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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu takes podium to address world leaders at UN at pivotal moment in Mideast.
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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.
- 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.
- Reuters
Israel tallies a year of Gaza war: 40,000 targets bombed, 4380 soldiers
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -In the past year in the Gaza Strip, Israel has bombed more than 40,000 targets, found 4,700 tunnel shafts and destroyed 1,000 rocket launcher sites, the military said on Monday's one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led militant attacks that triggered Israel's assault on the enclave. Tallying troops whose names it received permission to publish, Israel's military said 726 Israeli soldiers had been killed since Oct. 7, 2023. Of those, 380 died in the Oct. 7 attacks and 346 in Gaza combat starting Oct. 27, 2023.
- The Independent
Why Chinese workers are under attack from militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan
China is increasingly becoming the target of militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan who despise foreign efforts to undermine their influence in the region, security experts say
- 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
- AFP
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.
- 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.
- The Telegraph
The videos that show how Israel flattened a Lebanese village
A village in southern Lebanon has been all but levelled as Israel moves tanks across the border amid warnings of a repeat of Gaza.
- 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
- Bloomberg
Israel Warns Its Retaliation Against Iran Will Be ‘Significant’
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- The Telegraph
Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalise 10 Allianz offices across country
Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists occupied and vandalised offices of the insurer Allianz overnight, throwing red paint over walls and windows in protest at the firm’s links with Israel.
- Euronews
Senior Hezbollah commander killed in Beirut, Israeli military says
The attack comes one day after the one-year anniversary of the 7 October attack and the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, marked by protests and demonstrations across the globe.
- Evening Standard
Britain rejects Emmanuel Macron's call for an arms embargo on Israel
Defence Secretary John Healey stressed the need to redouble efforts to get ceasefires in the Middle East
- The Telegraph
Watch: Pro-Palestine protester ‘spits on Israeli flag’ at rally
A pro-Palestinian protester can be seen appearing to spit on an Israeli flag in footage shared online.
- The Guardian
Israel launches intense wave of airstrikes on 120 sites in Lebanon
Military says 100 aircraft used in attack on targets in south of country as Israeli operations expand on multiple fronts
- 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.
- Associated Press
Gaza is in ruins after Israel's yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades
The Gaza Strip is in ruins. Israel’s yearlong offensive against Hamas, one of the deadliest and most destructive in recent history, has killed more than 41,000 people, a little over half of them women and children, according to local health officials. “Whoever sees Gaza ... It will make them cry.”
- CNN
Israeli military encircles northern Gaza refugee camp after saying it sees signs of Hamas regrouping
Israel’s military says it has encircled Jabalya, northern Gaza, after seeing signs of Hamas rebuilding, despite nearly a year of fighting and strikes in the territory.
- The Telegraph
Hezbollah ‘battered and broken’ by heavy Israeli attacks
Israel’s defence minister has said Hezbollah has been left “battered and broken” after a bombing campaign that killed most of the group’s military leadership including Hassan Nasrallah, its chief since 1992.
- PA Media: UK News
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.