On October 7 last year, a day that would become one of Israel’s most tragic in recent memory, the nation found itself under siege. The day started like any other but by the end of that day, the region was reduced to a war zone, marking the beginning of a conflict whose repercussions still ripple…
Kamala Harris (ANI file photo) US Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped a direct answer when asked if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could still be considered a “close ally” of the United States, according to Al Jazeera. In an interview excerpt with CBS News’s 60 Minutes, released on Sunday, Harris was questioned about the US…
Lebanon‘s foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Thursday revealed that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to a “complete ceasefire” moments before Nasrallah was killed in an airstrike. In an interview with PBS, the foreign minister when asked if Nasrallah had agreed to a ceasefire moments before “he was…
NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday, called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the “the biggest terrorist” of the world.In an interview with news agency PTI, Mehbooba Mufti compared Netanyahu to German dictator Adolf Hitler saying that while Hitler “built gas chambers to kill jews” the Israeli PM has turned Palestine…
<p>Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (Pic credit: Reuters)</p><p><br></p> Israeli leaders were aware of Hassan Nasrallah‘s location for months and decided to attack him this past week because they believed they had a limited opportunity before he moved to a different location, according to three senior Israeli defence officials. The officials, who spoke anonymously due…
The Israeli military and Hezbollah exchanged strikes on Friday with the situation escalating when Hezbollah targeted the northern Israeli town of Safed launching “rocket salvos” to retaliate against Israeli airstrikes that had earlier devastated its stronghold in southern Beirut, as per AFP news agency.A Hezbollah rocket hit a house and a car in Safed, Israel,…
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah The Israeli military launched a massive airstrike on Hezbollah’s headquarters in southern Beirut, targeting the militant group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday. The strike was described as the heaviest bombardment in nearly a year of conflict which levelled multiple buildings in the Dahiyeh suburb, according to the Guardian.The Israeli Defence Forces…
The Israel Defense Forces chief on Sunday vowed to continue striking Hezbollah until it ‘understood’ that there was no stopping displaced Israelis from returning to their homes in the north, Times of Israel reported.“We will safely return the residents to their homes, and if Hezbollah has not understood this yet, it will get another blow…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on Sunday declared plans to intensify their cross-border attacks, raising concerns about a potential escalation into a larger conflict, the New York Times reported.Qassem indicated that the attacks marked the start of a new phase of warfare. “What happened last night is just the…
The pager explosions are just the latest in a series of crises that have plagued Lebanon for decades. The rocket attacks were in response to a vow by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to retaliate against Israel for a previous mass bombing attack.The Israeli military confirmed carrying out a “targeted strike” in Beirut but did not…
