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News Articles: Lebanon

Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and other rescuers search for victims at a house that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Baalchmay village east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, medics say

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut's southern suburbs and killed 33 people in the country on Tuesday.

November 13, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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  • Middle East

Israel strikes Lebanon’s ancient city of Baalbek, as tens of thousands of people flee

As Israel intensified attacks in the Lebanese city of Baalbek, residents fled to an ancient Roman temple, hoping the site’s UNESCO status might save them.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Jane Arraf and
  • Jawad Rizkallah
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, has chosen Naim Kassem as its new leader.

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  • Middle East

Hezbollah picks cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group

The cleric takes over after Israel killed Hezbollah's longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike in a Beirut suburb in late September.

October 29, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ivana Likbiri, an 18-month-old Lebanese baby who got injured during an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, is hospitalized at Geitaoui Hospital's burn unit, in Beirut, on Oct. 18.

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  • Middle East

Lebanon's only burn unit sees a surge of patients as Israel strikes the country

Geitaoui Hospital has Lebanon's only unit specializing in burn treatment. Since Israel launched an air and ground invasion of the country to fight Hezbollah, burn cases have mounted.

October 29, 2024
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani and
  • Jawad Moussa
Flame and smoke rises from buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes have killed 22 people in northern Gaza

The Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service said that 11 women and 2 children were among those killed in the strikes late Saturday on several homes and buildings in the northern town of Beit Lahiya.

October 27, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
People watch a building collapse after being hit by an Israeli airstrike in Ghobeiri, Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it killed a top Hezbollah official expected to be the group's next leader

The Israeli military said that one of its airstrikes earlier this month killed Hashem Safieddine. There was no immediate confirmation from the militant group about the fate of top official.

October 22, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
People inspect the damage at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted a branch of the Al-Qard Al-Hassan finance group in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday.

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  • Middle East

Lebanon assesses the damage after Israel strikes Hezbollah-linked banks

Israel's military carried out airstrikes overnight on targets in Lebanon that the military says belong to Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a financial institution that undergirds the militant group Hezbollah.

October 21, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Arezou Rezvani,
  • and 1 more
Peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) man an observation point along what's called the Blue Line on the border between Lebanon and Israel, near the southern Lebanese town of Marwahin, on Oct. 12, 2023.

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  • Middle East

What is the U.N. peacekeeping force stationed in Lebanon?

The mission was created in 1978 to help restore order after Israel's first invasion of Lebanon. Decades later, it's still there but has come under fire during a new Israeli invasion in Lebanon.

October 11, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Left: Halima Ali Adam, A chadian woman lives near Farchana, sits with her baby, Iqbal Abubakr Yaqub, who is 15 months old, at the malnutrition clinic. They've been there for 13 days and seen little improvement in the baby's condition. Right: A person walks through a flooded road after Hurricane Helene hit the area as it passed offshore on September 27, 2024 in Crystal River, Florida. Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida's Big Bend with winds up to 140 mph and storm surges.

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  • Global Health

From Hurricane Milton to world hunger: How to make your donations count

The world is facing a devastating array of disasters. If you want to donate to a charity to make a difference, how can you make sure your dollars will do the most good?

October 11, 2024
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By:
  • Diane Cole and
  • Kathleen Masterson
Rescue workers search for victims at the site of Thursday's Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday.

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  • Middle East

In separate strikes, Israel kills 2 Lebanese soldiers and injures 2 U.N. peacekeepers

The Israeli attack on the Lebanese army came hours after Israeli troops fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time this week.

October 11, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Fairuz's music is renowned in Lebanon.

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  • Music

Amid airstrikes and armed conflict, Lebanese musicians hit a somber note

Lebanon is a cultural hub for Arab music. Lebanese music writer Danny Hajjar has been talking with musicians there about how they're dealing with escalating conflict in the region.

October 10, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Levitt and
  • Megan Lim
A Palestinian girl carries a child through the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on March 3, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement.

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  • Middle East

Photos: A look back at the year since Oct. 7

A year has passed since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the start of its war in Gaza. Here's a look at some key moments from photojournalists on the ground.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Two people embrace as relatives and supporters of Israelis killed in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack attend a ceremony at the Nova memorial near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Vigils and protests mark 1 year since Hamas attacks on Israel as fighting rages on

Vigils are taking worldwide to commemorate the approximately 1,200 killed in the Hamas attacks a year ago. Protests are planned to demand a cease-fire to the war that has killed nearly 42,000 in Gaza.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx,
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • and 1 more
Palestinians carry the body of a person who was found under the rubble of a destroyed mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

A strike on a mosque kills 19 as Israel bombards northern Gaza and southern Beirut

An Israeli airstrike hit a mosque in central Gaza early Sunday. Israeli planes also lit up the skyline across the southern suburbs of Beirut, striking what the military said were Hezbollah targets.

October 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Vice President Harris waves after landing in Flint, Mich., on Oct. 4.

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  • Politics

On the trail in Michigan, Harris hears concerns about Gaza and Lebanon

Arab Americans and Muslims have been frustrated with the Biden administration’s response to the ongoing war in Gaza and the expanding conflict into Lebanon.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
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