Israel's Netanyahu insists Israel will maintain presence in strategic corridor on Gaza's border with Egypt

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Netanyahu insists Israel will maintain presence in strategic corridor on Gaza's border with Egypt.

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  • The terrible blunder that exposed Hezbollah’s fighters to audacious pager attack

    Hezbollah’s pagers were meant to be safety measures, secure from Israeli eavesdropping.

  • This is a staggering success for Mossad that opens a window for war

    On Tuesday, thousands of Hezbollah’s pagers exploded. On Wednesday, it was the terrorist group’s walkie-talkies that were detonating in the hands of its fighters.

  • Deadly Hezbollah pager explosions will cause immense embarrassment and sow chaos

    Israel hasn't claimed responsibility, but all fingers will point to the Mossad, Israel's external intelligence agency famed for inventive and audacious attacks on its enemies. To do that, the attackers would have had to know at least the make and models of the individual pagers; to go further and co-ordinate the explosions on specific devices, it's likely the serial numbers would also be known, all of which points to another major security breach for Hezbollah. Alternatively the pagers themselves, all apparently part of the same batch, could have been tampered with before delivery.

  • Hezbollah vows to respond after multiple dead and thousands wounded in mass pager explosions

    A Hezbollah official said the explosions were the biggest security breach the group had experienced in nearly a year

  • Nine dead, 2,800 wounded as Lebanon's Hezbollah hit by pager blasts

    Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding some 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel.Before the wave of pager explosions, Israel said it killed three Hezbollah members in a strike on Lebanon on Tuesday.

  • Hezbollah blames Israel as officials say at least nine killed and over 2,700 injured in Lebanon pager explosions

    Pagers used by militants exploded across Lebanon, according to the country’s health minister

  • Pager attack threw Hezbollah into disarray

    Lebanon's Hezbollah was bracing for the risk of Israeli military escalation when its old foe struck a blow it hadn't seen coming, plunging the Iran-backed group into hours of unprecedented disarray, sources familiar with Hezbollah operations say. The explosion of thousands of pagers carried by Hezbollah fighters, medics and others sparked confusion and panic in the group known for military discipline and order. A Hezbollah official said that as the attack began, the group quickly raised its level of military readiness in case it was the opening shot in a bigger offensive by Israel, which has stepped up warnings of escalation in the conflict which has been raging across the border for a year.

  • Exploding pagers: How Israel is suspected of using technology against its enemies

    Israel is accused of carrying out an audacious, high-tech and targeted attack on Hezbollah. The unprecedented mass explosion of handheld pagers used by Hezbollah fighters came after the military group switched from mobile phones as a means of communication to reduce the risk of being tracked by Israel. No one has claimed responsibility but Lebanese officials have accused Israel, which has not commented on the blasts.

  • Hezbollah’s credibility depends on revenge against Israel. But its weakness has been exposed

    For years Hezbollah was seen as the world’s premiere non-state actor: the well-equipped, well-trained, well-led, highly disciplined and secretive jewel in the crown of Iran’s allies across the Middle East.

  • Thailand will indict ex-security personnel over the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters in 2004

    Eight former state security personnel accused of responsibility for the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters who were arrested in southern Thailand in 2004 will be indicted on murder charges, the prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday. The long-delayed legal action in connection with what is known as the Tak Bai massacre came just over a month before the statute of limitations expires on the case. The deaths occurred shortly after a Muslim separatist insurgency erupted in Thailand’s southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, the only ones with Muslim majorities in the Buddhist-dominated nation.

  • Russia’s Tver region partially evacuated after Ukrainian drone strike causes fire

    Reports from the Ukrainian and Russian sides differed as to the cause and scale of the attack.

  • At least 20 dead as walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon as Israel declares ‘new phase of war’ against Hezbollah

    More than 450 injured across the country a day after exploding pagers killed 12 and wounded around 3,000

  • Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

    Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel for what appeared to be a sophisticated remote attack. An American official said Israel briefed the United States on Tuesday after the conclusion of the operation, in which small amounts of explosive secreted in the pagers were detonated.

  • Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon

    BEIRUT (Reuters) -Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others who included fighters and Iran's envoy to Beirut. Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Makary condemned the late-afternoon detonation of the pagers - handheld devices that Hezbollah and others in Lebanon use to send messages - as an "Israeli aggression". Hezbollah said Israel would receive "its fair punishment" for the blasts.

  • UN members demand end to 'unlawful' Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

    UN member states voted Wednesday to formally demand an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months and the imposition of sanctions for non-compliance.The resolution -- the first introduced by the Palestinian delegation itself under new rights gained this year -- demands Israel "brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory."

  • Inside the abandoned homes Israel wants back as it prepares for war in Lebanon

    Dishes are still on the kitchen table and the fridge has a few jars on the shelves. The stairway up to the first floor is full of broken glass, and what used to be the bedroom is in ruins.

  • Ukrainian attack on Russian missile depot triggers mini earthquake

    Ukraine has blown up a Russian ammunition dump, triggering an explosion so powerful it was picked up by earthquake monitors.

  • Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a 'new phase' of war

    Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said. The attacks — which were widely believed to be carried out by Israel targeting Hezbollah but have also killed civilians — have hiked fears that the two sides' simmering conflict could escalate into all-out war. Speaking to Israeli troops on Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, “We are at the start of a new phase in the war — it requires courage, determination and perseverance.”

  • Voices: What has boobytrapping Hezbollah’s pagers actually achieved?

    COMMENT: The audacious attack was a PR coup for Israel and humiliation for the terrorists – but it does nothing to create a lasting framework of peaceful co-existence, says Sean O’Grady

  • CCTV captures moment man's bag explodes in Beirut

    STORY: :: WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT:: CCTV footage shows a man's bag explode in a Beirut supermarket:: September 17, 2024The location was verified as a supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon from the floor tiling patterns and ceiling which match file imagery of the interior of the shop. The video also carries the date and time stamp.Hundreds of members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, including fighters and medics, were seriously wounded when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, a security source told Reuters.A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the "biggest security breach" the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of war with Israel.There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military to Reuters' enquiries about the detonations.