Katz, Israel (1955- ) – War Watch

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Kushner and Witkoff Traveling to Pakistan to Resume Iran Talks
ByLuke Broadwater, Farnaz Fassihi and Euan Ward April 24, 2026

Iran’s foreign minister has already arrived in the country, state media reported. He was believed to be carrying a written response to a U.S. proposal to end the war.

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Marco Rubio and Lebanese President Discuss Cease-Fire Efforts
ByFrancesca Regalado April 16, 2026April 16, 2026

President Trump had said that Israeli and Lebanese leaders would speak directly, but a Lebanese official said the country’s president had rejected the idea.

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Inside Tyre, a Lebanese City Bombarded by Israel
ByChristina Goldbaum, Hwaida Saad and David Guttenfelder April 12, 2026April 12, 2026

In Tyre, a city on Lebanon’s coast, near-daily bombardments by Israel have killed and injured civilians, and left many searching for shelter.

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Israel Says Iran Cease-Fire Does Not Extend to Lebanon and Continues Strikes
ByEuan Ward and Francesca Regalado April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

Deadly airstrikes pummeled Lebanon in Israel’s largest bombing wave yet in the monthlong war with Iran-backed Hezbollah.

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Seyed Majid Khademi, Iranian Intelligence Chief, Killed in Overnight Attack
ByAmelia Nierenberg April 6, 2026April 6, 2026

Israel claimed responsibility for the death of Major General Seyed Majid Khademi, the spy chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the latest senior official to be killed in the war.

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Israel’s Message to a Broad Swath of Lebanon: Shiites Must Go
ByChristina Goldbaum and David Guttenfelder April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

Israel has issued sweeping evacuation warnings, and pressed some Christian and Druse leaders to expel Shiite Muslims from southern towns, the leaders said.

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Confident of Air Supremacy, U.S. Sends B-52 Bombers Over Iran
ByGreg Jaffe, John Ismay, Helene Cooper and Thomas Fuller March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Iran continued to retaliate across the region on Tuesday but markets saw hopes that fighting might ebb. Israel said it would occupy a large chunk of Lebanon even after the war ends.

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Israel Signals Plans to Occupy Southern Lebanon After Ground Invasion
ByEuan Ward March 31, 2026

Israeli forces will control “the entire area” from the border to the Litani River, up to 20 miles into Lebanon, the defense minister said. He indicated Israel would control it after the ground invasion ends.

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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Friday
ByEve Sampson March 28, 2026

American officials sought to temper concerns of a possibly expanding military incursion after the Pentagon’s decision to deploy more troops to the Middle East.

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Israel Keeps Up Strikes in Lebanon as Hezbollah Signals Defiance
ByEuan Ward March 25, 2026

There were few signs that either side was prepared to step back from the fighting. Israel said it struck an area south of Beirut and issued new evacuation warnings.

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