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Summary: Israel Strikes Targets around Lebanon after First Hezbollah Strikes on Israel Since 2024

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On Monday morning, Hezbollah fired rockets and drones across Lebanon’s southern border into Israel, marking the organization’s first attacks on Israel since the November 2024 Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. When claiming responsibility for the attacks, Hezbollah stated that its strikes were launched in “retaliation” for the ...

Israeli Strikes Target Beirut Suburbs: Lebanese State Media

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Israeli strikes were launched at Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, Lebanese state media reported, as Hezbollah said it fired rockets and drones at Israel in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. "Beirut's southern suburbs were targeted by a series of Israeli strikes," the state-run National News ...

Israel Says Carrying Out 'Large-Scale Strikes' on Tehran

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The Israeli military said it launched "large-scale strikes" on Tehran on Monday, two days since the start of a US-Israeli campaign against Iran. "The Israeli Air Force... has begun an additional wave of strikes against the Iranian terror regime at the heart of Tehran," the military said in a statement. AFP

Israel Attacked with Projectiles from South Lebanon, IDF Responds with Airstrikes

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Sirens went off in northern Israel after midnight on Monday morning as a result of projectiles being launched from Lebanon, according to the Israeli army. The Israeli army began conducting airstrikes in southern Lebanon in response, according to Channel 12. The army said in a statement that it had “begun striking targets of the Hezbollah ...

Debris from Iran-Israel Exchanges of Fire Wounds Four in Syria: State Media

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A man and his three daughters were wounded by falling missile debris in Syria on Sunday from the exchange of fire between Iran and Israel over the country's airspace, Syrian state media reported. "Four people, a father and three daughters, were wounded as a result of the fall of the missile debris resulting from the exchange of strikes ...

Gulf States Reserve Right to Respond to Iranian 'Agression' in Meeting

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Gulf states vowed to defend themselves against Iranian attacks, including by "responding to the aggression" if need be, after the Gulf Cooperation Council convened via video-link on Sunday to formulate a unified response. The foreign ministers of the six GCC states -- the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait, all of which ...

France, Germany, and U.K. to Work with U.S. as EU High Commissioner Issues Statement

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Leaders of the U.K., France, and Germany issued a joint statement stating that they have “agreed to work together with the U.S. and allies in the region on this matter.” The statement reads that “the Leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom are appalled by the indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks launched ...

Operation Epic Fury: Over 1000 Iranian Targets Struck

This is Beirut 01/03 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On Sunday, the U.S. Central Command announced that its ongoing operations are targeting more than 1000 sites across Iran in “Operation Epic Fury.” The types of targets singled out in these strikes range incorporate various assets linked to Iran’s defensive and offensive capabilities. Among those listed are integrated air ...

UAE Closes Embassy in Iran After Four Killed in Attacks Across the Gulf

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The UAE said on Sunday it was closing its embassy in Tehran and recalling the Emirati ambassador after Iran's retaliatory missile and drone campaign in the Gulf killed four people and wounded dozens more. The move marks the strongest condemnation yet by a Gulf state since Tehran began targeting the region with a barrage of strikes after the ...

Trump: U.S. Sank Nine Iranian Naval Ships as Embassy in Beirut Announces Monday Closure

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that American forces had destroyed and sunk nine Iranian naval vessels in what he described as a major escalation in ongoing military operations against Iran. In a post published on his official social media account, Trump said: “I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 ...

Hezbollah Rallies Form in Lebanon in Condolence for Khamenei

This is Beirut 01/03 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hundreds of supporters of Lebanon’s Iran-aligned Hezbollah movement gathered on Sunday in Beirut’s southern suburbs and other regions to mourn the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and express solidarity with the Islamic Republic amid a rapidly intensifying regional conflict. The rallies, held in the Ashoura ...

Trump Says Iran Wants to Talk: The Atlantic

This is Beirut 01/03 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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One day after U.S.-Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and escalated tensions across the Middle East, former President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s new leadership wants to negotiate and that he plans to engage with them. “They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to ...