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 […]...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese group Hezbollah targeted Israeli military sites along Lebanon’s southern border on Friday. The group announced that its fighters had targeted “a crane carrying spy supplies and equipment in the Dovev area.” Hezbollah also said its fighters “targeted the Israeli site Hadab Yaron with appropriate weapons” and ach...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army needs to be ready to launch an attack against Hezbollah, Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi said Wednesday. Halevi, along with the Commanding Officer of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, conducted a situation assessment, according to a statement from the army. Saying the army’s primary mission...
BEIRUT (AA) – Three Lebanese people were killed and one other was injured in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a house in Bent Jbeil town in southern Lebanon, local media reported on Wednesday. “The Bent Jbeil town awoke on a massacre committed by the Israeli enemy last night that left three of the town’s residents […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Nine Israeli soldiers were injured by an anti-tank missile fired by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, Israel’s army said on Tuesday. Israel’s war on Gaza has heightened regional tensions. A British maritime agency said explosions were heard and missiles were sighted off the coast of Yemen, where Iran...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Iraqi government has condemned the US targeting of its military sites, labelling it a “clear hostile act.” In a statement, the media office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said the US act “runs counter to the pursuit of enduring mutual interest in establishing security and stability,”...
