JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has issued a threat to Hezbollah’s new chief Naim Qassem that he would meet the same fate as his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel assassinated September 27 in an airstrike. Katz responded to Qassem’s first official speech, where the Hezbollah leader pledged to co...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli has been killed in a rocket attack from Lebanon following an escalation of cross-border fire from Israel into Lebanon. Israel’s ambulance service Magen David Adom said an Israeli man died from rocket fire in Ma’alot Tarshiha Jewish settlement in the Galilee region in northern Israel. Israeli public broadcaster...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese group Hezbollah said Tuesday that it has elected Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem as its new leader. “Hezbollah’s Shura Council agreed to elect… Sheikh Naim Qassem as secretary-general of the group,” it said in a statement. Qassem, 71, succeeds Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed i...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 19 people were killed in intensified Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday, local media said. Three people lost their lives when Israeli fighter jets carried out two airstrikes in the border towns of Burji al-Shemali and Qaaqaait Al Jisr, the state news agency NNA reported. Five more people were […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hezbollah issued orders Saturday evening for the immediate evacuation of 25 settlements in northern Israel, warning residents that these areas are now “legitimate military targets.” In a video message posted on Telegram, Hezbollah addressed residents, stating, “You are requested to evacuate immediately. Your settlements h...
LONDON (AA) – A Norwegian humanitarian aid organization says Israel is waging “a war of aggression” against Lebanon’s entire population, not just Hezbollah, local media reported. “It is high time that the world dares to call a spade a spade. We are witnessing a war of aggression,” local news agency NTB quoted Norwegian People’s Aid...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is preparing to launch a “major attack” against Iran in response to the October 1 ballistic missile attack against Tel Aviv, an Israeli official said. Iran launched around 180 ballistic missiles on Israel in what Tehran said was a retaliation for the recent assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders and a [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – One Israeli was killed and 11 others injured on Saturday in separate incidents when rockets launched from Lebanon struck settlements in northern Israel. According to the Israel Hayom newspaper, the Magen David Adom emergency services confirmed the death of a man who sustained critical injuries when debris hit his vehicle...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least five people have been killed and several others injured in Israeli airstrikes in different areas of southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted the town of Jwaya in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, killing three people and injuring several others. Debris ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has called up an additional reserve brigade to its northern border to bolster its invasion of Lebanon. “In accordance with the situational assessment, the IDF (army) is calling up an additional reserve brigade for operational missions in the northern arena,” a military statement said. “This will enable t...
