A war that can have no winners
2 months, 2 weeks ago

A war that can have no winners

Hindustan Times  

Israel has the support of the US, from where evidence has emerged of the Biden administration turning a blind eye to Netanyahu’s flagrant human rights violations, but Tel Aviv has lost the propaganda war. It’s been a year since Hamas launched its ill-conceived and brazen terrorist attacks on Israel that enabled the group to take scores of hostages but led to a debilitating war. Israel unleashed intense strikes targeting Hezbollah on October 6, almost a year since the attack by Palestinian Hamas militants that sparked the war in Gaza. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Israel has the support of the US, from where evidence has emerged of the Biden administration turning a blind eye to Netanyahu’s flagrant human rights violations, but Tel Aviv has lost the propaganda war.

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Israeli strike in Gaza kills 25 people
1 week, 4 days ago

Israeli strike in Gaza kills 25 people

Deccan Chronicle  

Deir Al-Balah: An Israeli airstrike hit the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 25 Palestinians and wounding dozens more, Palestinian medics said, as U.S. President Joe Biden’s two top national security officials were in the region making a renewed push for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire. The strike on a multistory residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp was just …

Netanyahu to appear in court for trial in corruption case against him
2 weeks ago

Netanyahu to appear in court for trial in corruption case against him

India Today  

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to take the stand on Tuesday for the first time in his long-running corruption trial under a court order that is likely to force him to juggle between the courtroom and war room for weeks. The shock Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and the ensuing Gaza war swept Netanyahu's …

Mideast conflict: Jewish settlers attack Palestinian towns and clash with Israeli troops
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Mideast conflict: Jewish settlers attack Palestinian towns and clash with Israeli troops

New Indian Express  

The West Bank has seen a surge in settler violence since the start of the war. In Lebanon, a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has held despite Israeli forces carrying out several new drone and artillery strikes on Tuesday, killing a shepherd in the country's south. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed keep striking “with an iron fist” against …

Amid ceasefire, Israel launches airstrikes in Lebanon killing 11 after Hezbollah attack
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3 weeks ago

Amid ceasefire, Israel launches airstrikes in Lebanon killing 11 after Hezbollah attack

Hindustan Times  

Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump demanded the immediate release of Israeli hostages …

Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire’s limits
3 weeks ago

Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire’s limits

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump demanded the immediate release of …

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire: Here's why this deal has made a Gaza truce all the more unlikely
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire: Here's why this deal has made a Gaza truce all the more unlikely

Firstpost  

Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for potential war crimes, said that the ceasefire on the northern front would allow Israel’s military to regroup and focus on Hamas and Iran Due to Israel's ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, a truce in Gaza appears to be all the more unlikely. She is hopeful that after the ceasefire between Israel …

The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire quiets one front but Gaza sees no end to war
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire quiets one front but Gaza sees no end to war

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — For many across the Middle East, the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire came as a relief: the first major sign of progress in the region since war began more than a year ago. “Now it is winter, and all the people are drowning.” Palestinians feel resigned to continued war The war between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7, 2023, when …

Netanyahu's 'arrogant' policies & commanders' failures led to Oct 7 attack, say victims' families
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Netanyahu's 'arrogant' policies & commanders' failures led to Oct 7 attack, say victims' families

Firstpost  

A report by families of October 7 attack’s victims has indicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘arrogant’ policies over the years for creating conditions ripe for the Hamas-led attack last year Israeli Prime Minister Benjamine Netanyahu’s “arrogant” policies over several years and failure of national security apparatus led to the October 7 attack, according to the families of the victims. …

Israel bombards Beirut suburbs as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Israel bombards Beirut suburbs as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah

The Independent  

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Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak

Live Mint  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the world watched for signs of how the U.S. election might affect the war against Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has spoken three times with Donald Trump since Tuesday’s election …

Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza's most devastated region
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza's most devastated region

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s endless war,” said Michael Milshtein, a former Israeli …

Israel, Hamas Signal Openness to Talks on Gaza War as Tel Aviv Directs Its Wrath towards Hezbollah
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israel, Hamas Signal Openness to Talks on Gaza War as Tel Aviv Directs Its Wrath towards Hezbollah

Firstpost  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes Egypt's readiness to reach a deal for the release of the hostages held by militants in Gaza. The talks in Cairo are part of Egypt's ongoing efforts to resume ceasefire negotiations. Both sides must commit to a ceasefire, withdraw from the Gaza Strip, allow the return of displaced people, agree to a serious prisoner …

Blinken Warns of 'Time to End' Gaza Conflict, Urges Israel to Avoid Escalation
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2 months ago

Blinken Warns of 'Time to End' Gaza Conflict, Urges Israel to Avoid Escalation

Firstpost  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges Israel to seize on the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza to work towards a ceasefire. Blinken also presses for more aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza, as concerns rise for tens of thousands of civilians trapped by fighting in the hard-to-reach north.

Blinken Presses Netanyahu to Publicly Deny Siege of North Gaza, Discusses Ceasefire & Hostage Deal
2 months ago

Blinken Presses Netanyahu to Publicly Deny Siege of North Gaza, Discusses Ceasefire & Hostage Deal

Firstpost  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly reject the idea of a siege of north Gaza. The two discussed the ceasefire and hostage deal, the day-after plan for the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and the expected retaliation to Iran's missile attack.

Israel says more strikes are coming against a Hezbollah-run financial institution
2 months ago

Israel says more strikes are coming against a Hezbollah-run financial institution

LA Times  

Rescue workers use a bulldozer to remove rubble of destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night that hit several branches of the Hezbollah-run Al-Qard al-Hassan in Beirut’s southern suburb on Monday. Israel said late Monday it planned to carry out more strikes in Lebanon against a Hezbollah-run financial institution that it targeted the night before …

Biden tells Netanyahu: Now is the opportunity to seek peace in Gaza
2 months ago

Biden tells Netanyahu: Now is the opportunity to seek peace in Gaza

The Independent  

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US threatens to cut off arms supply to Israel: Strongest known warning sent to Netanyahu since war began calls for greater humanitarian aid in Gaza
2 months, 1 week ago

US threatens to cut off arms supply to Israel: Strongest known warning sent to Netanyahu since war began calls for greater humanitarian aid in Gaza

Daily Mail  

The White House demanded Israel take several concrete actions within 30 days The US has issued a stark ultimatum to Israel, warning it must relax restrictions on the flow of aid into and around Gaza lest it face being cut off from arms imports. Civil defense teams and Palestinian residents extinguish the fire and search and rescue work in the …

Netanyahu Considers 'Surrender Or Starve' Plan To Target Militants In North Gaza
2 months, 1 week ago

Netanyahu Considers 'Surrender Or Starve' Plan To Target Militants In North Gaza

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes. Dawou Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images “All …

Peace still elusive as fears grow of another catastrophe
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Peace still elusive as fears grow of another catastrophe

China Daily  

By PAN JIE | China Daily | Updated: 2024-10-08 07:00 Syrian children sit in a makeshift camp in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, after being displaced by Israeli airstrikes. And we Li Xinggang, a researcher at the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean Rim at Zhejiang International Studies University, told China Daily, "By saying 'another Gaza', it is more like a …

Mideast violence is spiraling a year since the Gaza war began
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mideast violence is spiraling a year since the Gaza war began

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the focus has shifted …

1 year after Hamas attacked Israel, the conflict grows more dangerous than ever
2 months, 2 weeks ago

1 year after Hamas attacked Israel, the conflict grows more dangerous than ever

NPR  

1 year after Hamas attacked Israel, the conflict grows more dangerous than ever toggle caption Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images This story is a part of an NPR series reflecting on Oct. 7, a year of war and how it has changed life across Israel, the Gaza Strip, the region and the world. Israel is blamed for Gaza's growing humanitarian …

War rages on multiple fronts as Israel marks a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack
2 months, 2 weeks ago

War rages on multiple fronts as Israel marks a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

LA Times  

People hug at the house of Maayan and Yuval Bar, a year after the pair were killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas militants at Kibbutz Beeri, an Israeli commune on the Gaza border. Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, which has been firing rockets into Israel for the last year in support of ally Hamas, launched more than 170 …

One year on from the horrors of 7 October, Israel must work to secure a peaceful future
2 months, 2 weeks ago

One year on from the horrors of 7 October, Israel must work to secure a peaceful future

The Independent  

One year after the atrocities committed by Hamas, 7 October 2023 remains a date that will live in infamy. We will not stand for it.” It is a sobering thought that the killings on 7 October and subsequently in Palestine and Israel should have produced such distant reverberations as riots in Southport and Rotherham, the loss of safe Labour seats …

Israeli strike on Gaza mosque kills 19 as conflict widens in Lebanon
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli strike on Gaza mosque kills 19 as conflict widens in Lebanon

NPR  

Israeli strike on Gaza mosque kills 19 as conflict widens in Lebanon toggle caption Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Israel has intensified its strikes in Gaza and Lebanon, as the expanding conflict in the Mideast approaches one full year since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7. Israeli airstrikes this weekend have killed scores of people, according to health …

As he pursues a fight on five fronts, does Netanyahu even want peace?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

As he pursues a fight on five fronts, does Netanyahu even want peace?

The Independent  

One year on from the invasion led by Hamas terrorists that has been called the greatest trauma in Israel’s history, in which 1,200 Israelis were killed and more than 200 taken hostage, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government claims sudden success. Netanyahu’s belligerent speech to the United Nations last week, to an almost empty chamber, led diplomats to ask whether he was preparing …

Your guide to the major party presidential candidates’ views on foreign policy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Your guide to the major party presidential candidates’ views on foreign policy

LA Times  

More than a year has passed since Hamas-led militants poured into southern Israel in an attack that left about 1,200 people dead and took around 250 hostage, unleashing Israel’s brutal war in the Gaza Strip. Harris supports President Biden’s ongoing cease-fire talks, which envision Israel withdrawing from the coastal enclave and a “clear pathway” to the formation of an independent …

War clouds all over West Asia
2 months, 3 weeks ago

War clouds all over West Asia

Hindustan Times  

Israel’s actions in Lebanon, including the killing of veteran Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, have taken West Asia well past the brink it has teetered on for almost a year since the brazen terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s threat to Iran, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s pledge to avenge the killing of Nasrallah and the …

Israeli attacks provoke entire Mideast: Official
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Israeli attacks provoke entire Mideast: Official

China Daily  

Palestinians rest under the rubble of a house destroyed in Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday. MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS With Israel ramping up its military operations in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, a senior Lebanese official warned that the escalating crisis in his country would roil the entire Middle East region. Joining the calls at …

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel carries out attacks in Beirut on Hezbollah targets
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel carries out attacks in Beirut on Hezbollah targets

Associated Press  

The Israeli military says it struck the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut. Lebanon’s Health Ministry raises death toll from airstrike targeting Hezbollah in Beirut BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Health Ministry said six were killed and 91 wounded in several Israeli strikes that struck Friday. Lebanon’s Prime Minister slams Israel for the Beirut strikes BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati …

Israel action triggers fears of regional war
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel action triggers fears of regional war

Hindustan Times  

Close to 600 people have died in Israel’s bombardment across Lebanon in the past three days. Israel’s new offensive against Hezbollah, an Iran-backed outfit based in Lebanon, has triggered fears that the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza could escalate, leading to instability across West Asia. Lebanon said 23 people were killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes across …

How Israel could wage all-out war with Hezbollah: The options now available to the IDF from stepping up bombing raids and creating a 'buffer zone' to a full-scale invasion of Lebanon
2 months, 4 weeks ago

How Israel could wage all-out war with Hezbollah: The options now available to the IDF from stepping up bombing raids and creating a 'buffer zone' to a full-scale invasion of Lebanon

Daily Mail  

Israel yesterday pounded Hezbollah targets across eastern and southern Lebanon in round-the-clock strikes that left 492 people dead and more than a thousand injured. Fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah carry out a training exercise in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern Lebanon, Sunday, May 21, 2023 Grad rocket systems are seen in this Hezbollah training footage Israeli …

News Analysis: An imperiled Hezbollah faces the prospect of all-out war with Israel
3 months ago

News Analysis: An imperiled Hezbollah faces the prospect of all-out war with Israel

LA Times  

Smoke rises behind a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike on Khiam village, as seen from Marjayoun town, south Lebanon, Tuesday. In the last week, Israel has refocused its military efforts on Hezbollah and ramped up its attacks in an attempt to pummel the group into a diplomatic solution — even at the risk of a broader regional war that …

Motivation is a mystery in apparent Israeli pager attacks in Lebanon
3 months ago

Motivation is a mystery in apparent Israeli pager attacks in Lebanon

LA Times  

Of all the mysteries surrounding a sophisticated and startling attack against an avowed adversary of Israel, one question stands out: Why? The Tuesday attack “undermines Hezbollah’s operational capacity to communicate securely with its personnel,” researchers Yaakov Lappin and Tal Beeri wrote on the website of Alma, an Israeli think tank specializing in the conflict on Israel’s northern border. Hamas’ surprise …

Israel says halting Hezbollah attacks is now a war goal as officials warn of a wider operation
3 months, 1 week ago

Israel says halting Hezbollah attacks is now a war goal as officials warn of a wider operation

LA Times  

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept an attack from Lebanon over the Galilee region, near Kiryat Shmona, as seen from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Tuesday. Israel said Tuesday that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the country’s north to allow residents to return to their homes is now an official war goal, as it considers a wider …

Israel-Hamas war latest: Biden adds to pressure on Netanyahu to reach cease-fire deal
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Biden adds to pressure on Netanyahu to reach cease-fire deal

Associated Press  

United States President Joe Biden is adding to the pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he isn’t doing enough to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza. ___ Here’s the latest: Cease-fire and hostage release negotiations are ongoing, Biden says WASHINGTON — United States President Joe Biden again spoke briefly to reporters, this time as he departed the White …

Is PM Netanyahu dragging out Gaza war for political survival?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Is PM Netanyahu dragging out Gaza war for political survival?

India Today  

The Israel-Palestine conflict has escalated dramatically over the past year, with nearly a year of continuous fighting leaving over 41,000 Palestinians and 1,139 Israelis dead. This raises a critical question: Is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prolonging the Gaza war to ensure his political survival? On the other side of the political spectrum, the centrist and liberal Zionist party Yesh …

How the Israel-Hezbollah crisis could lead to an all-out war
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How the Israel-Hezbollah crisis could lead to an all-out war

Daily Mail  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ramped up concerns of an all-out war in the Middle East after a ferocious exchange of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli military this weekend. The Prime Minister's vow comes as his citizens continue to brace for a retaliatory strike from Iran in exchange for the assassination of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in …

Israel launches 'pre-emptive' air strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon amid plans for large-scale attack: Netanyahu vows 'whoever harms us, we harm them' as region teeters on the brink of all-out war
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel launches 'pre-emptive' air strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon amid plans for large-scale attack: Netanyahu vows 'whoever harms us, we harm them' as region teeters on the brink of all-out war

Daily Mail  

Israel has launched a series of pre-emptive air strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon in a major escalation amid plans for a large-scale attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Tel Aviv will 'harm whoever harms us' as the Middle East teeters on the brink of all-out war This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a …

Israel's Netanyahu supports new bridging proposal for Gaza truce: Blinken
4 months ago

Israel's Netanyahu supports new bridging proposal for Gaza truce: Blinken

China Daily  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem, on Aug 19, 2024. JERUSALEM - Israel has accepted a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During a press conference in Tel …

Never-ending war: Why Israel will ultimately have to deal with the Palestinian question
4 months, 1 week ago

Never-ending war: Why Israel will ultimately have to deal with the Palestinian question

Firstpost  

Israel believed that integrating itself more into the Middle East by striking deals with its Arab neighbours would have marginalised Iranian-backed extremist groups, but its conflict with the Palestinians remains its biggest hurdle The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is now over ten months old, and in spite of the near destruction of Gaza and the …

Public spat highlights cracks in Netanyahu’s coalition as Israel braces for feared Iran attack
4 months, 1 week ago

Public spat highlights cracks in Netanyahu’s coalition as Israel braces for feared Iran attack

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Cracks are widening in a public tiff between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his moderate defense minister, the latest spat showing growing discontent with Netanyahu’s handling of the war at a sensitive time. On Monday, the Israeli media reported that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant condemned Netanyahu’s “nonsense about ‘total victory’” a phrase the prime minister has frequently …

Israel-Hamas war latest: New Hamas leader can ensure a cease-fire deal is reached, Blinken says
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: New Hamas leader can ensure a cease-fire deal is reached, Blinken says

Associated Press  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the newly chosen Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has the power to ensure that a cease-fire deal is reached for the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. France’s Macron urges Iran’s president to do ‘everything in his power’ to avoid escalation PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian …

Strikes on Gaza kill 18 and stabbing in Israel kills 2 as fears of wider war spike
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Strikes on Gaza kill 18 and stabbing in Israel kills 2 as fears of wider war spike

Deccan Chronicle  

TEL AVIV, Israel: Israeli strikes early Sunday killed 18 people in Gaza, including four who were sheltering in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians inside a hospital complex, while a stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian killed two people in a Tel Aviv suburb. In Gaza, an Israeli strike earlier on Sunday hit a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians …

Second front would not be in Israel's interest
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Second front would not be in Israel's interest

China Daily  

A soccer pitch in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, July 27, 2024. After what was claimed to be a Hezbollah rocket strike on the occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, which left 12 children dead, Israel retaliated on Sunday with strikes on some Hezbollah targets deep in Lebanon. While it was claimed to be a stern …

Netanyahu vows retaliation against Hezbollah after weekend strike as US warns against escalation
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Netanyahu vows retaliation against Hezbollah after weekend strike as US warns against escalation

Associated Press  

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed heavy retaliation against Hezbollah amid furious diplomatic efforts to prevent a spiral into regional war following a weekend rocket strike that killed 12 children in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Israel has blamed Hezbollah for Saturday evening’s rocket from Lebanon that slammed into a soccer field where the …

Israel-Hamas war latest: US cautions Israel over escalation with Hezbollah after weekend attack
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: US cautions Israel over escalation with Hezbollah after weekend attack

Hindustan Times  

The United States on Monday cautioned Israel about escalation with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah as Israel weighs its response to a rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 youths in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights. Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged cross-border fire since Oct. 8, a day after the Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza. Israeli defense …

Israel-Hamas war latest: US cautions Israel over escalation with Hezbollah after weekend attack
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: US cautions Israel over escalation with Hezbollah after weekend attack

Associated Press  

The United States on Monday cautioned Israel about escalation with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah as Israel weighs its response to a rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 youths in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights. Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines said five flights have been delayed to arrive Tuesday morning due to “technical reasons related to the distribution of insurance …

Netanyahu vows retaliation against Hezbollah after weekend strike as U.S. warns against escalation
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Netanyahu vows retaliation against Hezbollah after weekend strike as U.S. warns against escalation

LA Times  

A young man weeps over a makeshift memorial for 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike on a soccer field in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Monday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed heavy retaliation against Hezbollah amid furious diplomatic efforts to prevent a spiral into regional war following a …

Why friction between Hezbollah and Israel has reached boiling point and set the stage for their first war since 2006
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why friction between Hezbollah and Israel has reached boiling point and set the stage for their first war since 2006

ABC  

While Israel's eyes have largely been set on rooting out Hamas militants in Gaza over the past 10 months of war, it also faces another powerful enemy on its northern border. Israel said after Saturday's attack the death toll among civilians killed in Hezbollah attacks had risen to 23 since October, along with at least 17 soldiers. Any move by …

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