Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 23, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• The progress on Gaza cease-fire talks after they appeared to become stalled once more. SOUTH LEBANON: Intense border crossfire, rising Lebanese Health Ministry death tollIsraeli strikes hit near firefighters in southern Lebanon amid intense border crossfire: Israel launched a flurry of 10 strikes overnight hitting eight different villages in southern Lebanon in less than an hour, leaving several houses and buildings damaged or destroyed. Volleys of Israeli artillery shells barreled across southern Lebanon, damaging two ambulances and firefighter vehicles dispatched to Hammoul (Sour) to contain blazes sparked by strikes earlier the same day. Hezbollah, for its part, announced further...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 23, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• The progress on Gaza cease-fire talks after they appeared to become stalled once more. SOUTH LEBANON: Intense border crossfire, rising Lebanese Health Ministry death tollIsraeli strikes hit near firefighters in southern Lebanon amid intense border crossfire: Israel launched a flurry of 10 strikes overnight hitting eight different villages in southern Lebanon in less than an hour, leaving several houses and buildings damaged or destroyed. Volleys of Israeli artillery shells barreled across southern Lebanon, damaging two ambulances and firefighter vehicles dispatched to Hammoul (Sour) to contain blazes sparked by strikes earlier the same day. Hezbollah, for its part, announced...