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October 15, 2024 10:51 AM

Israel strikes north Lebanon town, UN expresses concern about peacekeepers

Israel expanded its targets in its war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people in an airstrike in the north, health officials said, while millions of Israelis took shelter from projectiles fired back across the borde...

October 14, 2024 10:35 AM

UN says Israeli tanks burst into peacekeeper base, while Hezbollah drones kill four

The United Nations said Israeli tanks had burst into its base in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the latest accusation of Israeli violations against peacekeeping forces, as Hezbollah unleashed a deadly "swarm of drones" on an Israeli military camp. Isra...

October 14, 2024 12:18 PM

US to send anti-missile system and troops to Israel

The United States said on Sunday it will send U.S. troops to Israel along with an advanced U.S. anti-missile system, in a highly unusual deployment meant to bolster the country's air defenses following missile attacks by Iran. U.S. President ...

October 13, 2024 9:50 AM

Israeli strikes kill 29 people in Gaza, medics say, as tanks push deeper in the north

Israeli military strikes on Gaza on Saturday killed at least 29 Palestinians, medics said, and forces kept pushing deeper into the Jabalia area, where international relief agencies say thousands of people are trapped. Residents said Israeli forces c...

October 11, 2024 9:22 PM

Hezbollah’s priority is defeating Israel, open to efforts to stop the attacks, group’s official

Hezbollah's priority right now is defeating Israel militarily but it is open to any efforts to stop "the aggression", the head of Lebanese group's media office, Mohammad Afif, said on Friday. The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has intensified...

October 11, 2024 11:10 AM

Israeli strikes kill 22 in Beirut as Hezbollah leader evades assassination

Israeli strikes killed 22 people and injured more than 100 in central Beirut on Thursday, Lebanese authorities said, as a senior Hezbollah official evaded an Israeli assassination attempt in the city, according to three security sources. In Lebanon'...

October 10, 2024 5:30 PM

Israeli troops fire at 3 UNIFIL positions in southern Lebanon, U.N. source says

Israeli troops opened fire at three positions held by U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Thursday, according to a U.N. source who was not immediately able to specify the type of fire. The source said one of the locations fired at was UNIFIL's ...

October 10, 2024 3:41 PM

Kremlin dismisses reports of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine

The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed South Korean assertions that North Korea may have sent some military personnel to help Russia against Ukraine and might be weighing a bigger deployment. South Korea's Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun this week said "t...

October 10, 2024 11:54 AM

Israel says it eliminates Hezbollah ‘Golan Heights’ member, Syrian media report Israeli airstrikes

Israel's military said it had eliminated a Hezbollah member in Syria who relayed intelligence against Israel in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, while Syrian media reported on Thursday that Israeli airstrikes hit targets in Syria. Israel, which h...

October 10, 2024 9:50 AM

Israel carries out airstrikes on sites in Syria, state TV says

Israel carried out airstrikes targeting an industrial site in the Syrian city of Homs and a military site in the countryside near the city of Hama leaving only "some material damage," Syrian state TV said early on Thursday. Israel targeted a car man...

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