Apr 02, 2025 11:47 AM IST The extent of land to be seized in Gaza remains unclear as Israel establishes a buffer zone and plans for Palestinian departures. Israeli defence minister Israel Katz on Wednesday announced the military’s operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to capture “large areas”. Behind a tent camp for displaced…
The People’s Liberation Army launched joint exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday, marking Beijing’s latest warning to the island’s “separatist forces”. According to a statement issued by the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command, the patrols and exercises included simulated air and land strikes, as well as control of key passages to test the joint combat readiness of…
Lebanon’s state media reported a slew of Israeli air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, after the Israeli military posted evacuation calls online for parts of the Hezbollah bastion. AFPTV footage showed smoke billowing above the area on Sunday evening, following earlier raids in the afternoon. AFP journalists in the city and its outskirts…
The Israeli military conducted a wave of air strikes across Lebanon on Sunday, targeting branches of Al-Qard al-Hasan, a financial association associated with the militant group Hezbollah.The organisation was placed under US sanctions in 2007 and has been accused by American, Israeli, Saudi Arabian and other officials of operating as Hezbollah’s de facto banking arm.Inside…