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Jerusalem: Israel’s invasion of Lebanon this week and Iran’s missile attack on its regional foe, all while war rages on in Gaza, have heightened the risk of a high-intensity conflict across the Middle East. The spiralling violence now threatens to engulf more and more of the region despite diplomatic efforts to calm tensions, with UN…
Bnei Dror, Israel: Israeli couple Leron and Zoli Mor have identical tattoos on their arms showing a procession of eight elephants, their tails and trunks intertwined. The first two are the parents and the six smaller ones behind them are the calves. The last three are even smaller than the rest and are depicted in…
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Israel has been conducting an air-land attack on Lebanon. Jerusalem: The Israeli army on Friday said its forces had hit more than 2,000 sites during its four-day incursion into southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah positions. “Over 2,000 military targets have been struck,” including militants, military buildings, weapons and more, the Israeli military said in a statement. …
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Washington: Israel has sworn it will retaliate for Iran’s missile barrage on Tuesday, which involved more than 180 ballistic missiles and was largely thwarted by Israel’s air defense systems. Below are some ways Israel, backed by the United States, could strike back. Go After Iran’s Military Installations Some analysts believe Israel is most likely to…
The UN Security Council on Thursday expressed its full support for Antonio Guterres. United Nations: The United Nations Security Council on Thursday expressed its full support for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after Israel’s foreign minister said he was barring him from entering the country. The 15-member council said in a statement that “any decision not to…
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Rising tensions in the Middle East add new uncertainties for the global economy even as policymakers start to congratulate themselves on having steered it out of a bout of high inflation without triggering a recession. Israel, which has been fighting with Hamas in Gaza for almost a year, has sent its troops into southern Lebanon…
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Beirut: Israel’s military said Thursday it had hit Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital, as troops battled militants near the border and warplanes bombarded their strongholds around the country. Israel announced this week that its troops had started “ground raids” into parts of southern Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, after days of heavy bombardment…
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Stockholm, Sweden: The Swedish intelligence agency Sapo said Thursday that Iran may have been involved in explosions and gunfire around Israeli embassies in Sweden and Denmark this week. In Denmark, police said they arrested three Swedish nationals on Wednesday after two blasts, likely caused by hand grenades, close to the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen. On…
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The last two weeks have seen the Middle East teetering on a knife’s edge. While tensions have been high since the Hamas attacks last October, the developments in the previous two weeks have been particularly concerning. Tensions began to rise on September 17 when the pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded all of a sudden,…
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels conducted drone strikes in Israel’s Tel Aviv early this morning, backing the Palestinian and Lebanese wars against Israel. The operation achieved its goals as the drones successfully reached their targets, the Houthis said in a statement. “The Drone Air Force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a military operation targeting a…
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