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Lebanese health officials said Israeli attacks since Monday have killed hundreds, including women and children. Israel claimed it had killed one senior Hezbollah commander with an airstrike Tuesday on a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

With Monday’s attacks across southern Lebanon, the prospect of the escalating conflict enveloping the city has suddenly become real for many Beirut residents.

In his final U.N. speech, President Biden addressed the wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan, drawing on the long arc of his career to stress that progress is possible.

Serhiy Zhadan, 50, is a beloved Ukrainian poet as well as a novelist, lyricist and rock star. Furious over the invasion, he enlisted to fight even as his band still plays and his readings fill halls.

The debate – and the candidates’ first face-to-face meeting – comes as polling shows the race in a dead heat.

The sanctions come as Western officials say Iran has supplied missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine.

The Israeli military says it struck “senior Hamas terrorists” operating there – a claim hamas denied.

The Israeli military says it struck “senior Hamas terrorists” operating there – a claim hamas denied.

The sanctions come as Western officials say Iran has supplied missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine.