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A man walks past the rubble of a shop a day after an Israeli airstrike targeted the marketplace of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 13, 2024. (Photo by ABBAS FAKIH/AFP via Getty Images)

BEIRUT AIRSTRIKES

Israel pounds Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, killing mayor

Hezbollah said it fired rockets at the northern Israeli town of Safed — the third such attack in 24 hours

Aya Iskandarani
Delphine Matthieussent

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared public mourning after Nasrallah’s death, as did Lebanon and Iraq (ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

ALI KARAKE DEATH

Israel kills Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut air strike

Nasrallah had enjoyed cult status among his Shiite Muslim supporters, and was the only man in Lebanon with the power to wage war or make peace

Laure Al Khoury
Benoit Finck