Update: Lebanon's Health Ministry said Tuesday that 558 have been killed, including 50 children and 94 women, and 1,835 have been wounded Israel dramatically escalated its military operations in Lebanon on Monday, launching strikes against residential areas across the...
The Pentagon said Monday that it's sending additional troops to the Middle East after Israel significantly escalated its bombing campaign in Lebanon earlier in the day. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said, "In light of increased tension in the Middle East and...
Sheikh Naim Kassem, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, said Sunday that the Lebanese group is in a "new phase" of its fight with Israel following a series of Israeli escalations in Lebanon. Kassem described the new phase as an "open-ended battle of reckoning" and said...
Before thousands of pagers blew up in Lebanon on Tuesday, Israel informed the US that it was preparing an operation in the country but didn't say what it was, CNN reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The sources said that Israeli Defense...
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech on Thursday and said Israel "crossed all red lines" by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon over the past two days. "With this operation, the enemy crossed all laws and red lines. It didn't care...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that the focus of Israel's military operations was shifting to the north as part of a "new phase in the war." His comments came after Israel detonated thousands of Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon,...
On Wednesday, Israel blew up thousands of two-way radios used by Hezbollah in Lebanon, killing at least 20 people and wounding 450. Lebanon's official news agency also reported that solar energy systems blew up in Beirut and in the south, wounding one girl. The...
The US claimed on Tuesday that it was unaware of Israel's plans to blow up thousands of pagers inside Lebanon, an attack that killed at least nine people and wounded thousands. State Department spokesman Matt Miller insisted the US "was not aware of this operation and...
Updated at 7:40 am Eastern Time on 9/18/24 At least 12 people have been killed, and 2,750 have been wounded in Lebanon after pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded at the same time in a coordinated Israeli attack. Pagers also exploded in Syria, where unconfirmed...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the highest-ranking US military officer, visited northern Israel on Monday, a day after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged their heaviest round of fire since October 7. Brown's visit demonstrates strong US...
