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Iran is planning a “strong and complex” attack on Israel that will involve more powerful warheads and other weapons not used in its previous two assaults on the Jewish state this year, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Tehran could launch the offensive during the transition between Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election and the inauguration…
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Five agriculture workers were killed and another seriously injured on Thursday in a rocket attack from Lebanon on northern Israel, according to Israel’s MDA rescue service. Israel’s state-owned Kan TV news reported that the rocket fell in an apple orchard near the town of Metula, not far from the Lebanese border. The deaths include four…
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The head of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says the agency is keen to step up its support to people in crisis after Israel’s decision to ban the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees. Director-general Amy Pope cautioned, however, said there was “no way” that it could replace the work UNRWA does in Gaza.…
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Naim Kassem is “pretty much the only” senior figure left in Hezbollah who could have been chosen as the group’s new leader, says Middle East-based news correspondent Alistair Bunkall. The 71-year-old replaces Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah’s leader after he was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month. Senior Hezbollah figure Hashem Safieddine, considered to…
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The number of people killed in an Israeli strike on the Gazan town of Beit Lahiya has risen to 60, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry. There are 17 others still missing under the rubble of the residential building that was hit, an official added. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that most of…
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Israel’s high-powered laser interception system, dubbed Iron Beam, is expected to be operational next year. That’s according to the director-general of Israel’s foreign ministry Eyal Zamir, who signed a $535m (£411m) contract with manufacturers Rafael and Elbit yesterday. Iron Beam would supplement Israel’s other aerial defence capacities, such as the more well-known Iron Dome. These…
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Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz has called on Benjamin Netanyahu to strike a deal that would allow for the release of hostages, even if it comes at a “painful” price. A total of 97 hostages remain unaccounted for following the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel. Israel’s official figure for those held in…
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Nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry has said. According to its latest figures, 43,020 people have now been killed by Israel since 7 October 2023, 96 more than yesterday’s number. A further 101,110 have been injured during that time, it…
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An Israeli airstrike on Saturday hit a building that was part of Iran’s defunct nuclear weapons programme, according to an American researcher. David Albright, a former UN weapons inspector and head of the Institute for Science and International Security research group, said that Israel struck buildings in Parchin, a military complex near Tehran. He said…
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The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has surpassed 43,000, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Monday. During the past 48 hours, the Israeli military killed 96 people and wounded 277 others, bringing the total death toll to 43,020 and injuries to 101,110 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke…
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We reported earlier today that Israeli troops have withdrawn from a hospital they began raiding yesterday in northern Gaza, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry. Kamal Adwan is one of three hospitals in northern Gaza left largely inaccessible by fighting. Speaking earlier this afternoon, the head of the World Health Organization said many medics…
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The Israeli military has named six Palestinian Al Jazeera reporters in Gaza that it says are also members of Hamas or Islamic Jihad militant groups. The Israel Defence Forces published documents that it said it had found in Gaza that proved the men had a military affiliation to the groups. It said the papers included…
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Germany’s foreign minister has visited Lebanon today. Annalena Baerbock met with the speaker of Lebanon’s parliament, Nabih Berri, in Beirut. She said Germany would “not look away” or leave Lebanon on its own as it tries to cope with ongoing fighting between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel across the country. She also said the conflict will…
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Israel begins strikes on Tyre Israel has begun striking the historic southern Lebanese port city of Tyre. Around three hours ago, an Israeli military spokesman, Avichay Adraee, published a map on X showing dozens of buildings highlighted in red and ordered their residents to evacuate. The port is typically a bustling hub for southern Lebanon,…
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Welcome back as we resume our coverage of the conflicts in the Middle East, where US secretary of state Antony Blinken is on another tour in the hopes of reigniting stuttering ceasefire talks. Mr Blinken is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia today after lengthy talks with Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday in Jerusalem. Nearly a week on…
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The past week has seen mounting pressure grow between Israel and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Israel’s military is currently on the ground in southern Lebanon in what it has described as “limited, localised and targeted” raids against Iran-backed Hezbollah. Fighting in the area has led to clashes with UNIFIL, who since 1978 have…
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