Arecent poll reveals heightened American concerns about the Middle East conflict, with Democrat and Republican voters sharply divided over who is to blame for the escalating tensions in the region. Roughly half voters express worry over a potential escalation into a regional war. However, only about 4 in 10 voters are “extremely” or “very” worried […]
A series of explosions were heard around Tehran on Friday evening, as Iran was bracing for an Israeli retaliation to the airstrikes that the Islamic Republic carried out against it earlier this month. After an initial round of explosions, Reuters cited local Iranian media as saying that four new explosions were heard in Tehran, though […]
Israeli troops had for more than a year hunted the leader of Hamas, who disappeared in Gaza soon after masterminding the 7 October attacks.Yahya Sinwar, 61, was said to have spent much of his time hiding in the tunnels under the Strip, along with a cadre of bodyguards and a “human shield” of hostages seized […]
The Reuters photograph of Inas Abu Maamar, face buried in the shrouded body of her dead five-year-old niece Saly, was taken days after Israel began its military offensive on Gaza.It has become one of the most vivid images of Palestinian suffering during the year-long bombing of Gaza, Israel’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.Saly was […]
srael has launched a ground invasion in southern Lebanon, in what it has described as “limited, localised and targeted” raids against Hezbollah.Lebanese civilians are being warned not to use vehicles to travel south across the Litani river, located 20 miles north of the Israel-Lebanon border, and residents in around 25 villages have been told to […]
Israel asked the U.S. to take steps to deter Iran from attacking Israel in response to the Israeli airstrike in Beirut that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and a top Iranian general, two Israeli and U.S. officials have said. The Israel-Hezbollah conflict was already spiraling into an all-out war that could pull in Iran, and […]
Hassan Nasrallah, the revered and reviled longtime leader of Hezbollah, was killed Friday in an Israeli airstrike, the Israeli Defense Forces said. Nasrallah, “the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization and one of its founders, was eliminated by the IDF,” the Israeli military said in a statement Saturday. “Following precise intelligence,” the statement said, fighter […]
Missiles slammed into southern Lebanon, shattering the early-morning silence Monday and reportedly killing almost 200 people as Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah weapons hidden in residential buildings. The explosions came as Israel heralded a new wave of attacks on the Iran-backed group in Lebanon, warning civilians to flee from any buildings or areas where […]
Israel and Hezbollah exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of conflict across Lebanon’s south and Hezbollah firing rockets deep into northern Israel.Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said strikes would continue until it was safe for evacuated people in the north to return – […]
For years, Hezbollah leaders urged their rank-and-file to reduce reliance on smartphones, arguing that Israel was able to bug those devices to infiltrate their communication network. The alternative was to go back to the 1990s-era technology of pagers and walkie-talkies, seen as a safer option. Hezbollah believed that the limited capabilities of pagers allowed them […]
Signs of a third full-blown war between Israel and the U.S.-designated terrorist movement, Hezbollah, which runs a state-within-a-state in Lebanon, are rapidly solidifying. Israel has fought two previous wars against terrorist forces embedded in Lebanon, in 1982 and 2006, and a third war appears to be looming. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) re-deployed its elite and […]
Diplomats have been scrambled to ease tensions in the Middle East after electronic devices linked to Hezbollah members exploded in attacks blamed on Israel that killed dozens and propelled the region toward all-out conflict. The attacks on the Islamist group’s pagers and walkie-talkies killed 37 people and wounded about 3,000. They were believed to be […]
