Tag: Israel

Israel launches more south Lebanon strikes after warnings

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israel launched strikes across south Lebanon Saturday after ordering evacuations from more than a dozen locations a day after its premier said...

Israel Reacts to U.S.-Iran Talks with Escalation

(The Soufan Center) Israel has escalated pressure on Hamas and Hezbollah by moving deeper into both Gaza and Lebanon and killing two successive leaders...

Israel breaks all contact with UN chief

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israel is breaking all contact with United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, the country’s ambassador announced Thursday, saying it was “outrageous” Israel is...

Israel says killed new chief of Hamas armed wing in Gaza strike

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israel said on Wednesday it had killed the new head of Hamas’s armed wing in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh, after killing his predecessor...

Middle East update: Airstrikes and evacuation orders in Lebanon, aid restrictions in Gaza

(UN News) Intensified Israeli airstrikes overnight in Lebanon forced people to again flee their homes, while humanitarians in the Gaza Strip report continued restrictions...

Conflict Grinds on in Lebanon Despite a “Ceasefire”

(Soufan Center) Israel and the government of Lebanon are expanding their direct talks to include a military “track,” but Beirut is unwilling to order...

Israel army chief says military ‘on highest alert’ as threats over Iran war escalate

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israel’s army chief Lieutenant Colonel Eyal Zamir on Wednesday said the military was at its highest alert level, as Tehran and Washington...

Israeli minister posts video showing detained flotilla activists bound, forced to kneel

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted a video on Wednesday showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with...

Palestine: Killings, destruction and settler encroachment continues

(UN News) The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has reduced the scale of violence in the Gaza Strip but killings and destruction continue, while...

Israeli strikes kill four people in Gaza, medics say

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Israeli strikes killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials said. Medics said an Israeli strike killed...

Israel to establish defense offices in former UNRWA East Jerusalem compound

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved a plan to build a defense compound on the site of the recently demolished premises of the...

Poll: Israel is dividing Republicans, too

(Lisa Kashinsky and Erin Doherty - Politico) The Republican Party is starting to splinter over support for Israel — and President Donald Trump’s most...

Israel strikes Lebanon while Hezbollah calls talks ‘dead end’

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israeli strikes targeted eastern and southern Lebanon on Sunday, state media reported, despite a fragile ceasefire, as a Hezbollah lawmaker called Lebanon’s...

Israel’s military says Hamas armed chief killed in airstrike on Gaza

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Israel’s military on Saturday said it had killed the chief of Hamas’ military wing in an air strike on Gaza the previous...

Israeli military strikes add to civilian suffering in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon

(UN News) Civilians across Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon continue to face mounting hardship as conflict, displacement and ongoing military operations deepen humanitarian...

Netanyahu says Israel controls 60 percent of Gaza Strip

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces now control 60 percent of the Gaza Strip, suggesting troops have expanded into more of...