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  • Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies

    SALLY ABOU ALJOUD|Nov 15, 2024

    BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon's capital near key government and diplomatic buildings late Monday, killing at least five people as the U.S. pressed ahead with cease-fire efforts. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said two missiles hit the area of Zoqaq al-Blat neighborhood – where local U.N. headquarters and Lebanon's parliament and prime minister's office are located. Since late September, Israel has dramatically escalated its bombardment of Lebanon, vowing to sev...

  • Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes

    SALLY ABOU ALJOUD and WAFAA SHURAFA|Nov 1, 2024

    BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon's northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. In central Gaza, Palestinians recovered the bodies of 25 people killed in a barrage of Israeli aerial attacks that began Thursday, hospital officials said. The latest violence comes against the backdrop of the Biden administration's renewed diplomatic push, days before the U.S. election, to reach temporary cease-fire deals. Israel has s...