Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the drone targeted his house in the Mediterranean coastal town of Caesarea, though neither he nor his wife were home.
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Sinwar’s killing opens up opportunity and much uncertainty for war in Gaza
Sinwar’s killing on Wednesday decapitates the Palestinian militant group that was already reeling from months of assassinations up and down its ranks, and it is a potent symbolic achievement for Israel in its battle to destroy Hamas.
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Israel and Hamas signal they are no closer to ending Gaza war after Sinwar’s death
A top Hamas political official confirms the death of the group’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, and said the militant group would not release more hostages until there is a cease-fire in Gaza.
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Israel says it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza
Sinwar was one of the chief architects of Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel has vowed to kill him since the beginning of its retaliatory campaign in Gaza.
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Israel’s military says 4 soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base
A year into the war with Hamas, Israel continues to strike what it says are militant targets in Gaza nearly every day.
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Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in new strikes
In central Beirut, rescue workers combed Friday through the rubble of a collapsed building, searching for survivors of an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens in the Lebanese capital the night before.
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U.S. sees window for a new push to break political deadlock in Lebanon to ease conflict
The U.S. and others have been pressing for years for an end to the political deadlock in Lebanon to no avail. The country’s sectarian power-sharing system has always been prone to stalemate.
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At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on UN peacekeepers
Thursday’s strikes followed a year of tit-for-tat exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel that boiled over into all-out war in recent weeks.
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Maine’s Jewish community marks a year since the Israel-Hamas war began
Rabbi Sruli Dresdner and Rebbetzin Lisa Mayer of Auburn took to stage with their instruments to perform the Shema, ‘Judaism’s most sacred prayer,’ to honor a survivor of last year’s Hamas attack on Israel.
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Trump and Harris mark somber anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel
President Biden and Jill Biden also hosted a memorial ceremony at the White House.