HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Canada has called on its citizens in Lebanon to “return home immediately,” as Israel dramatically intensified airstrikes across Lebanon. “For Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are in Lebanon – return home immediately,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly wrote on X, warning against ma...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Francesca Albanese, UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine, has sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon were solely aimed at Hezbollah, calling the claim false. “Like the Palestinians, the Lebanese know that you are lying,” Albane...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed his departure to New York for the second time amid unprecedented attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon that threaten to spark a full-scale war. Originally scheduled to leave on Monday, Netanyahu’s trip has been rescheduled for Wednesday, according to Israel’s Army Radio. The ...
Staunchly pro-Israel senator John Fetterman has voiced strong support for Israel’s recent strikes targeting Hezbollah’s communication systems. In a statement, the Democrat praised Israel’s decision to detonate pagers and walkie talkies which it claims were used by Hezbollah. Since 1990, Fetterman has received over $200,000 f...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that attacks on the Lebanese group Hezbollah will continue until Israeli residents displaced from northern Israel can safely return to their homes. “Hezbollah is beginning to experience the strength of the Israeli army, and there is already a strong sense that they are being hunte...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has condemned Israel’s Friday airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs that left 31 people dead and has called on the international community to take a “decisive action” to stop Israeli attacks. In a statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said that such attacks represent a...
ANKARA (AA) – Hezbollah’s top military commander Ahmed Wahbi as well as 14 of its fighters were killed in an Israeli raid targeting Beirut’s southern suburb on Friday, the Lebanese group said. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 66 people were injured in an Israeli airstrike, with nine in critical condition. The Israeli army said ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Two more Hezbollah fighters were killed by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the group said on Friday. The Lebanese group Hezbollah identified the slain fighters as Yusuf Mohammad Al-Sayyed from the town of Beit Leif and Muhammad Ali Hassan al-Zein from the town of Qabrikha in southern Lebanon. However, the group did [&...
ANKARA (AA) – A Japanese firm on Thursday said it had stopped in 2014 producing and exporting the model of walkie-talkies used in this week’s second wave of deadly explosions in Lebanon. In a statement, Icom said they also discontinued the production of the batteries needed to operate the main unit. “The IC-V82 is a […]
BEIRUT (AA) – The death toll from two waves of wireless communication device explosions in Lebanon stood at 32 and thousands were injured, Health Minister Firas Al-Abiad said on Thursday. Thousands of pagers exploded in the capital Beirut and several areas across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing 12 people, including two children, and injuring 2,800...