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  + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Nina Avramova | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
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Unlike the southern suburbs and other parts of the country, there was no warning to evacuate this Shia-majority neighborhood. Families fleeing the central Beirut strike on Thursday streamed into the mosque’s grounds. But I don’t have the energy to be displaced again.”The Mostafa family from the southern Beirut suburbs share three mattresses amongst themselves amid the mosque’s looming colonnades. Israel’s war cabinet said it aimed to repatriate 60,000 people displaced by Hezbollah’s rocket fire in the country’s northern-most territory. Mahdi had fled his home in the southern Beirut suburbs to west Beirut and was taking a job around his old campus.
Persons: Israel, Israel –, cradled, Mohammad al, Amin, Joseph Campbell, , Fatima, Mostafa, Mostafa Mostafa, , Mahdi, “ They’re, Hadeel Organizations: Lebanon CNN, Islamic Health Authority, Hezbollah, Families, Reuters, CNN, American University of Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Israel, Gaza, Iran, American University of Beirut
CNN —Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a 21-day ceasefire just days before he was assassinated by Israel. “He [Nasrallah] agreed, he agreed,” Habib told Christiane Amanpour in an interview aired on Wednesday. ]”White House senior adviser Amos Hochstein was then set to go to Lebanon to negotiate the ceasefire, Habib continued. A second source familiar with the talks agreed that the US was aware that Hezbollah was agreeing to the ceasefire. We need the United States’ help.
Persons: CNN —, Abdallah Bou Habib, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Nasrallah, ” Habib, Christiane Amanpour, , Nabih Berri, Benjamin, Netanyahu, Biden, Macron, Amos Hochstein, Habib, Matthew Miller, ” Miller, Benjajmin Netanyahu, Washington, , we’re Organizations: CNN, CNN — Lebanon’s, US, UN, Assembly, White House, European Union, United Arab Emirates, , Biden, United Locations: Lebanon, Lebanese, Beirut, United States, France, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Qatar, Israel, States
Israel launched an airstrike on a Beirut neighborhood on Thursday, killing nine people. Almost 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since October 2023.
Persons: Israel Locations: Beirut, Lebanon
Smoke rises from a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike as journalists and local residents visit during a press tour on October 2, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. LONDON — European stocks are expected to open lower Thursday as conflict in the Middle East weighs on regional investor sentiment. The U.K.'s FTSE index is seen opening 38 points lower at 8,252, Germany's DAX down 67 points at 19,097, France's CAC 40 down 26 at 7,545 and Italy's FTSE MIB 153 points lower at 33,414, according to data from IG. Israel attacked central Beirut early Thursday, killing at least six people, as it pursues Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. Israeli authorities say there were no casualties as a result of the offensive, and that most of the missiles were intercepted.
Persons: Germany's DAX, Israel Organizations: CAC, IG Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, LONDON, Iran, Israel
Oil prices ticked higher in early trade on Thursday as investors weighed the escalating conflict in the Middle East and the potential for disruption to crude flows, against an amply-supplied global market. But an unexpected build in U.S. crude inventories on Wednesday helped ease some supply concerns and curbed oil price gains. Some investors remained unfazed as global crude supplies have yet to be disrupted by unrest in the key producing region, and spare OPEC capacity tempered worries. OPEC has enough spare oil capacity to compensate for a full loss of Iranian supply if Israel knocks out that country's facilities. "The effectively available spare capacity might be much lower if renewed attacks on energy infrastructure on countries in the region happen," said Giovanni Staunovo, analyst at UBS.
Persons: derek, East, Jim Simpson, Giovanni Staunovo Organizations: Brent, . West Texas, Energy Information Administration, ANZ, East Daley Analytics, Reuters, OPEC, UBS Locations: Kuwait, Saudi Arabian, Israeli, Beirut's Bachoura, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Gulf
Social media video shows an explosion in Beirut
  + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Ellen Rittiner | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
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Gold rangebound as investors brace for key U.S. economic data
  + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Gold prices were trading in a tight range on Thursday as traders remained on the sidelines ahead of a key U.S. economic data that may provide clues about the size of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts expected later this year. Gold prices were trading in a tight range on Thursday as traders remained on the sidelines ahead of a key U.S. economic data that may provide clues about the size of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts expected later this year. Investors are watching out for the ISM services data and the initial jobless claims, due later in the day, along with the U.S. non-farm payroll data expected on Friday. Gold tends to thrive in a low interest rate environment and political turmoil. Elsewhere, Perth Mint's gold product sales touched a 10-month high in September, while silver sales hit a seven-month high.
Persons: Brian Lan, , CME's, Lan Organizations: GoldSilver Central, Investors, U.S . Locations: Singapore, Israel, Beirut, Iran, Perth
ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes and its burgeoning ground invasion have forced dozens of Lebanese Christians to take shelter in a monastery close to the border with Israel. Milad Louis, head of the municipality of Ain Ebel, a largely Christian town, said Israeli airstrikes forced the community to evacuate in just 45 minutes. Lebanese military personnel direct civilians Tuesday in the town of Rmeish along the border with Israel. Some 70 villagers were given shelter in the nearby monastery and school, with residents also opening up their homes to 30 fleeing the violence nearby, according to monastery officials. Lebanese civilians in the town of Rmeish along the border with Israel on Tuesday.
Persons: ZOUK, Milad Louis, , Israel, Louis, , Jihan Kaisi Organizations: NBC News, Maronite, NBC, Union of Relief, Development Associations Locations: ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon, Israel, Ain, Ain Ebel, U.S, Rmeish, Ein, , Lebanon's, Beirut, Lebanese
CNN —In the days after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, fears ran high of a regional war. The conflict would not be contained in Gaza, the thinking went – Hezbollah would attack Israel from the north, the Houthis from Yemen, and Iranian proxies from Iraq. Israel would be forced to respond, it would come into direct conflict with Iran, and the wider war would be upon us. A day after Iran launched its largest ever ballistic missile attack on Israel – and as Israeli troops battle Hezbollah fighters on the ground in Lebanon – regional war is effectively here. Now is the time that we can attack, because Iran is fully vulnerable.”Smoke rises following Israel's bombardment in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
Persons: Israel, Israel –, West Bank –, , Fatemeh Mohajerani, Ismail Haniyeh, Maya Alleruzzo, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nasrallah, ” Netanyahu, Hassan Nasrallah, Naftali Bennett, you’ve, ” Bennett, Baz Ratner, , United States –, Jake Sullivan Organizations: CNN, West Bank, Israeli, Israel, Hamas, , National Locations: Israel, Gaza, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Damascus, Iranian, Palestinian, Tehran, Rosh Haayin, Beirut, , Hezbollah, Syria, Hodeidah, United States
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Iran launched a massive ballistic missile strike on Israel yesterday. War analysts suggest the attack was likely intended to overwhelm air defenses and damage specific military targets. AdvertisementIran's strike on Israel on Tuesday with over 180 ballistic missiles was a massive attack, what appears to be the largest single ballistic missile barrage in history. The attack was largely ineffective, US and Israeli officials said, but conflict experts say it wasn't just for show. Despite this, the attack was reportedly largely repelled by Israeli air defenses, as well as assets from the US and its allies and partners.
Persons: , Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, HOSSEIN BERIS, ISW, Jake Sullivan, Kamala Harris Organizations: Service, Institute for, Washington DC, Israel Defense Forces, Security Locations: Iran, Israel, Washington, Iranian, Syria
The US said that Iran will face "severe consequences" for its missile attack on Israel. Israel said that Iran fired 180 ballistic missiles at it on Tuesday, most of which were intercepted. AdvertisementThe US has promised "severe consequences" for Iran after it launched a massive ballistic missile strike on Israel on Tuesday. "We have made clear that there will be consequences, severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case," Sullivan added. "A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran."
Persons: Israel, , Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Lloyd Austin, Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah, Krishnamoorti Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, State, Israel's, White House, Israel, US Navy, Iranian, West Bank, New York Times, Tasnim News Agency, Iranian Armed Forces, University of Houston, ABC News Locations: Iran, Israel, Tehran, Beirut
It’s the second time Iran has launched an aerial attack on Israel this year, but Tuesday’s barrage was of a different magnitude. Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024. While the Israeli military said most of the missiles were intercepted, some landed on Israeli soil and appeared to cause damage. Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesIn Gaza, Israel’s war against Hamas grinds on almost a year after the Palestinian militant group’s attack on Israel. Since Israel’s war in Gaza began, US troops have also been the target of escalating attacks by Iran-backed proxy groups.
Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel –, Amir Cohen, Pat Ryder, , Nasrallah, Jonathan Panikoff, Hezbollah's, Atta Kenare, Ismail Haniyeh, PMO, Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Masoud Pezeshkian, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Matthew Miller, Lloyd Austin Organizations: CNN, Israel, Reuters, Air Base, Tel Nof Air Base, Pentagon, Hezbollah, Getty, Hamas grinds, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Israeli, New, State Department, US Navy, US Army, US, Israel . Defense Locations: Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Beirut, Here’s, Syria, Ashkelon, Reuters Iran, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Israel’s, Washington, Yemen, Tehran's Palestine, AFP, Gaza, Iranian, Iraq, East, New York City, Eshkol Region, Jordan
Iran has launched ballistic missiles at Israel, causing sirens to sound all over the country, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday. "The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel," the White House official said. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran." A ballistic missile from Iran could reach Israel in as short as 10 minutes, according to the American Jewish Committee. Hours before news broke on a potential attack from Iran, Israel announced a ground invasion of southern Lebanon on Monday night.
Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Joe Biden, Emilie Simons, Biden, Kamala Harris, Simons, Morteza, Assembly Iran’s, Masoud Pezeshkian, Pezeshkian, Nasrallah, Iran's, Ali Khamenei, Critics, Nadav, Shoshani Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, White House, Department of Defense, NBC, Israel, United Nations, White, Getty, United Nations General Assembly, Assembly, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, American Jewish Committee, Iranian, State Department Locations: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, United States, U.S, Islamic Republic of Iran, East, Iranian, Tehran, Damascus, Syria, Lebanese, Rafah, Gazan, Beirut
Hanging over all of this for Charbel — as well as the relatively small contingent of Israeli critics of the escalation with Hezbollah — is the fear that history will repeat itself. Israeli invasions in both 1982 and 2006 became more expansive and deadly than how they had been initially framed. 'Strategic failure'Israel’s ground operation was met with a new wave of international concern and condemnation. But the Biden administration remains concerned the mission could expand, the administration official said. Thousands of Israeli troops and tanks crossed the border, culminating in a deadly siege of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Persons: , Michael A, Horowitz, Israel, Biden Organizations: Le Beck, NBC News, London School of Economics, National Security, Palestine Liberation Organization, Lebanese Christian Locations: States, Washington, Israel, Lebanon, Cairo, Beirut, Sabra
Israel launches a ground operation in Lebanon. North Carolina residents raise questions over disaster responseNorth Carolina residents are only beginning to pick up the pieces after Helene roared through the western part of the state, causing devastating flooding and catastrophic damage. At least 49 people have died and dozens of others are missing in western North Carolina, which includes hard-hit Asheville. But some North Carolina residents are criticizing what they view as a lack of preparation for the storm. In recent weeks, Israel has launched attacks using exploding pagers and walkie talkies, unleashed heavy bombings in Lebanon and killed longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Persons: Vance, Tim Walz, Helene, Roy Cooper, , Deanne Criswell, Sara Legatski, , Hassan Nasrallah, Read, Sen, JD Vance, Donald Trump’s, Walz, Kamala Harris ’, Vance’s, , Biden, Harris, longshoremen, Carter, Jimmy Carter, Claudia Sheinbuam, Pete Rose, League Baseball’s, Sing, Jon, Adrian Velazquez, Gadiel del Orbe, del Orbe, — Sandra Lilley, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: NBC, Asheville . North Carolina Gov, FEMA, Spokespeople, Reuters, AFP, Getty Israel, Lebanon's, Israel Defense Forces, Minnesota Gov, CBS, Getty, Vance’s Yale Law, Democratic Party, International Longshoremen’s Association, United States Maritime Alliance, Workers, League, Sing Sing, del, Vanderbilt University Locations: Asheville , North Carolina, Israel, Lebanon, North Carolina, Carolina, Asheville ., Asheville, Florida, Buncombe County, didn’t, Beirut, Ohio, New York, Springfield , Ohio, East Coast, Gulf Coast, Georgia, NYPD, Kentucky, Spain
Ilia Yefimovich/dpa/APThis week’s ground incursion into southern Lebanon is the latest chapter in a long history of Israel sending its troops into the territory of its northern neighbor. In response, Israel occupied most of the southern part of the country, despite Lebanon’s claims it had nothing to do with the bus attack. But it resulted in a years-long occupation of southern Lebanon and Israeli troops bogged down in a protracted and increasingly unpopular war. Israeli troops withdrew from West Beirut after that but continued to occupy southern Lebanon until 2000. 2006: In 2006, Hezbollah militants infiltrated Israel in a surprise attack, killing eight Israeli soldiers and kidnapping two more in an attempt to prompt a prisoner exchange.
Persons: Ilia Yefimovich, Israel, Sabra, Shatila Organizations: Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, United Nations Interim Force, Christian Lebanese, UN, Human Rights Watch, IDF Locations: Lebanon, Israel, UNIFIL, West Beirut
The United States has seen indications that Iran is preparing to "imminently" launch a ballistic missile attack on Israel on the heels of Israel's ground incursion into south Lebanon, a senior White House official told NBC News on Tuesday,The White House official warned that any direct attack on Israel by Iran "will carry severe consequences for Iran." "We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack," the official said. Iran's suspected planned attack came as Israeli ground forces invaded south Lebanon as part of an attack on Hezbollah, the militant group backed by Iran. The number of Israeli troops who have entered Lebanon is in "the low hundreds," an Israeli official told NBC News. In April, Iran launched an attack on Israel that included more than 300 drones and ballistic missiles after two top Iranian commanders were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Syria.
Persons: Iran's, Hassan Nasrallah Organizations: White House, NBC, White, Israel, Embassy, NBC News, Dow Jones, West Texas Locations: States, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, U.S, Jerusalem, Beirut, Syria
Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel, the Israeli military said. The US has said it is ready to defend Israel from an Iranian attack, as it did in April. The Israeli Defense Forces said on Telegram that "a short while ago, missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel." Related storiesEarlier on Tuesday, a White House official said the US had indications that Iran was preparing to "imminently" launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran," the official said.
Persons: , Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Israeli Defense Forces, State, White, Israel, US, Washington, United Nations Locations: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Jerusalem, Beirut, Tehran
More recently, Israel’s military declared a “limited” operation in Rafah, southern Gaza that has left the city in ruins. Shortly before the incursion, Israel’s National Security Cabinet approved the “next phase” of its war with Hezbollah, according to Israeli media. The Lebanese army had also evacuated observation posts at the southern border and moved to barracks in the border villages, according to a Lebanese security source. Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on a village near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on September 29, 2024. What’s unfolded is some of the fiercest fighting between the two longtime foes since the 2006 Lebanon war, which killed 1,100 in the country.
Persons: CNN —, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Yoav Gallant, Nasrallah, Hassan Ammar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Kawnat Haju, Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Netanyahu –, , Biden Organizations: CNN, Hezbollah, Security Cabinet, Israeli, Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, National Security Cabinet, Lebanese, Hamas, Getty, Iran, White Locations: CNN — Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Lebanese, Israel, Beirut's, Gaza, Rafah, Beirut, Beirut’s, Palestinian, Tyre, AFP, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, East, United States
NEBATIEH, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 28: Smoke rises after Israeli attacks over Shebaa town of Nabatieh province on September 28, 2024. The Israeli air and artillery forces are supporting the offensive, the IDF said. Hezbollah said that claims that Israel had entered Lebanon are "false," reporting no "direct ground clashes," according to a Google-translated statement. Historically sensitive to geopolitical tremors, oil prices have resisted long-term spikes, reined in by the specter of waning global demand and potential supply increases. On its own, this escalation would point to higher oil prices and inflation.
Persons: Ramiz Dallah, Jalaa Marey, Hassan Nasrallah, Yoav Gallant, Lloyd Austin, Israel, Amir Yaron, specter Organizations: Getty Images, Anadolu, Getty, Israel, Israel's Defense Forces, White House, NBC, Brent, Afp, Jewish, Palestinian, Hamas, Israeli, U.S, United Nations, Reuters, Capital, Gulf Cooperation Council Locations: NEBATIEH, LEBANON, Shebaa, Nabatieh, Anadolu, Iran, Lebanon, Israel, London, Galilee, Gaza, Lebanese, Beirut's, U.S, Saudi Arabia
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
Israel’s military forces crossed the border into southern Lebanon on Monday to conduct what its military described as “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Follow here for live coverage"A few hours ago, the IDF began limited, localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence against Hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon," Israeli officials said in a statement. Israeli soldiers spent roughly a week southern Lebanon pushing the PLO north of Lebanon's Litani River. Israel then invaded southern Lebanon in 1982, once again chasing after Palestinian Liberation Organization fighters that had made the country a base. Within Lebanon, Hezbollah is also a political party with seats in the country's parliament and provides social services to civilians.
Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Joe Biden, Nasrallah, Ali Khamenei Organizations: Hezbollah, U.S, Biden, IDF, Israel’s, NBC News, Litani, Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, State Department, Iranian, United Nations Locations: Lebanon, Iran, Israel, Lebanese, Iranian, U.S, Union, , Beirut's, Tel Aviv, Lebanon's Litani
Meanwhile in southern Lebanon, an Israeli official told NBC News that Israeli forces had begun launching small special forces operations ahead of a potential ground offensive. People gather outside an apartment building hit by an Israeli strike in Beirut's Cola district on Monday. Thousands of families in southern Lebanon have also been displaced from their homes over the past year due to the cross-border attacks. Families rest on Beirut's corniche after fleeing the Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, on Monday. 'No safe place'Kaisi, the executive director of URDA, said humanitarian workers were "shocked" by the strike in Cola.
Persons: Israel, Kaisi, Fadel Itani, Hassan Nasrallah, Najib Mikati, Beirut's, Hassan Ammar, Fatima, I'm, Nayef Fouani, URDA, Charlotte Gardiner, Israel’s, Organizations: Union of Relief, Development Association, NBC News, Popular Front, Liberation, Residents, Getty, Israel, Hezbollah, Lebanon's, NBC, IDF Locations: BEIRUT, Lebanon, Beirut, Israel, Palestinian, Palestine, Lebanese, Washington, Beirut's Cola, AFP, Iran, Gaza, Beirut's, Cola, Saida, Sidon
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