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October 4, 2024 12:09 AM

Gaza and a ceasefire slip out of focus as Lebanon conflict rages

Palestinians fear the crisis in Lebanon is diverting the world's attention from Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed dozens more people this week, and diminishing already dim prospects for aceasefire a year into a war that has shattered the enclave. An escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah over the past two weeks has led to clashes between Israeli and Hezbollah forces inside Lebanon and fueled fears of a wider regional war. Both Israel and its Hamas f...

October 3, 2024 6:05 PM

“Iran will pay a price,” says Israel envoy to India Reuven Azar

Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, said on Thursday that Israel successfully defended itself against a barrage of ballistic missiles launched by Iran earlier this week, asserting that Iran would face serious consequences for the attack. “Our Prime Minister was very clear that Iran will pay a price,” Azar said during an interview. He emphasized the threat posed by such missile strikes from rogue states like Iran, warning of grave consequences for the region if these actions go unch...

October 3, 2024 5:30 PM

Israel bombs Beirut, claims 15 Hezbollah militants killed in south Lebanon

Israel's military said it killed 15 Hezbollah militants in south Lebanon on Thursday and bombed Beirut after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes with the Iran-backed group. Israel said it killed the Hezbollah members in a strike on the municipality building of the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil where they were operating. The Hezbollah-linked Islamic Health Authority said in a statement that seven of its staff, including two medics, were kil...

September 30, 2024 3:21 PM

Iran will not leave Israel’s ‘criminal acts’ unanswered, says foreign ministry

Iran will not leave any of "the criminal acts" of Israel unanswered, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday, referring to the killing of Hezbollah's chief and an Iranian Guard deputy commander in Lebanon. Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan was killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut on Friday, in which Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also died. Israel's intensified attacks against the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and the Houthi militia in Yemen have prompt...

September 30, 2024 11:38 AM

Israeli strikes kill Hamas leader in Lebanon and three Palestinian leaders in Beirut

Palestinian militant group Hamas said an Israeli strike killed its leader in Lebanon on Monday, while another Palestinian militant group said three of its leaders were killed in a strike on Beirut, the first attack within the city limits. Hamas said its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was killed, along with his wife, son, and daughter, in a strike that targeted their house in a Palestinian refugee camp in the southern city of Tyre in the early hours of Monday. As Israel escalates h...

September 29, 2024 2:25 PM

Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader

Israel struck multiple targets in Lebanon on Sunday, pressing Iran-backed Hezbollah with more attacks after it struck a huge blow by killing the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. The Israeli military said the air force had "struck dozens of Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon, including launchers that were aimed toward Israeli territory, structures in which weapons were stored and additional Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure". The navy had intercepted a projectile approaching Israel fro...

September 29, 2024 11:15 AM

Nasrallah’s killing reveals depth of Israel’s penetration of Hezbollah

In the wake of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's killing, Hezbollah faces the enormous challenge of plugging the infiltration in its ranks that allowed its arch enemy Israel to destroy weapons sites, booby-trap its communications and assassinate the veteran leader, whose whereabouts had been a closely guarded secret for years. Nasrallah's killing in a command HQ on Friday came barely a week after Israel's deadly detonation of hundreds of booby-trapped pagers and radios. It was the culmination of a rapi...

September 28, 2024 10:45 PM

Israeli military says it has killed Hezbollah chief Nasrallah

The Israeli military said on Saturday it had killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on the group's central headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut a day earlier. Reuters could not immediately reach Hezbollah officials for comment on the Israeli army statement. The Iran-backed Hezbollah has yet to issue any statement on the status of Nasrallah, who has led the group for 32 years. During Nasrallah's decades in charge, Hezbollah has grown into a regional force that...

September 28, 2024 10:41 AM

Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut, Hezbollah command centre hit

A wave of air raids hit Beirut's southern suburbs early on Saturday as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah, after a massive strike on the Iran-backed movement's command centre that apparently targeted leader Hassan Nasrallah. Reuters witnesses heard more than 20 airstrikes before dawn on Saturday. Abandoning their homes in the southern suburbs, thousands of Lebanese congregated in squares, parks and sidewalks in downtown Beirut and seaside areas. "They want to destroy Dahiye, they want to d...

September 27, 2024 3:46 PM

Israel to continue ceasefire discussions for Lebanon, Netanyahu says

Israel will continue to discuss ceasefire proposals for Lebanon in the days ahead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, as Washington warned that further escalation would only make it harder for civilians on both sides to return home. Israel's foreign minister on Thursday rejected global calls for a ceasefire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and pressed ahead with airstrikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of a regional war. An Israeli strike on Frida...