Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal announced “33 deaths and dozens of wounded”. At the same time, a medical source at the Al-Awda hospital told AFP earlier that it had registered 22 dead and 70 wounded after the strike on the Tal al-Zaatar camp for Palestinian refugees. Asked for comment about overnight strikes in the area, an […]
The Israeli military said that after a lengthy hunt, troops had on Wednesday “eliminated Yahya Sinwar, in an operation in the southern Gaza Strip”. Hamas has not confirmed his death. Netanyahu, who vowed to crush Hamas at the start of the war, hailed Sinwar’s killing, saying: “While this is not the end of the war […]
Sinwar, a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, was killed during an operation by Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian enclave on Wednesday, a pivotal event in the year-long conflict. Western leaders said his death offered an opportunity for the conflict to end. Still, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said […]
Tensions are high in anticipation of the nature of an expected Israeli attack on Iran in retaliation for Iran’s missile attack on Oct. 1. That followed a rapidly spiraling conflict between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Araqchi arrived for “important talks with Egypt’s high ranking officials that will be held tomorrow [Thursday],” Iran’s foreign […]
Lebanese officials denounced the incident, which also wounded more than 50 people in Nabatieh, a provincial capital, saying it was proof that Israel’s campaign against the Hezbollah armed group was now shifting to target the Lebanese state. The Israelis “intentionally targeted a meeting of the municipal council to discuss the city’s service and relief situation” […]
Peacekeepers in the southern village of Kfar Kila observed an Israeli army tank “firing at their watchtower”, UNIFIL said, adding that “two cameras were destroyed, and the tower was damaged” in what the force called “direct and deliberate fire on a UNIFIL position”. Israel carried out dozens of strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on […]
The Islamic Republic fired about 200 missiles at Israel on October 1 in revenge for the killing of two of its closest allies, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, as well as an Iranian general. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant vowed last week that his country’s retaliatory measure would be “deadly, precise, […]
An AFP journalist saw black smoke billowing between buildings in the capital’s Haret Hreik area following two strikes, which hit shortly after an Israeli military order for residents to leave. Israeli PM Netanyahu’s vow to keep fighting Hezbollah came as the United States ramped up pressure over Israel’s conduct in the wars in Lebanon and […]
Israel has vowed to counterattack after Iran fired ballistic missiles at the country on October 1, launched in response to Israel’s killing of Hassan Nasrallah in the region, along with a general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Citing unnamed US officials, the Washington Post said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had reassured the White House […]
According to UNIFIL, two Israeli Merkava tanks destroyed the main gate of the base and entered before dawn, after which shells exploded nearby, creating smoke that affected UN personnel. The Israeli military offered a different account, claiming Hezbollah militants fired anti-tank missiles, wounding 25 Israeli soldiers. A tank evacuating the injured then accidentally backed into […]
