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Israel weighs Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire proposal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet on Thursday evening to discuss new Hamas positions on a ceasefire deal in Gaza, a source in Netanyahu's office said,…

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Thousands flee their homes as Israeli forces bomb southern Gaza

Israeli forces bombarded several areas of the southern Gaza Strip and thousands of Palestinians fled their homes in what could be part of a final push of Israel's intensive military…

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Hamas-Iran Ally Islamic Jihad’s Rocket Attack and Israeli Military Offensive in Gaza

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday, in an apparent show of force as Israeli tanks pressed their advance deeper into Gaza amid…

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Israeli forces pound north and south Gaza, battle Hamas in Rafah

Israeli forces pounded several areas across Gaza on Wednesday, and residents reported fierce fighting overnight in Rafah in the south of the Palestinian enclave. Residents said fighting intensified in the…

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High risk of famine persists across Gaza

Gaza remains at high risk of famine as war between Israel and Hamas continues and access to aid is restricted, though delivery of supplies had limited the projected spread of…

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Israel kills senior Gaza health official, tanks push deeper into Rafah

An Israeli air strike at a medical clinic in Gaza City killed the director of Gaza's Ambulance and Emergency Department, the enclave's health ministry said, while Israel's military said the…

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Netanyahu says intense fighting against Hamas is ending but war to go on

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was coming to an end but that the war would…

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Head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah threatens Israel and Cyprus

The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah said that nowhere in Israel would be safe if a full-fledged war breaks out between the two foes, and also threatened EU member Cyprus for…

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Israel and Lebanon escalate rhetoric

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned that a decision on an all-out war with Hezbollah was coming soon, even as the United States tries to avert any escalation. U.S. envoy…

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Netanyahu denounces tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized plans announced by the military on Sunday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate…

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Hezbollah says it attacked 9 Israeli military sites with rockets, drones

Hezbollah said it had launched rockets and weaponised drones at nine Israeli military sites in a coordinated attack on Thursday, ramping up hostilities on Lebanon's southern border for the second…

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Israeli forces thrust deeper into Rafah as diplomacy falters

Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafah, amid one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground, and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes…

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Hezbollah fires big rocket salvos at Israel after senior commander killed

Lebanon's Hezbollah fired big barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, escalating the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli…

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Hezbollah says its drone hits northern Israeli town, casualties reported

Hezbollah said on Monday it carried out a drone attack on an Israeli military position near the northern Israeli town of Metula that left several dead and injured. Israel's military…

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Israeli military says it killed deputy commander of Hezbollah rocket and missiles unit

The Israeli military said it had killed Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket and missiles unit, in an airstrike in the area of Bazouriye in Lebanon. The…

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Hezbollah tells Iran it would fight alone in any war with Israel

By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and Laila Bassam Quds Force, Hezbollah chiefs met in February: sources Risk of Israel-Hezbollah war discussed: sources Iran advises militia allies to avoid wider conflict:…

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Hezbollah, Israel appear to signal no desire for spread of Gaza war

Blinken heads to Middle East for Israel-Gaza talks US envoy Amos Hochstein seeks to soothe Israel, Hezbollah tensions By Mohammad Azakir, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA, Jan 4 (Reuters)…

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Hezbollah, Israel trade strikes at Lebanese border in latest escalation

BEIRUT, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Hezbollah and Israel traded rocket and missile fire in areas near the Lebanese-Israeli border on Saturday, officials on both sides said, in the latest flare-up…

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UPDATED: Israeli military says civilians wounded by anti-tank missile near Lebanon border

JERUSALEM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Militants fired anti-tank missiles on Sunday near the Israel-Lebanon border and hit a number of civilians, the Israeli military said, adding that it was retaliating…

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Israel helps Brazil thwart domestic attack by Hezbollah cell

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) - Israel's spy agency Mossad worked with Brazilian security services and other international agencies to foil an attack on…

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Hezbollah says Israel to ‘pay price’ after strike kills 3 children in Lebanon

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - An Israeli strike on a car in south Lebanon killed three children and their grandmother on Sunday, Lebanese authorities said, as the Israeli army said a Hezbollah…

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Israeli jets hit Lebanon as Hezbollah fires more powerful missile

BEIRUT, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said it carried out simultaneous attacks on Israeli positions at the Lebanese border on Saturday, as residents of south Lebanon reported some of…

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US intelligence thinks Wagner plans to send air defence system to Hezbollah – WSJ

The United States has intelligence that Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah, the Iranian backed Lebanese militia, an air defence system, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified…

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Hezbollah says it downs Israeli drone in south Lebanon

BEIRUT, (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon on Sunday with a surface-to-air missile, the first time it has announced such an incident,…

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Broken Lebanon cannot afford war, and Hezbollah knows it

By Laila Bassam, Tom Perry BEIRUT, Oct 27 (Reuters) - With an economy in ruins and a crumbling state, Lebanon can ill afford another war between Hezbollah and Israel. Iran-backed…

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UPDATED: Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders discuss how to achieve ‘victory’

BEIRUT, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah met top leaders of the Palestinian militant factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and discussed what their alliance must do to…

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Hezbollah says calls for it not to intervene in war ‘will have no effect’

BEIRUT, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said on Friday that the group would not be swayed by calls for it to stay on the sidelines of…

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Hezbollah congratulates Hamas but takes careful stance

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah congratulated Hamas militants on the incursion into Israeli territory from Gaza, but issued a carefully-worded statement which suggests they are currently backing away from any…

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Hezbollah chief says armed group’s mobilization to end

(Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, announced the end of his armed group's mobilization , after Lebanese and Israeli leaders finalised a U.S-brokered maritime demarcation…

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Hezbollah warns Israel against ‘playing with time’ over maritime border dispute

BEIRUT, July 31 (Reuters) - Lebanon's armed Hezbollah group issued a video on Sunday showing vessels involved in the Israeli offshore oil and gas industry and warned against "playing with time", underlining…

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Hezbollah chief vows ‘no one’ will extract gas, oil from maritime zones if Lebanon unable to do so

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of powerful armed group Hezbollah warned that "no one" would be allowed to operate in maritime oil and gas fields if Lebanon was barred from its "rights"…

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U.S. issues sanctions tied to supporters of Hezbollah, Iran

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was imposing sanctions on Lebanon and Kuwait-based financial conduits that fund the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah as well…

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Israeli aircraft strike rocket launch sites in Lebanon

Israeli aircraft struck what its military said were rocket launch sites in south Lebanon early on Thursday in response to earlier projectile fire towards Israel from Lebanese territory. Two rockets…

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With food and fuel, Hezbollah braces for the worst in Lebanon collapse

BEIRUT, April 16, (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah has made preparations for an all-out collapse of the fracturing state, issuing ration cards for food, importing medicine and readying storage for fuel…

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Pompeo says Hezbollah weapons risk torpedoing French efforts in Lebanon

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday warned France that its efforts to resolve the crisis in Lebanon would be in vain without immediately tackling the issue of Iran-backed…

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New IRA forms alliance with Hezbollah

The New IRA, the largest dissident Irish republican group, is thought to have forged alliances with Hezbollah and radical organisations in the Middle East, who may be providing it with…

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German government bans Hezbollah

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on Thursday banned Hezbollah activities in the country, his ministry spokesman said on Twitter. He also confirmed that "police measures are underway in several federal…

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US ambassador to Iraq and other staff evacuated from Baghdad’s embassy for safety reasons

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq and other staff were evacuated from their embassy in Baghdad for their safety on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said, as thousands of protesters and militia fighters…

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Netanyahu: Hezbollah will pay a price if it attacks Israel

Hezbollah had better not dare attack Israel or it will pay, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned at the opening of Sunday’s cabinet meeting. “If Hezbollah dares to attack Israel, the…

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Anti-government protests in Lebanon also break out in Hezbollah’s heartland

The anti-government protests in Lebanon have spread also to the powerful Hezbollah heartland in the south. This area is dominated by Hezbollah and its ally, the Amal Party, who were…

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Hezbollah says it shot down Israeli drone

Hezbollah said on Monday that it had downed an "Israeli drone" as it flew over the border with Lebanon. The Islamist militant movement said that the unmanned aircraft was now…

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Israeli military vehicle destroyed by Hezbollah

Militant group Hezbollah claims it has destroyed an Israeli military vehicle near the border with Lebanon, killing and wounding those inside. Israel's military said anti-tank missiles were launched from southern…

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Israeli military orders extra forces to Lebanon border area

Israel’s military ordered extra forces to deploy to its northern command and postponed a training exercise as tensions remained high with Lebanon’s heavily armed Shi’ite movement Hezbollah. The army said…

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Hezbollah says will respond with a surprise strike against Israel, but will avoid new war

Hezbollah will respond with a "surprise" strike against Israel after drones crashed in Lebanon, but a new war remains unlikely, the Iran-backed movement said, amid heightened fears of a full-scale…

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Hezbollah leader warns Israel will vanish in next war

Israel will be wiped out in the next war with Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah warned on Friday in an interview with Al-Manar TV on the 13th anniversary of the Second…

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Two Hezbollah members of Lebanon’s parliament put on US sanctions blacklist

The US Treasury placed two Hezbollah members of Lebanon's parliament on its sanctions blacklist on Tuesday -- the first time Washington has taken aim at the Iran-allied group's elected politicians.…

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Analysis – Is the Middle East on the bring of a major showdown?

War clouds in the Middle East are thickening. A worrisome conjunction of circumstances is leading towards a possible showdown between the Axis of Resistance (Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and some Iraqi…

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Israel completes military drills simulating war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah

Israel yesterday completed military drills simulating war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Spokesman for the Israeli Army, Avichai Adraee, said that the Givati brigade of the Israeli army carried out the week-long…

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Hezbollah and its allies win Lebanon’s elections

Hezbollah and its political allies are the biggest winners in Lebanon's first general election in nine years, an analysis of the preliminary results show. Hezbollah and Amal - dubbed the…

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Syria – The Why, Who, and How of an 8 year conflict

Now having gone on longer than World War II, the war in Syria is causing profound effects beyond the country's borders, with many Syrians having left their homes to seek…

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Air Strikes on Syria – Reaction of Hezbollah

Syrian News Agency SANA reports that Lebanese Hezbollah strongly condemned the US, British and French tripartite brutal aggression on Syria at dawn on Saturday. In a statement, the Party said…

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Prince Mohammed bin Salman not so diplomatic interview

In an interview with The Atlantic, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the putatively reformist crown prince of Saudi Arabia irked enough people to position himself in the pole…

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