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No Subsiding of Confrontations in South Lebanon

Tensions increased on the southern front on Friday afternoon after a civil defense volunteer was injured and another was suffocated in an Israeli strike while putting down a fire resulting from an earlier raid on houses in Bir Al Muslabiyat and Al-Abbad Junction. Israeli artillery hit the center of Hula, and Wadi Al Bayad, before targeting ...

Al-Qassam Brigades Target Shomera from South Lebanon

Saturday was marked by an attack by the Al-Qassam brigades on Shomera, in the Upper Galilee, carried out from Lebanese territory. In a statement published on Saturday, the armed wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for firing a salvo of rockets at the command of the 300 brigade command post. In addition, an Israeli raid targeted a building in the ...

Israel Strike Houthi Military Targets in Yemen For First Time

Israeli warplanes killed three people in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeida, the Houthi's said Sunday after the group's deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv. The strikes on the vital port, which triggered a raging fire and plumes of black smoke, are the first claimed by Israel in the Arabian peninsula's poorest country, about 2,000 ...

Israel's Strike on Yemen Will Embolden the Houthis

Israel's first attack on Yemen's Houthis, who have defied months of strikes by the United States and Britain, will likely only embolden them, analysts say. Saturday's strike on the port city of Hodeidah, which the Yemeni insurgents say killed six people and triggered a massive fire, will provide the Houthis with “political capital,” said ...

Israeli Army Vaccinating Gaza Troops Against Polio

Israel has started vaccinating its troops in Gaza against polio and supplying vaccines for the Palestinian population after health agencies said the virus has been found in the territory, the military said Sunday. Army authorities have begun "a broad vaccination operation for all ground troops, both regular and reserves," said a military ...

Houthis Threaten 'Huge Response' Following Port Strike

The Yemeni Houthis threatened Israel on Sunday with “huge retaliation” to its deadly strikes on the still-burning port of Hodeidah, in a new regional escalation linked to the war in Gaza, now in its tenth month. The Israeli strike, the first claimed by Israel in Yemen, set oil tanks ablaze at the vital port and came a day after the first ...

Two Israeli Hostages Held in Gaza Confirmed Dead

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, an Israeli campaign group, announced on Monday that two captives held by Hamas in Gaza had died. The deaths of Yagev Buchshtab, 35, and Alex Dancyg, 76, who were abducted during the October 7 attack by Hamas, are a "stark reminder of the urgency" to bring the hostages home, the forum said in a ...

Israelis Due in Doha for Talks on Gaza Truce Requests

An Israeli delegation will travel to Doha on Thursday to discuss new demands for a Gaza truce and hostage-prisoner exchange, a source with knowledge of the talks said. The delegation would meet with mediator Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani to discuss three Israeli requests, including control over the return of civilians ...

South Lebanon: Israeli Shelling Continues

Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of Kfarhamam at dawn on Wednesday, leading to fires in the area. Israeli warplanes also carried out a raid on a house in the same town of Kfarhamam, destroying it completely. The town of Kfarchouba has also been intermittently subjected to Israeli artillery shelling since early morning. On its ...

Who Would Represent the Palestinians in Negotiations With Israel?

According to a politician from the Hezbollah-led March 8 camp, quoting an official of the pro-Iranian party, “a ceasefire will be announced in Gaza following the visit to Washington of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” However, key questions remain: What would the post-war phase in Gaza look like, and who would negotiate with Israel ...

Ben-Gvir Scolded for Prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound

A far-right Israeli minister said Wednesday he had prayed at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, yet again defying longstanding rules that permit Jewish visits but forbid prayer. The mosque compound is Islam's third holiest site and a symbol of Palestinian national identity but it is also revered by Jews as the site of their ancient ...