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​Mourners attend the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on the outskirts of Beirut.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Nasrallah’s funeral crowds, Deadly French attack, Sudan’s cholera outbreak, Bulgarians protest to say “no to euro”

​Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he addresses a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 16, 2016.
What We're Watching

Will Israel strike Iran – and if so, how hard?

At least nine were killed in airstrikes on Beirut early Thursday as Israel intensified its campaign in Lebanon — while also vowing to retaliate for Iran’s missile attack on Tuesday. Early Friday, meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made a rare public sermon, justifying Tehran's attack on Israel and calling upon Arab nations to unite against Israel, their “common enemy.”

Are Israel and Hezbollah on the brink of all-out war?
by ian bremmer

Are Israel and Hezbollah on the brink of all-out war?

After nearly a year of contained clashes, something shifted in Israel’s strategic calculus that led it to dramatically raise the stakes and expand the confrontation with Hezbollah last week. Ian Bremmer looks at why and where this is going.

​Boys scouts carry a picture of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during the funeral of Hezbollah member Ali Mohamed Chalbi, after hand-held radios and pagers used by Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon, in Kfar Melki, Lebanon September 19, 2024.
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Israel strikes Lebanon as Hezbollah decries “acts of war”

Israeli warplanes struck dozens of targets across south Lebanon Thursday and conducted a raid on the town of al-Haniyeh, which it claims was targeting Hezbollah missiles and infrastructure.