Hezbollah

Michael Herzog, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, told Israel's GLZ radio an agreement was close and "it could happen within days … We just need to close the last corners", according to a post on X by GLZ senior anchorman Efi Triger.

At least four people were killed and 33 wounded in the attack in Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, Hezbollah’s al-Manar broadcaster reported, citing the health ministry.

Hamas ignited the war in Gaza when its fighters stormed into Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250. Around 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of them believed to be dead.

Ali Hassan Khalil, an aide to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, said Lebanon had delivered its written response to the U.S. ambassador in Lebanon on Monday, and White House envoy Amos Hochstein was travelling to Beirut to continue talks.

The strike hit a neighborhood where many people displaced from Beirut's southern suburbs had been seeking refuge.

US diplomatic efforts to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which included a 60-day ceasefire proposal, faltered last week ahead of the US election on Tuesday in which former President Donald Trump recaptured the White House.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met top aides late on Tuesday to discuss a US-shepherded cease-fire proposal, his spokesperson said

"Over the past year, the security establishment led by the Israel Defense Forces turned the tide of the war and had unprecedented achievements in all arenas of fighting," he said in remarks to a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem.

Safieddine, who was about 60, was killed in early October in a series of Israeli airstrikes in a southern suburb of Beirut that shook much of the Lebanese capital, part of Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah.

Israel's military said that Hezbollah has stashed hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker built under a hospital in Beirut, adding that it would not strike the facility as it keeps up attacks against the group's financial assets

Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif made the remarks during a press conference in Beirut's southern suburbs that was cut short following an Israeli evacuation warning for the area

Appointed deputy chief in 1991 by then-secretary general Abbas al-Musawi, who was killed in an Israeli helicopter attack the following year, Qassem retained his position when Nasrallah took over.

After Nasrallah's death, Qassem delivered three speeches, two of which were made from Beirut, while the third was recorded in Tehran.

In a statement, the Israeli military confirmed that its fighter jets killed three senior Hezbollah commanders in the latest strikes.

Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets in southern Gaza featuring Yahya Sinwar's image and messages claiming that Hamas would no longer rule Gaza.

As per IRNA, citing Hebrew-language sources, the drone was launched by Hezbollah, though Israeli authorities are yet to confirm this.

Israel-Palestine conflict is driven by three interrelated factors — demographics, statelessness and a deep-seated sense of historical grievance. Deaths, natural or otherwise, have not led to peace, nor have they insulated Israel’s neighbours like Lebanon and Jordan from being destabilised by the conflict’s fallout

The elimination of Sinwar is an opportunity, and not a tragedy, for the restive Middle East. He was no ordinary terrorist. He was famed for his brutality towards Gazans and Israelis alike

Sinwar, a mastermind of the October 7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, was killed during an operation by Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian enclave on October 16

The attack raised fears that Israel's expanding air campaign, designed to crush Iran-backed Hezbollah, could increasingly include public officials and buildings, which so far have been spared