Lebanon

Israel has carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

The fighting comes as the region braces for Israel’s response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack.

The civil defense forces of one of the world’s most war-torn nations are shocked at the destruction underway in Lebanon.

In just over a week, intensified Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed seven high-ranking commanders and officials from the powerful Hezbollah militant group, including the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

Hundreds of families displaced from Beirut’s southern suburbs after the area was pummeled overnight by the heaviest Israeli airstrikes in nearly a year of limited conflict are sleeping in public squares and beaches or in their cars in the city center.

The past week has seen a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. First came exploding pagers and walkie-talkies that maimed Hezbollah fighters and civilians around Lebanon and were blamed on Israel. Hezbollah’s leader vowed to retaliate. On Friday, the militant group launched dozens of rockets into northern Israel. Early Sunday, Hezbollah fired more than...

The increasing strikes and counterstrikes have raised fears of all-out war, even as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza and tries to negotiate the release of scores of hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Hezbollah has vowed to continue its strikes in solidarity with Hamas, a fellow Iran-backed militant group.

In Beirut, some said they were not going to work, while some parents kept their schoolchildren at home, fearful that more devices might explode.

The stunning attacks against walkie-talkies and pagers have killed at least 32 people, left Hezbollah in disarray and taken the Middle East to the brink of all-out war.

Explosions went off one day after pager bombings were reported in the country.

More device explosions were reported across Lebanon on Wednesday, a day after pagers belonging to Hezbollah members detonated across the country, killing at least 14 people and injuring nearly 3,000, state media reported.

Gold Apollo said Hungary-based BAC was licensed to use its brand in certain regions, as the militant group Hezbollah said there would be a “severe reckoning” over the blasts.

Authorities in Lebanon said that nine people were killed and at least 2,700, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across the country.

Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people – including an 8-year-old girl — and wounding several thousand, officials said. They blamed Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack.

A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the U.S. Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said.

Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages, has died.

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Grief counselors will be available at Lyman Memorial High School in Lebanon on Monday to help the community process the death of a student over the weekend. State police initially said they responded to a crash on Norwich Avenue after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday. They later said they were contacted by family members who were concerned after a loved one…

Issam Abdallah was part of a crew providing a live signal as part of ongoing coverage.

An unknown gunman opened fire outside the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon late Wednesday night.