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 […]
The Israeli military claims that Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, was killed in Friday’s airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. There has been no confirmation from Hezbollah. The strikes flattened buildings in a densely populated area, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel launched further strikes on southern […]
The United Nations member states formally demanded, in a non-binding resolution on Wednesday, an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories within 12 months. The resolution, which Israel has warned could incite violence, is based on an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice, which deems Israel’s occupation since 1967 as “unlawful.” There […]
The United States said Tuesday it was time to “finalise” a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the Gaza war, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to bow to pressure. Washington would work “over the coming days” with fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar “to push for a final agreement,” said US State Department […]
