Matthew Knott and Kate Geraghty have spent eight days in Beirut,where bullet-holes in palm trees among the glitzy restaurants tell the tale of a broken city.
In the end,a unit of trainee squad commanders unexpectedly encountered the Hamas chief in southern Gaza.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar,who was the mastermind of the October 7 terror attack on Israel,has been killed by the IDF.
The Hamas leader’s death is cause for celebration in Israel,and around the world. No decent person will mourn his loss.
Known for combining cunning and brutality,Sinwar built Hamas to harm Israel and build an Islamist,Palestinian nation in its place.
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Israel “intentionally targeted a meeting of the municipal council to discuss the city’s service and relief situation”.
As life on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon continues against a background of rocket fire,Matthew Knott and Kate Geraghty spoke to residents who are determined to stay.
The escalation of hostilities in the Middle East that is alarming global leaders is working in Netanyahu’s political favour at home.
In the pre-dawn darkness,family and friends of the 364 people who were killed at the Nova music festival in Israel on October 7,2023,gathered to remember their loved ones.
As the world looks on in horror at events unfolding in the Middle East,Herald journalists Kate Geraghty and Matthew Knott,who have just arrived in Israel,talk about what it’s like to fly into a conflict zone.
Award-winning photographer Kate Geraghty has decades of experience working in conflict zones. These images capture life close to the Lebanon border.