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Hezbollah Rejects Ceasefire Plan Declared in Washington, Israel Keeps Up Strikes

Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire plan agreed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments in US-mediated talks, as Israel kept up strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it wouldn't be withdrawing from the south. The...

June 4, 2026 12:32 pm
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First IAEA Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program Since February Shows Little Change Despite War

The UN nuclear watchdog sent a report to member states on Thursday with no major changes to its assessment of Iran's nuclear program, despite three months of US-Israeli war with the stated aim of preventing Iran from building an atomic bomb. In its first report into Iran's nuclear program since the day before the United...

Hezbollah Launches Rockets at Israel, Testing US-Mediated Deal

The Israeli military said it had intercepted rockets fired by Hezbollah into Israel on Wednesday, while Lebanese security sources said an Israeli strike hit a car near Beirut, testing a US-mediated deal that aims to get the sides to curb attacks. Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah said in a...

Israel Strikes South Lebanon After Stepping Back From Beirut Attack

Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, pressing its campaign against Hezbollah a day after US President Donald Trump asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack Beirut to avert further escalation in the three-month-old war. Following Trump's intervention, Lebanon's government said Israel would refrain from carrying out...

June 1, 2026 5:50 pm
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Lebanon Announces Partial Ceasefire Between Israel, Hezbollah but Attacks Continue

Lebanon on Monday announced a partial ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, in what would amount...

June 1, 2026 4:29 pm
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Lebanese Embassy Says Hezbollah Accepts US Proposal for Mutual Halt to Attacks With Israel

Lebanon's embassy in Washington said in a statement on Monday that Hezbollah had accepted a...

June 1, 2026 12:36 pm
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Israel’s Netanyahu Orders Attacks on Hezbollah in Beirut’s Southern Suburbs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, signaling further escalation...

May 29, 2026 12:06 pm
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Israeli Forces Cross Key Lebanon River in Expanded Ground Offensive

Israeli forces have advanced to positions north of Lebanon's Litani River, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday,...

May 29, 2026 11:52 am
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Netanyahu Directs Israeli Forces to Expand Gaza Control to 70 Percent

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ​said on Thursday he had directed Israel's military to take more...

June 4, 2026 12:32 pm
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Hezbollah Rejects Ceasefire Plan Declared in Washington, Israel Keeps Up Strikes

Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire plan agreed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments in US-mediated talks, as Israel kept up strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it wouldn't be withdrawing from the south. The United...

June 4, 2026 12:26 pm
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First IAEA Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program Since February Shows Little Change Despite War

The UN nuclear watchdog sent a report to member states on Thursday with no major changes to its assessment of Iran's nuclear program, despite three months of US-Israeli war with the stated aim of preventing Iran from...

June 3, 2026 11:38 am
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Hezbollah Launches Rockets at Israel, Testing US-Mediated Deal

The Israeli military said it had intercepted rockets fired by Hezbollah into Israel on Wednesday, while Lebanese security sources said an Israeli strike hit a car near Beirut, testing a US-mediated deal that aims to get the...

June 2, 2026 1:26 pm
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Israel Strikes South Lebanon After Stepping Back From Beirut Attack

Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, pressing its campaign against Hezbollah a day after US President Donald Trump asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack Beirut to avert further escalation...

June 1, 2026 5:50 pm
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Lebanon Announces Partial Ceasefire Between Israel, Hezbollah but Attacks Continue

Lebanon on Monday announced a partial ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, in what would amount to a limited de-escalation of a conflict that has killed...

June 1, 2026 4:29 pm
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Lebanese Embassy Says Hezbollah Accepts US Proposal for Mutual Halt to Attacks With Israel

Lebanon's embassy in Washington said in a statement on Monday that Hezbollah had accepted a US proposal for a mutual cessation of hostilities that would...

June 1, 2026 12:36 pm
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Israel’s Netanyahu Orders Attacks on Hezbollah in Beirut’s Southern Suburbs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, signaling further escalation against the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group. People began fleeing Beirut's southern suburbs, known as...

May 29, 2026 12:06 pm
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Israeli Forces Cross Key Lebanon River in Expanded Ground Offensive

Israeli forces have advanced to positions north of Lebanon's Litani River, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, as Israel escalates attacks against Hezbollah terrorists after warning thousands...

May 29, 2026 11:52 am
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Netanyahu Directs Israeli Forces to Expand Gaza Control to 70 Percent

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ​said on Thursday he had directed Israel's military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing 70% of the Palestinian enclave,...

May 28, 2026 12:05 pm
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Israel Carries Out Strike on Beirut Suburbs, First Near Capital in Weeks

An Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Thursday, the first strike to hit near Beirut in weeks amid a ceasefire that has failed to halt fighting between Israeli troops and the...

May 27, 2026 4:34 pm
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Three Israelis Attacked in Cyprus Amid Rising Security Concerns and Growing Hostility Toward Jews and Israelis

An attack on three Israelis in Cyprus with a sharp object has heightened alarm amid a worsening global climate of hostility and targeted violence against...

May 27, 2026 4:00 pm
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Israel Ramps Up Lebanon Offensive as Hezbollah Morale Reportedly Crumbles

Israeli forces have expanded ground operations across southern Lebanon this week, with reports pointing to weakening morale within Hezbollah's ranks and growing uncertainty over the...

May 27, 2026 2:43 pm
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Inside Iran’s Hidden Divisions: Reality vs. Staged Unity

Editor's note: The Algemeiner recently made contact with a former schoolteacher and aspiring journalist in Iran who, moving forward as a freelancer, will provide rare,...

May 27, 2026 11:57 am
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Palestinians Mourn Hamas Terrorist Chief Killed in Israeli Strike

Dozens of Palestinians carried the body of Hamas' armed wing chief through the streets of Gaza City in a funeral procession on Wednesday, a day after Israel killed him as it moves to...

World

Hezbollah Rejection Clouds Lebanon Ceasefire, Prospects for Ending Iran War

The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah rejected a new ceasefire in Lebanon on Thursday and Israel said it would not withdraw troops from the country, undermining US President Donald Trump's efforts to halt fighting there to forge...

Israel

Exclusive: Miss Israel Pageant Organizers Deny Claims by Titleholder Melani...

Organizers of the Miss Israel competition said in a statement given exclusively to The Algemeiner late Wednesday that they reject...

Opinion

The Students Are Consoling Us Now

Sarah Lawrence's commencement this year was a flat, joyless affair - few cheers, no hats in the air, a visible law enforcement presence, and a graduate student speaker who concluded her remarks...

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