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Widening Mideast Conflict Exposes Limits of US Leverage With Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is escalating his fight against Iran. With the US presidential election a month away, the Biden administration can’t — or won’t — stop him.
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'Hit the nuclear first and worry about the rest later': Trump urges Israel to strike Iran
Trump's comments came in response to US President Joe Biden's earlier statements cautioning Israel against striking Iranian nuclear facilities.
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Israel insider confirms major Iran response
An Israeli official has anonymously confirmed the military is “preparing a response” to the Iranian missile barrage that targeted Israel earlier this week.
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Weakened Hezbollah expected to return to traditional guerilla warfare tactics
Israel’s assassination of longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, its elimination of most of the group's top commanders and the destruction of its communications system – spectacularly illustrated by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies – has crippled the Shiite group, leaving it with little choice but to return to the guerrilla tactics it deployed when it began in the 1980s.
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Israel launches deadly airstrike in central Beirut as clashes with Hezbollah fighters continue
Beirut airstrike killed at least 9, Lebanese officials say
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After latest humiliation, Iran had little choice but to strike
The supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seeking to avenge Israel’s successive assassinations of Iranian proxy leaders.
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ISRAEL UNDER ATTACK: Iran launches missiles, terrorists slaughter 7
Iran has launched a barrage of 200 missiles at Israel, with sirens blaring across the country as citizens hid in bomb shelters. It came shortly after terrorists opened fire in a deadly mass shooting outside an Israeli train station.
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‘I don’t know where to go’: Lebanon residents try to flee — again
Tens of thousands of people in Beirut are frantically packing their bags as Israeli bombs rain down, but many have nowhere to escape to
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‘CONSEQUENCES’: Iran ‘preparing imminent strike on Israel’
Iran is “preparing an imminent strike on Israel”, according to a US official. They added that such an act would carry “severe consequences”.
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Hashem Safieddine: potential next Hezbollah leader ‘even more hardline’
The terrorist had issued a stark warning to Israel: ‘Prepare to cry and wail’
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Israeli commandos raid Lebanon — the latest sign Netanyahu is ignoring Biden's warnings
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- Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a series of devastating attacks on Hezbollah.
- He has rejected or ignored a series of attempts by the US to head off a wider conflict.
- Biden has been criticized for trying to stop a wider war while still sending arms to Israel.
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Who was Hassan Nasrallah? The killer cleric who came to believe his own publicity
Hezbollah chief expanded the militia’s influence while drawing ever closer to Iran, making it its most valuable client and ally
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Hezbollah’s chilling warning on live TV
The Hezbollah deputy says the group is not going anywhere and is ready for an Israeli ground offensive into Lebanon
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Israel-Lebanon live updates: special forces ‘have crossed border’
Reports of elite troops operating in Hezbollah tunnels as IDF airstrikes hit Beirut and tanks mass on the frontier
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Israel’s wild tactics to kill terror leader
Israel killed Hezbollah’s leader with 80 tons of bunker-buster bombs after spies spent years penetrating his entire network and even tracking their wives’ phones.
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Netanyahu: 'Nasrallah was the core, the central engine of Iran’s axis of evil'
Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered a national address on the elimination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, emphasizing Israel’s resilience.
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How Israel ruthlessly executed kill list
Israel has wiped out a number of top Hezbollah commanders as they look to continue destroying the para-militant group.
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Analysis: Huge Beirut strike leaves West powerless as Israel chases victory
Diplomats were hoping to calm matters - they will be looking at events with dismay.
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Israel says Hezbollah chief ‘eliminated’
Israel’s military has claimed to have killed the leader during an air strike in Leba
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‘No ceasefire’: Israel hits back at US
Western allies have stepped in as chaos continues to rain down on civilians in the Middle East, with analysts fearing the worst is yet to come.
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