Naim Kassem

Damaged apartments building are seen after being struck earlier by an Israeli targeted attack in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israel strikes a building in southern Beirut, killing at least 4 people

The Israeli military says it struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs, killing at least four people.
April 1
A man walks next to a destroyed car and damaged buildings at the site that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday March 28, 2025.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah says it will act if Israel’s attacks on Lebanon continue

March 29
Images depicting the Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah, center left, and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine are displayed during their funeral ceremony at the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hezbollah chief who was killed days after taking up post laid to rest in south Lebanon hometown

February 24
A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd during a funeral procession at the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Masses of mourners attend the funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, 5 months after his killing

February 24
A Lebanese man watches bulldozers at work on the Hamamis hill, background, near the town of Khiam, southern Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Border town’s residents rebuild in south Lebanon as Hezbollah leader calls for Israeli withdrawal

February 18

Lebanese condemn Israeli strike that killed 3 in suburbs of Beirut

Lebanese residents woke up in the middle of the night to buildings shaking after an Israeli airstrike hit the southern suburb of the capital, Beirut. (AP video shot by Fadi Tawil and Mahamad Anouti)
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Israel strikes southern Beirut overnight, saying it targeted a Hezbollah official

Saar says Israeli military will ‘temporarily’ remain in five strategic points in southern Lebanon

Southern Lebanese community picks through destruction as Israeli troops delay full withdrawal

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Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza light torches during a rally marking 500 days of captivity and demanding their release in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Middle East latest: Israelis and Palestinians mark 500 days of war in Gaza with more uncertainty

February 17
A destroyed mosque, caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive, is seen in the town of Khiam, southern Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel’s ceasefires with Hezbollah and Hamas are both in doubt again

February 18
Hezbollah supporters protest near Beirut's international airport against Lebanon's decision to revoke permission for an Iranian carrier after Israel accused Iran of smuggling cash to Hezbollah, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo)

Woman killed as Israeli forces fire on returnees to southern Lebanon ahead of ceasefire deadline

February 17
Lebanese citizens gathe to return to their villages, while Israeli soldiers block a road leading to the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Funeral for slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah set for Feb. 23

February 3
Lebanese citizens gathering as prepare to return to their homes while Israeli soldiers block a road leads to the southern Lebanese village of Aitaroun, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

2 killed in southern Lebanon as protests against Israeli presence erupt for a second day

January 28
The body of a man who attacked and injured several pedestrians with a knife is examined by Israeli police after he was shot during the stabbing incident in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 18, 2025.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Middle East latest: Gaza ceasefire set to start 8:30 am Sunday after 15 months of war

January 18
A woman holds up a poster of the slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a ceremony marking death anniversary of the late commander of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020, at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside the war operations room, aide says

January 5
Mariam Kourani removes a toy car from the rubble of her destroyed house after returning with her family to the Hanouiyeh village in southern Lebanon, on Nov. 28, 2024, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

The fragile Israel-Hezbollah truce is holding so far, despite violations

January 4
A Syrian fighter from rebel group, fires towards a poster at the entrance of the notorious security detention centre called Palestine Branch, which pictures the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his son the ouster Syrian president Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Top diplomats from US, Arab League and Turkey discuss Syria’s transition

December 14, 2024
The body 18-month-old Sham Shurrab is carried by her uncle for burial in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike at the Muwassi camp, outside the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Israeli airstrikes struck the camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, according to the head of a nearby hospital. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Middle East latest: An Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital kills a teen in a wheelchair

December 5, 2024
This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)

Middle East latest: 2 children and a woman crushed to death outside Gaza bakery amid food shortage

November 29, 2024
Rescue workers carry the body of a boy who was found under the rubble of a destroyed building that was hit Tuesday night in an Israeli airstrike, in Sarafand, south Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah chief says group will hold out in its war with Israel for ‘suitable’ cease-fire terms

October 31, 2024
FILE - The deputy chief of Hezbollah, Sheik Naim Kassem, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Hezbollah cleric Naim Kassem picked to lead the Lebanese militant group

October 29, 2024
Hezbollah's deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, listens to a speech by then-leader Hassan Nasrallah on a screen in southern Beirut, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Who is Naim Kassem, the acting leader of Hezbollah?

October 8, 2024
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk through a street market in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Hezbollah’s deputy leader says group would stop fighting with Israel after Gaza cease-fire

July 3, 2024
Smoke rises from inside an Israeli army position which was hit by Hezbollah fighters as seen from Tair Harfa village, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hezbollah official says his group already ‘is in the heart’ of Israel-Hamas war

October 21, 2023