World

Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: IDF confirms new attacks on Hezbollah targets

Monday, September 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Israel is firing strikes into Lebanon as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies.Israel believes it has eliminated around 30 top Hezbollah leaders over the last several weeks, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in...

Hezbollahs leadership nearly decimated, national security spokesperson Kirby says

Sunday, September 29 by ABC News

White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said on ABC News' "This Week" that Hezbollah's command structure has been "nearly decimated" and that thousands of the terrorist group's drones and missiles have been destroyed.Kirby's remarks come after the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Saturday...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut

Saturday, September 28 by ABC News

(BEIRUT) -- Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other commanders were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut, the group and Israeli officials confirmed on Saturday. After his death was confirmed, Israel continued firing strikes on the city.An Iranian Revolutionary Guard general, Abbas Nilforoushan, was also...

Israel targets Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in strike on Beirut: Senior US official

Friday, September 27 by ABC News

(BEIRUT) -- Israel targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike Friday on Beirut, according to a senior U.S. official.At least two people were killed and 76 others were injured in the strike, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.Nasrallah and some of his lieutenants...

Netanyahu says Israel must defeat Hezbollah in UN speech amid calls for cease-fire

Friday, September 27 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- In a defiant address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that his country was committed to defeating both Hezbollah and Hamas -- giving a pointed warning to the groups' chief backer, Iran."I have...

Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Some UN members walk out as Netanyahu speaks

Friday, September 27 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon last week.Here's how the news is developing:'We are winning,' Netanyahu tells United NationsTaking the podium at the United Nations General...

US, Israel at standoff over Lebanon cease-fire proposal. What happened?

Friday, September 27 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A 21-day cease-fire proposal aimed at pausing the conflict in Lebanon has become the latest flashpoint in the strained relationship between the Biden administration and Israel after the country's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, roundly rejected the terms of the proposal on...