By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 04 August 2006 Watch Middle East report Hezbollah fired dozens more rockets into northern Israel Friday, while Israeli warplanes continued to pound southern Lebanon. The latest Israeli offensive is again targeting...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 03 August 2006 A barrage of more than 100 rockets fired by Hezbollah militants has killed at least eight Israelis. Military authorities say they plan to expand what they intend to be a security zone in Lebanon to at least 15...
By Meredith Buel Washington 01 August 2006 Israel has sharply increased its ground campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon, in an effort to push the militants back from the border before a cease-fire is declared. Israeli military l...
By Challiss McDonough Tyre 28 July 2006 As Israel's military offensive in Lebanon continues for a third week, the death toll on both sides of the border is climbing. There has been intense fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli troops, and Israeli a...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 26 July 2006 watch Middle East report The Israeli assault in Lebanon has prompted varying degrees of praise and criticism of Hezbollah throughout the Middle East. Hezbollah is the organization accused of provoking th...
By Scott Stearns White House 22 July 2006 President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meet with senior Saudi diplomats Sunday to discuss continuing violence between Israel and Hezbollah militants across the Lebanese border. Secretary Rice...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 21 July 2006 watch Hezbollah report The kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah in Lebanon provoked a military response that has devastated the Lebanese civilian population and infrastructure. VOA's Peter Fed...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 20 July 2006 VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has been reporting from Beirut since last week, but has only rarely been able to venture into the southern suburbs, which have been heavily bombed. Hezbollah's offices ar...
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 18 July 2006 watch Middle East report Israeli military planes bombed the port of the Lebanese capital of Beirut and other sites in Lebanon Monday. It was the sixth day of an offensive against the Hezbollah militant gr...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 14 July 2006 Hassan Nasrallah The leader of the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah has vowed to wage open war on Israel after an apparently failed attempt on the group's leader. Israel's military offensive in Lebano...