Middle East

Israeli ministers authorise Netanyahu retaliation against Hezbollah

Israel's security cabinet has authorised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence minister to decide when and how to retaliate for a deadly rocket attack Israel and the US say was carried out by the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. Ministers met in emergency session following the strike on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday ...

11:06 Et July 29, 2024

A strike from Lebanon killed 12 youths. Could that spark war between Israel and Hezbollah?

The Middle East braced for a potential flare-up in violence on Sunday after Israeli authorities said a rocket from Lebanon struck a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, killing ...

20:00 Et July 28, 2024

Israel hits Hezbollah targets after football pitch strike kills 12 young people

Israel's air force says it has hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, after 12 children and young adults were killed in a rocket strike while playing football in the ...

10:48 Et July 28, 2024

Israel forces advance in south Gaza, more people displaced, residents say

Israeli forces sent tanks deeper into areas in the Gaza Strip's south on Sunday as fighting with Hamas-led militants raged, and Gaza health officials said Israeli military strikes had ...

10:44 Et July 28, 2024

Israel orders evacuation of a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza

Israel’s military ordered the evacuation Saturday of a crowded part of Gaza designated as a humanitarian zone, saying it is planning an operation against Hamas militants in Khan Younis, including ...

11:09 Et July 27, 2024

Harris tells Netanyahu ‘it is time’ to end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal soon with Hamas so that dozens of hostages held by the militants in Gaza since ...

10:01 Et July 26, 2024

Netanyahu to hold meetings with Harris and Biden amid critical US-Israel relations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to make a long-awaited White House visit Thursday to meet with President Joe Biden and likely Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at an important moment for ...

09:37 Et July 25, 2024

Netanyahu faces delicate balancing act in US after Biden exits race

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the US this week under pressure to end the Gaza war, from both Israelis and the US administration. How might the political ...

14:52 Et July 23, 2024

Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after an Israeli strike on Houthi rebels

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian peninsula country. The Israeli airstrikes — in response to a deadly Houthi drone strike on Tel Aviv — were the first time Israel is known to have responded to repeated Houthi ...

10:35 Et July 21, 2024

Top UN court says Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal

 The United Nations' highest court said on Friday that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible, in ...

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