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Khamenei Condemns Israel, Saying Lebanon Will Make Them "Regret Their Actions"

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei has released a statement in response to the ongoing strikes across Lebanon and the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, saying that Lebanon will make Israel "regret their actions". On Friday, Israel launched a large airstrike on the neighborhood that reportedly killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. In the statement ...

Israel's Army Chief Vows to "Reach" Anyone Who Threatens Israel

Israel's army chief vowed on Saturday to "reach" anyone who threatens Israeli citizens, after the military said strikes in Beirut the previous day had killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. "This is not the end of our toolbox. The message is simple, anyone who threatens the citizens of Israel, we will know how to reach them," Lieutenant General ...

Israel Announces That Hassan Nasrallah Has Been Killed

The Israeli military announced, on Saturday, that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut the previous night. "Hassan Nasrallah is dead," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X. Captain David Avraham, another military spokesman, also confirmed to AFP that the Hezbollah chief had ...

Borrell Regrets No One Can "Stop" Netanyahu

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell voiced regret Friday that no power, including the United States, can "stop" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he appears determined to crush militants in Gaza and Lebanon. "What we do is put all diplomatic pressure on a ceasefire, but nobody seems to be able to stop Netanyahu, neither in Gaza ...

UN: Over 50,000 Have Fled Lebanon for Syria Amid Israeli Strikes

The UN refugee chief said Saturday that more than 50,000 people had fled to Syria amid escalating Israeli air strikes on Lebanon. "More than 50,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon have now crossed into Syria fleeing Israeli air strikes," Filippo Grandi said on X. He added that "well over 200,000 people are displaced inside Lebanon." A ...

Senior Iran Guards General Killed in Israel Lebanon Strike

A senior general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, state media reported Saturday. General Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy commander of Guards operations, "was killed in Israel's attack on Lebanon that assassinated the Hezbollah chief," said the official IRNA ...

World's Reactions to the Death of Hassan Nasrallah

Following Hezbollah's announcement of the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, declarations multiplied around the world. Israel The Israeli military said on Saturday that the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, one of its "greatest enemies," made the world safer, but that the group's remaining senior members would still be ...

Who Will Succeed Hassan Nasrallah?

Hassan Nasrallah is no more. In a matter of seconds, the Israelis ended the life on Friday of the man who, since 1992, has led the controversial militia group Hezbollah. The strike, which shook Beirut for almost a minute, decapitated the pro-Iranian group, which Tel Aviv has amputated, with successive raids, by killing many of its military ...

Israeli Infiltration of Airport Communications, Iranian Plane Landing Banned

The Israeli media Haaretz reported that Israel hacked the control system in Beirut airport and warned an Iranian passenger plane not to land there. Moreover, Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamieh instructed Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport on Saturday to request the Iranian plane, which was headed to the airport, ...

Iranian Statements Raise Growing Doubts About "Nasrallah's Fate"

Iranian statements have cast further doubt on the fate of Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, who is believed to have been targeted in extensive airstrikes on the group's military headquarters in Beirut on Friday evening. In the aftermath of Israel's intense bombardment in southern Beirut, conflicting reports emerged about Nasrallah's ...

Hezbollah Launches Rockets into Northern Israel Following Beirut Strike

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group announced that it targeted the northern Israeli town of Safed on Friday, marking its first attack following Israeli strikes that hit its stronghold in south Beirut, leveling six buildings. Hezbollah fighters launched "rocket salvos" at Safed "in defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to Israeli ...

Mikati from New York: Israel Wages a “War of Extermination” Against Lebanon

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed from New York that Israel is waging a “war of extermination” against Lebanon, following a series of Israeli strikes on Friday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut. “This new aggression proves that the Israeli enemy is ignoring all international efforts and calls for a ceasefire, which puts ...