The strikes risk pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East.
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Drone targets Israeli prime minister’s house during new barrages with Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the drone targeted his house in the Mediterranean coastal town of Caesarea, though neither he nor his wife were home.
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Sinwar’s killing opens up opportunity and much uncertainty for war in Gaza
Sinwar’s killing on Wednesday decapitates the Palestinian militant group that was already reeling from months of assassinations up and down its ranks, and it is a potent symbolic achievement for Israel in its battle to destroy Hamas.
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Israel and Hamas signal they are no closer to ending Gaza war after Sinwar’s death
A top Hamas political official confirms the death of the group’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, and said the militant group would not release more hostages until there is a cease-fire in Gaza.
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Israel says it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza
Sinwar was one of the chief architects of Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel has vowed to kill him since the beginning of its retaliatory campaign in Gaza.
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UN says over 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in 3 weeks by war
The fighting in Lebanon has driven 1.2 million people from their homes.
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U.S. will send air defense battery and American troops to Israel to bolster defenses against Iran
Israel is widely believed to be preparing a military response to Iran’s Oct. 1 attack when it fired roughly 180 missiles into Israel.
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Israel’s military says 4 soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base
A year into the war with Hamas, Israel continues to strike what it says are militant targets in Gaza nearly every day.
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UN official appeals for Lebanon’s ports and airport to be spared as Israel presses its offensive
A top United Nations official says that he is concerned that Lebanon’s ports and airport might be taken out of service, with serious implications for getting food supplies into the country.
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Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in new strikes
In central Beirut, rescue workers combed Friday through the rubble of a collapsed building, searching for survivors of an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens in the Lebanese capital the night before.