Israel says intense fighting erupted with Hezbollah in south Lebanon
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Israel says intense fighting erupted with Hezbollah in south Lebanon

Israel said intense fighting erupted with Hezbollah in south Lebanon after its paratroops and commandos launched raids there, ahead of a widely expected ground incursion and after devastating airstrikes against Hezbollah’s leadership. The Israeli military said the operations in Lebanon began on Monday night and involved the elite 98th division,…

Hezbollah, Hamas and Iranian figures whose killings were blamed on Israel | Israel-Lebanon attacks News

Hezbollah, Hamas and Iranian figures whose killings were blamed on Israel | Israel-Lebanon attacks News

Israel’s military claims that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a massive Israeli strike on Beirut. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been reported killed in a massive bombardment carried out by Israel on the group’s central headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Hezbollah has yet to issue any…

Anti-Israel protesters menacingly chant ‘We’re gonna get you’ at Netanyahu
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Anti-Israel protesters menacingly chant ‘We’re gonna get you’ at Netanyahu

Anti-Israel protesters menacingly chanted “We’re gonna get you” outside of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Big Apple hotel Thursday night, a day before he’s expected to speak at the United Nations. The rowdy demonstrators swarmed the outside of the Loews Regency New York Hotel on Park Ave. and E. 62nd…

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 7 as people flee south Lebanon
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 7 as people flee south Lebanon

Palestinian officials say Israel’s strikes early Tuesday killed at least seven people in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis. At least 15 others, including women and children, were injured in the strikes, they said. Israel’s military says it will do “whatever is necessary” to push Hezbollah away from Lebanon’s border…

UN officials say ‘atrocities must end’ in Gaza as Israeli raids kill dozens | Israel-Palestine conflict News

UN officials say ‘atrocities must end’ in Gaza as Israeli raids kill dozens | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Heads of UN agencies say they cannot do their jobs ‘in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence’. Leading United Nations officials have demanded “an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip nearly one year into the war between Israel and Palestinian group…

Iran’s Guards ban communications devices after strike on Hezbollah
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Iran’s Guards ban communications devices after strike on Hezbollah

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has ordered all members to stop using any type of communication devices after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon blew up in deadly attacks last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters. One of the security officials said a…

Israeli military bombs Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
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Israeli military bombs Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

The Israeli military launched its most widespread wave of air strikes against Iran-backed Hezbollah, simultaneously targeting Lebanon’s south, eastern Bekaa valley and northern region near Syria in nearly a year of conflict. Asked by reporters about a possible Israeli ground incursion into Lebanon, Daniel Hagari said “we will do whatever…

US believes Gaza ceasefire deal unlikely in Biden’s term: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US believes Gaza ceasefire deal unlikely in Biden’s term: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Wall Street Journal cites multiple US officials saying they are sceptical a ceasefire can be achieved before January. Officials in the United States believe that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is unlikely before President Joe Biden leaves office in January, according to the Wall Street Journal….

Kathy Hochul dishes on Andrew Cuomo, Kamala Harris and the rise of antisemitism
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Kathy Hochul dishes on Andrew Cuomo, Kamala Harris and the rise of antisemitism

Gov’s Empire State of mind A chef in his whites — minus the usual hat — served Kathy Hochul and me hot steak and iced wine. Dinner was on the terrace surrounding Albany’s executive live-in mansion. The third uninvited guest? A nosy squirrel who kept running through the bushes. It’s maybe consumed…