained’ Israel government
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized the Biden administration on Monday over what she called an “unrestrained” Israeli government. “The horrors unfolding in northern Gaza are the result of a completely unrestrained Netanyahu gov, fully armed by the Biden admin while food aid is blocked and patients are bombed in hospitals,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a post…
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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 immediately comment and the target was not clear. The strike hit a small apartment building in the village of Aito, which is part of the country's Christian heartland in the north and far from the Hezbollah militant group's main areas of influence in the south and east.
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Israeli attacks on UN forces in Lebanon must stop, say France, UK, Italy and Germany
Israeli attacks on the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, are contrary to international humanitarian law and must stop at once, Italy, Britain, France and Germany said in a joint statement on Monday. Earlier, an Israeli strike on a village in northern Lebanon killed at least 21 people, local officials said, in one of the northernmost strikes since Israel began its offensive in late September. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. This blog is no longe
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Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon kills at least 21 people
Until now, Israel has mostly focused its military operations on the south of the country, the suburbs of Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley in the east.View on euronews
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What is UNIFIL, the peacekeeping force on the Israel-Lebanon border?
Over the past week, the UN has said that the Israeli military has fired on its peacekeepers, forcibly entered its base, stopped logistics and injured more than a dozen of its troops in southern Lebanon.
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Israel ‘stops Beirut strikes after US sends missile defence system’
Israel has paused strikes on Beirut partly due to the US deploying its Thaad missile defence system to the Middle East, CNN has reported.
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The UN keeps peace in southern Lebanon - this Hezbollah tunnel suggests otherwise
High up on the dry brush hills that rise steadily from the Israeli border, the UN watchtower surveys southern Lebanon and the plains below as far as the eye can see.