Text size Sacked Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday called on the government to bring home the hostages in Gaza while they were “still alive” and insisted that all Israelis of draft age must serve in the military. “Our commitment to bringing back the hostages —- we must do this quickly, while they are…
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has escalated with new rounds of airstrikes by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon. Israel launched dozens of airstrikes across northeastern Lebanon on Friday, killing at least 52 people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Palestinians also recovered the bodies of more than two dozen people killed in an Israeli air assault in…
Text size Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday the appointment of Naim Qassem to succeed Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah chief would “strengthen” the resistance. Pezeshkian expressed confidence that Qassem’s appointment “will strengthen the will of the resistance”, while hoping for “the cessation of aggression by the illegal Zionist regime (Israel) and the establishment of…
Text size Israel and Iran accused each other Monday of endangering Middle East peace at a UN meeting called after Israel attacked Iranian military targets. On Saturday, Israel carried out air strikes on military sites in Iran in response to Tehran’s October 1 missile barrage on Israel. The latter was in retaliation for the killing…
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new video loaded: Israelis and Palestinians React to Assassination of Hamas Leader transcript Back transcript Israelis and Palestinians React to Assassination of Hamas Leader While some Israelis expressed hope that the war might end soon, many Palestinians were doubtful that the death of Yahya Sinwar would lead to a cease-fire. “We are kind of, let’s…
Israel’s military launched strikes Tuesday on eastern Lebanon, official Lebanese media reported, as Hezbollah fought Israeli soldiers after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed no mercy for the militant group. The premier’s pledge on Monday came a day after a drone attack by the Iran-backed Lebanese group on an Israeli base killed four soldiers, while volunteer…
Thousands of Cubans, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist-run island, marched in Havana on Monday to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The demonstrators, including some 250 Palestinian medical students living in Cuba, carried a large banner that read “Long live free Palestine,” while the president and his allies wore…
Text size Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes across Lebanon on Saturday killed 51 people. Increased air strikes on what Israel describes as sites of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon since September 23 have killed more than 1,300 people, according to an AFP tally of official figures, including for Saturday. ah/it Source link
Rubble and plumes of smoke were all that was left Sunday of Nabatiyeh marketplace, once the beating heart of the city in south Lebanon where Israel has intensified its bombardment. Late Saturday, state media reported Israeli air strikes on the marketplace of the major city some dozen kilometres (miles) from the border with Israel. The…