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Israel-Iran war LIVE: Biden warns Israel against Iran oil strikes as war fears mount

October 5, 2024 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday advised Israel against striking Iran’s oil facilities, saying he was trying to rally the world to avoid the escalating prospect of all-out war in the Middle East. But his predecessor Donald Trump, currently campaigning for another term in power, went so far as to suggest Israel should “hit” the…

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India On West Asia Tensions

October 4, 2024 admin

Indian nationals are advised to avoid all non-essential travel to Iran, MEA said. (Representational) New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs expressed deep concern over the escalating tensions in West Asia, involving Israel, Iran, and Lebanon, and asserted that “it is important that this conflict doesn’t take a wider regional dimension.” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal…

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Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive

October 4, 2024 admin

The Israeli military on Thursday (October 3, 2024) warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a U.N.-declared buffer zone, signaling that it may widen a ground operation launched earlier this week against the Hezbollah militant group. Click here for Israel-Lebanon conflict live updates Meanwhile, Israeli forces said they had struck around…

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Watch: What’s Hezbollah, and why is the militia permanently at war with Israel?

August 31, 2024 admin

Watch: What’s Hezbollah, and why is the militia permanently at war with Israel? Fuad Shukr, the ‘ghost’ commander of Hezbollah, was killed on July 31 in an Israeli strike in Beirut. Shukr was the seniormost Hezbollah commander killed by Israel in the 10-month long war. Hezbollah had vowed to avenge Shukr’s death. In the early…

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