EU ministers to convene emergency meeting over escalating Middle East conflict

European Union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting Monday night to address rising tensions in the Middle East following Israel's airstrikes on Lebanon over the weekend and the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Israel continues its airstrikes against Gaza and on Sunday launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen. On Monday, the Palestinian militant group Hamas reported that an Israeli strike killed its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, along with his wife, son and daughter, at their home in a refugee camp in the city of Tyre. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) stated that three of its leaders were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut's Kola district, marking the first attack within the city's limits. Lebanon's Health Ministry reported over 1,000 Lebanese killed and 6,000 wounded in the past two weeks, with a...