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Malcolm P Chapman/Getty Images (BEIRUT) — Nearly one quarter of the Lebanese population has been displaced by Israel’s military campaign there, the country’s caretaker prime minister said. Najib Mikati said 1.2 million people — out of Lebanon’s total 2022 population of 5.49 million, according to United Nations data — have been forced from their homes […]
Police vehicle is seen near the site of a shooting by gunmen at a light rail station on October 1, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Hamas has taken responsibility for the fatal shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv that unfolded on Tuesday just as Iran was launching a […]
Israeli tanks and APC’s gather by the Israeli – Lebanese border on September 30, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Getty Images) (LONDON) — After nearly a year of bloodshed and upheaval, the return of some 70,000 displaced Israeli residents from the regions along the country’s border with Lebanon became one of the most politically pressing issues facing Prime […]
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israel continued its intense airstrike campaign across Lebanon, which included several strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs and one in the center of the city. Israel’s Lebanon operation continues as leaders […]
pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia and Ukraine each launched more than 100 attack drones, most of which were intercepted, overnight into Thursday, military officials said. Ukraine’s air defenses shot down at least 78 of the 105 Russian Shahed drones launched overnight at several regions, including Kyiv, the country’s air force said in an update. Fifteen […]
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Iran launched the largest missile attack on Israel to date on Tuesday, with hundreds of missiles fired into the country, according to Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations. […]
In this photo released by Israel Aircraft Industries, an Arrow II anti-missile missile is successfully launched December 2, 2005 from an unnamed military base in central Israel. (IAI via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israel’s layered missile defense system was once again put to the test on Tuesday as Iran launched more than 200 ballistic […]
The remains of exploded pagers are seen in Beirut’s southern suburbs Sept 18, 2024, after hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon on Sept. 17, 2024, killing at least nine people. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The unassuming pager took its place in the annals of Israeli covert operations history in […]
Getty Images – STOCK/pawel.gaul (LONDON) — Iran launched missiles at Israel on Tuesday in an attack it said was retaliation for a wave of assassinations carried out by Israel over the last several weeks targeting Hezbollah, an Iran-backed, Shiite Muslim political party and militant group based in Lebanon. Iran has also said the attacks were […]
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israeli troops are now active in southern Lebanon in what the Israel Defense Forces called “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” targeting Hezbollah positions. Israel believes it has eliminated around […]
