Blinken in Israel in last big ceasefire push before US election
Reuters Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Israel on Tuesday in the first big U.S. push for a Middle East ceasefire since Israel killed the leader of Hamas last…
Iran says neighbours won’t allow use of their ‘soil or airspace’ for attack
AFP Iran’s neighbours have pledged they will not allow the use of their “soil or airspace” for any attack, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday, as Israel weighs a…
Iran warns Israel against retaliation for missile attack
Reuters The commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards warned Israel on Thursday against attacking the Islamic Republic in retaliation for a missile barrage as the Israeli military stepped up its…
Saudi crown prince in Brussels for first EU-Gulf summit
AFP BRUSSELS, Belgium – Gulf leaders including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gathered with EU heads of state and government in Brussels Wednesday for a summit aimed at averting…
Israel steps up pressure in north Gaza amid fears of siege and displacement
Reuters Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in northern Gaza on Monday, killing at least 10 people queuing for food, according to Palestinians medics, and instructing people to evacuate…
Hezbollah drones kill four Israeli soldiers, dozens injured
Olayomi Koiki Hezbollah said on Sunday that it attacked a camp of the Israeli military’s Golani Brigade camp in Binyamina in northern Israel with a “swarm of drones”. Israel’s military…
Israeli strikes kill 22 in Beirut as Hezbollah leader evades assassination
Reuters 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…
Israeli forces fire at UN peacekeeper positions in south Lebanon, peacekeepers say
Reuters Israeli forces fired on two positions used by U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon on Thursday and at a third one on Wednesday, the U.N. force said, as Israel warned Lebanese…
Hezbollah, Israeli forces clash ahead of expected Biden-Netanyahu talks
AFP Hezbollah militants and Israeli forces exchanged fire along the Lebanon-Israel border on Wednesday, ahead of expected talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden. Hezbollah…
Hezbollah strikes Israel on Gaza war anniversary; fears grow over Middle East instability
Reuters Hezbollah rockets hit Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa, police said early on Monday, and Israeli media reported 10 injured in the country’s north on the first anniversary of the…