BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that only developments on the battlefield, not political moves, would bring an end to the hostilities between the Lebanese armed group and the Israeli military. “I will tell you very clearly, our conviction is that only one thing can stop this war of aggression, and…
The Israeli military said on Monday it had killed a top Hezbollah commander it accused of overseeing rocket and anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. Abu Ali Rida, the Hezbollah commander of the Baraachit area in southern Lebanon, was “eliminated” in an air strike, the military said, without specifying when he was…
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it has carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks. It was the first time in the current war that Israel announced its troops operated in Syrian territory. Israel has carried out airstrikes in Syria multiple times over the past…
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…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hezbollah has stashed hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker built under a hospital in Beirut, Israel’s military said on Monday, adding it will not strike the facility as it keeps up attacks against the group’s financial assets. Fadi Alameh, a Lebanese lawmaker with the Shi’ite Amal…
Israel bombed a Syrian coastal city on Thursday and the United States conducted multiple strikes on targets in Yemen nearly a month into Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Syria, the Huthi rebels in Yemen, Hezbollah and Hamas in Gaza all belong to the so-called axis of resistance led by Iran, which on October 1…
US officials believe Israel is focusing on military and energy infrastructure as potential targets in its expected response to an Iranian missile strike earlier this month, NBC News reported Saturday, citing unnamed officials. A gas flare on an oil production platform is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf.(REUTERS File) The report suggests Israel…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to send troops into ground operations in Lebanon and attack the country. He also called for a halt on arms deliveries to Israel for use in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) (AFP) “I think…
Oct 03, 2024 02:57 PM IST Hamas govt chief in Gaza ‘eliminated’ in airstrike, says Israeli military The Israeli military announced Thursday that it had “eliminated” Rawhi Mushtaha, the head of the Hamas government in Gaza, along with two senior security officials, during airstrikes carried out three months ago. Israeli soldiers stand guard at the…
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago. It said that a strike on an underground compound in northern Gaza killed Rawhi Mushtaha and two other Hamas commanders, Sameh Siraj and Sameh Oudeh. There was no immediate…