Lebanon
Belfast mum urges UK and Irish government support to bring her son home
Catherine Flanagan has said her son David is missing in Lebanon.
Emergency crews recover bodies in Gaza City as negotiations continue in Egypt
The Tel al-Hawa area had been evacuated earlier in the week due to fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Israel weighs Hamas’ response to ceasefire bid amid renewed diplomatic effort
Fighting has intensified between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
Hezbollah fires 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander
Mohammad Naameh Nasser, who headed one of Hezbollah’s three regional divisions in southern Lebanon, was killed a day earlier.
Lebanon charges US Embassy gunman with affiliation to Islamic State
Lebanese soldiers shot and arrested the gunman in early June.
Hezbollah chief says group would stop fighting with Israel after Gaza ceasefire
Hezbollah’s participation in the Israel-Hamas war has been as a ‘support front’ for its ally, Hamas, its deputy leader Sheikh Naim Kassem said.
Israel says it has struck Hezbollah targets in response to rocket attacks
The Israeli military said its warplanes struck what it described as Hezbollah infrastructure in the area of Jabal Safi in Lebanon.
Hezbollah warns its intensified attacks show Israel all-out war would be costly
Iran-backed Hezbollah militants launched dozens of rockets on Friday in a third day of retaliation for the killing of a senior commander.
Some of Hamas’ proposed changes to ceasefire plan workable, some not – Blinken
The US secretary of state told reporters that mediators are working to close the deal.
Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel with Gaza ceasefire talks on knife-edge
US secretary of state Antony Blinken is in the region to push the American ceasefire proposal.