Hezbollah pager blast wounds thousands, tensions in Lebanon rise
Sinwar commends Houthi missile attack on Israel • Two rocket hits in Metula area • Netanyahu asserts military operation against Hezbollah if diplomacy fails
People gather outside a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, September 17, 2024(photo credit: REUTERS/EMILIE MADI)
Returning residents to northern Israel is now a war goal, Netanyahu says
Israel's security cabinet voted on the additional war goal of returning the 60,000 evacuees to their homes in the north.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.(photo credit: Avi Ohayon/Reuters)Go to the full article > >
Blinken to travel to Egypt and discuss Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal
Lapid to WH on Hezbollah: 'We gave a lengthy amount of time for a diplomatic solution'
In a meeting with US officials, Yair Lapid spoke on the urgency of a solution on the Lebanon front and securing Hamas negotiations for the release of hostages.
ByHANNAH SARISOHNOpposition head Yair Lapid and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meet on July 13, 2022(photo credit: KOBI GIDEON/GPO)Go to the full article > >Israel-Hamas War: What you need to know
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
101 hostages remain in Gaza
48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says
