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‘We Will Win Together’, Netanyahu Tells Israeli Troops At Lebanon Border
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed victory against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah on Sunday during a visit to soldiers on the Lebanon border. “The whole world is amazed by the blows you are delivering to our enemies, and I salute you… Together we will fight, and together we will win,” he told them, according to […]
Lebanon prime minister demands more pressure on Israel
Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, has called for “pressure on Israel” to enforce a ceasefire, as a new Israeli strike hit the southern suburbs of the capital on Sunday. Mikati expressed support for US and French efforts to secure a truce, as the official National News Agency reported a strike south of Beirut. An AFP […]
Israel Issues New Evacuation Order For Parts Of Southern Beirut
The Israeli military issued orders in the early hours of Thursday telling people to leave multiple areas of densely-populated southern Beirut, where it says it will hit Hezbollah sites. “You are located near facilities and interests belonging to Hezbollah, which the army will act against in the near future,” Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee said […]
Oil prices rise by $1 as Iran launches attack on Isreal
Oil prices surged by more than a dollar in early trading today amid growing concerns that escalating tensions in the Middle East could disrupt crude production, following Iran’s most significant military strike against Israel. Brent futures rose by $1, or 1.36%, to $74.56 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude increased by $1.07, […]
China urges citizens in Israel to leave
China has urged its citizens in Israel to leave “as soon as possible”, as tensions between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah escalate. “Currently, the situation along the Israel-Lebanon border is extremely tense, with frequent military conflicts,” China’s embassy in Israel said in a statement on Sunday. “The security situation in Israel remains severe, […]
EU Pushes Israel To Accept Two-State Solution After War In Gaza
EU foreign ministers on Monday pressed Israel for an eventual two-state solution with the Palestinians after the war in Gaza, at meetings with the top diplomats from the two sides and key Arab states in Brussels. The surprise Hamas attack on October 7 on Israel and the subsequent devastating military response from Israel has plunged […]
Five Dead As Israeli Strike Hits Residential Building In Damascus
An Israeli strike on Damascus killed five people in a building where “Iran-aligned leaders” were meeting on Saturday, a war monitor said, as regional tensions soar over the Israel-Hamas war. “An Israeli missile strike targeted a four-storey building, killing five people… and destroying the whole building where Iran-aligned leaders were meeting,” said the Syrian Observatory […]
BREAKING: Israeli Drone Kills Hamas Deputy Leader In Lebanon
Hamas deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, has been killed in an attack on Hamas office in Beirut. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Radio and Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Mayadeen TV confirmed word from security sources that Arouri, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement’s politburo based abroad and a co-founder of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, was killed on […]
Israeli Army Uncovers ‘Biggest Hamas Tunnel’
The Israeli army said on Sunday it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip so far, just a few hundred metres from a key border crossing. Such was its size that small vehicles would be able to travel within the tunnel, an AFP photographer granted access to it reported. The underground passage […]
UN General Assembly Overwhelmingly Demands Gaza Ceasefire, US and Israel Show Divisions
Israel faced growing diplomatic isolation in its war against Hamas as the United Nations demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and U.S. President Joe Biden told the longtime ally its “indiscriminate” bombing of civilians was hurting international support. After dire warnings from U.N. officials about a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the 193-member U.N. […]