Yahoo News Hezbollah's deputy leader says his group is now in an open-ended battle of reckoning with Israel
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's deputy leader says his group is now in an open-ended battle of reckoning with Israel.
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The HillOpinion - Is the day of reckoning for the Islamic Republic of Iran finally here?
Unlike the Israeli response in April, this response will probably not be aimed at sending a message to Iranian leadership; rather, at removing it.
- The Guardian
Iran general’s whereabouts in question after Israeli strikes on Hezbollah
Conflicting reports include house arrest of Esmail Ghaani, who was in Beirut at time of Hassan Nasrallah’s killing
- 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.
- Euronews
Tehran's missile count significantly depleted after strike on Israel, reports claim
Israeli media outlet Kan 11 claimed Iran used about a third of its advanced ballistic missiles in last week's huge and unprecedented attack on Israel.View on euronews
- Business Insider
Ukraine hit 2 Russian ammunition depots in 2 days — hammering the latest in a deep strike on a military airfield
Ukraine said it has caused damage at a key Russian ammunition depot, a drone storage facility, and now an airfield over the past two days.
- 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.
- Euronews
Can Lebanon finally free itself from Hezbollah's grip?
The renewed war on Lebanon's well-trodden battlefront could escalate far beyond what we are witnessing now. Yet, even one decisive blow after another will not bridge the deep ideological chasm and decades of enmity that fuel this conflict, Brent Sadler writes.View on euronews
- The Hill
Opinion - What Netanyahu should have conveyed to the international community at the UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the UN was criticized for its lack of strategic vision and its focus on the hostage situation in Gaza, which has resulted in the deaths of 51 people and the kidnapping of 79 others.
- CBC
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."
- Evening Standard
'UK had Vladimir Putin's invasion plan' before he sent Russian troops into Ukraine, says ex-defence minister
Former armed forces minister James Heappey stressed that the West ‘had the intelligence’ about Putin’s invasion launched in February 2022
- Reuters
Ukraine's military says it struck airfield in Russia's North Caucasus
The Ukrainian military said on Thursday it had struck an ammunition depot overnight at an airfield in Russia's Adygeya region in the North Caucasus, about 450 km (280 miles) from the frontline in eastern Ukraine. Some 57 Russian combat and training aircraft and helicopters, including Su-34s, Su-35s and Mi-8s, were stationed at Khanskaya airfield during the drone attack, a source in Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) told Reuters. "Russia is using this airfield in Krasnodar Krai ... for refueling and missile and bomb attacks on the units of the Defence Forces and Ukrainian settlements," the source said.
- Reuters
Dutch state sued over alleged failure to stop Israel's violations of international law
Palestinian and Dutch organisations on Thursday filed a legal complaint against the state of the Netherlands over its alleged failure to prevent Israel from committing possible genocide in Gaza and other violations of international law. The case argues that the Netherlands has a legal obligation to do everything in its power to stop alleged violations of international law and the 1948 Genocide Convention by Israel.
- Reuters
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.
- Reuters
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.
- Sky News
Israel accused of 'extermination' in Gaza by UN inquiry
A UN inquiry has accused Israel of carrying out a concerted policy to destroy Gaza's healthcare system in actions that amount to war crimes and "extermination". Navi Pillay, a former UN high commissioner for human rights who is chairing the inquiry, said Israel has carried out "relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities" in the past year.
- Reuters
Angry Italy protests to Israel after shots fired at UN in Lebanon
ROME (Reuters) -Israeli forces have acted illegally by shooting at positions used by U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday, denouncing it as a possible war crime. The U.N. peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel -- an area that has seen serious clashes between Israeli troops and Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters.
- Reuters
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."
- PA Media: UK News
Firing on peacekeepers ‘can never be tolerated’, says Irish premier
Irish Defence Forces are serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon amid heightened conflict in the region.
- AFP
Scholz denies halting German arms exports to Israel, pledges weapons
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected claims Thursday that Berlin had imposed a de facto stop on arms exports to Israel and said more defence goods would be sent soon.Scholz told the German parliament that "we have not decided to stop delivering weapons.
- Time
Biden Can End His Failure in the Middle East
He just needs to listen to the American public that demand a change in policy toward Israel and the Palestinians.