US special envoy Amos Hochstein is in the region to hold talks with Israel and Lebanese officials about an IDF-Hezbollah ceasefire based on the United Security Council resolution 1701 that set the ceasefire terms that ended the Second Lebanon war in 2006. “We’re going to have a substantive conversation with the Government of Lebanon,…
Israel gave the United States a document last week with its conditions for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Lebanon, Axios reported on Sunday, citing two US officials and two Israeli officials. Israel has demanded its IDF forces be allowed to engage in “active enforcement” to make sure Hezbollah doesn’t rearm and rebuild…
Beirut, Lebanon – Israeli forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in combat on Wednesday in a surprise shootout in Rafah. The news raised some hopes among Western commentators that the killing may be an opening for an end to the ongoing war in Gaza or even to the broader Israel-Palestine conflict. However, analysts told Al…
Text size The Israeli military said its air force struck Hezbollah weapons stores and an intelligence centre on Saturday in the group’s southern Beirut stronghold. The Israeli Air Force “conducted a strike on a number of Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and a Hezbollah intelligence headquarters command centre in Dahiyeh,” the military said in a statement….
JERUSALEM — The Israeli government said a drone targeted the prime minister’s house Saturday, though there were no casualties, as Iran’s supreme leader vowed Hamas would continue its fight following the killing of the mastermind of last year’s deadly Oct. 7 attack. Sirens wailed in Israel warning of incoming fire from Lebanon; the military said dozens…
United States President Joe Biden has expressed optimism about preventing an all-out war between Israel and Iran, but he sounded less confident about the prospects of a ceasefire in Gaza soon. Speaking to reporters in Berlin on Friday, where he met with the leaders of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, Biden assessed the efforts…
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…
Israel has resumed air strikes on Beirut despite objections from the United States over the way it is conducting its campaign in Lebanon. Israeli military jets targeted the capital early on Wednesday for the first time since October 10. Three strikes were reported to have hit the southern suburbs of the city. The attack came…
Published on Oct 16, 2024 12:35 PM IST Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group released a video showing the launch of its advanced Qader-2 missiles against central Israel’s Tel Aviv city. The video showed two massive projectiles firing towards the city’s suburbs. In another video, Hezbollah warned that it would ‘burn’ the city of Haifa in Israel’s…
The Israeli military said around 50 projectiles were fired from Lebanon. Jerusalem: The Israeli military said around 50 projectiles were fired from Lebanon at the country’s north early Wednesday, without any reports of casualties. “Some of the projectiles were intercepted and fallen projectiles were identified in the area,” a military statement said, while Hezbollah said…