US President Biden says he would not back Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites

It is the first Israeli strike so close to the centre of Beirut in Lebanon in the current conflict.

BEIRUT—An Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital Beirut killed seven health and rescue workers, an Islamic health organization said. The airstrike in the residential Bashoura district targeted an apartment in a multi-story building that houses an office of the Health Society, a group of civilian first responders affiliated to Hezbollah.…

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Israel bombed central Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest ...

The Israeli military claimed to have killed at least 15 Hezbollah members in Lebanon, while four Israeli soldiers were killed by a bomb detonated by the group. Israel is also planning to attack its arch-rival Iran in retaliation for Tuesday's missile barrage.

BEIRUT: Israel carried out a deadly air raid on Thursday (Oct 3) in central Beirut after eight ground troops were killed near the Lebanese border, as it traded threats with its arch foe I

Netanyahu says Israel in ‘war against Iran’s axis of evil’

Israel bombed Beirut early on Thursday, killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes with Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Explosions are seen close to Beirut's airport as Israel continues targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Although Israel described its recent ground operations in Lebanon as “limited” and “localised,” there are growing signs that the situation may lead to a broader incursion

US president does not expect any immediate action from Israel.

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday (Oct 3) just a month before the US pres

The price of crude oil shot up by 5% immediately after Mr Biden’s comments.

The Hezbollah-linked Islamic Health Authority said in a statement earlier that seven of its staff, including two medics, were killed in the attack.

President Biden discusses potential Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, causing oil prices to spike ahead of the election.

An Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in the Lebanese capital has killed nine people, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in the heart of Beirut.There was no warning before the strike late Wednesday, which hit the building close to the United Nations headquarters, the prime minister’s office and parliament. Hezbollah’s civil defense unit said seven of its members were killed. Israel is also conducting a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah, while also conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. The Israeli military said nine soldiers have died in the conflict in southern Lebanon.Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since the day after Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 Israelis and took 250 others hostage. Israel declared war on the militant group in the…

The head of the WHO has said Lebanon's health care system is struggling to keep up with the number of injured patients. Lebanese authorities reported a fresh Israeli strike on central Beirut early Thursday. DW has more.

Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and traded hostilities with Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon as the country’s forces kept up their campaign against the Iran-backed terrorist group.

Israel officials said that Hezbollah launched approximately 230 projectiles from Lebanon into Israeli territory on Thursday.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Thursday released a video of an airstrike the air force launched the Bint Jabal municipality building in Beirut where several terrorists of Hezbollah were operating.

Israel has launched renewed airstrikes on southern Beirut while signaling a widening of its border ground offensive. Meanwhile, the WHO said dozens of health workers in Lebanon have died in the past day. DW has more.

The president was asked about a potential strike on the oil infrastructure of Iran, which accounts for about 2 percent of the world’s supply.

At least 18 people were killed in the West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarm, the Palestinian health ministry said, following an air strike that the Israeli military claimed killed a local Hamas leader.

BEIRUT: The United States is discussing strikes on Iran's oil facilities as retaliation for Tehran's missile attack on Israel, President Joe Biden said on Thursday (Oct 3), while Israel's mi

1.2 million people have been displaced by Israel’s intensifying campaign against Hezbollah