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People gather near the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit a hangar in the southern town of Jiyeh, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Hezbollah fires a missile at Tel Aviv in deepest strike yet after Israeli bombardment of Lebanon

By Melanie Lidman, Tia Goldenberg and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

Smoke rises from Israeli shelling on villages in the Nabatiyeh district, seen from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill almost 500

By Bassam Hatoum, Melanie Lidman and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

FILE - Israeli soldiers walk past houses destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday, July 17, 2024, saying Hamas-led armed groups committed numerous war crimes during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that precipitated the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Oct. 7 war memorial ‘Swords of Iron’ unveiled in Jerusalem

By JNS.org

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on villages in the Nabatiyeh district, seen from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as officials say Israeli strikes kill 182

By Bassam Hatoum, Melanie Lidman and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Israeli security and rescue forces work at the site hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gil Nechushtan)

Israel-Hamas war latest: Fears of all-out war rise as Israel and Hezbollah step up attacks

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Hezbollah members carry the coffin of their comrade who was killed when a handheld device exploded, during a funeral procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

What to know about the growing conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah

By Lee Keath - Associated Press

Mourners carry the coffins of Hezbollah fighters who were killed in Friday's Israeli strike, during their funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Top Hezbollah leader was among the 37 people killed in an Israeli strike on a Beirut apartment block

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Lebanese soldiers gather outside a damaged mobile shop after what is believed to be the result of a walkie-talkie exploding inside it, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

IDF determined to act against Hezbollah threat ‘as soon as possible,’ top commander says

By Akiva Van Koningsveld - JNS.org

A police officer inspects the area around a fire after the military said it fired interceptors at a missile launched from Yemen that landed in central Israel on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The Israeli military says 3 hostages recovered months ago were likely killed in November airstrike

By Natalie Melzer and Ohad Zwigenberg - Associated Press

A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter takes off after deploying soldiers during the Swift Response 22 military exercise at the Krivolak army training polygon in the central part of North Macedonia, May 12, 2022. An Israel Defense Forces Black Hawk helicopter crashed late Tuesday during a medevac mission in the southern Gaza Strip, killing two soldiers and injuring several others. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) **FILE**

Two Israeli soldiers killed, several injured in helicopter crash in Gaza Strip

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This undated family photo provided by the International Solidarity Movement on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, shows Aysenur Ezgi Eygi of Seattle. (Courtesy of the Eygi family/International Solidarity Movement via AP)

Israel says its forces likely unintentionally shot and killed an American activist in the West Bank

By Jack Jeffery - Associated Press

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

‘Take to the streets’: Anger toward Netanyahu hits fever pitch after 6 hostages found dead

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Members of Israeli forces patrol a street during a military operation in the West Bank refugee camp of Al-Faraa, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israel launches West Bank military operation, kills at least 10 Hamas militants

By Julia Frankel and Nasser Nasser - Associated Press

Displaced Palestinians gather for food distribution in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli evacuation orders pack Palestinians into shrinking ‘humanitarian zone’ where food is scarce

Associated Press

Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and their supporters protest near the hotel where U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is staying during his visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leadership about a deal to halt the war in Gaza and free the hostages, in Tel Aviv, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza as Blinken tries to advance cease-fire deal

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

This image made from a video, shows the yard of a school after being hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo)

Israel broadens evacuation orders in southern Gaza after a deadly strike on a school-turned-shelter

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

FILE - A boy walks past bicycles left next to a soccer pitch that was hit by a rocket, killing 12 children and teenagers, in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Saturday, July 27, 2024. Two days after the attack questions remain about why it happened and who is responsible. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

A bloody field, mangled scooters. Clues emerge from strike that killed 12 children in Golan Heights

By Julia Frankel and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Mourners from the Druze minority surround the bodies of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, in the village of Majdal Shams at the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. A rocket strike at a soccer field in the village has killed at least 12 children and teens. It's the deadliest strike on an Israeli target along the country's northern border since the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A strike from Lebanon killed 12 youths. Could that spark war between Israel and Hezbollah?

By Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

A Palestinian man displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, walks at a makeshift tent camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

Israel orders evacuation of part of Gaza humanitarian zone

By Wafaa Shurafa and Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

U.S. announces $100M additional aid for Palestinians

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