Gunmen kill 23 passengers taken from vehicles in an attack in southwest Pakistan

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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen kill 23 passengers taken from vehicles in an attack in southwest Pakistan.

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  • Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US, UK urge restraint

    BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, heightening the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah amid calls for restraint. The White House said a diplomatic solution was achievable and urgent, and Britain called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The U.S. is "afraid and concerned about potential escalation," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told a briefing.

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  • Exploding tech 'grey zone' attack on Hezbollah is warning for governments

    The suspected conversion by Israel of basic communication devices into bombs to attack Hezbollah demonstrates the deadly and confusing potential of unconventional warfare. The unprecedented nature of the assault, with pagers and walkie-talkie radios detonating across Lebanon, also challenges the concept of "grey zone" attacks, which are typically designed to be conducted under the threshold of all-out armed conflict. Had such carnage been caused by a barrage of conventional missiles fired by Israel or an invasion by tanks and troops it would have been a clear act of war.

  • ‘New era’ of war beginning, Israel says, as more Hezbollah devices explode across Lebanon

    Israel said a “new era” of war was beginning Wednesday, tacitly acknowledging its role in shock twin attacks targeting Hezbollah that have pushed the Middle East back to the brink of wider conflict.

  • ‘Repercussions are inevitable’: unease in Israel over Hezbollah pager attack

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  • Israel declares new phase of war after walkie-talkie bomb attacks

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  • Israel unleashes strikes on Lebanon amid calls for restraint

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  • Israeli Air Force Launches Strikes on Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon

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  • Israeli soldiers pushed three apparently lifeless bodies from roofs during a West Bank raid

    Israeli soldiers pushed three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the northern part of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scene and video obtained by AP. An AP journalist in the town of Qabatiya witnessed three soldiers push the bodies off the roofs of adjacent multi-story buildings, sending them falling out of view. It was the latest in a series of suspected violations by Israeli forces since the start of the Israel-Hamas war that rights groups say show a pattern of excessive force toward Palestinians.

  • Defiance, but a rare admission of vulnerability - Hezbollah chief's message means devastation will continue

    The unscheduled speech by the Hezbollah leader was revealing as much as it was defiant. It came after back-to-back days of booby-trapped communication devices exploding across Lebanon. Hassan Nasrallah's speeches, broadcast through the Hezbollah television channel, tend to attract thousands in public gatherings, which are a chance for his fervent supporters to demonstrate their loyalty.

  • Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah calmly vows 'punishment' for trojan-horse blasts

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  • 6 Questions About the Deadly Pager Attacks in Lebanon, Answered

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    Hezbollah has vowed Israel will be “uniquely punished” after a second wave of explosive booby fire traps struck the terror group across Lebanon.

  • China fears further Middle East fallout from deadly walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon

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