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    Israel's war with Iran-backed Hezbollah escalates as IDF bombs financial institutions across Lebanon
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    Israel's war with Iran-backed Hezbollah escalates as IDF bombs financial institutions across Lebanon

    A new wave of Israeli airstrikes began Sunday evening on locations across Lebanon, some striking dangerously close to Lebanon's only international airport. Israel had announced it would launch a large-scale attack on a banking institution it considers to be Hezbollah's de facto financial arm, the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association. The attacks began a day after a […]

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    Israel targets Hezbollah's finances as attacks take place on Beirut suburbs
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    Israel targets Hezbollah's finances as attacks take place on Beirut suburbs

    Israel has expanded its military campaign against Hezbollah, announcing plans to target the Lebanon-based militant group's financial arm and attack “a large number of targets” in Beirut and beyond. Shortly after the announcement, explosions were reported in Beirut's southern suburbs, signaling a significant escalation in hostilities. Evacuation warnings have been issued for southern Beirut, the […]

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    Lebanon is assessing the damage after a wave of Israeli attacks on a Hezbollah-run financial institution
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    Lebanon is assessing the damage after a wave of Israeli attacks on a Hezbollah-run financial institution

    BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese surveyed the damage Monday after Israeli strikes overnight hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution that Israel says is used to finance attacks but where many ordinary people keep their savings. The attacks are targeted Al-Qard Al-Hassan Branches in the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, throughout southern Lebanon and […]

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    Israel says it will target Hezbollah's financial arm and begins attacks on Beirut
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    Israel says it will target Hezbollah's financial arm and begins attacks on Beirut

    BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday that it is now targeting the financial arm of Lebanon-based Hezbollah and will strike a “large number of targets” in Beirut and elsewhere. About an hour later, explosions occurred in Beirut's southern suburbs. Evacuation warnings affected southern Beirut, the eastern Bekaa Valley and parts of southern Lebanon. […]

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    Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an attack in Beirut, according to the Israeli military
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    Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an attack in Beirut, according to the Israeli military

    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military said Saturday it had killed Hassan Nasrallahthe leader of the militant group Hezbollah, during a strike in Beirut on Friday. The military said it carried out a precision airstrike while Hezbollah leadership was meeting at its headquarters in Dahiyeh, south of Beirut. Ali Karki, the commander of […]

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