Middle East

Qamar Subuh, who was seen in the viral video, told NBC News she missed her dad “more than the moon” after the family was separated amid Israel’s assault on northern Gaza.

Three waves of pre-dawn strikes on military targets in Iran on Saturday completed Israel’s retaliation on Iran, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Israeli officials are weighing an Egyptian proposal for a small-scale cease-fire deal with Hamas aimed at trying to build momentum for a larger agreement, an Israeli official told NBC News.

The Israeli military hit bank branches across Lebanon overnight to target Hezbollah‘s finances, while the U.N. said Israel was making life “impossible” in northern Gaza.

Biden plans to send Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel early next week to discuss securing Gaza, recovering hostages and the future of the Palestinian people

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, accused of being the architect of the Oct. 7 terror attack, has been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on Thursday.

The U.S. struck multiple Houthi weapons storage facilities in parts of Yemen that the Iranian-backed rebel group controls, a defense official said Wednesday evening.

In an interview with NBC News earlier this month, a co-founder of the group known as Samidoun called Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel “a brave and heroic operation.”

The U.S. has approved deploying THAAD anti-missile battery to Israel, a defense official told NBC News. 

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have held their first call in weeks as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how to respond to Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack.

An Israeli American who once called Fairfax County home is related to five people who were killed or taken hostage on Oct. 7. She’s hopeful Ofer Kalderon is still alive.

Hezbollah has fired another barrage of rockets into Israel, and the militant group’s acting leader vows to keep up pressure that has forced thousands of Israelis from their homes near the Lebanese border.

A hospital director in southern Lebanon says Israel’s military struck outside its gates without warning on Friday, killing seven paramedics and forcing the facility to close.

U.S. arranged flights have brought about 250 Americans and their relatives out of Lebanon this week during escalated fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. That’s as thousands of Americans still there face airstrikes and diminishing commercial flights.

The region is bracing for further escalation as Israel vows to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack a day earlier.

Iran launched at least 180 missiles at Israel, though Israeli authorities said there were no injuries and scattered damage and fires from falling shrapnel.

Iran’s missile strike into Israel on Tuesday could be the harbinger of a long, drawn-out conflict. Local experts weighed in on the situation, with some saying it will likely get worse before it gets better. David Ramadan is a former Republican member of Virginia’s House of Delegates and an adjunct professor at George Mason University, where he teaches global...

News4’s Derrick Ward spoke to experts about what can be expected in the weeks to come after Iran attacked Israel on Monday. 

Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of escalating attacks in a yearslong conflict between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threatens to push the Middle East closer toward a regionwide war.

The Pentagon says is sending a “few thousand” additional troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to be prepared to defend Israel if necessary.