The U.S. is sending a “few thousand” troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to defend Israel if necessary, the Pentagon said Monday.
War in Israel
The Israeli military says it has begun a “limited, localized” operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict leveled an apartment building early Monday, hours after Israel hit targets across Lebanon.
A prominent general in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Iranian media reported Saturday.
The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said Saturday.
The terror group said Saturday that its leader was killed in a Friday Israeli airstrike, along with another Hezbollah commander and an Iranian general.
Shortly after the prime minister spoke, blasts rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut and the Israeli military said it had struck Hezbollah’s headquarters.
The Israeli military said Friday it struck the headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, where a series of massive explosions leveled multiple buildings in the Lebanese capital.
Mahmoud Abbas used the rostrum of the U.N. General Assembly as he typically does — to criticize Israel.
Nearly 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week as Israel targets the military capacity of Hezbollah — the Iranian-backed Shiite terrorist group that is the strongest armed force in Lebanon.
Israeli said Wednesday it would activate two reserve brigades for missions in the north — another sign that Israel plans tougher action.
The USNS Big Horn was damaged after it resupplied the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group.
The Israeli military said it killed a top Hezbollah commander Tuesday as part of an aerial barrage that has prompted thousands in southern Lebanon to seek refuge from the widening conflict.
The U.S. is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.
Iran is prepared to de-escalate tensions with Israel as long as it sees the same level of commitment on the other side, President Masoud Pezeshkian said.
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