The cross-border fighting appeared to be the first direct ground confrontation between the two sides since Israel invaded Lebanon this week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-lebanon.html
Zahraa Badreddine fled Nabatieh in southern Lebanon as Israeli airstrikes intensified, hoping to find safety in a predominantly Christian area closer to the coast. But last Sunday, an airstrike n...
On Rosh Hashana, many Israelis longed for a return to normalcy after a year of escalating wars for the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/israel-rosh-hashana.html
The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency said the Israeli military operation had included an incursion by ground troops and airstrikes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-gaza-schools-orphanage.html
Nuclear experts see Tehran as facing up to a year of hard work to master the knotty basics of building a deliverable atom bomb.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/science/iran-nuclear-weapon.html
His comments reflected a renewed effort by his administration to seek restraint from Israel to try to avoid a growing war in the Middle East.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-weapons-biden-israel.html
Israel and Hezbollah were fighting at close range in southern Lebanon on Wednesday across steep, unforgiving terrain.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/israel-lebanon-invasion-map.html
An Israeli ground operation targeting Hezbollah forces in Lebanon recalls previous wars and raises fears of worse to come.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-war-history.html
The main questions now are how much the conflict will escalate and whether the United States will get more directly involved in the defense of Israel.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/us/politics/israel-iran.html
Airstrikes targeting members of Hezbollah have brought the Dahiya neighborhoods south of Beirut to a standstill, its residents fleeing and businesses shuttering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/hezbollah-beirut-dahiya.html
Israel has said that Iran fired more than 180 missiles in the barrage on Tuesday, but that most were intercepted.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/israel-iran-missile-attack-us-uk-france.html
Israel seems ready to respond in a much more forceful and public way with Iran after Tehran launched its second massive missile attack on Israel this year, analysts and officials say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/iran-missile-attack-israel-war.html
Hundreds of residents of tiny Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon heeded the Israeli military’s warning to flee. Many sought shelter in a nearby monastery.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/israel-lebanon-invasion-christian-village.html
Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the U.N. secretary general had not condemned Iran’s missile attack on Israel in strong enough terms. For his part, Mr. Guterres said he condemned the attack.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/israel-guterres-un-ban-persona-non-grata.html
The military identified the soldier as Capt. Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22, from central Israel, but did not specify where he was killed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/israel-soldier-killed-lebanon-invasion.html
Israel says it aims to cripple Hezbollah’s forces in an area of southern Lebanon that the armed group controls.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/why-israel-lebanon-invasion.html
Iran’s second missile barrage against Israel is unlikely to deter its foe, experts say, but may help retain the support of the “Axis of Resistance” it has built up over years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/iran-israel-hezbollah-strikes.html
Already crippled by years of economic decline, political paralysis and other crises, Lebanon has little but its own citizens’ grit to survive the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/lebanon-government-failure-israeli-strikes.html
Sameh al-Asali, who was sheltering in the city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was killed when a large missile fragment slammed into him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/gaza-palestinian-dead-iran-attack.html
Many others are missing after Yemeni operators instructed hundreds of African migrants on two boats near the Djibouti coast to get off and swim, the International Organization for Migration said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/africa/yemen-djibouti-migrant-boats-dead.html
The arrests were made after two explosions, possibly from hand grenades, were reported near the embassy early on Wednesday morning, the police said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/europe/copenhagen-explosion-israeli-embassy.html
The authorities described the shooting, which took place on a light rail train, as a terrorist attack by two Palestinian gunmen. No group immediately claimed responsibility.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/israel-tel-aviv-shooting.html
Sentiment about the Hezbollah leader shifted after the Israeli strike that killed him, partly reflecting anger toward Israel, according to an analysis.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/us/politics/nasrallah-hezbollah-opinions.html
The Pentagon is preparing to send more troops and aircraft to the region. This is an overview of the U.S. military presence there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/world/middleeast/us-troops-middle-east-map.html
A look back to an exchange of strikes in April suggests one possibility for what could unfold over the coming days.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/israel-iran-missile-attack-april.html
The 180 missiles fired at Israel on Tuesday evening sharply escalated the conflict between the two countries and threatened to engulf the Middle East in all-out war.
The barrage of missile fire came after much debate among Iranian leaders, officials there say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/iran-israel-strike.html
The president said the United States was “fully, fully, fully supportive of Israel,” in a show of solidarity between two allies whose relations have become strained.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/us-destroyers-israel-iran-missiles.html
While some missiles were intercepted by Israeli air defense, several hit locations in Israel, according to an analysis by The Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/iran-attack-israel-video.html
Security analysts and former officials said the damage Israel had inflicted on Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia, had stripped Tehran of much of its deterrence against a wider Israeli attack.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/israel-retaliate-iran-missile-attack.html
The Lebanese militia is seeking more weapons from Iran, the officials said. It has yet to fire large barrages at Israel, and its top ranks have been crippled by Israeli strikes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/us/politics/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-airstrikes.html
A look at the kind of weapons fired into Israel.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/what-are-ballistic-missiles.html
The alliance is under scrutiny after the recent Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/axis-resistance-iran-militia.html
Iran united militias to take on Israel, but as the Israelis pummel one, Hezbollah, the rest have so far largely failed to come to its aid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/middleeast/iran-axis-of-resistance.html
In its earlier invasions, Israel said its aim was to secure its northern frontier and stop cross-border attacks, but it achieved less decisive results than military planners and political leaders...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/world/middleeast/israel-lebanon-invasions-history.html
The military said it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in villages close to the Israel-Lebanon border.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-ground-invasion.html
Israel’s military said its forces had begun crossing over the Lebanon border to target Hezbollah infrastructure in villages close to the Israel-Lebanon border.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/middleeast/cabinet-ground-op.html
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The additional forces, which one official placed at between 2,000 and 3,000, will bolster security for the 40,000 U.S. troops already in the region and help defend Israel, officials said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/politics/us-deploys-troops-middle-east.html
The son of a peace activist brutally killed on Oct. 7 is determined to make sure that her dream for Israel does not die with her.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/magazine/vivian-silver-oct-7.html
The Biden administration is struggling to halt cooperation among Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. It feels urgency over the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East while also aiming to protect Ta...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/politics/us-axis-china-iran-russia.html
Brief incursions in recent days were to prepare the ground for a possible wider ground invasion, the officials said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/middleeast/israeli-commandos-raids-lebanon.html
Here’s a look at where the Israeli military has been striking in the Beirut area recently.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/middleeast/israel-beirut-strike.html
An expected cash infusion for the Palestinian Authority would signal renewed Saudi backing for Palestinian statehood and help mend ties between Riyadh and the body that administers the West Bank.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-palestine-financial-aid.html
The televised statement by the deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem, was the first public address by a senior Hezbollah figure since Israel’s killing of the group’s longtime chief, Hassan Nasral...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/middleeast/hezbollah-deputy-speech-israel-lebanon.html
A blast in the Cola neighborhood was the first known Israeli strike in the central part of the city since a war with Hezbollah in 2006.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/middleeast/israel-strike-beirut-cola-residents.html