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Ongoing hostilities benefit nobody: India on Israeli attack on Iran

October 26, 2024 admin

A general view of Tehran on October 26, 2024. Israel announced the launch of “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran on October 26, 2024, in retaliation for attacks against it, as Iranian state media reported several explosions around the capital. | Photo Credit: AFP India expressed deep concern about the unfolding situation in West…

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Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, Lebanon’s state news says

October 25, 2024 admin

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on Majdal Zoun village, in this view from the southern city of Tyre, south Lebanon on Thursday (October 24, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP “An Israeli airstrike on a compound housing journalists in southeast Lebanon has killed three media staffers,” Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said on Friday (October…

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Hezbollah Targets Israeli Military Company In Tel Aviv As War Intensifies

October 23, 2024 admin

Beirut: Hezbollah has said it attacked the Israel Military Industries Ltd., also referred to as Ta’a, in the suburbs of Tel Aviv with missiles. Hezbollah, in a statement, said on Wednesday night that the strike “hit its targets accurately”. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said earlier in the day that four projectiles were launched on…

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Israel claims it has unearthed Hezbollah’s web of tunnels in southern Lebanon

October 19, 2024 admin

Israeli forces have spent much of the past year destroying Hamas’ vast underground network in Gaza. They are now focused on dismantling tunnels and other hideouts belonging to Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. Scarred by Hamas’ deadly raid into Israel last year that sparked the war in Gaza, Israel says it aims to prevent a…

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Security Council voices ’strong concern’ for U.N. peacekeepers after Israeli attacks

October 15, 2024 admin

The rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Deir Billa, Lebanon is pictured on October 13, 2024. Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the U.N. to remove UNIFIL peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon immediately. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images The U.N. Security Council expressed “strong concern” Monday (October 14, 2024)…

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Israel Strikes Central Beirut, Killing 22, Injuring 117, Hezbollah Figure Targeted

October 10, 2024 admin

Beirut, Lebanon: Israel pounded central Beirut with a deadly air strike on Thursday while its ground troops in Lebanon were accused of firing on the UN’s peacekeeping headquarters, injuring two of them. The air raid on Beirut, where an AFP journalist heard several loud explosions, was the third such attack on the centre of the…

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In Video Message For Lebanon, Netanyahu’s “Destruction Like Gaza” Warning

October 9, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a stark warning to Lebanon, claiming the country could face a similar fate to Gaza if it continues to allow Hezbollah to operate within its borders. His statement came as the Israeli military intensified its offensive against Hezbollah along Lebanon’s southern coastline, deploying additional troops…

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Young Female Soldiers In Israel Raise Alarms About Security Risks On Border

October 5, 2024 admin

For over a year, a dedicated group of young women in Israel’s military has been on high alert, observing movements along the border with Lebanon. This female-only unit, known as field observers, has played a critical role in identifying threats from Hezbollah, diligently tracking the group’s activities from their posts. These soldiers, aged between 18…

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Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah Agreed To Ceasefire Before Being Killed: Lebanon Minister

October 3, 2024 admin

Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon on September 27 Beirut: Former Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to a ceasefire shortly before he was killed in an air strike in Beirut last week, Lebanon Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said today. Speaking to an American…

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‘Sickening cycle of escalation’ in Mideast must stop, says UN chief Antonio Guterres

October 2, 2024 admin

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File | Photo Credit: Reuters UN chief Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for an end to the “sickening cycle of escalation” in the Middle East, while specifically condemning Iran over its latest missile attack after facing harsh criticism from Israel. The secretary-general was speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN…

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