Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Sept. 30, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has arrived in Beirut for visits with top officials.• Rumors of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's funeral being held today.• International efforts to broker a cease-fire in Lebanon.• Potential continued escalation in fighting between Hezbollah and Israel after several days of an Israeli air offensive in Lebanon. Nasrallah’s assassinationHezbollah confirmed the killing of its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday after a decimating Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs the evening prior. His funeral is set to take place today, according to several media, though Hezbollah has yet to confirm this. Israel, on...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Sept. 30, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has arrived in Beirut for visits with top officials.• Rumors of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's funeral being held today.• International efforts to broker a cease-fire in Lebanon.• Potential continued escalation in fighting between Hezbollah and Israel after several days of an Israeli air offensive in Lebanon. Nasrallah’s assassinationHezbollah confirmed the killing of its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday after a decimating Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs the evening prior. His funeral is set to take place today, according to several media, though Hezbollah has yet to confirm this....
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