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Israel pounds Beirut suburb with airstrikes overnight
The death toll from Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip rose to 25, including five children, as more bodies have been recovered, while three people were killed in an early morning airstrike ...Top stories - NBC News - November 1 -
Airstrikes Hit Central Beirut for First Time in Weeks
The attacks came as Israel’s military has been pounding an area just outside the Lebanese capital with some of the heaviest waves of bombardment in months.World - The New York Times - 5 days ago -
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Powerful Israeli Airstrike Hits Central Beirut
The attack was the third strike in the Lebanese capital this week, part of a wave of amped-up Israeli military activity across the country.World - The New York Times - 10 hours ago -
Middle East latest: Israel pounds Beirut suburb Dahiyeh with airstrikes overnight
Israel’s air force pounded Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh overnight, though casualty numbers are not yet knownWorld - ABC News - November 1 -
Hezbollah spokesman killed in Israeli airstrike in Beirut, official says
The Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence in central Beirut, known as the Dahiyeh, and the strikes came as Lebanese officials are considering a U.S.-brokered cease-fire proposal.Top stories - CBS News - 6 days ago -
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Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies
An Israeli airstrike has struck a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital close to the U.N. headquarters, Parliament, the prime minister’s office and several embassiesWorld - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut kill 11 and injure dozens
Israeli airstrikes Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured dozens in central Beirut, as diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire.Top stories - NBC News - 9 hours ago -
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 11 in Beirut as diplomats push for cease-fire
The strikes, which destroyed an eight-story building and left a crater in the ground, were the fourth in Beirut in less than a week.Top stories - CBS News - 5 hours ago -
Middle East latest: Large airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs as Israel expands northern Gaza operations
Several large airstrikes have hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airportWorld - ABC News - November 7 -
An Israeli airstrike hits an area in central Beirut near the Lebanese government headquarters and several embassies
An Israeli airstrike hits an area in central Beirut near the Lebanese government headquarters and several embassiesWorld - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Writing to Beirut, again
How do you write about home when words fail you?World - Financial Times - November 2 -
Israel launches airstrikes inside Iran
Israel has launched deadly retaliatory airstrikes on Iran. The strikes mark the first time Israel has openly attacked inside Iran. NBC News' Raf Sanchez reports on what it means for the region.Top stories - NBC News - October 26 -
Tensions rise in Beirut after influx of displaced people
An influx of refugees fleeing Israeli strikes risks exacerbating sectarian divisions in the Lebanese capital.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Israel hammers Beirut suburbs as US pushes for cease-fire
Israel hammered Beirut’s suburbs overnight with airstrikes as the U.S. pushes for a cease-fire between the Jewish state and Lebanon. Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, the head of the Israeli military's ...Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
Hezbollah media chief killed in Israeli strike in Beirut
The head of Hezbollah's media office, Mohamad Afif, was one of the group's few remaining public faces.Top stories - BBC News - 5 days ago -
Hizbollah chief spokesperson killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
Latest attacks on Lebanese capital come as US pushes for diplomatic solution to conflictWorld - Financial Times - 5 days ago -
Watch: The TikTokers filming destroyed homes in Beirut
In Beirut, two TikTokers are filming the damage caused by Israeli air strikes for families who have fled.Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
The Hair-Raising Stakes of Flying Into Beirut's Airport
Beirut-Rafic Hariri Airport has operated almost without interruption since Israel began targeting Hezbollah personnel and weapons nearby with regular airstrikes south of Beirut.World - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago -
'Are we not humans?': Anger in Beirut as massive Israeli strike kills 15
The death toll from the strike on a multi-storey building in central Beirut's Basta district is expected to rise.Top stories - BBC News - 4 hours ago -
Beirut strike 'so powerful it was felt across the city'
An eight-storey building in Lebanon's capital was destroyed when it was struck without warning, the BBC's Hugo Bachega says.Top stories - BBC News - 9 hours ago -
Israeli Strike in the Heart of Beirut Kills at Least 20
Israel was targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, but failed to kill him, one Israeli official said. Hezbollah officials said none of the group’s leaders were at the attack site.Top stories - The New York Times - 13 minutes ago -
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 72 across Gaza
Thirty-eight killed in Khan Younis including 13 children from same family, as survivors sift through rubble. • Middle East crisis – live updates . At least 72 people have been killed in Israeli ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Israel Pummels Gaza and Lebanon With Hundreds of Deadly Airstrikes
Gaza’s health ministry reported that dozens of people had been killed in a residential area of Khan Younis, as Israel launched a barrage of attacks across the region on Friday.World - The New York Times - October 25 -
Iran weighing response to Israel's weekend retaliatory airstrikes
Iran is deliberating on how it might respond to Israel's long-awaited retaliatory strikes over the weekend that hit Iranian military targets. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more ...Top stories - CBS News - October 28 -
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Lebanon’s ancient heritage faces a barrage of Israeli airstrikes
The conflict is taking a devastating toll on Lebanon’s ancient heritage, with airstrikes wiping out centuries-old villages and endangering fragile, millenia-old archaeological sites, like the Roman ...Top stories - NBC News - 6 days ago -
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US warns against ‘protracted’ campaign in Lebanon as Israel strikes Beirut
In a visit to the region, secretary of state Antony Blinken said the US was working to progress ceasefire talks for Gaza and Lebanon. Israeli strikes hit Beirut on Thursday evening, after the US ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
In Beirut, a photographer's frozen moments slow down time and allow the contemplation of destruction
We watch video after video, consuming the world on our handheld devices in bites of two minutes, one minute, 30 seconds, 15. We turn to moving pictures — “film” — because it comes the closest to ...Tech - ABC News - October 27 -
Israel resumes strikes over Southern Beirut, strikes also continue in Gaza
For the first time in days, Beirut's southern suburbs were hit with Israeli airstrikes. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more on that and the ongoing war in Gaza.Top stories - CBS News - November 1 -
Israel Strikes Near Lebanon’s Capital as Hopes for a Cease-Fire Fade
The Biden administration sent envoys including the C.I.A. director to the Middle East this week, but Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas all appeared far from a deal to end the fighting.World - The New York Times - November 1 -