Lebanon said a rare Israeli strike in the mountains east of Beirut killed five people Tuesday, after a security official said a house sheltering displaced people was hit.The security official, speaking anonymously due to the sensitivity of the matter,

A pre-dawn Israeli airstrike has killed at least 17 people and wounded others who were sheltering in a house in northern Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian medics said. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

CAIRO/GAZA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A Gaza family sat weeping on Saturday over children killed by an Israeli strike as they were getting ready to play soccer, amid an intensified bombardment that Palestinian health authorities said has killed 44 people over the past 24 hours.

An Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre left at least seven people dead, among them five siblings, three of whom were deaf and mute, officials and a resident said Saturday. Elsewhere in Lebanon,

The latest bombardment came as the U.S. said it would not reduce its military support for Israel after a deadline passed for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Lebanon said Israeli strikes killed 29 people across the country on Tuesday, among them many who had been displaced by the intensified conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Since September 23, Israel has stepped up its bombing campaign in Lebanon,