Hundreds mourn Hamas deputy leader at Beirut funeral
More than a thousand mourners attended the funeral in Beirut on Thursday of Hamas number two Saleh al-Arouri who was killed in a Lebanon strike blamed on Israel. Calling on …
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Iran blasts and Red Sea attacks stoke fears of a wider Middle East war
Iranians hold portraits of slain top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani during the commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary of his killing in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 3, 2024. Atta …
Israel-Gaza war: conflict extends into Beirut with killing of Hamas leader as fighting intensifies
Israeli forces intensified their bombing of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and told civilians to leave a refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian enclave after the war stretched …
Top Hamas official killed by blast in Lebanon, militant groups say
An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh al-Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, along with three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah said. Lebanon’s state-run National News …
Israeli drone kills senior Hamas official and 5 others in Beirut suburb
Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday night in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, a stronghold of allied Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, three …
Israel to pull some troops from Gaza as war against Hamas enters new phase
Israel is withdrawing some forces from Gaza to shift to more targeted operations against Hamas, and is partially returning reservists to civilian life to help the economy as the war …
Hezbollah border presence impacted by strikes in Lebanon, Israel says
Israel has completed a series of extensive strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, a military spokesman said on Friday, attacks which have impacted the Iran-backed group’s positioning near the border. …
Israeli forces bombard refugee camps in central Gaza as UN appoints humanitarian co-ordinator
Israeli forces on Tuesday expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate. Gaza’s main telecom provider …
Israel strikes Lebanon’s Nabatieh for first time since 2006 war
Beirut: An Israeli drone attacked the Lebanese southern city of Nabatieh for the first time since the July 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told the media. The …
A generation gap in attitudes could be undermining support for Israel in the West
For many years now, Israelis have been told that the biggest threat to the survival of the Jewish state is Iran’s quest to obtain nuclear weapons. But another long-term trend …