Kareem Chehayeb
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Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. kchehayeb@ap.org
Lebanon’s prime minister tours shattered southern village, calls for Israeli military withdrawal apnews.com/article/leba...
Lebanon's prime minister tours shattered southern village, calls for Israeli military withdrawal
Lebanon's prime minister has visited a southern village as a Lebanese-Israeli agreement brokered by Washington appears to have started following a monthslong war.
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Israeli strikes leave Lebanon’s ancient coastal city of Tyre shaken: “We used to be scared, but we’re a lot more scared now." Our report from Tyre apnews.com/article/leba...
Israeli strikes leave Lebanon's ancient coastal city of Tyre shaken
Tyre, an ancient city on Lebanon's coast, is trying to recover after weeks of Israeli airstrikes. A new ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is in effect, but past ceasefires have failed.
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Israel strikes just south of Beirut ahead of second day of critical ceasefire talks More updates as we get them @apnews.com apnews.com/article/leba...
Israel strikes just south of Beirut ahead of second day of critical ceasefire talks
An Israeli strike has hit a car on a busy highway just south of Beirut. The strike in Khaldeh came without warning, hours before the second day of talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington.
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Here we go... - Israel orders strikes on Beirut southern suburbs ahead of DC talks - Hezbollah rockets reach northern outskirts of Haifa - Lebanon scrambles w/diplomatic calls to halt escalation - Iran FM: Lebanon ceasefire must be part of US-Iran deal apnews.com/article/leba...
Israel orders strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs as Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel
Israel's government has ordered strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. This comes after its ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon in 26 years.
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🇱🇧🔴Israeli army captures strategic Beaufort Castle in deepest incursion of its monthslong invasion into #Lebanon in 26 years. Israeli ground troops are now just about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the major city of Nabatiyeh. with @bmroue.bsky.social for @apnews.com apnews.com/article/leba...
Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into country in 26 years
Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in their deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter century.
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Israeli strike on village in eastern Lebanon kills 12, as more troops called up to Lebanon apnews.com/article/leba...
Israeli strike on village in eastern Lebanon kills 12, as more troops called up to Lebanon
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reports that an Israeli airstrike on a village in eastern Lebanon has killed 12 people.
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War worsens Lebanon’s economic crisis with job losses, price gouging and slow business “This continues to be a major economic shock, one of honestly an existential nature,” said Economy Minister Amer Bisat @apnews.com apnews.com/article/leba...
Yemen sides agree to release over 1,600 detainees in the largest swap of 11-year war apnews.com/article/yeme...
Yemen sides agree to release over 1,600 detainees in the largest swap of 11-year war
Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have reached a deal to free over 1,600 detainees in the largest swap during Yemen's 11-year civil war.
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Hezbollah leader urges Lebanon’s government to cancel Israel talks as battle rages in strategic town “The opportunity is still there. We call for a historic and heroic position to cancel these negotiations.” apnews.com/article/leba...
Hezbollah leader urges Lebanon's government to cancel Israel talks as battle rages in strategic town
Hezbollah's leader has urged Lebanon to withdraw from direct talks with Israel scheduled in Washington.
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#Lebanon: Israel and Hezbollah clash in strategic Lebanese village ahead of official talks in Washington. Israeli troops appear to have encircled Bint Jbeil while Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery in an effort to push them back. apnews.com/article/leba...
Israel and Hezbollah clash in strategic Lebanese village ahead of official talks
Fierce fighting has erupted in the strategic southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil. Israeli troops appeared to encircle the area while Hezbollah militants launched rockets and artillery to push them ba...
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Ahead of direct Lebanon-Israel talks: - Israeli strike in Nabatieh kills 13 Lebanese State Security forces - Hezbollah claims attack targeting naval base in Ashdod - Lebanon hopes for negotiations under a truce similar to U.S. and Iran. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/leba...
Israeli strike kills Lebanese security forces as Israel and Hezbollah trade fire ahead of talks
Tensions have escalated between Israel and Hezbollah, with intensified attacks on Friday. At least 13 Lebanese security personnel were killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.
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Shock & horror in #Beirut: This building is just one of dozens hit in a rapid series of Israeli strikes w/o warning yesterday Searches have continued overnight. A man on top of the rubble looks for his missing 23 year-old daughter w/Civil Defense workers. 📍Ain Mreisseh, Beirut
🇱🇧🔴112 people killed in Israeli strikes today across Lebanon, mostly in Beirut. 837 wounded. This is the latest and not the final count from Lebanon's health ministry, in one of the deadliest days of the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Lebanese social affairs minister tells me moments after widespread Israeli attacks in central Beirut: - Lebanon wants a seat at the negotiating table to end war. President & prime minister are ready & making calls. - Widespread incl areas where 10,000s of displaced people are sheltered
🇮🇶🔴 Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah said they decided to release kidnapped American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson The statement comes after initial obstacles in negotiations One condition: she leaves the country immediately She was kidnapped in Baghdad on March 31
“Today, you understand what the cross means, not as an idea, not as a concept, but because you are going through it" Displaced by war, Lebanon’s Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches apnews.com/article/leba...
Displaced by war, Lebanon's Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches
Many Lebanese Christians are marking Easter far from their homes and churches, displaced by Israel's war with the militant Hezbollah group. The Rev.
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Photo gallery by @apnews.com photographers showing the scene in #Beirut’s Jnah area after an Israeli airstrike hits Lebanese capital apnews.com/photo-galler...
Photos show the scene in Beirut's Jnah area after an Israeli airstrike hits Lebanese capital
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli strike hit a building in a Beirut neighborhood just south of the heart of the Lebanese capital overnight.
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🇱🇧🇺🇳Two more UN peacekeepers were killed today after an explosion of unknown origin destroyed their vehicle in southern Lebanon. Two others were wounded-- one sustaining severe injuries. This is the second fatal incident in 24 hours after an Indonesian peacekeeper of the was killed yesterday.
Lebanese fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south @apnews.com apnews.com/article/leba...
Lebanese fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south
Israel is trading fire with Hezbollah, calling for mass evacuations and sending ground troops deeper into Lebanon.
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🔴🇱🇧🇮🇷Lebanon withdraws accreditation from Iranian ambassador, declares him persona non grata, and orders him to leave the country by Sunday.
The Israeli military struck a bridge on #Lebanon's southern coastal highway over the Litani River near the coastal city of Tyre. Fierce fighting in southern Lebanon with Hezbollah has intensified, as Israel continues to strike key pathways over the strategic river.
"It's a race against time" In just over 10 days of war, almost 1 million in #Lebanon are displaced Many fled for a second time in just over a year & at times took days to find shelter And this time they worry they'll never return @apnews.com apnews.com/article/leba...
War has already displaced nearly a million Lebanese, and aid groups warn of a humanitarian crisis
Hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes since Israel issued mass evacuation orders and ramped up its airstrikes on the militant group Hezbollah.
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Israel dropped clusters of leaflets across Beirut. One called on Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah. The other resembled a newspaper front-page called "The New Reality" which they said has reached Beirut after "great success" in Gaza.
🔴🇱🇧 Over half a million people (517,000) have been displaced in #Lebanon over the past week in the latest conflict b/w Israel and Hezbollah, the government said The number is likely higher as the government data comes from the amount of people who registered on their platform
🔴🇱🇧 83 children among almost 400 people killed in one week of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, says Lebanon's health minister.
Israeli military orders immediate evacuations in southern Lebanon as strikes on Beirut intensify with @bmroue.bsky.social for @apnews.com apnews.com/article/leba...
Israeli military orders immediate evacuations in southern Lebanon as strikes on Beirut intensify
Israel has ordered residents of dozens of villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate as airstrikes around Beirut intensify and Hezbollah reports more attacks.
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🔴🇱🇧The Israeli military has ordered all residents in southern Lebanon to move north of the Litani River. This is area consists of dozens of villages close to the border. The Lebanese government said the army has cleared it from Hezbollah military presence in recent months.
🇱🇧❗️More Israeli strikes over Beirut's southern suburbs. More displaced people have reached the capital. The Lebanese government declared Hezbollah's military activities illegal. Hezbollah have not commented since claiming responsibility for the rocket attack last night.
