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☆ Israel steps up its airstrikes on Beirut as the conflict in the Middle East escalates
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Israel is intensifying strikes on Lebanon in an attempt to dismantle Hezbollah's command. Israel also blocked a major road near Lebanon's Masnaa border crossing with Syria, a report said. AdvertisementIsrael carried out air strikes in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday as it stepped up its efforts to dismantle Hezbollah's leadership. According to The New York Times, citing Israeli officials, Israel targeted Hashem Safieddine, the rumored successor of Hezbollah's assassinated leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Related storiesThere are now growing fears that the conflict could transform into a full-blown war in the Middle East.

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☆ Israel's clash with Hezbollah may be shaped by its past mistakes in Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Israel launched a ground incursion that risks repeating its past mistakes in Lebanon. From 1985 to 2000, Israel occupied a 15-mile-wide "security zone" in southern Lebanon, ostensibly run by a Lebanese Christian faction backed by IDF troops. Israel returned in 2006, when 30,000 Israeli troops crossed the border in retaliation for a Hezbollah ambush of IDF troops in northern Israel. AdvertisementAs Israel's prime minister in 1998, Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep troops in southern Lebanon "whatever the cost." Currently two IDF divisions are operating in southern Lebanon, to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure there.

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☆ Israel's airstrikes and incursion against Hezbollah show limits in Biden's ability to influence Netanyahu, foreign policy experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Israel launched a "limited" ground offensive in Lebanon after killing a top Hezbollah leader in airstrikes. Foreign policy experts said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the US don't see each other as reliable partners. The ground offensive came after a series of airstrikes on September 27 that killed Hezbollah's longtime chief, Hassan Nasrallah, a major victory for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. AdvertisementHe added that the prime minister may also consider the US an unreliable partner. AdvertisementRepresentatives for the State Department and the Israeli prime minister's office did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, —, Hezbollah's, Hassan Nasrallah, Netanyahu, Israel's, Chuck Freilich, Barack Obama's, Benjamin Radd, Joe Biden's, Radd, Donald Trump, Biden weren't, Sean McFate, Bibi, McFate, Nasrallah, Biden Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli, Hamas, Columbia University, UCLA Center for Middle East Development, Syracuse University, Reuters, State Department, Business Locations: Lebanon, Iran, Israel, Gaza, America, Rafah

☆ Israel's airstrikes and incursion against Hezbollah show limits in US ability to influence Netanyahu, foreign policy experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

☆ US Navy warships fired interceptors at Iranian missiles targeting Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

US Navy warships fired interceptors at Iranian missiles that were targeting Israel on Tuesday. It's the second time in six months that US forces defended Israel from an Iranian missile attack. AdvertisementUS Navy warships fired interceptors at Iranian missiles that were targeting Israel on Tuesday as part of a massive retaliatory bombardment, marking the second time American forces have done so in less than six months. The Israeli military said it also intercepted "a large number" of the missiles as civilians sought protection in shelters. American warships and aircraft shot down Iranian missiles and drones in April during Tehran's unprecedented attack on Israel.

Persons: It's, —, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Pat Ryder, Bulkeley, Cole —, Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel Organizations: Iranian, Israel, Service, Navy, National, Israeli Defense Forces, Pentagon, Air Force, Business, White Locations: Israel, Iranian, Iran, Tehran, Beirut, Lebanon, US

Iran vows revenge over Nasrallah's deathIsraeli forces killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the militant and political group Hezbollah, in a large-scale attack in Beirut on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the U.S. last week for meetings with Trump, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The ride-or-die fans of historically bad White SoxSights, scenes and snacks at the Los Angeles Angels-vs.-Chicago White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on Tuesday. Akilah Townsend for NBC NewsWith Friday's loss, the Chicago White Sox broke the record for the most losses in a Major League Baseball season. Leading up to the historic 121st loss, NBC News spoke with loyal White Sox fans whose support has not wavered despite the team's bad season.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, Vahid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nasrallah, Abbas Nilforoushan, Abbas Aragchi, Israel, Yemen’s Ras Issa, Helene, Hurricane Helene, Joe Biden, Roy Cooper, Sheriff Quentin Miller, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Joe Biden’s, Press Sen, Marco Rubio, Biden, Trump, ” Rubio, Kristen Welker, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Eric Adams, Sarah McBride, Akilah Townsend, I'm, Lance Norton, Mori, Tom Carpenter, ”, Rashee Rice, Ashley Landis Organizations: Hezbollah, Israeli, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian, U.S ., Israel Defense Forces, NBC, Sheriff, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, ’, NBC News, Telemundo, CNBC, Democratic, NBC News ’, Party, Press, U.S, Trump, New York, Republicans, Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball, 121st, White Sox, American Pet Products Association Locations: Beirut, Iran, Lebanon, U.S, Hurricane, Florida, North Carolina, Buncombe County, Tennessee, Austria, Russia, Ukraine, Chicago

☆ The US military is bracing for a fight with warships and more aircraft as further violence grips the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Israel's killing of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has put the Middle East even more on edge. AdvertisementThe US military has a substantial force of warships and fighter aircraft stationed across the Middle East and is moving even more firepower into the region as it braces for an increase in conflict. The US has publicly said that it's ready to defend Israel and protect its forces in the Middle East from any attack by Iran or its regional proxies. As part of these efforts, Ryder said Austin directed the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to remain in the Middle East region, where it has been operating for several weeks. Beyond the carrier strike group and amphibious ready group, the US Navy has destroyers operating in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, —, Nasrallah, USS Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden, Defense Lloyd Austin, Pat Ryder, Ryder, Austin, Abraham Lincoln, Spruance, Ayal Margolin, Yoav Gallant, Gallant Organizations: Service, Hezbollah, US, Defense, Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, Wasp, Group, US Navy, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Pentagon, REUTERS, Israeli Locations: Iran, Beirut, Israel, East, Hill, Cyprus, Lebanon

☆ Iran's response to Israel will be a choice between revenge and survival. Markets say it's choosing survival
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves before voting in the country's presidential election, in Tehran, Iran July 5, 2024. Iran's generals and its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have pledged revenge, but their actions and language suggest a more measured response so far. "Iran's response options aren't good. on September 16, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gestures as he addresses his supporters during a rare public appearance at an Ashoura ceremony in Beirut's southern suburbs November 3, 2014.

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☆ Hamas says its leader in Lebanon was killed in an Israeli airstrike
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hamas says its top leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, was killed in an Israeli airstrike. AdvertisementHamas said its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, and several of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. AdvertisementAs the head of Hamas' Lebanon branch, el-Amin reportedly oversaw the organization's recruitment of operatives and arms acquisition efforts there. His reported death comes after Israel said it killed longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Lebanon on Saturday. Related storiesIn July, when Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran just hours after he attended Pezeshkian's inauguration, with the finger being pointed at Israel, Iran vowed to retaliate but has not yet done so.

Persons: Fateh Sherif Abu el, Amin, —, el, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Nabil Qaouk, Masoud Pezeshkian, Ismail Haniyeh, Nasser Kanaani, Elias Hazrati, Naim Qassem Organizations: Service, NBC, Israel Defense Forces, Israel Air Force, Reuters Locations: Lebanon, Fateh, Al, Israel, Bas, el, group's, Beirut, Iran, Tehran, Lebanese

☆ Netanyahu used his UN visit to 'trick' Hezbollah chief Nasrallah: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Netanyahu's trip to New York was designed to "trick" Hassan Nasrallah, an Israeli official has said. Nasrallah, who was the leader of Hezbollah, was killed following an Israeli strike on Beirut on Friday. The "diversionary plan" aimed to make Nasrallah think Israel would not carry out significant military action with Netanyahu away. The Israel Defense Forces said on Saturday that Nasrallah, who had led Hezbollah since 1992, had been killed in a strike on Beirut on Friday. During his UN address, Netanyahu said that Israel would "continue degrading Hezbollah until all our objectives are met."

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah, —, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Israel, Netanyahu, Ali Karaki, Nabil Qaouk, Joe Biden, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Nasrallah's, Khameini Organizations: UN, Service, United Nations, Telegraph, Israel Defense Forces, Hezbollah, Southern Front, United, Hamas, Reuters Locations: New York, Beirut, Gaza, Palestine, Lebanon, group's, United States, Iran, Tehran

☆ Israel appeared to use US-made 2,000-pound bombs in the strike that killed Hezbollah's chief
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The aircraft were spotted carrying highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs. AdvertisementAn Israeli fighter jet carrying multiple BLU-109 bombs. Israeli Air Force photoThe BLU-109 is a US-made air-to-ground munition that weighs 2,000 pounds. Related storiesThe Biden administration paused a shipment of the controversial 2,000-pound bombs to Israel earlier this year in response to concerns over the safety of civilians in Gaza. The Israeli military said on Friday that it targeted Hezbollah's central headquarters located underneath residential buildings in a Beirut suburb.

Persons: Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, —, ״, מטוסי, Hi4fXfPhL2, Biden, Nasrallah, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, Israeli Air Force, Air Force, Munitions, Armament Research, The New York Times, US Air Force, Associated Press Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, US, Israel, Gaza, Iran, Yemen

☆ Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrike locations on September 29, 2024 in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Israel struck multiple targets in Lebanon on Sunday, pressing Iran-backed Hezbollah with more attacks after it struck a huge blow by killing the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. The Israeli military said the air force had "struck dozens of Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon, including launchers that were aimed toward Israeli territory, structures in which weapons were stored and additional Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure". Nasrallah was killed in a massive Israeli air attack on Friday on the group's headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs. Israel announced his killing on Saturday and Hezbollah later confirmed his death.

Persons: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah, Israel Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Beirut's

Israel announced on Saturday that its forces have killed Hassan Nasrallah, the powerful leader of the Lebanese militant and political group, Hezbollah, in what would mark a major escalation amid mounting hostilities at its northern border with Lebanon. An Iranian woman hold a poster of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, with text in Arabic reading: "At your service Nasrallah" during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran, Iran, on Friday. Vahid Salemi / APEarlier on Friday, a Hezbollah spokesman had said Nasrallah, who was seldom seen in public, was not in one of the buildings struck by Israeli forces and was "fine." Hezbollah has vowed to continue its campaign against Israel until it ends its nearly yearlong offensive in Gaza. “Israel no longer seems to fear clashing head-on with Iran,” Hussain said, adding, “Israel will not fear entering a larger operation."

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☆ Israel says Hezbollah leader Nasrallah is dead
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The IDF said on Saturday that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is dead. Nasrallah was targeted in the strike. AdvertisementThe Israel Defense Forces said on Saturday that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed. In a post on X, the IDF said: "Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world." The strike targeted Nasrallah, who had led the Lebanese militant group for more than three decades, per multiple reports, citing both Israeli and US officials.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Nasrallah, — Organizations: Hezbollah's, Service, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Beirut, Lebanese, Israel

☆ Who was Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader killed by Israel?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Israel said on Saturday that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed. AdvertisementIsrael said on Saturday that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in a targeted strike on the group's central headquarters in Beirut. AdvertisementHe took over Hezbollah in 1992 after Israel assassinated the group's previous leader and cofounder Abbas al-Musawi. Nasrallah gained widespread popularity for overseeing the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 and the so-called "divine victory" in the 2006 Lebanon War. The group's support from Sunni Muslims dropped due to its involvement in the fighting, per the CFR.

Persons: Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah, —, Abbas, Bashar al, Assad's ostracization, Hadi Organizations: Service, Foreign Relations, Israel Locations: Iran, Beirut, Hezbollah, Gaza, Palestine, Lebanon

☆ Israel strikes Beirut suburb, Nasrallah's fate unclear after Friday's massive attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Residents check the damaged in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment in Beirut's southern suburbs, on September 28, 2024. Smoke could be seen rising over the city's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs, known as the Dahiyeh. The Israeli military said a missile fired at central Israel on Saturday had struck an open area. There was no immediate confirmation of Nasrallah's fate after Friday's heavy strikes, but a source close to Hezbollah told Reuters he was not reachable. Israel has not said whether it tried to hit Nasrallah, but a senior Israeli official said top Hezbollah commanders were targeted.

Persons: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah, Sari, Muhammad Ali Ismail, Hossein Ahmed Ismail, Mark Daou, Walid Khayrallah Organizations: Reuters Locations: Beirut's, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Beirut, Bekaa, Gaza, United States, Iranian, Tehran, Bhamdoun

☆ Hezbollah has the weapons to carry out its threat against Cyprus
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The threat against Cyprus is also an indirect threat against NATO member Greece, which has close ties with Israel. "Although the Republic of Cyprus and Israel have enjoyed strategic cooperation for years, the current timing is crucial. "The Republic of Cyprus is able to expose the tactics of Hezbollah at the EU level and simultaneously seek support by the US." Jack Guez/Getty ImagesNevertheless, Hezbollah could harm Cyprus if it carries out its threat. Related stories"The Israeli capacity to shoot down Hezbollah's drones in 2022 could be a model for the Republic of Cyprus," Tzogopoulos said.

Persons: —, Hassan Nasrallah, George Tzogopoulos, Tzogopoulos, Nasrallah, Jack Guez, Mark III, Nicholas Heras, Heras Organizations: Service, NATO, Israel, Cypriot, Business, Hezbollah, European Union, UN, Sovereign Base, EU, Cypriot National Guard, New Lines Institute, Israeli Air Force, New Lines, Israeli Defense Forces Locations: Iran, Lebanon, Republic of Cyprus, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, United Kingdom, Akrotiri, EU, Gaza, Russian, Nicosia, Iranian Fateh, Yemen, Syria, NATO

☆ Hezbollah Rejected US Overtures, Still Open to Diplomacy to Avoid Wider War
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein has been leading a diplomatic outreach to restore security at the Israel-Lebanon frontier as the wider region teeters dangerously towards a major escalation of the conflict ignited by the Gaza war. Israel has also said it wants to avoid war, but both sides say they are ready to fight if necessary. Branded a terrorist organisation by Washington, Hezbollah has not been directly involved in talks, three Lebanese officials and a European diplomat said. Hezbollah has dismissed both ideas as unrealistic, the Lebanese officials and the diplomat said. Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday said attacks against Israel and its interests by the "Axis of Resistance" will stop if the Gaza war ends.

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☆ Hezbollah says front with Israel will remain active
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Day, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 11, 2023. REUTERS/Aziz Taher Acquire Licensing RightsBEIRUT, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah said on Saturday that his armed group had used new types of weapons and struck new targets in Israel in recent days, and pledged that the front in the south against its sworn enemy would remain active. It was Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's second speech since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October. But the tit-for-tat shelling has been largely restricted to the border and Hezbollah has mostly struck military targets. Israel tightened its siege of Hamas-ruled Gaza following the Oct. 7 cross-border assault by the group that Israel says killed around 1,200, with about 240 abducted as hostages back to the Palestinian enclave.

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☆ Hezbollah Says Front With Israel Will Remain Active
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah said on Saturday that his armed group had used new types of weapons and struck new targets in Israel in recent days, and pledged that the front in the south against its sworn enemy would remain active. It was Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's second speech since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October. Nasrallah said on Saturday there had been "an upgrade" in Hezbollah's operations along its front with Israel. But the tit-for-tat shelling has been largely restricted to the border and Hezbollah has mostly struck military targets. Israel tightened its siege of Hamas-ruled Gaza following the Oct. 7 cross-border assault by the group that Israel says killed around 1,200, with about 240 abducted as hostages back to the Palestinian enclave.

Persons: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's, Nasrallah, Israel, Laila Bassam, Giles Elgood Organizations: Hamas, Lebanese, Iran's, Guards Locations: BEIRUT, Israel, Kiryat Shmona, Tehran, United States, Gaza

Two sources in Lebanon familiar with the Iran-backed group's arsenal say he was referring to Hezbollah's greatly enhanced anti-ship missile capabilities, including the Russian-made Yakhont missile with a range of 300 km (186 miles). Hezbollah perceives the U.S. warships as a direct threat because of their ability to hit the group and its allies. PAYING ATTENTIONThree current and one former U.S. official said Hezbollah has built an impressive array of weapons, including anti-ship missiles. Asked about the sources' accounts of Hezbollah having acquired Yakhont missiles, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "First of all, this is news without any confirmation at all. Moscow said in 2010 it had signed a deal to send anti-ship cruise missiles including a version of the Yakhont to Damascus.

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