Israel presses assault on Lebanon
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Israel continued to batter Lebanon with “non-stop” missiles Friday, killing at least 14, as Hezbollah terrorists warned they have become only “more determined’’ to fight — ahead of planned peace talks next week.
Israel has upped the intensity of its campaign in Lebanon, despite the signing of a ceasefire in the Middle East.
Israel’s military is continuing attacks on Lebanon, threatening to derail a fragile two-week ceasefire agreement ahead of high-stakes talks between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad this weekend. The death toll from Israel’s massive strikes across Lebanon on Wednesday has topped 300.
The Israeli military fired a new wave of airstrikes in Lebanon on Thursday, while Kuwait briefly came under fire by drones in skirmishes that threaten to end the cease-fire with Iran. The Israel Defense Forces said it had fired missiles aimed at Hezbollah rocket-launching sites in southern Beirut that were allegedly going to be used to attack the Jewish state.
Events in the Middle East appear to have kicked off a chain of events that resulted in an attack on the Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
More than 1 million Palestinians, roughly half of Gaza’s population, have fled homes in the north and Gaza City after Israel told them to evacuate.
Israel told Iranians to refrain from using their country’s railway network until 9 p.m. local time, the first warning about such infrastructure that usually precedes an attack.
Turkey’s president has threatened to invade Israel over its continued bombardment of Lebanon. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister,
The Associated Press is now calling Israel’s military actions in southern Lebanon an invasion. Israel has moved thousands of troops across the border into Lebanon, although it won't say how many.