Israel-Hamas at war
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September 26, 2024 at 5:29 PM

Jordan's Queen Rania offers path to peace in Middle East

Queen Rania Al Abdullah has been one of Jordan's leaders since 1999 and has been watching the conflict between Israel and Hamas closely.
September 26, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Jordan's Queen Rania speaks with Linsey Davis of ABC New in New York City, Sept. 24, 2024.
September 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM

Israel says Hezbollah commander killed, Netanyahu vows to continue with 'full force'

Israel said it is conducting "precise" strikes on Beirut, hours after Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it will "continue the fighting with full force."
September 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, Sept. 26, 2024.
September 26, 2024 at 2:30 PM

Calls for immediate cease-fire in Middle East

ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports the latest on the rising tensions in the regions as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion in Lebanon.
September 26, 2024 at 2:30 PM
VIDEO: Calls for immediate cease-fire in Middle East
September 26, 2024 at 2:40 AM

Hezbollah war possibility push Israeli hospital to go underground

ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge reports on an Israeli hospital going underground in an effort to remain safe after predictions of an all-out war with Hezbollah.
September 26, 2024 at 2:40 AM
VIDEO: Hezbollah war possibility push Israeli hospital to go underground
September 26, 2024 at 12:38 AM

Israel prepares for potential ground invasion of Lebanon

Around 6,000 Israeli troops have been called to the country's northern border, as the IDF chief says they are preparing for a potential ground invasion into Lebanon.
September 26, 2024 at 12:38 AM
VIDEO: Israel prepares for potential ground invasion of Lebanon
September 25, 2024 at 9:20 PM

US floats pause in Israel-Hezbollah conflict amid fears of all-out war

Israel is preparing for a possible ground invasion, Israel Defense Forces said.
September 25, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Smoke billows over southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Tyre, Lebanon Sept. 25, 2024.
September 25, 2024 at 5:14 PM

Netanyahu will address the UN as Israel, bogged down by one war, moves toward another

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travels to the United Nations this week with no end in sight to the war in Gaza, a conflict with Hezbollah intensifying and his and Israel's international legitimacy at a low
September 25, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference at the Government Press office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)
September 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM

Blinken talks escalating tensions in Middle East

Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks about rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, and the situation in Ukraine.
September 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM
VIDEO: Blinken talks escalating tensions in Middle East
September 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM

Thousands flee as Israel warns of more strikes against Hezbollah

ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports on the rising tensions in the Middle East.
September 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM
VIDEO: Thousands flee as Israel warns of more strikes against Hezbollah
September 25, 2024 at 1:33 AM

Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan on Israel-Hamas war: ‘The world has failed'

ABC’s Linsey Davis sits down with Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan in wide wide-ranging interview about the Israel-Hamas war, the path to peace and the U.S. government’s role in it all.
September 25, 2024 at 1:33 AM
VIDEO: Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan on Israel-Hamas war: ‘The world has failed'
September 25, 2024 at 12:08 AM

Hezbollah commander killed in Lebanon strike, Israel says

The IDF said it targeted and killed Ibrahim Muhammad Kabisi, a commander of Hezbollah's missile and rocket array, in Beirut. It comes amid intense rocket fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
September 25, 2024 at 12:08 AM
VIDEO: Hezbollah commander killed in Lebanon strike, Israel says
September 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM

What is Hezbollah? Lebanon militant group has long been one of Israel's biggest foes

The Israeli military conducted hundreds of airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, expanding its campaign against Hezbollah.
September 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
People watch a televised speech by the leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah from a cafe at the entrance of the Sabra camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut's southern suburb, Sept. 19, 2024.
September 24, 2024 at 9:23 PM

Biden reflects on leaving 2024 race, mixed foreign policy legacy in last UNGA address

President Joe Biden, reflecting on his decision to step aside, told world leaders: "Some things are more important than staying in power. It's your people."
September 24, 2024 at 9:23 PM
President Joe Biden speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters, Sept. 24, 2024, in New York.
September 24, 2024 at 4:52 PM

The danger journalists face in a time of war

Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Committee to Protect Journalists, on the obstacles a free and independent press faces in covering the Israel-Hamas war.
September 24, 2024 at 4:52 PM
VIDEO: The danger journalists face in a time of war
September 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM

Lebanon death toll rises to 558 people, ministry says

ABC News’ Marcus Moore and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Mick Mulroy on the latest in the Middle East.
September 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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September 24, 2024 at 2:11 PM

Israel launches intense strikes into Lebanon

There are escalating fears of a widening war in the Middle East after Israeli airstrikes pounded Lebanon, killing nearly 500 people and wounding more than 1,600 others.
September 24, 2024 at 2:11 PM
VIDEO: Israel launches intense strikes into Lebanon
September 24, 2024 at 2:03 PM

US deploying more troops to Middle East

The additional forces that the United States are sending to the region is a small special operations team to help provide planning for a possible evacuation of American citizens if the war spirals.
September 24, 2024 at 2:03 PM
VIDEO: US deploying more troops to Middle East
September 24, 2024 at 1:50 AM

US sends more troops to Middle East as violence rises between Israel and Hezbollah

The Pentagon says the U.S. is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that is raising the risk of a greater regional war
September 24, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on villages in the Nabatiyeh district, seen from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 24, 2024 at 12:05 AM

IDF: Airstrikes hit 1,300 targets in campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Nearly 500 were killed and more than 1,600 were injured, officials said. Israel sent text messages and radio announcements warning civilians to evacuate hours before missiles rained down.
September 24, 2024 at 12:05 AM
VIDEO: IDF: Airstrikes hit 1,300 targets in campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon
September 23, 2024 at 11:24 PM

Massive new round of strikes in Middle East

Plus, former President Donald Trump rejects a challenge from Vice President Kamala Harris for another debate.
September 23, 2024 at 11:24 PM
VIDEO: Massive new round of strikes in Middle East
September 23, 2024 at 8:38 PM

Israel hits 1,300 targets in Lebanon as strikes increases against Hezbollah

The Israeli military expanded its Lebanon campaign with hundreds of airstrikes on Monday, as the border conflict with Hezbollah threatened to explode into a larger war.
September 23, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on villages in the Nabatiyeh district, seen from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2024.
September 23, 2024 at 5:43 PM

Beirut citizens fearful as fighting intensifies

Much of Lebanon has been on edge as it has watched fighting in the south intensify.
September 23, 2024 at 5:43 PM
VIDEO: Beirut citizens fearful as fighting intensifies
September 23, 2024 at 4:57 PM

Palestinian girl suffered severe burns: This is her journey out of a war zone

Sara Bsaiso, 18, is among the more than 12,000 children and teens injured in Gaza. She is one of the select few who have been able to receive care in the U.S.
September 23, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Sara Bsaiso, 18, is among the more than 12,000 children and teens injured in Gaza. She is one of the select few who have been able to receive care in the U.S.
September 23, 2024 at 2:04 PM

Hezbollah fires more than 100 rockets into northern Israel

The U.S. is on high alert amid fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah following one of the heaviest bombardments since Oct. 7.
September 23, 2024 at 2:04 PM
VIDEO: Hezbollah fires more than 100 rockets into Northern Israel
September 23, 2024 at 1:08 AM

Israel and Hezbollah exchange a barrage of rockets amid growing fears of all-out war

After Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets across norther Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to take any actions necessary.
September 23, 2024 at 1:08 AM
VIDEO: Israel and Hezbollah exchange a barrage of rockets amid growing fears of all-out wa
September 22, 2024 at 11:43 PM

Israel issues new security warning as Hezbollah hits back for device attacks

Sunday opened with a new barrage of Hezbollah fire into northern Israel, per the Israel Defense Forces, which continued its own campaign of cross-border strikes.
September 22, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on September 22, 2024. The Israeli army said that more than 100 projectiles were fired from Lebanon on September 22 and in response to the incoming fire from Hezbollah, it had launched new strikes on the group's targets in southern Lebanon.
September 22, 2024 at 8:56 PM

Israeli attacks in Lebanon prompt fears of broadening war

ABC News’ Martha Raddatz reports on heightened tensions in the Middle East on “This Week.”
September 22, 2024 at 8:56 PM
VIDEO: Israeli attacks in Lebanon prompt fears of broadening war
September 22, 2024 at 8:52 PM

Escalating military action is not in Israel’s ‘best interest’: John Kirby

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos interviews White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby on “This Week.”
September 22, 2024 at 8:52 PM
VIDEO: 1-on-1 with John Kirby
September 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM

Israel and Hezbollah trade border barrages

The Israel Defense Forces said Hezbollah launched 150 projectiles at Israel on Sunday, while the IDF continued its campaign of cross-border strikes.
September 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
VIDEO: Israel and Hezbollah trade border barrages
September 21, 2024 at 2:46 PM

Israel targets Hezbollah leaders in Beirut strike, IDF says

At least 31 people, including three children, were killed in Friday's strike, Lebanese officials said. Israel's military said a top Hezbollah commander was among the dead.
September 21, 2024 at 2:46 PM
VIDEO: Israel targets Hezbollah leaders in Beirut strike, IDF says
September 21, 2024 at 11:44 AM

Key Hezbollah leader, commanders killed in strike on Lebanon, Israel says

As tensions remained high Friday between Hezbollah and Israel, international leaders called for both sides to seek paths to de-escalate the conflict.
September 21, 2024 at 11:44 AM
People gather at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.
September 21, 2024 at 12:46 AM

Top Hezbollah leader, operatives killed in strike in Beirut, Israel says

Israeli warplanes launched missiles into the heart of Hezbollah territory in Lebanon's capital city, resulting in casualties, including one of the militant group's top commanders.
September 21, 2024 at 12:46 AM
VIDEO: Top Hezbollah leader, operatives killed in strike in Beirut, Israel says
September 20, 2024 at 11:07 PM

Newly-released video appears to show IDF soldiers kicking dead body

The IDF said it's reviewing a video that appears to show Israeli soldiers kicking a dead body off a roof during an operation in the West Bank.
September 20, 2024 at 11:07 PM
VIDEO: Newly-released video appears to show IDF soldiers kicking dead body
September 20, 2024 at 6:22 PM

Tensions escalate in the Middle East

Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz discusses the latest coordinated blasts in Lebanon involving targeted pagers and walkie-talkies.
September 20, 2024 at 6:22 PM
VIDEO: Tensions escalate in the Middle East
September 20, 2024 at 4:41 PM

Israel launches airstrikes in Lebanon

Israel launched a series of strikes on Hezbollah targets as the war against the Lebanon-based group widened in the wake of two consecutive days of deadly explosions triggered in wireless devices.
September 20, 2024 at 4:41 PM
VIDEO: Israel launches airstrikes in Lebanon
September 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM

Can Harris win back Biden's Israel-Gaza critics?

What are Kamala Harris's views on Israel, and will pro-Palestinian "uncommitted" voters prefer her over Joe Biden?
September 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
People gather to protest a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris on Aug. 14, 2024 in New York City.
September 20, 2024 at 3:58 PM

In Rafah, an eerie hellscape with tunnels under kids' bedrooms: Reporter’s notebook

The Israel Defense Forces invited ABC News, along with a small group of journalists, into Gaza to see tunnels used by Hamas and the Philadelphi Corridor.
September 20, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Israeli soldiers stand at the entrance of a tunnel where the military says six Israeli hostages were recently killed by Hamas militants, in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.
September 20, 2024 at 3:01 PM

Israel carries out 'targeted strike' in Beirut: IDF says

ABC News' Marcus Moore and former CIA field operative Darrell Blocker on the significance of the latest military actions playing out in southern Lebanon.
September 20, 2024 at 3:01 PM
VIDEO: Israel carries out 'targeted strike' in Beirut: IDF says
September 20, 2024 at 11:48 AM

Israel had hand in manufacturing pagers that exploded in Lebanon: Source

Israel had a hand in the actual manufacturing of the pagers that exploded on Hezbollah operatives this week, an attack that was in planning for at least 15 years.
September 20, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Police officers inspect a car inside of which a hand-held pager exploded, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 20, 2024 at 11:47 AM

Israel launches strikes on Hezbollah in wake of device explosions

The threat of a wider war is looming over the Israel-Lebanon border after two consecutive days of explosions across Lebanon and in Syria.
September 20, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border, Sept. 19, 2024.
September 20, 2024 at 12:08 AM

Israel pummeling southern Lebanon; Hezbollah launching its own missiles

Israel attacked Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Thursday as the conflict with the terrorist group escalated following two days of deadly explosions caused by booby-trapped wireless devices.
September 20, 2024 at 12:08 AM
VIDEO: Israel pummeling southern Lebanon; Hezbollah launching its own missiles
September 19, 2024 at 11:08 PM

Hezbollah's leader vows revenge against Israel for pager attack

Former counterterrorism official Javed Ali reacts to Hezbollah's latest statements. Our panel discusses the Iranian election interference plot and the ceremony honoring NASA's "Hidden figures."
September 19, 2024 at 11:08 PM
VIDEO: Hezbollah's leader vows revenge against Israel for pager attack
September 19, 2024 at 9:01 PM

Hezbollah leader says last 2 days of attacks are a ‘declaration of war’

Israel launches new strikes at Hezbollah targets in Lebanon as the leader of the terror group responds saying these attacks are a start of war.
September 19, 2024 at 9:01 PM
VIDEO: Hezbollah leader says last 2 days of attacks are a ‘declaration of war’
September 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM

Former CIA official says Lebanon attacks will bring ‘emergence’

Matt Berrett, former director of the CIA’s Office of Middle East and North Africa Analysis, weighs in on the escalating conflict.
September 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM
VIDEO: Former CIA official says Lebanon attacks will bring ‘emergence’
September 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM

Israeli businessman demanded $1 million to kill Netanyahu, police say

Israeli police and intelligence services said they foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate top leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
September 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM
VIDEO: Israeli businessman demanded $1 million to kill Netanyahu, police say
September 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Israeli police, intelligence foil alleged $1 million plot to assassinate leaders

Israeli police and intelligence services said they foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate top leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
September 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (R) attend a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)
September 19, 2024 at 12:24 PM

20 more dead, 450 injured as new round of explosions rocks Lebanon: Health officials

The Hezbollah militant group said it is conducting a "security and scientific investigation” into the explosion of pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday.
September 19, 2024 at 12:24 PM
People react after a reported explosion occurred during the funeral of those killed when hundreds of paging devices exploded across Lebanon the previous day, in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sept. 18, 2024.
September 18, 2024 at 11:46 PM

20 more dead, 450 injured as 2nd round of explosions rocks Lebanon: Health officials

On Wednesday, at least 20 people were killed and 450 injured in Lebanon after walkie-talkies explode in second wave of attack.
September 18, 2024 at 11:46 PM
VIDEO: 20 more dead, 450 injured as 2nd round of explosions rocks Lebanon: Health officials
September 18, 2024 at 11:46 PM

Inside the unprecedented attacks on pagers and walkie-talkies

Sources tell ABC News, Israeli agents planted explosives in the pagers, as well as a remote trigger switch, to set off the blasts targeting suspected Hezbollah militants across Lebanon.
September 18, 2024 at 11:46 PM
VIDEO: Inside the unprecedented attacks on pagers and walkie-talkies
September 18, 2024 at 9:26 PM

What we know about the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria

Thousands of people were injured across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday by an Israeli covert operation that remotely detonated pagers, ABC News sources confirmed.
September 18, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Police officers inspect a car inside of which a hand-held pager exploded, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)