Lebanon Says Israeli Strike Cuts Off Main Road To Syria
The strike, which Israel has not commented on, comes after 310,000 people, mostly Syrians, have in recent days fled the war pitting Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon for relative safety in neighbouring Syria.
British Jets 'Played Their Part' In Defending Israel: UK
UK armed forces "played their part in attempts to prevent further escalation" after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel, the British government said Wednesday.
Airlines Struggle To Reroute Flights After Iran Missile Strike
Data showed that there were about 80 flights, which were diverted from their original destinations due to the missile attack on Israel.
Hezbollah Losses Strengthen Turkey Against Iran: Analysts
Turkey's Sunni President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been unsparing in denouncing Israel since the start of its devastating assault on Gaza last year following a deadly attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Israel-UN Relations Sink To New Depths
Since Hamas's deadly attack inside Israel nearly a year ago, UN-linked courts, councils, agencies and staff have unleashed a barrage of condemnation and criticism of Israel's devastating retaliatory operation in Gaza.
As Wars Rage, UN's Critics Say Global Body Is Failing Its Mission
Maintaining peace and international security is one of the UN's central missions, but its record has been badly tarnished as bloodshed intensifies in conflicts across the world, including in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.
Israel Warns Lebanese As Wave Of Strikes Hits Hezbollah
After nearly a year of tit-for-tat cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, exchanges over the weekend reached their most intense since the outbreak of war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip last October 7.
Israel Has 'Opportunity' to Deal Serious Blow to Hezbollah After Commanders Taken Out By Explosions: Top Military Analyst
Ehud Yaari stated that Israel has an opportunity to devastate Hezbollah due to the organization's weakened state following a deadly pager attack on Tuesday
Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after deadly pager blasts
There was no immediate comment from Israel on the explosions that killed nine people, including the 10-year-old daughter of a Hezbollah member, and wounded around 2,800 others.
Gruesome footage from inside Lebanese hospital shows hands missing fingers, holes in waistlines of Hezbollah members
Footage from Lebanese hospitals show the grisly chaos following simultaneous explosions of Hezbollah pagers across Beirut on Tuesday.
Israel Widens Focus Of War To Include Lebanon Front
The announcement came with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken due back in the region this week to try to revive stalled ceasefire talks for the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Gaza Rescuers Say 18 Killed In Israeli Strike On School
The strike on Wednesday flattened part of the UN-run facility where Gazans had sought shelter, leaving only a charred heap of rebar and concrete.
US Urges Israel To Make Changes After US Activist Killed In W. Bank
US President Joe Biden said he thought the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was an "accident", but both Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin called it "unprovoked and unjustified".
Gaza Agency Says Israeli Strike Kills 40 In Humanitarian Zone
Gaza's civil defence agency said Tuesday that an Israeli strike on a humanitarian zone in the south of the Palestinian territory killed 40 people and wounded 60 others, with the Israeli army saying it had targeted a Hamas command centre in the area.
Hamas Says Netanyahu Trying To 'Thwart' Gaza Truce
The blame trading comes as Netanyahu faces pressure to seal a deal that would free remaining hostages, after Israeli authorities announced on Sunday the deaths of six whose bodies were recovered from a Gaza tunnel.
Israel Set For General Strike After Gaza Hostages Found Dead
The call by Israel's largest union to paralyze the economy follows a night of massive demonstrations, with tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets in an outpouring of grief and fury over six hostages killed in the Gaza Strip.
US Leaders Outraged Over Death Of Hamas Hostages, Including American Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Politicians expressed collective outrage over the deaths of the six hostages of Hamas, after they were discovered by Israeli forces.
UN Aid Official Questions World's 'Humanity' As Gaza War Rages
Israel's war against Palestinian militant group Hamas has come under increasing scrutiny as the civilian death toll rises, but international powers including the United States have failed so far to help negotiate a ceasefire.
Death Toll Rises As Israeli West Bank Raids Enter Second Day
The operation was launched as violence raged on in the other main Palestinian territory, the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by war since Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attacks.
Israel Launches Deadly West Bank Operation
Violence has surged in the West Bank during the Gaza conflict sparked by Islamist group Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel.
Israel Strikes Gaza After Lebanon Flare-up
The Gaza war, triggered by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, has drawn in Tehran-aligned armed groups across the Middle East, repeatedly heightening fears of a broader regional conflagration.
War-battered Gaza Faces Uphill Battle Against Polio
Unrelenting air strikes by Israel more than 10 months into its war against Gaza rulers Hamas, restrictions of aid entering the besieged territory and hot summer temperatures all threaten the viability of a life-saving inoculation drive.
Blinken Presses Hamas To Back Gaza Truce But Sees Gaps With Israel
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken appealed Tuesday to Hamas urgently to accept a ceasefire plan to ease suffering in Gaza but also entered a public spat with Israel as he capped a new round of shuttle diplomacy.
Lebanon Says Five Killed In Fresh Israel Strikes
The strikes came more than 24 hours after Israel carried out similar raids deep inside east Lebanon and as tensions mounted in the wake of the Israeli killing of a top Hezbollah commander.
Gaza Ceasefire Talks To Resume For 2nd Day In Qatar
The on-and-off truce talks reconvened in Qatar's capital on Thursday without Hamas, which has accused Israel of obstructing a deal and insists on the implementation of previously agreed terms.
'It's Scary': Israeli Frontline City In Dark Over Port Blast Risks
The fact that Haifa's industrial area sits next to one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean also stokes fears of environmental disaster
Pressure For Deal Builds Ahead Of New Gaza Truce Talks
In a veiled warning to Iran, Hamas and Israel, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Wednesday said "no party in the region should take actions that would undermine efforts to reach a deal," the US State Department said.
US Lifts Restrictions On Saudi Weapons, With Eye On Resolving Gaza
More than three years after imposing limits on human rights grounds over Saudi strikes in Yemen, the State Department said it would return to weapons sales "in regular order, with appropriate congressional notification and consultation."
Iran Rejects Western Calls To Stand Down Israel Threat
The Islamic republic and its allies have blamed Israel for Haniyeh's killing on July 31 during a visit to the Iranian capital for the swearing-in of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Israel has not commented.
Hamas Demands Biden Truce Plan Implemented As Gazans Flee Israeli Advance
International mediators had invited Israel and Hamas to resume talks towards a long-sought truce and hostage-release deal, after the fighting in Gaza and the killings of Iran-aligned militant leaders sparked fears of a wider conflict.