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Israeli military responds to Hezbollah rocket attack
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reported that overnight about 30 launches of rockets/missiles were detected that crossed from Lebanon into the territory of the State of Israel. Most of them were intercepted…
- Middle East
Egypt raises alarm over escalating tensions following assassination of Hamas chief Haniyeh
Egypt has expressed profound concern over the dangerously escalating tensions in the Middle East and its potential impacts on Lebanon’s security and stability. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdelatty, on a phone…
- Middle East
Tel Aviv: Palestinian man stabs Israeli woman to death, 3 others injured
An Israeli woman was killed and three others were injured in a stabbing attack in Israel’s Holon city in the Tel Aviv District on Sunday morning, The Times of Israel reported, citing…
- Middle East
Countries ask citizens to leave Lebanon amid tensions between Israel, Hezbollah
Beirut: Many countries, including the UK, Sweden, Jordan, and the US, have asked their citizens to depart from Lebanon in light of the escalating crisis between Israel and Hezbollah. On Saturday, the…
- World
US General arrives in Middle East as Israel prepares for possible Iranian attack
Washington: US Central Command’s General Michael Kurilla arrived in the region on Saturday amid preparations for a possible attack by Iran on Israel in response to the recent killings of senior Hamas…
- Middle East
Hezbollah launches barrage of rockets at Israel, sparks fears of war in region
Beirut: The tension in the Middle East has escalated as Iran and its allies readied their response to the assassination of Hamas’s political leader, blamed on Israel, spareking fears of a regional…
- Middle East
Israel arrests Al Aqsa Mosque Imam for mourning Ismail Haniyeh
Israel authorities have arrested a grand mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri for mourning the death of the slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during a Friday, August 2 sermon at the Al…
- Middle East
Iran arrests military intelligence officers after Ismail Haniyeh assassination
Iran has launched a manhunt and arrested over two dozen suspects, including high-ranking intelligence officers, following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The suspects also include staff at a…
- Middle East
Israel admits killing journalist; News outlet condemns action
The Israeli military has said that it carried out a strike in Gaza on Wednesday in which an Al Jazeera journalist, who they claimed to be a Hamas militant, was killed. The…
- Middle East
Hezbollah, Israeli army engage in fierce exchange of fire
Beirut: A fierce exchange of fire broke out between Hezbollah and the Israeli army along the border area between Lebanon and Israel, involving heavy machine gun fire, artillery and missile shelling, as…
- World
Biden administration convinced Iran will attack Israel in next few days
Washington: The Biden administration is convinced that Iran will attack Israel in the coming days and is preparing to help it repel it, three American sources told Axios, according to which the…
- Middle East
Biden reaffirms commitment to Israel’s security against threats from Iran
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Thursday spoke to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reaffirmed his commitment to Israel’s security against all threats from Iran, the White House said. Vice President…
- Middle East
Houthi leader vows ‘military response’ to Israeli ‘escalation’
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has warned that the group will “inevitably” mount a military response to Israel’s recent “escalation”. “The stance of the ‘axis of resistance’ is unequivocal: There must…
- India
Activists urge govt to cancel licenses of companies supplying military equipment to Israel
New Delhi: Citing an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling which said Israel is in violation of obligations under the Genocide Convention, activists on Thursday demanded that government of India should cancel…
- Middle East
Top Hamas commander Mohammed Deif killed in Israeli strikes, IDF claims
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday, August 1, claimed to have killed Mohammed Deif, the highest-ranking Hamas military commander in an airstrike on July 13 in southern Gaza. Confirming the death…
