Israel says its forces carried out a “targeted strike” in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed 12 children and teens on Saturday in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
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A rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, after Israel struck a Gaza school
A rocket has hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region Saturday afternoon, on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens.
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Palestinian detainees from Gaza say they are facing abuse in Israeli prisons
Most Palestinians who’ve been rounded up since Oct. 7 are incarcerated without due process or contact with the outside world, Israeli human rights organizations say. Israel denies abusing detainees.
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‘We’re inside the 10-yard line’: Secretary of state on an Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
Antony Blinken talks speaks on everything from the prospect of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, to the war in Ukraine and what the U.S. is doing to bring home Americans detained in Russia.
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For Israelis near the Lebanon border, war with Hezbollah feels inevitable
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel has intensified in recent weeks along the border with Lebanon. Some Israelis in the north say they feel resigned to the possibility of war.
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The U.N. Security Council endorses U.S. cease-fire plan to end the war in Gaza
The council voted 14-0 to support President Biden’s step-by-step plan for a cease-fire, an exchange of hostages and prisoners and an end to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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Israel used a U.S.-made bomb in a deadly U.N. school strike in Gaza
Israel dropped a bomb on a U.N.-run school it said was being used by Hamas. The blast killed dozens, including women and children, medics and witnesses say. The bomb was U.S.-made, NPR has discovered.
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Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists march for Jerusalem Day
The annual march, part of Jerusalem Day, a national holiday, regularly inflames Israeli-Palestinian tensions. This year those tensions were even higher because of the war in Gaza.
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Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state
Norway, Ireland and Spain recognized a Palestinian state on Wednesday in a historic move that drew immediate condemnation from Israel and jubilation from the Palestinians.
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A member of Israel’s war cabinet says he’ll quit if there is no plan to replace Hamas
The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel’s leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political partners.