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BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah confirms top commander Ali Karaki was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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The IndependentIsrael-Lebanon latest: Biden and Netanyahu speak as Israel vows lethal retaliation after Iran missile attack
It comes as the Israeli military expanded its ground invasion of southern Lebanon with thousands of troops
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Russia trying to create 'mayhem' on UK streets, MI5 boss warns
Russia is trying to create "mayhem" on the UK's streets, the head of the MI5 has warned. In a wide-ranging speech, the organisation's director general Ken McCallum said Britain faces an increased threat from "Putin's henchmen" and "plot after plot" from Iran.
- The Telegraph
Five shot dead in car by Israeli special forces in West Bank
Five Palestinian terrorists were killed by special forces during a raid in a camp in the West Bank on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
- Associated Press
Israel's strikes are shifting the power balance in the Middle East, with US support
Israeli military strikes are targeting Iran's armed allies across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the Middle East and threatening Iran itself. The efforts raise the possibility of an end to two decades of Iranian ascendancy in the region, to which the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq inadvertently gave rise. In Washington, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and Arab capitals, opponents and supporters of Israel's offensive are offering clashing ideas about what the U.S. should do next, as its ally racks up tactical successes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen and presses its yearlong campaign to crush Hamas in Gaza.
- Business Insider
Ukraine says it struck a Russian ammo depot where North Korean weapons and devastating glide bombs were stored
The attack overnight marks the latest in a string of Ukrainian drone strikes on key Russian arsenals.
- Evening Standard
Anti-Hamas 'rape tunnel' posters appear in London Tube stations for October 7 anniversary
Gaza ‘Tube network’ posters calling for return of hostages seen in major London Underground stations
- Reuters
Netanyahu says Israel has 'taken out' Nasrallah's successors
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces have killed the would-be successors of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, without naming them. Netanyahu did not identify by name Nasrallah's replacement that he claimed Israel had killed.
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Hezbollah deputy chief says supports Lebanon efforts for ceasefire
Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said Tuesday the militant group supported Lebanese efforts for a ceasefire with Israel, after two weeks of heavy Israeli strikes that killed its leader.Qassem, who has taken over until a new Hezbollah leader is announced, said the group's military capacities and leadership were still strong despite the heavy Israeli bombardment.
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Russia declares local emergency in region where Ukraine says it hit weapons arsenal
Authorities declared a state of emergency on Wednesday in a western region of Russia where Ukraine said it had struck a weapons arsenal overnight. The local branch of the Emergencies Ministry said an emergency had been declared in one district of the Bryansk region following "detonations of explosive objects". Ukraine's military said it had struck an arsenal storing ammunition for missiles and artillery weapons, including those delivered from North Korea, as well as guided aerial bombs.
- Storyful
Iron Dome Interceptions Seen Above Haifa as Hezbollah Launches Major Barrage
Hezbollah fired around 100 rockets toward Haifa on October 8, local officials and media said.Footage from Fadi Khoury shows the impacts from Israel’s Iron Dome defensive system.The Times of Israel described the barrage as the “heaviest attack” on the city since the start of the present conflict.Israel’s emergency medical service Magen David Adom said a woman in her 70s suffered a shrapnel injury to her hand. Credit: Fadi Khoury via Storyful
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Israel Warns Its Retaliation Against Iran Will Be ‘Significant’
(Bloomberg) -- Israel’s defense minister is set to travel to Washington as the country vowed what one leader called a “significant” response to an Iranian missile attack a week ago and stepped up its military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Most Read from BloombergUrban Heat Stress Is Another Disparity in the World’s Most Unequal NationFrom Cleveland to Chicago, NFL Teams Dream of Domed StadiumsSingapore Ends 181 Years of Horse Racing to Make Way for HomesChicago’s $1 Billion Budget Hole
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The missile crashed down 100 yards away – and with it Israel’s invasion had intensified
The surgeon had barely begun when a blast jolted the entire hospital lobby and sent everyone ducking and scattering.
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UN top court ruled 'illegal' Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory, not Israeli state
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) did not rule that Israel was an "illegal state", contrary to claims on social media shared alongside a video of Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki speaking to the press. The court had instead found Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory as unlawful and said it should come to an end "as rapidly as possible".
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US calls out Israel at UN for 'catastrophic conditions' in Gaza
Israel needs to address urgently "catastrophic conditions" among Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip and stop "intensifying suffering" by limiting aid deliveries, its ally the United States told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. "We call on Israel to take urgent steps to do so," she said in a blunt statement.
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Picasso Painting Covered With Image of Bloodied Mother and Child in Pro-Palestinian Protest
Protesters from Youth Demand covered Pablo Picasso’s Motherhood painting at the National Gallery in London with a picture of a Palestinian mother and child as part of protest action on Wednesday, October 9.Footage released by Youth Demand shows activists plastering the photo of the bloodied mother and child, taken by Palestinian journalist Ali Jadallah over Picasso’s work.Other activists poured red paint on the floor of the gallery, the group said.Youth Demand is calling for a two-way arms embargo on Israel and for the new UK government to halt all new oil and gas licences granted since 2021.The group warned of further action on November 11. Credit: Youth Demand via Storyful
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Six wounded in stabbing attack in Israel, police say
At least six people were wounded, two of them seriously, in a stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Hadera on Wednesday, Israeli authorities said. "The terrorist has been neutralized," police said in a statement. "Four separate locations have been identified, resulting in six victims with stab wounds."
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Leaders condemn B.C. rally where 'death to Canada' cry went up
Political leaders are condemning what they describe as "hateful rhetoric" from a speaker at a pro-Palestinian rally in Vancouver who told the crowd that "we are Hezbollah and we are Hamas."
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Departure of Israeli forces from post where Irish peacekeepers serving welcomed
Taoiseach Simon Harris said the situation in the south of Lebanon remains tense and dangerous.
- HuffPost
‘Bibi, What The F**k?’: Biden Allegedly Sparred With Netanyahu Over Lack Of Gaza Strategy
Despite publicly appearing as friends, the president is privately enraged at the Israeli prime minister's rogue behavior, according to Bob Woodward's new book.
- The Telegraph
Russian spies targeting UK with Cold War-style sabotage, warns MI5 boss
Russian spies are targeting Britain with Cold War-style sabotage, the director general of MI5 has warned.