Pagers exploded across Lebanon in September. Retired Mossad agents, key to the operation, tell 60 Minutes Israel's plot started years ago with getting Hezbollah terrorists to buy walkie-talkies.

Once a vibrant community center, the 18th-century church is in ruins after an Israeli airstrike in October. Georges Elia, a 40-year-old municipal worker and churchgoer, took it upon himself to bring some normalcy as the holiday season approached,

JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi rebel

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that the Jewish nation would damage the strategic infrastructure of Houthis and will "behead their leaders just as we did to Haniyeh, Sinwar and Nasrallah in Tehran".

Each of these operations was highly significant, but the fact they all occurred within a mere three months is without precedent in a region that endured decades of war.

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In view of the ceasefire with the Hezbollah militia, the Israeli army is moving some of its troops from southern Lebanon to the Gaza Strip. The army's 98th division has ended its three-month battle against the pro-Iranian militia in the northern neighbouring country and is preparing for its deployment in the Gaza Strip,

At least 39 Iran-backed Hezbollah members were killed and nearly 3,000 others injured when hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies used by them exploded in an operation by Israel in September.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted on Monday for the first time publicly to Israel's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, further risking tensions between Tehran and its archenemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel's war in Gaza and the conflict in Lebanon.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted on Monday for the first time publicly to Israel's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, further risking tensions between Tehran and its arch-enemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel's war in Gaza and the conflict in Lebanon.