Iran Launches Approximately 180 Ballistic Missiles Towards Israel In a striking escalation of hostilities, Iran has reportedly launched around 180 ballistic missiles aimed at Israel, marking a significant turn in the already tense dynamics of the Middle East. This provocative act has sent shockwaves through international circles, raising concerns over a potential military confrontation in […]
The country’s Health Ministry said late Thursday that 92 people had been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. The Israeli strikes killed 40 people in towns and villages in the south, 48 in two eastern areas and four in the east of the central Mount Lebanon governorate, the ministry said […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday his government had no response to an attempt by the United States and its allies to broker a 21-day ceasefire in Israel’s fighting with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. “This is a US-French proposal to which the prime minister has not yet responded,” a statement from Netanyahu’s […]
Hezbollah has said it has carried out more than 2,100 military operations against Israel since October 8, the day after the Hamas attack, according to a statement released by the militant group last week. Hezbollah stepped up attacks last week after an Israeli strike on the village of Jowayya on Tuesday killed its top commander, […]
The deadliest Gaza war ever began after Hamas' unprecedented October 7 attack, resulting in the deaths of 1,194 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP count based on Israeli official figures. Israel's counter-attacks have killed at least 37,296 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-ruled territory's health ministry. For […]
During a visit to the Middle East this week to advance a Gaza ceasefire plan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the “best way” to help resolve Hezbollah-Israel violence is to “resolve the conflict in Gaza and achieve a ceasefire.” This has not happened. Hamas insists on a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from […]
“We will not tolerate acts of sabotage and violence targeting this essential humanitarian assistance.” The war began on October 7 following a Hamas attack on southern Israel, resulting in the deaths of 1,194 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on Israeli official figures. The militants have also taken 251 people hostage. Of […]
Some people have waited years to make this trip, and permits are allocated by Saudi authorities on a quota basis for each country. Nonartina Hajipaoli, 50, told AFP she was proud to be among the 1,000 pilgrims from Brunei in Southeast Asia this year. “I am speechless, I can't describe what I am feeling,” she […]
The pro-Hezbollah newspaper Al-Akhbar described Abdullah's killing as “a harsh blow” to the group. The paper said his killing “reflects a dangerous escalation on the part of the enemy” and “raises hopes that the confrontation will be managed differently.” On Tuesday, Hezbollah said it fired about 50 rockets at Israeli targets in the occupied Golan […]
In its actions in Gaza, the commission found Israeli authorities responsible for war crimes such as “starvation as a method of warfare, murder or deliberate killing, deliberate attacks against civilians and civilian objects, forcible transfer, sexual violence, torture and inhuman or cruel treatment, arbitrary detention and attacks on personal dignity.” The report says starvation will […]
Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Sunday that it was hard to say what impact the rescue operation would have on the ceasefire talks. “If Hamas were to come forward and say yes to the agreement, the need for these types of operations would disappear because the hostages would be released peacefully, not […]
Petro, Colombia's first leftist president and a fierce critic of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said on X on Saturday that coal exports to Israel would remain suspended “until the genocide stops.” A government order specified that these restrictions would continue “until the provisional measures order issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are […]