Israeli attacks

July 13, 2026 11:32 AM

Israeli attacks in Gaza kill six people, including a girl, medics say

Israeli attacks killed at least six people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a 9-year-old girl, Palestinian health officials said, as mediators held more talks to safeguard the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Medics said Israeli gunfire directed at a tent encampment on the eastern side of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed 9-year-old Tala Abu Matar. The Israeli military said it was not aware of the incident. An airstrike at a metal foundry in Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood killed...

June 1, 2026 3:25 PM

Iran says contradictory US positions, Israeli attacks on Lebanon delaying diplomacy

Iran on Monday blamed the slow pace of efforts to end the U.S.-Iran conflict on a lack of trust, contradictory positions from Washington and continued Israeli attacks in the region. "Negotiations have started amid severe suspicion and mistrust, and the exchange of messages is taking place in this atmosphere," foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, adding that the two countries had not yet reached a final conclusion. "The other party is constantly changing its views and putting for...

March 10, 2026 9:52 AM

Iran says oil blockade will continue until attacks end, Trump threatens to hit harder

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would not allow "one litre of oil" to be shipped from the Middle East if U.S. and Israeli attacks continue, prompting a warning from President Donald Trump that the U.S. would hit Iran much harder if it blocked exports from the vital energy-producing region. Trump's comments came after global financial markets seesawed on Monday on concerns that Iran's security establishment was rallying behind new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and was not prep...

September 15, 2025 10:25 AM

Arab-Islamic summit to warn Israeli attacks threaten normalisation of ties, draft resolution shows

Leaders of Arab and Islamic states will warn that Israel's attack on Qatar and other "hostile acts" threaten coexistence and efforts to normalise ties in the region, according to a draft resolution to be put before an Arab-Islamic summit on Monday. The summit is being convened in Doha in a show of support for Qatar in the wake of the Israeli attack targeting leaders of the Palestinian militant group Hamas who reside in the Gulf state. The September 9 attack, which Hamas says killed five of its...

September 23, 2024 5:32 PM

Lebanon says Israeli airstrikes kill as least 100 people, as citizens told to evacuate

Israel unleashed its most widespread wave of airstrikes against hundreds of Hezbollahtargets on Monday, killing at least 100 people by Lebanese tallies, and warned citizens to evacuate areas where it said the armed group was storing weapons. The latest attacks come amid some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire in almost a year of conflict,as Israel shifts its focus to its northern border, where Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel in support of its ally Hamas, which is fight...