Hezbollah confirms the death of another high-ranking official

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Hezbollah confirms the ****** of another high-ranking official

Hezbollah on Sunday confirmed the ****** of high-ranking official Nabil Kaouk in an ******** airstrike, a day after the Lebanese militant group

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the killings of multiple commanders, including longtime leader

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The statement came hours after an ******** airstrike on northeast Lebanon ******* 11 people. ******* says it’s continuing to carry out

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on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

Meanwhile, the number of people displaced by the conflict from southern Lebanon has more than doubled and now stands at more than 211,000, according to the ******* Nations.

Hezbollah and ******* have traded near-daily strikes since the

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war started after the Gaza-based ************ militant group stormed into ******* almost a year ago on Oct. 7, sparking fears of regional war.

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Hezbollah confirms the ****** of a 7th senior leader in an ******** strike

BEIRUT — Hezbollah has confirmed the ****** of high-ranking official Nabil Kaouk in an ******** airstrike, the seventh senior commander ******* in just over a week.

The ******** military had earlier said it ******* Kaouk in a strike in a southern Beirut suburb on Saturday.

Kaouk was deputy head of Hezbollah’s Central Council. He also served as Hezbollah’s military commander in south Lebanon from 1995 until 2010.

He is the seventh senior leader of the Lebanese militant group to be ******* since Sept. 20, including Hassan Nasrallah, who was Hezbollah’s top leader for more than three decades.

******** strike on a school has ******* at least 4 people, Gaza authorities say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — ************ officials say an ******** airstrike has ******* at least four people in a school sheltering the displaced in northern Gaza.

The ******** military said it carried out a precise strike Sunday on ****** militants who were using the Umm al-Fahm school in the northern town of Beit Lahiya as a command-and-control center, without providing evidence.

The Civil Defense, first responders who operate under the ******-run government, confirmed the toll and said several others were wounded. It did not say whether those ******* and wounded were civilians or combatants.

Footage circulating online showed first responders racing into the damaged school. They could be seen treating a woman and a minor who had burns on his hand.

******* has repeatedly struck schools-turned-shelters in Gaza, accusing militants of hiding out in them.

Some 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people have been displaced by the nearly yearlong war, with hundreds of thousands living in shuttered schools or squalid tent camps.

Iran says its response to ******** strikes will come ‘at the appropriate time’

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Vice-President Mohammad Javad Zarif says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will decide on a response to *******’s strikes in Lebanon “at the appropriate time.”

The semi-official ISNA news agency quoted Zarif as saying that “Iran’s reaction will be done at the appropriate time and according to Iran’s choice against the ******* of the Zionist regime, and decisions will be made at the leadership and high level of the government in this regard.”

Zarif made the comments when he attended Hezbollah’s office in Tehran to express condolences over the ******** of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an ******** airstrike in Beirut on Friday.

The US says it has ******* 37 militants in airstrikes in Syria

BEIRUT – The U.S. military says it ******* 37 militants linked to al-Qaida and the

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in two strikes in Syria this month.

U.S. Central Command said it struck northwestern Syria on Tuesday targeting a senior militant in charge of military operations for the al-Qaida-linked Hurras al-Deen group and eight others.

It also said a large-scale airstrike on Sept. 16 targeted an IS training camp in a remote location in central Syria. That ******* ******* 28 militants including “at least four Syrian leaders,” the U.S. said.

There are some 900 U.S. forces in Syria, along with an undisclosed number of contractors, mostly trying to prevent any comeback by the extremist IS group, which swept through Iraq and Syria in 2014, taking control of large swaths of territory.

Hezbollah confirms ****** of a senior commander in charge of its southern front

BEIRUT — Hezbollah has confirmed the ****** of a senior commander in charge of its southern front.

The Lebanese militant group says Ali Karaki was ******* in an intense ******** airstrike on Friday that also ******* the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut.

It says Karaki was responsible for all of Hezbollah’s units in southern Lebanon in the ongoing conflict with *******.

He is among a handful of senior officials in the militant group ******* in ******** strikes in Lebanon in recent days.

The ******** military said Sunday that it ******* another high-ranking Hezbollah official, Nabil Kaouk, in an airstrike on Saturday.

World Food Program launches a mission to provide food to up to 1 million in Lebanon

BEIRUT — The World Food Program says it has launched an emergency operation to provide food to up to 1 million people displaced by ********* in Lebanon.

The U.N. agency said Sunday it distributes ready-to-eat food rations, bread, hot meals and food parcels to families in shelters across the country.

The agency says it needs $105 million to help it continue the work until the end of the year and has urged the international community to support the humanitarian response.

Corinne Fleischer, the agency’s regional director for the Middle East, North *******, and Eastern Europe, said: “Lebanon is at a breaking point and cannot endure another war.”

Lebanese Environment Minister Nasser Yassin said the government estimates that about 250,000 people are in shelters while four times as many may be displaced outside the shelters.

Iranian foreign minister says Nilforushan’s k illing won’t go ‘unanswered’

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the “horrific” ******** of General Abbas Nilforushan wouldn’t “go unanswered,” the foreign ministry’s website reported Sunday.

Nilforushan, a senior officer in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, was ******* in the same ******** strike on Beirut Friday that targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Araghchi called the ******** a “horrible and cowardly act” and vowed to use all political, diplomatic, legal, and international channels to pursue those behind it and their supporters.

******** military says it has dismantled a ****** tunnel in central Gaza

JERUSALEM — The ******** military says it has uncovered and dismantled a ****** tunnel in central Gaza that was over a kilometer (0.6 miles) long.

It said Sunday that the tunnel ran near residential buildings, and that inside were several rooms and equipment used by militants for prolonged stays.

The military released footage showing the entrance to the tunnel, a long staircase leading down and what appeared to be an iron blast door.

****** is believed to have built hundreds of kilometers (miles) of tunnels across Gaza to evade ******** airstrikes. The militants have also used the tunnels to hold hostages captured in the Oct. 7 ******* that triggered the war and to launch ambushes against ******** forces.

Suez Canal revenue drops by 60%

CAIRO – Egypt’s president says its revenues from the Suez Canal have dropped by 60%, or more than $6 billion, in recent months as attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels disrupt Red Sea shipping.

The canal is a major source of foreign currency for

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President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi spoke during a graduation ceremony Sunday at the Police Academy in Cairo.

“The ongoing developments are very serious and could lead to expanding the conflict’s theater,” he said.

Attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis have led shipping firms to divert traffic around the Red Sea and, by extension, the Suez Canal linking it to the Mediterranean.

******* says it ******* another high-ranking Hezbollah official

The ******** military said it ******* Nabil Kaouk, a high-ranking Hezbollah official, in a strike in a southern Beirut suburb on Saturday.

Sunday’s announcement came a day after Hezbollah confirmed the ******** of leader Hassan Nasrallah. There was no immediate comment from the Lebanese militant group.

Kaouk is the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Central Council. He also served as Hezbollah’s military commander in south Lebanon from 1995 until 2010.

In 2020, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Kaouk and another member of Hezbollah’s council, Hassan al-Baghdadi.

******** strikes ***** at least 4 people in the Gaza Strip

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — ************ officials say ******** strikes have ******* at least four people in the Gaza Strip.

Two people were ******* in separate strikes early Sunday in the built-up Nuseirat ******** camp in central Gaza. That’s according to the nearby Awda Hospital, which received the bodies. It said another six people were wounded.

In northern Gaza, first responders recovered two bodies after a strike on a house early Sunday, according to the Civil Defense, which operates under the ******-run government.

The Gaza Health Ministry says over 41,000 Palestinians have been ******* in the *******-****** war, more than half of them women and children. It does not say how many of those ******* were militants. ******* says it has ******* over 17,000 fighters, without providing evidence.

The war began when ******-led militants stormed into southern ******* on Oct. 7, ******** some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 ********. Around 100 captives are still being held in Gaza, a third of whom are believed to be *****.

Militants ******* and wounded in eastern Syria, media and war monitor say

DAMASCUS, Syria — A number of militants were ******* and wounded in eastern Syria early Sunday near a strategic border crossing with Iraq in apparent airstrikes, pro-government media and an opposition war monitor reported.

Pan-***** television network Al-Mayadeen cited unnamed sources saying that at least eight Syrians were ******* in the strike by the Bou Kamal crossing in ******** airstrikes.

It was unclear how they confirmed ******** jets were behind the strikes.

Meanwhile, Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five airstrikes ******* at least 15 militants, among them leaders, and wounded at least 20 others. The Observatory said the strikes targeted headquarters and warehouses in the city of Deir al-Zour and surrounding towns.

None of the reports could be independently verified.

Nearly 250,000 people are in shelters following ******** strikes, Lebanese official says

BEIRUT — Hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon have been displaced from the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and *******, a Lebanese cabinet minister spearheading the country’s emergency response said.

Environment Minister Nasser Yassin said the government estimates that about 250,000 people have left their homes and taken refuge in government-run shelters and informal ones. However, he told the Associated Press the total number is about “four times as many directly affected and/or displaced outside the shelters.”

The ******* Nations said that as of Friday, 211,319 people were forced to relocate, and that was before some intensive ******** airstrikes over Beirut’s southern suburbs in recent days.

The Lebanese government has converted schools and other facilities into temporary shelters. Still, many are sleeping on the streets or in public squares, as the government and non-governmental organizations try to find them places to stay.

Thousands in Iran protest Nasrallah’s ********

TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of people have gathered across Iran to protest the ******** of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an ******** airstrike.

State TV aired footage of protests in several major cities on Sunday. At Iran’s parliament, lawmakers chanted “****** to America” and “****** to *******.”

Iran helped establish Hezbollah in the 1980s and has provided the Lebanese militant group with sophisticated weaponry and training.

The airstrike that ******* Nasrallah on Friday also *******

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, a senior officer in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The Guard officially confirmed Nilforushan’s ****** on its website Sunday, after it had been widely reported in state media the day before.

Lebanese military calls for calm

BEIRUT — In its first statement since the recent escalation with ******* and following the ******** of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon’s military called for calm “at this dangerous and delicate stage.”

Government officials ***** that the country’s deep political divisions at a time of war could rekindle sectarian strife and ********* in the small Mediterranean country.

“The ******** ****** is working to implement its destructive plans and spread division among the Lebanese,” the military said.

Military vehicles have been deployed in different parts of the capital as thousands of displaced people continue moving from the south to Beirut.

******** airstrike ****** 11 in northeast Lebanon

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s state news agency says an ******** airstrike early Sunday on a village in northeast Lebanon destroyed a home, ******** 11 people.

Six of the bodies were recovered from under the rubble as the search continued for the remaining five in the village of al-Ain, reported National News Agency.

In southern Lebanon, the Islamic Risala Scout Association said five of its members were ******* while performing their duties. It said four of the men ******* were from the southern village of Tayr Debba while the fifth was from nearby Kabrikha.

More than 700 people have been ******* in Lebanon since Sept. 23 when ******* intensified its airstrikes around the country forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes.

A missile falls in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s military says a Grad missile fired from Lebanon fell in an open area without causing casualties or damage.

The missile was likely fired at ******* by Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, which has intensified its rocket attacks after its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was

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in an ******** airstrike on Friday.

Jordan and *******, which share borders,

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in 1994. The Western-allied ***** country also helped intercept missiles fired at ******* by Iran in April.

El-Sissi warns ******** operations threaten the region

CAIRO — Egypt’s president warned that ******** military operations in the ************ territories and Lebanon are pushing the region to the brink and called for international action.

Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, one of the

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between ******* and ******, called for “an immediate and comprehensive cease-*****” in both Gaza and Lebanon amid an unprecedented escalation between ******* and Hezbollah. His remarks came after Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, was ******* in an ******** airstrike.

Along with the ******* States and Qatar, Egypt has for months spearheaded negotiations between ******* and ****** to end the war in Gaza. But negotiations have repeatedly stalled amid mounting ***** of an all-out war between ******* and Hezbollah, an ally of ******. Diplomats see a cease-***** in Gaza as the best way to avert a regional war.

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