Israeli military

November 29, 2024 8:56 PM

Israeli tanks retreat from central Gaza camp, medics say 30 killed

Israeli military strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians overnight in the Gaza Strip, most of them in the Nuseirat camp at the centre of the enclave, medics said on Friday, after some tanks pulled back from an area they had raided. Medics said they had recovered 19 bodies of Palestinians killed in northern areas of Nuseirat, one of the enclave's eight long-standing refugee camps. The rest were killed in the northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip, medics added. There was no fresh stateme...

November 29, 2024 12:23 PM

Israeli military says Lebanese residents are prohibited to move south to several villages

Lebanese residents are prohibited from moving south to a line of villages and their surroundings until further notice, Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X on Friday. Israel said it opened fire on Thursday towards what it called "suspects" with vehicles arriving at several areas in the southern zone, saying it was a breach of the truce with Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, which came into effect on Wednesday. Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah in turn accused Israel of vio...

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...

May 31, 2024 6:13 PM

Israeli military says combat in part of north Gaza is over

Israeli forces have ended combat operations in the Jabalia area of north Gaza after destroying more than 10 kilometres of tunnels during days of intense fighting that included over 200 air strikes, the military said on Friday. At the south end of Gaza, Israeli forces pressing an offensive into Rafah found rocket launchers and other weapons as well as tunnel shafts built by Hamas in the city centre, the army said. Tank-led Israeli troops aim to break up Hamas' fighting formations in the city on ...