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The roads through northern Israel along the border with Lebanon are empty of cars. It is unnervingly quiet. Since 7 October the area has been under bombardment from Hezbollah militants and tens of thousands of people have left following the government’s evacuation rules. Ariel Frish, the deputy head of security, in Kiryat Shmona, a frontline…
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The apparent Israeli attack on Iran has prompted airlines to change flight paths, cancel flights and divert others to alternate airports over security concerns. Iran closed its airports in Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan in the aftermath and cleared flights from the western portion of its airspace for a few hours after the attack, according to…
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Activists and aid workers are preparing another attempt to break through the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. A coalition of organisations, including the IHH and the Mavi Marmara Association from Turkey, are planning to set sail soon onboard the ship Akdeniz. The exact launch date is unclear but activists are currently sorting…
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Israel has reminded Iran that its “highly sensitive facilities” are “within reach of the long Israeli arm”, a senior diplomat has said. The Israeli military have “left their calling card”, Sir Richard Dalton added. But the UK’s former ambassador to Iran and Libya also told Sky News he wanted to “utter a word of caution”.…
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The Iranian president has claimed Tehran’s attack on Israel is a “sign of power”. Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel last weekend, but little damage was caused. Speaking to a crowd in the city of Damghan, President Ebrahim Raisi said the attack showed the “steely determination of our nation”. Iran ‘downplaying’…
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The US has imposed sanctions on two entities that it said helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for two violent extremists in the West Bank. One of the entities, Mount Hebron Fund, launched an online fundraising campaign that raised $140,000 for settler Yinon Levi. Levi had led a group of settlers that assaulted Palestinian…
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Worshippers in Tehran have gathered at a demonstration just hours after an apparent Israeli strike in Iran. People chanted “death to Israel”, “death to America” and “death to Zionists”, while waving Iranian and Palestinian flags. One man said: “They (Israelis) didn’t do anything special, based off what I heard from news agencies. “I don’t think they…
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Iran’s air defence systems fired at a “suspicious object” over the central city of Isfahan in response to this morning’s apparent Israeli attack, a senior army commander has said. General Siavash Mihandoost told Iranian state television: “It caused no damage or incident at all.” “The sound heard early in the morning today in Isfahan was…
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The US Secretary of State has accused Hamas of blocking a ceasefire in Gaza and being more interested in a regional conflict than in helping the Palestinian people. Antony Blinken said in Capri: “The only thing standing between the Gazan people and a ceasefire is Hamas.” He added: “It’s rejected generous proposals from Israel. “It…
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G7 foreign ministers have warned of fresh sanctions against Iran over its drone and missile attack on Israel, and urged both countries to avoid escalating the conflict. The group has been meeting in Capri today, with Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said the summit’s agenda was changed on Friday to address the latest developments in…
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Warning of ‘unintended consequences, especially for Iran’ The confrontation between Israel and Iran could have “unintended consequences, especially for Iran”, an Iranian-Israeli academic has told Sky News. Meir Javedanfar, who lectures at Reichman University in Tel Aviv, said: “I’m from Iran, and I have to tell you: this war that the Iranian regime is waging…
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The UK, US and other western allies will be hoping what appears to be a limited strike by Israel against Iran was sufficiently restrained to avoid triggering an escalatory response. Israel has yet formally to comment, however, and the exact nature of the military action is unclear. Ever since Tehran launched an unprecedented barrage of…
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Labour is urging “all sides to show restraint and to de-escalate the situation” following the apparent Israeli strike against Iran. There is a “real risk of a full-scale war in the region”, Matthew Pennycook, shadow housing minister, told Sky News. Asked whether Labour supported Israel’s right to take retaliatory action in Iran, he said: “We…
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Israeli missiles have targeted Syria’s air defence positions, according to state media. The defence systems were located in the south of Syria, the reports said. Syrian state media quoted an unnamed military source as providing the information. MEZIESBLOG has not been able to verify the claims.. Both sides ‘testing the waters’ and seeing ‘how far…
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The U.S. announced a fresh set of sanctions on Iran targeting the production of unarmed aerial vehicles Thursday as Tehran warned Israel it would review its official stance on nuclear weapons if its atomic facilities were attacked. The latest wave of actions Thursday by the United States and Iran come on the heels of Tehran’s…
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Leaders of G7 nations on Sunday condemned Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel and called for “restraint” from all sides. “We unanimously condemned Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel”, European Council President Charles Michel wrote on X, formerly Twitter, following video talks. “We will continue all our efforts to work towards de-escalation. Ending the crisis in Gaza…
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