As tensions escalate in the Middle East…
August 7, 2024
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Israel bracing for attack after assassinations in Beirut and Tehran
TEL AVIV — Israel is bracing for a potential multiday attack by Iran and its ally Hezbollah following the assassination of two senior militant leaders last week, an Israeli official told NBC News.
Netanyahu’s assassinations a forever war gamble
The missile that struck a building in southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing Hezbollah’s senior military commander Fuad Shukr, had been widely anticipated.
Netanyahu risking regional war for his own political survival
Israel’s apparent assassinations of Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah’s top military leader, in Beirut, and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, have raised again the specter of a regional war involving regional adversaries – one that could potentially drag the United States into the fray.
Israel vows to hit Hezbollah after rocket kills 12 on football field
Thousands of mourners attended funeral ceremonies on Sunday for the 12 children and teenagers killed by a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as Israel vowed swift retaliation against the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
Though Critical on Gaza, Trump Cites Good Relations With Netanyahu
Former President Donald J. Trump, who for months has urged Israel to end the war in the Gaza Strip as quickly as possible, said that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel remained on good terms after the two met on Friday, and that he would be a stronger ally of Israel than Vice President Kamala Harris.
Israel-Hezbollah teeter toward regional conflagration
The Middle East is on the brink of a possibly devastating regional war, with hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah reaching an extremely dangerous level.
Israeli democracy as a Gaza war casualty
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to address a joint session of US Congress on July 24, 2024, the nation he leads continues its slide away from democracy.