Washington, United States – AFP An Israeli strike that killed a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Tehran “don’t help” regional tensions but there are no signs of an imminent wider conflict, the White House said Wednesday. “These reports over the last 24, 48 hours cer...
Al Jazeera journalists Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Refee were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Shati refugee camp in Gaza on Wednesday. The two were reporting near the home of Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran. Israel has yet to comment on their murders, though it has previously denied targeting journalists. The Committee [&h...
Palestinian groups are calling for an international investigation into the conditions of Palestinians in Israeli jails. This is following reports of the gang-rape of a Palestinian prisoner by Israeli soldiers in the Israeli Sde Teiman Prison. According to Israel’s Army Radio, 10 soldiers were detained for questioning as part of an inve...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened military action against Israel. He is suggesting a possible intervention in Palestine similar to Turkiye’s past involvement in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. Erdogan’s remarks reference Turkiye’s previous military engagements, including its 2020 intervention in Libya and its support for Azerb...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Hezbollah has said that senior military commander Fuad Shukr was inside the building in Beirut’s southern suburbs hit by Israel the other day and that his fate was still unknown. The Israeli military claimed that its Tuesday strike had “eliminated” Shukr, a top Hezbollah commander it said was respo...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned the assassination of Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh, saying Iran considers it a duty to “avenge the dear guest’s blood.” The statement came hours after Haniyeh, who was in Tehran to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas announced early Wednesday that its political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran. “Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian people, to the Arab and Islamic nations, and to all the free people of the world, ...
The US Embassy in Beirut has urged American citizens in the country to prepare crisis plans and leave the country amid fears of an Israeli attack. Tension has escalated between Hezbollah and Israel following a missile attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams in Israel-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday. While Israel blames Hezbollah for [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – Authorities in France have launched an investigation after people attending the 2024 Paris Olympics displayed a banner protesting the Israeli army’s attacks on Gaza during a football match between Israel and Paraguay. The fans, who carried Palestinian flags and a banner reading “Genocide Olympics,” are being probed fo...
BEIRUT (AA) – Israel killed two people and injured five others in southern Lebanon, targeting a car and a motorcycle on Monday. Lebanon’s official news agency reported that an Israeli drone struck a car between the towns of Mays al-Jabal and Chaqra on the road to Al Qala, resulting in two injuries. A second attack […]
