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“Let me close with this,” says Joe Biden, as he ends his last speech to the UN General Assembly as US president. “We must never forget who we’re here to represent.” He looks back on his decision not to seek a second term as leader: “As much as I love the job, I love my…
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The Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Muhammad Qubaisi in an airstrike on Beirut. He was in charge of Hezbollah’s missiles and rockets force. Qubaisi was struck alongside other central commanders of Hezbollah’s missiles and rockets force, the military has said in a statement. It adds that he joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and…
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Joe Biden has made his final address to the UN General Assembly as president of the United States. The global media expected him to use his wide-ranging address to speak to the need to end the conflict in the Middle East. World at another ‘inflection point’, Biden says Joe Biden says many people will “see…
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The prime minister has told Britons in Lebanon to “leave immediately” as around 700 UK troops are deployed to Cyprus in case an emergency evacuation is needed. Sir Keir Starmer said “we are ramping up the contingency plans… in light of the escalation”, with fears growing of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah. “It is…
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The heads of United Nations agencies are demanding an “end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. It comes almost one year since the war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas began. “We cannot do our jobs in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence,” the top UN officials said in…
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There are several routes of escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, says former national security adviser Sir Mark Lyall Grant. He tells Sky News that Israel “probably has the greater incentive to escalate this conflict than the other side”. It could target Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah; Lebanese civilian infrastructure, as it has done…
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Israel’s military has begun carrying out extensive strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon this morning, a military spokesperson said. Asked about a possible Israeli ground incursion, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israel “will do whatever is needed” to return evacuated residents of the north to their homes. He claimed Hezbollah was preparing to fire on Israel,…
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It’s Monday, so before we start another week of our coverage, here’s everything you need to know as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East… Week of escalation Fears of a wider regional conflict increased over the last week, as cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah reached new heights. On Tuesday and Wednesday,…
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Images are continuing to emerge of the funerals of Hezbollah senior leader Ibrahim Aqil and Hezbollah member Mahmoud Hamad in Beirut on Sunday. The funeral came as Hezbollah and Israel exchanged heavy fire today, as the Lebanese militant group sent rockets deep into northern Israeli territory after facing some of the most intense bombardment in…
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The blowing up of Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies was a “very sophisticated, very accurate” attack, an Israeli intelligence expert says. Major Avraham Levine, from the Alma Center, tells Sky News the “blame was immediately put on Israel” and the “surgical” strike suggests “someone is deep into Hezbollah’s communications systems”. It was assumed the blasts were…
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Israel’s military actions had a “catastrophic” impact on children’s rights in Gaza, a UN committee has said. The committee condemned severe violations by Israel since the war began in October last year. “The committee condemns in the strongest terms the severe violations of rights under the convention in the OPT [Occupied Palestinian Territories], including the…
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Thousands of people have been left with “almost identical injuries” after pagers and walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, a doctor has said. “Almost exclusively the pager explodes in the hand while people are trying to read the message, so we’re getting mangled hands and penetrating injuries and blast injuries to the face…
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The attack on Hezbollah operatives using pagers “worked perfectly”, a former head of research and analysis at Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has said. Sima Shine told news agencies that the detonation of pagers was “a combination of three elements that worked perfectly”. She said this included: “Intelligence on one hand, technology on the other, and…
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A senior Hamas official says Joe Biden’s comments about Benjamin Netanyahu point to acknowledgement by the US that the Israeli prime minister was undermining efforts to secure a ceasefire. Sami Abu Zuhri said any proposal for a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal would be received positively. But senior Israeli sources have told the Reuters news…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “trapped in a course of action from which no one can see a way out”. “The [Israeli] government is continuing with its policy of eliminating Hamas absolutely and returning the hostages as well – believing that both could be done,” he says. “But the evidence would suggest that’s not the…
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Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has accused those who went on strike today of “serving the interests of Hamas” and “damaging the Israeli economy”. The far-right minister, who leads the Religious Zionist Party, posted his reaction to the labour court’s ruling that today’s strike must end imminently. He wrote on X: “The court accepted our…
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