The IDF stated that Anisi was a significant source of knowledge and had considerable technological expertise
The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate a city and other communities in southern Lebanon that are north of a UN-declared buffer zone, signalling that it may widen a ground operation launched earlier this week against the Hezbollah militant group. Israel has told people to leave Nabatieh, a provincial capital, and other communities north of the Litani River, which formed the northern edge of the border zone established by the UN Security Council after the 2006 war in a resolution that both sides accuse the other of violating. At least eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in clashes with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, where Israel announced the start of what it says is a limited ground incursion earlier this week. The region was meanwhile bracing for Israeli retaliation following an Iranian ballistic missile attack. Strikes kill and wound first responders The Lebanese Red Cross said an Israeli strike wounded four of its paramedics and killed a Lebanese army sold
US President Joe Biden has affirmed Israel's right to retaliate to Tuesday's Iranian missile attack, while the Israeli Cabinet has delayed its response in a bid to coordinate with Washington
Israel pressed forward on two fronts on Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead and conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. As Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran's ballistic missile attack a day earlier, the region braced for further escalation. Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and the Hamas militants who run the Gaza Strip, launched dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday night, another escalation in a tit-for-tat cycle that is pushing the Middle East closer to a regional war. Israel warned that the attack would have "repercussions". The Israeli military said seven soldiers were killed in two Hezbollah attacks in southern Lebanon, without elaborating. The deaths followed an earlier announcement of the first Israeli combat death in Lebanon since the start of the incursion -- a 22-year-old captain in a commando brigade. Another seven troops were wounded. Together, the deaths announced on
Iran launched approximately 200 missiles at Israel targeting civilian areas and endangering lives, thanks to proper civilian response and advanced defences, the damage was relatively minor, he said
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Earlier, in a series of targeted airstrikes, Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter jets, under precise guidance from the Intelligence Directorate, struck multiple Hezbollah weapons production sites
Nevtim air base houses Israel's F-35 fighter jets, according to a report in the Tehran Times, which added that the fighter jets that bombarded Beirut on September 27 flew from this military air base
Middle East is in much more volatile situation than it was even a year ago as the conflict has expanded far outside of fighting primarily between Israel-Hamas in Palestine and Gaza
Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows
In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly last week, Netanyahu said Israel should be supported as it tries to reshape the Middle East in positive ways
Iran launched almost 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening, causing scattered damage and fires from falling shrapnel, but Israeli authorities said there were no injuries. An Israeli security official said most of the missiles were intercepted, though some managed to land. Israeli officials said Iran would pay a price for the strike. The missile attack came after Israel said ground troops crossed into Lebanon overnight, launching what the military described as a limited operation to root out Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure. Hezbollah, meanwhile, said it saw no sign of Israeli forces and that its troops were ready to confront them. Israel said the incursion would be focused on the narrow strip of land just across the border. But it also issued evacuation warnings covering a wider swath of Lebanon, raising fears that a large-scale ground invasion was soon to come. In recent days, a wave of Israeli airstrikes has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and several of his to
Israel launched limited ground raids into southern Lebanon late on Monday night against Hezbollah forces and infrastructure positioned along Israel's northern border
Earlier in the day, the IDF initiated limited, localised, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence against Hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon
Israel launched small ground raids against Hezbollah, officials said Monday, and it declared three of its northern communities as a "closed military zone as signals grew that more forces could soon be sent into Lebanon to fight the Iran-backed militants. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Israel informed the US about the raids, which he said were described as limited operations focused on Hezbollah infrastructure near the border. There were no reports of direct clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants on Lebanese soil. The last time the two enemies engaged in ground combat was a monthlong war in 2006. But a Western official, a diplomat in Cairo whose country is directly involved in de-escalation efforts, said an Israeli ground operation in Lebanon is imminent. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, said Israel had shared its plans with the US and other Western allies, and conveyed the operation will be ...
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike, ending his 32-year leadership over the Iran-backed militia and political organisation that dominates southern Lebanon.
Last month, 3,000 pagers used by Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, exploded after a coded message was sent to them
According to the IDF, Eid Hassan Nashar held key leadership roles within Hezbollah
A suspected attack Tuesday by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the Red Sea, likely marking their first assault on commercial shipping in weeks as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to become a regional conflict. The attack comes as Israeli ground forces entered Lebanon after days of Israeli airstrikes that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other top leaders and the earlier explosions of sabotaged electronic devices used by the Shiite militia. The Houthis had threatened escalating military operations targeting Israel on Monday after they apparently shot down a US military drone flying over the country. The attack Tuesday morning took place some 110 kilometres off the port city of Hodeida in the Red Sea, which has become a battlefield for shippers since the Houthis began their campaign targeting ships travelling through a waterway that once saw USD 1 trillion a year of cargo pass through it. A captain on a ship saw four splashes near his vessel, the British military's .
The remarks by Elahi came on the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike carried out by Israel