BEIRUT (AA) – At least 13 people have been killed during a series of Israeli bombardments of Beirut’s southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, and southern Lebanese towns. According to Lebanon’s official news agency, the Israeli army carried out 12 airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, targeting key areas....
WASHINGTON (AA) – American Muslims, who fiercely denounced the US’ unwavering support for Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, feel “betrayed” by the Biden-Harris administration as the first anniversary of the ongoing tragedy approaches. As many dynamics have shifted in the Middle East during the last year, the administration...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Israeli army has conducted another airstrike targeting the Masnaa area in eastern Lebanon cutting off the international road linking Lebanon and Syria, according to the Lebanese National News Agency. The attack follows Tel Aviv’s allegations that Hezbollah attempted to “smuggle weapons across the border.” Le...
ANKARA (AA) — The Israeli army has claimed that Mohammad Rashid Sakafi, the commander of Hezbollah’s communications unit, was “assassinated in a targeted airstrike” on Beirut on Thursday. In a statement, the Israeli army claimed that Sakafi, a senior figure in the Lebanese group, was killed in a “precise, intelligence-based strike....
JERUSALEM (AA) – Another Israeli officer has been killed during a battle in southern Lebanon, the Israeli army has announced. “Captain Ben Zion Falach, 21, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, was killed in a battle in southern Lebanon,” it said in a statement. It marks the ninth military death reported by the Israeli arm...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has confirmed that Iran targeted two of its air bases, Nevatim and Tel Nof, in recent attacks, according to the Israeli Army Radio. Despite the strikes, the army stated that both air bases remain fully operational. “The bases are functioning at full capacity, and just yesterday and the day […]
Sweden’s recently-appointed Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard was forced to flee parliament hall after tomatoes and onions were thrown at her during a debate about how Sweden should vote on a United Nations referendum about Israel and the West Bank. Stenergard fled when those in the stands suddenly started shouting and throwing th...
Israel has shut down the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old West Bank city of Hebron. The closure came as Israelis celebrated the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. Head of mosques at the Hebron Endowments Administration Akram al-Tamimi says strict military measures were implemented to prevent Palestinians from entering the city. He says he condemns the...
Lebanon’s health minister says more than 40 rescuers and firefighters have been killed by Israeli fire in three days. A total of 97 Lebanese frontline workers have been killed overall since Israel began its war on Gaza last October; 188 have been injured. Approximately 1,974 Lebanese civilians have been killed by Israeli strikes, including 12...
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a listening device was discovered in his bathroom in 2017. Johnson had been a foreign secretary at the time. He made the comments during an interview with The Telegraph. Johnson said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was behind the planted device. The Telegraph reports that Israel was als...
