内容摘要：Brian Casey, from left, Kyle Norman, Brandon Casey, Richard Wingo of Jagged Edge pose for a portrait on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton)

Brian Casey, from left, Kyle Norman, Brandon Casey, Richard Wingo of Jagged Edge pose for a portrait on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton)

The wave of airstrikes came two days before municipal elections are slated to take place in southern Lebanon.Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Israel’s attacks “will not deter the state from its commitment to the electoral process,” and called for more international pressure to make Israel stop bombing his country.

Israel carried out strikes on multiple areas in southern Lebanon on Thursday, some far from the border, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.It described the strikes as “the most violent in some areas” since a ceasefire deal ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Residents of northern Israel also reported hearing loud explosions from across the border.The Israeli army issued a warning ahead of one strike that destroyed a building in the town of Toul, which it described as “facilities belonging to the terrorist Hezbollah.” Video of the strike’s aftermath showed fire and a massive cloud of smoke rising over an area packed with multi-story apartment buildings. Strikes in other areas were carried out without warning.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.Israel has struck Lebanon almost every day since the ceasefire. Lebanon says those strikes are in violation of the deal, while Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah to prevent it from re-arming.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced Thursday his decision to appoint Major General David Zini as the next head of the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service.

Zini is a former army commando and has held a number of top positions in the Israeli military. Netanyahu’s office said that in March 2023 Zini prepared a report warning about the dangers of a surprise attack on Israeli forces along the Gaza border.for more than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela and to

from another 350,000 Venezuelans. The administration remainsover its efforts to swiftly deport people accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law called the Alien Enemies Act.

Trump signed an executive order on the first day of his second term that would deny citizenship to children who are born to people who are in the country illegally or temporarily.The order conflicts with