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Who is Sheikh Naim Qassem? Hezbollah’s newest leader

The leader reportedly fled to Iran following the killing of his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah

By Daniel Ben-David

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Sheikh Naim Qassem, the new leader of Hezbollah, delivers a speech during the funeral of Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut, Lebanon, September 22, 2024 (Credit: COURTNEY BONNEAU/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich (C) and Intelligence State Secretary director Sergio Neiffert (L) in front of a screen displaying the photo of Hussein Ahmad Karaki, accused of being the head of Hezbollah in South America (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images)

Argentina to seek arrest warrant for Hezbollah’s ‘South America kingpin’

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Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system launching missiles to intercept rockets from Lebanon on February 28, 2024 (Getty Images)

Israeli military eases some safety restrictions for part of northern Israel

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine (C) attends the funeral ceremony of slain top commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 1, 2024. (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF says it killed Hassan Nasrallah’s likely successor

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Israeli airstrikes targeted Hezbollah financial sites across Lebanon overnight Sunday, including in Beirut (photo: Getty Images)

Hezbollah has lost 70 per cent of its firepower and ground operation can end in ‘very few weeks’, says IDF

By Lilach Shoval

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Yahya Sinwar (Getty Images)

Yaakov Katz

Sinwar, check. Nasrallah, check. What comes next for Bibi and Israel?

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Projectiles being intercepted by Israel above Tel Aviv on October 1, 2024 (Getty Images)

Explosions heard as rockets from Lebanon fired at Tel Aviv

By Jane Prinsley

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Israel releases video of Sinwar in Gaza tunnel on eve of October 7

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ‘alarmed’ by drone attack on Benjamin Netanyahu’s home

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October 20, 2024 09:27

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar seeking safety in Gaza tunnel, according to footage released by IDF

Over 20 Labour MPs back motion calling for ‘ending all military exports to Israel’

Previously suspended MP Andy McDonald accused Israel of carrying out ‘genocide’ in Gaza

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 16, 2024 15:33

A pro-Palestinian supporter waves a Palestinian flag during a National March for Palestine in central London (Photo: Getty Images)

Hezbollah using UN peace-keepers as ‘human shields’ says Israel

Rockets and missiles have been fired from locations close to UN bases, IDF reports

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October 14, 2024 10:19

UN peacekeepers keeping an eye on the Lebanon border a few days after Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel (photo: Getty Images)

Four soldiers killed and over 60 injured in Hezbollah drone attack

According to reports, no warning alarms were sounded

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October 13, 2024 23:23

Emergency services at the site of the Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in Binyamina, near Haifa (Photo: Getty Images)

Netanyahu calls for UNFIL soldiers to leave Lebanon combat areas

On Yom Kippur, around 320 rockets were fired at Israel by Hezbollah

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October 13, 2024 12:03

BInyamin Netanyahu has told the head of the António Guterres that UN peacekeeping mission UNFIL must leave combat zones in Lebanon (Photo: Prime Minister's Office)

Foreign Secretary visits Bahrain and Jordan amid push for regional de-escalation

David Lammy met Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Bahrain’s King Hamad

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 10, 2024 11:26

Foreign Secretary David Lammy (left) Jordan's King Abdullah II (right). Credit: The Royal Hashemite Court/Twitter.

Where have Hassan Nasrallah’s replacements all gone?

Hezbollah’s deputy head – seen sweating in a recent video – has reportedly resigned and Nasrallah’s official replacement has disappeared

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October 7, 2024 15:09

With Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine (far right) whereabouts uncertain and the deputy chief Naim Qassem (centre) reportedly resigning, Hezbollah’s leadership is facing a crisis (photo: Getty)

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

By Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Across the Arab world, Nasrallah is remembered as a tyrant in Lebanon, a butcher in Syria and a fanatic

Lebanon now has the opportunity to take sovereignty back from the hands of Hezbollah

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October 2, 2024 14:26

Lebanese Scouts with portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (front) and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Getty Images)

Starmer condemns Iran’s attack on Israel ‘in the strongest terms’

The Labour leader spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu this afternoon.

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 1, 2024 20:08

Sir Keir Starmer at 10 Downing (Photo by Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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