Hezbollah militants, Israeli soldiers engage in deadly fighting inside Lebanon

Sara Jabakhanji

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Hundreds of mourners gathered in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday for the funeral of a Palestinian man from Gaza, who was the sole fatality in Iran's missile attack against Israel a day earlier.

This man's son, killed in Iran's attack on Israel, was waiting for a ceasefire in Gaza to return home

Khader Hassan Al-Asali stands next to mourner's at a funeral for his son Sameh on Wednesday. He said his son was waiting for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, to go home to his wife and three children in Gaza, before he was fatally struck by an Iranian missile in an attack against Israel a day earlier.

Khader Hassan Al-Asali

Two strikes by Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians, including four children, in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, medics said, as heavy rains flooded displaced residents' tent encampments.

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza as heavy rains flood camps for displaced Palestinians

A truck carrying 88 unidentified bodies of Palestinians arrived in Khan Younis on Wednesday, but the Palestinian Ministry of Health has paused the process of accepting the bodies because Israel has not provided any information on their identities or how they were killed.

Palestinians demand details after 88 unidentified bodies arrive on Israeli truck in Gaza

Chris Brown

Foreign correspondent

Iran answered Israel’s military decimation of its key proxies by firing an unprecedented volley of rockets and missiles at Israeli targets Tuesday night. The implications of how Israel responds could reshape the politics of the region.

How Israel responds to Iranian missile strikes could reshape politics of the region

A cleric clenches his fist as he celebrates Iran's missile strike against Israel in an anti-Israeli gathering at Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Defence Minister Bill Blair says the uptake of commercial flights out of Lebanon by Canadians has been ‘steady.' Ferial Elkadri, a Canadian in Lebanon who is planning to leave the country for Jordan with her family, says her husband and son are not Canadian, which may complicate her efforts to get them on the flight.

Canadian waiting to leave Lebanon worries her son, husband can’t join her

Laura Osman 

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning Iran's missile attack on Israel but says the international community must do everything it can to help avoid a larger regional war.

Israel has right to defend itself but wider war must be avoided: Trudeau

A rocket flies in the sky, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1, 2024. 

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Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack on Israel was over barring further provocation, while Israel and the U.S. promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensified.

Iran 'will pay' for missile attack on Israel, Netanyahu warns

As violence ramps up between Israel and its foes in the Middle East, one expert says the U.S. is the only country with the influence to stop this from escalating into an all-out war.

Only the U.S. can stop an all-out war in the Middle East, says Iran analyst

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The hostilities in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas continued to intensify in recent days, with the conflict in the region expanding to include Hezbollah and now Iran.

IN PHOTOS | Escalating conflict in the Middle East

A woman holds her cat in front of a destroyed building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. 

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