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Israel’s Strike on Hamas in Qatar: What to Know

Why did Israel attack? Who was killed? What has been the Qatari response? Here are answers to those and other key questions.

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Damage in Doha, Qatar, after an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders on Tuesday.
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Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah, U.S. Officials Warn

The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.

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Hezbollah supporters marching during Ashoura, a Shiite Muslim holiday, near Beirut in July.
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Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah, U.S. Officials Warn

The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.

© Hassan Ammar/Associated Press

Hezbollah supporters marching during Ashoura, a Shiite Muslim holiday, near Beirut in July.
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U.N. Votes to Withdraw Peacekeepers From Lebanon Over Next Two Years

With the decades-old peacekeeping mission set to expire, the U.N. Security Council chose to extend it through 2026, then gradually withdraw the forces the following year.

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A U.N. peacekeeper, center, talking with a soldier at a Lebanese army checkpoint in March.
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U.S. Envoy Talks Peace in Lebanon, but Stirs Anger With ‘Act Civilized’ Remark

At a delicate moment in Lebanese politics, the envoy, Thomas J. Barrack Jr., provoked outrage by warning journalists at a news conference there not to be “animalistic.”

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Thomas Barrack and another U.S. envoy, Morgan Ortagus, after meeting with President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon on Tuesday.
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