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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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SITUATION CRITICAL: Israel responds after Tel Aviv attack
Hezbollah has launched a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv in what has been called an attempt to “escalate the situation”.
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Israel Aims to Force Back Hezbollah Without a Ground War
Almost 500 people died on Monday alone, with 1,650 injured, in Israel’s heaviest bombardment on Lebanon since 2006.
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LEBANON BOMBED, 500 DEAD: Huge escalation of war after Israel text
Around 500 people in Lebanon have died in the deadliest day of the conflict with missiles falling moments after Israel sent ominous text messages.
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Hezbollah announces ‘battle of reckoning’ with Israel
Rocket fire has intensified since the Beirut airstrike that killed the group’s senior commander
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Netanyahu on Hezbollah: We’re not waiting for threats, we’re pre-empting them
“We are eliminating senior officials, terrorists, destroying missiles - and our hands are outstretched,” he said as he met with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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Israel orders 45-day closure of Al Jazeera West Bank office
The network, which Israel has called a threat to its security, broadcast the operation live.
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What the operation to blow up Hezbollah’s pagers tells us about Israel’s spy agencies
The mass explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies believed to belong to members of the Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah in Lebanon have widely been attributed to Israel’s intelligence services. The attacks, which killed dozens of people and wounded thousands more, speak volumes about the technical capacities of Israel’s spy services – and their role in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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