Israel carried out a series of massive air attacks overnight in the densely populated southern suburbs of Beirut, including the international airport’s perimeter. The Israeli military conducted 11 consecutive raids in what has been described as its most violent attack so far on Lebanon’s capital, a source close to Hezbollah told the AFP news agency….
Biden said Israel’s response to Iran would not come on Thursday, but US officials declined to offer more detail. US officials say they have been having “a number of conversations” with their Israeli counterparts in the aftermath of Iran’s missile attack on Tuesday, but declined to say when or how Israel planned to respond, and…
Israel and Iran have never been closer to sparking a regional war in the Middle East. Iran on Tuesday launched a two-wave ballistic missile attack in response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week and following the July 31 assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The salvo…
Any Israeli response to Iran’s missile barrage should be ‘proportional’, says the US president. United States President Joe Biden has voiced opposition to any strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in response to Tehran’s missile attack on Israel. When asked by reporters on Wednesday whether he would back such retaliation, Biden stated “the answer is no”….
Since the beginning of Israel’s attack on Lebanon, and especially the Friday killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, the mood in Iraq has been one of anger and mourning. 30-year-old Imad Qusay Abbas, from the Nineveh Plain to the north-east of Mosul in northern Iraq, said he received the news of Nasrallah’s killing…
Published on Oct 01, 2024 08:17 AM IST Israeli tanks have entered southern Lebanon as the IDF launches a limited ground operation targeting Hezbollah strongholds near the border. This marks the first ground incursion since the 2006 Lebanon War, despite international pressure from the U.S. and its allies. With air and artillery support, the IDF…
Israel had sent calls and texts to people in Lebanon, asking them to evacuate any areas where Hezbollah was allegedly storing weapons, before they launched strikes against them, reported The New York Times. People fleeing Israeli bombings in Lebanon which killed more than 569 people. (Photo by Hassan JARRAH / AFP)(AFP) According to Lebanese and…