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An apartment block stands in partial ruins after being hit by an Israeli airstrike on, Sept. 30, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Who were Palestinian commanders in Lebanon targeted in latest Israeli strikes?

Israel has frequently targeted Hezbollah commanders and leaders in Lebanon since the start of the cross-border hostilities, as well as members of Palestinian armed groups that joined Hezbollah on the southern front.

Debris lie around destroyed vehicles in a street under a residential building whose top two floors were hit by an Israeli strike in the Ghobeiri area of Beirut's southern suburbs on September 24, 2024. A Lebanese security source said on September 24 that an Israeli strike hit Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold, as the Israel army confirmed it carried out the strike in the Lebanese capital without giving further details. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Israel's 2 goals in Lebanon: Decouple Hezbollah-Gaza, restore deterrence

"Our aspiration is to strike Hezbollah with a force that it has not yet experienced, while remaining below the threshold of regional war or bringing Iran into direct war," a senior Israeli political source told Al-Monitor.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

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In White House visit, UAE leader seeks cooperation on Gaza and AI

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will meet with President Joe Biden in his first official visit to Washington since 2017.

United Arab Emirates

UAE's president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (L), speaks with US President Joe Biden as they attend a session of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on September 9, 2023.

UAE in 'realignment mode' as Mohammed bin Zayed heads to US

The UAE president is set to meet US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on his visit. A top advisor refused to say on Thursday if he will be meeting Donald Trump.

United Arab Emirates

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Saudi crown prince says no Israel normalization without Palestinian state

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) in Jeddah, on March 20, 2024.

Palestinian poll finds majority of Gazans say Hamas' Oct. 7 attack was wrong

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UAE evacuates nearly 100 Gaza patients as 10,000+ await transfer

Mayssa (C), 15, and Yara (R), 10, from Khan Younis, on board the UAE evacuation flight that arrived from Eilat to Abu Dhabi on Sept. 9, 2025.

United Arab Emirates

Analysis

What Turkey’s legal campaign against Israel over slain activist entails

Coffin of US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was shot dead in the West Bank, is carried by Turkish honor guard police officers to a morgue at the Didim district in Aydin on Sept. 13, 2024.

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Daoud Kuttab

Palestine Columnist

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Abeer Ayyoub

In Istanbul, reporting on Palestine

Naima Morelli

In Rome, reporting on Middle East culture

Fatima AbdulKarim

In Ramallah, reporting on the West Bank

People carry pictures of slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during a march to condemn his killing, in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh, Sidon, Lebanon, July 31, 2024.

As Gaza reels, many in Lebanon’s Palestinian camps 'ready to sacrifice'

Ain al-Hilweh camp for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is witnessing growing popularity for Hamas, which has joined Hezbollah in launching attacks against Israel from the Lebanese border.

Smoke rises and a flare is deployed in the southern Lebanese Marjayoun plain after being hit by Israeli shelling on Sept. 7, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.

Analysis

Israel braces for possible 'all-out' war against Hezbollah, Iran proxies

US Sen. Chris Van Hollen calls for Israeli accountability in death of Turkish American citizen; UAE transports sick and wounded from Gaza; Saudi Arabia grapples with low oil prices … and advances Vision 2030 military reform.

Andrew Parasiliti

By Andrew Parasiliti

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, national security

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide holds a joint press conference with his Spanish and Irish counterparts at the the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union in Brussels on May 27, 2024.

Interview

Norway's FM: Our problem is not with Israelis but with Netanyahu's cabinet

In interview with Al-Monitor on the occasion of the Madrid conference for Palestinian statehood, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says he is in "deep disagreement with the Netanyahu government."

Espen Barth Eide

Espen Barth Eide

Norwegian Foreign Minister

Palestinians and international activists lift portraits of slain Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.

Analysis

US lawmakers warn of Israeli inaction after another American killed in West Bank

The deaths of several US citizens at the hands of Israeli troops raise questions over Israel’s willingness to investigate and prosecute its own.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Palestinians carry the body of slain Turkish-American Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, an International Solidarity Movement activist, during a funeral procession in Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Sept. 9, 2024.

Turkey seeks Interpol Red Notice in Israeli killing of US activist

Ankara's chief prosecutor has launched an investigation into the death of US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the West Bank.

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Israeli critically injured in West Bank truck attack

An Israeli citizen was hit by a gas tanker driven by a Palestinian man from the occupied West Bank village of Rafat on Wednesday morning.

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris debate for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After earning the Democratic Party nomination following President Joe Biden's decision to leave the race, Harris faced off with Trump in what may be the only debate of the 2024 race for the White House. (Photo by Win

Trump says Kamala Harris 'hates' Israel as she calls for end to Gaza war

In their first and perhaps only debate, neither Harris nor Trump offered a substantive plan to secure a cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds up a Vision for Peace map while speaking at the United Nations Security Council, New York, Feb. 11, 2020.

Egypt agreed for Abbas to enter Gaza but Israel refused: Report

After rejecting a request from the Palestinian Authority to allow President Mahmoud Abbas to travel to Gaza via the Erez or Kerem Shalom crossings, Israel reportedly declined a request by Egypt to enable Abbas to enter the strip via the Rafah crossing.

An Israeli soldier fires teargas at Palestinians during a protest in the village of Beita against a march by settlers to the nearby Israeli outpost of Eviatar, the occupied West Bank, April 10, 2023.

US-Turkish dual citizen shot dead in Israeli-occupied West Bank

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was killed while taking part in a march against the expansion of settlements in the West Bank.

An Israeli check point in the region at the scene as in the presence of armed Israeli forces, settlers attack the industrial area of the town of Beita and set fire to some Palestinian properties in the West Bank on August 2, 2024.

Record-high Israeli settler violence in West Bank with 1,246 attacks since Oct. 7: ICG

A new report by the International Crisis Group says Israeli settler attacks since the Gaza war have resulted in 21 deaths of Palestinians and 643 injuries, with the destruction of nearly 23,000 Palestinian-owned trees.

US President Joe Biden steps off Marine One in Washington, on Sept. 2, 2024.

Biden takes jab at Netanyahu over handling of hostage deal talks

US President Joe Biden believes Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure a hostage deal, amid growing frustration inside Israel following the recovery of six hostages killed inside Gaza.

Jenin

West Bank shooting kills three Israelis as Jenin turns 'catastrophic'

In Jenin, where Israeli troops have imposed a tight siege, the situation has deteriorated according to the local municipality.