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Oil markets not pricing in an ‘all-out war’ after Israel kills Hezbollah leader, but risks persist
General view of the Towers and oil platforms of the State oil Company of Venezuela, Venezuelan oil Company SA. Jose Bula Urrutia | Future Publishing | Getty Images Oil prices didn’t react sharply on Monday after Hezbollah confirmed that its leader was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. […]
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Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrike locations on September 29, 2024 in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Daniel Carde | Getty Images News | Getty Images Israel struck multiple targets in Lebanon on Sunday, pressing Iran-backed Hezbollah with more attacks after it struck a huge blow by killing the group’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. The […]
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in strike, Israeli army says
A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in a area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on September 26, 2024. Mahmoud Zayyat | Afp | Getty Images The Israeli army on Saturday officially announced the killing of Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, one day after carrying out a large-scale attack on Lebanon. […]
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Israel strikes Beirut suburb, Nasrallah’s fate unclear after Friday’s massive attack
Residents check the damaged in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment in Beirut’s southern suburbs, on September 28, 2024. Anwar Amro | Afp | Getty Images Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs and other areas of Lebanon on Saturday, a day after carrying out a massive attack on Hezbollah’s headquarters that appeared to be […]
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Israel says it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters as huge explosions rocked Beirut
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, seen from Baabda, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. AP The Israeli military said Friday it carried out an airstrike on the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, where a massive explosion leveled buildings in a southern district, sending clouds of orange and black smoke billowing in the skies. The […]
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‘We have much more on the way, if they will continue,’ Israel’s president says as death toll from Lebanon attack tops 550
Israeli President Isaac Herzog threatened further military action against Hezbollah one day after Israel launched air strikes across Lebanon, killing more than 550 people in the country’s deadliest day in nearly two decades. It marks a dramatic escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah following nearly 12 months of strikes since […]
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Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill more than 356
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Marjayoun, near the Lebanon-Israel border, on September 23, 2024. Rabih Daher | Afp | Getty Images Israeli strikes on Lebanon Monday killed more than 350 people, including more than 60 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. […]
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‘Very serious escalation’: Lebanese ministers warn of a dangerous next 48 hours after pager and device attacks
Lebanon’s leadership warned that the risk of further violence and escalation is extremely high following two days of attacks involving exploding communications devices across the country. The next 48 hours, ministers told CNBC Thursday, will be particularly dangerous. On Tuesday and Wednesday, thousands of communications devices — including pagers and two-way radios — used by […]
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Walkie-talkie firm probes link to 2nd wave of Lebanon blasts as Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war
The blasts that rocked Lebanon for a second day reached the doors of a walkie-talkie maker in Japan on Thursday, as Israel’s declaration of a “new phase” to the conflict raised fears of all-out war. At least 37 people, including two children, were killed and thousands more injured across Lebanon, the country’s health minister said early Thursday — a rising […]
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Taiwan manufacturer rejects links to Lebanon’s exploding pager attacks, names Hungarian firm
A photo taken on September 18, 2024, in Beirut’s southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location. – | Afp | Getty Images Taiwanese pager manufacturer Gold Apollo rejected reports that it produced the devices at the center of deadly attacks in Lebanon that killed at least 12 people […]
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