BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said Tuesday that three of its members had been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. The group, however, did not provide any details about the circumstances leading to their death, saying only they were killed on the road to Jerusalem, a phrase used by the movement […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel claimed it had “dismantled” Hamas’s military leadership in northern Gaza as its war on Gaza entered a fourth month Sunday, with fears mounting that the conflict could spread into neighbouring Lebanon. Israel’s army said late Saturday it had “completed the dismantling of t...
ANKARA (AA) – Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah fired more than 60 rockets at an Israeli army base on the border with Lebanon in response to the assassination earlier this week of Hamas’ deputy chief. “In a first reaction to the crime of assassinating the great leader Sheikh Salih al-Arouri, the Islamic resistance (Hezbollah) targeted ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel bombed southern Gaza Saturday as the UN warned the besieged Palestinian territory has been rendered “uninhabitable” by three months of war. Civilians in the Gaza Strip have borne the brunt of Israel’s attacks as the scale of the destruction has triggered mass displacement and a deepe...
BEIRUT – AFP Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned Israel against all-out conflict, after Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi, in a visit to the Lebanese border, said troops were “in very high readiness”. In a televised speech, Nasrallah said that “for now, we are fighting on the frontline following meticulous calcul...
BEIRUT (AA) – The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon has voiced deep concern over possible escalation of hostilities after the assassination of Hamas’ deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanese capital Beirut Tuesday evening. The escalation could lead to “devastating consequences” for people on both sides of the Blue Line, ...
ANKARA (AA) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron has urged Israel to avoid escalation, “particularly in Lebanon,” following the Israeli drone strike in Beirut which killed a top Hamas figure. According to a statement by Elysee Palace, Macron held a phone call with Benny Gantz, former Israeli defense minister and war cabinet m...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday after the army said it is ready for “any scenario” following a drone strike in Lebanon which killed the deputy leader of Hamas, stoking fears of a regional escalation. Although Israel did not claim the Beirut assassination on Tuesday evening, it was widely as...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israel’s war against Palestinians reached into the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, where an Israeli strike killed Hamas’s deputy leader, the group and security officials in Lebanon said. A high-level security official told AFP that Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hezbollah announced on Sunday that another of its fighters was killed by the Israeli army along the border between Lebanon and Israel. The Lebanon-based group said in a statement that it “mourned Ali Ahmed Saad-Jibril from the city of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon,” who was killed by the Israeli forces. Hezbollah […]...
