The Israeli military on Wednesday said it struck an underground storage facility in the southern suburbs of Beirut which it said contained weapons belonging to the Hezbollah militia. The army said that the strike on Dahiyeh was carried out after “numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including advancing warning to…
Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation said flights across Iran will be cancelled until 6am local time (02:30 GMT) on Monday, according to state media, following Israel’s bombardment and invasion of Lebanon to continue its assault on Shia militant group Hezbollah. The Israeli army has issued a new evacuation order for residents in the southern suburbs of…
Israel’s military intends to retaliate “significantly” and swiftly against Iran after the latter fired around 180 missiles at Israel’s territory, but it is still weighing what form this reprisal will take, according to a source briefed on the matter. Israel is currently examining a range of options to strike back at Iran, and it is…
The White House in a statement said President Joe Biden has directed U.S. forces to aid Israel’s defence against Iran, which launched missile attacks against the Jewish state. Sean Savett, U.S. National Security Council spokesperson said Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris “are monitoring the Iranian attack against Israel from the White House Situation Room…
Israel has launched fresh series of attacks on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Wednesday. The army made the announcement on social media platform X, saying it was attacking terrorist targets in Beirut. The army issued multiple evacuation orders for people living in several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs in the early hours of Wednesday….
The U.S. and Israel agreed on the “necessity of dismantling attack infrastructure” along the Lebanon border, the Pentagon has said. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had spoken with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant to review security developments and Israeli operations, his department said in a statement. The U.S. and Israel had agreed on “the…
The Israeli military said on Sunday that dozens of fighter jets have carried out airstrikes in Yemen in a large-scale operation aimed at Houthi militants. The air raids targeted energy facilities and an oil dock in the Ras Isa and Hodaida ports where Houthi militants were said to have received Iranian weapons and military supplies,…
An Israeli drone on Tuesday fired several missiles at a flat in a five-story building in the market town of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. Eight people were injured, according to an initial toll announced by the Lebanese Health Ministry. It was not immediately clear whether there were any Hezbollah members were in the targeted building….
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities for an agreement to release around 100 hostages held by Palestinian Islamist Hamas on Saturday. “We must not sacrifice any more lives; we must not sacrifice them [the remaining hostages],” said a relative of a hostage who died last week, at the…
UK Defence Secretary, John Healey, stated that Israel’s security would not be weakened by the suspension of some arms exports, amidst a backlash from Tel Aviv and Jewish leaders. The British government suspended around 30 out of approximately 350 licences due to concerns they could be used in violation of international humanitarian law in the…
