Israel threatened Wednesday to retaliate after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at its territory, with Tehran warning it would hit “all infrastructure” in Israel if it comes under attack. Israel vowed it would make Iran “pay” after the attack late Tuesday, which saw most of the missiles intercepted, and pledged to immediately strike “the […]
The Israeli military has said Iran fired roughly 180 missiles at the country on Tuesday. “IDF (Israeli army) systems have identified approximately 180 missiles fired towards Israeli territory from Iran,” the military said. A security official also confirmed the figure to AFP. Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel on Tuesday in response to […]
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to carry out “crushing attacks” against arch-foe Israel if it retaliates for a missile attack by the Islamic republic on Tuesday. “If the Zionist regime reacts to Iranian operations, it will face crushing attacks,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement carried by the Fars news agency. The […]
President Joe Biden ordered the US military on Tuesday to “aid Israel’s defence” and shoot down Iranian missiles targeting Israel, the White House said. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee in next month’s US presidential election, are both monitoring Iran’s attack on Israel from the White House situation room, it said. “President […]
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday called for a ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Beirut. “The key to the solution is to put an end to the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and to revive the appeal launched by the United States […]
Lebanon said Monday that an Israeli strike a day earlier near the southern city of Sidon killed 45 people, raising an earlier toll. In a statement, the health ministry announced “45 dead and 70 wounded in an updated toll for the Israeli enemy attack on Ain al-Delb” on Sunday, while the official National News Agency […]
Israel said Sunday it killed another senior Hezbollah official in an air strike on the Lebanese capital after dealing the Iran-backed group a seismic blow by assassinating its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. It announced the killing of Nabil Qaouq, a member of Hezbollah’s central council in a strike Saturday, adding that its air force continued to […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel had “settled the score” with the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike in Beirut. “We settled the score with the one responsible for the murder of countless Israelis and many citizens of other countries, including hundreds of Americans and dozens of French,” he […]
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Saturday confirmed its leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed, after Israel said it had “eliminated” him in an air strike a day earlier. “Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, has joined his great, immortal martyr comrades whom he led for about 30 years,” Hezbollah said in a statement. The […]
Dozens of buildings in Beirut have been completely destroyed by intense Israeli strikes overnight after Israel said it had killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, an AFP photographer on the ground reported Saturday. Thousands of people left the usually densely packed residential southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital following Israeli evacuation orders. Some buildings were still […]
