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Brazen drone attack targets Netanyahu’s home

A drone attack believed to be launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea early Saturday local...

Israel confirms death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Israel has confirmed the death of Yahya Sinwar, the political leader of Hamas in Gaza, following an IDF operation. On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces...

Pro-Palestine Jewish activists occupy Wall Street

Hundreds of pro-Palestine Jewish activists gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange to demand the US government halt arms deliveries to Israel, accusing Washington...

UN Peacekeepers injured as Israeli tanks breach Southern Lebanon post

The United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, Unifil, reported that Israeli tanks forcibly entered one of its posts near the Israeli border early...

Trump demands CBS release full transcript of Kamala Harris interview amid editing scandal

Former CBS News staffers are calling for an independent investigation into 60 Minutes after discrepancies surfaced in Vice President Kamala Harris' interview responses. CBS has...

Has Iran just tested a nuclear weapon?

An earthquake-like tremor has sparked speculation that it was more than seismic, perhaps an underground explosion. In the late evening of October 5, seismic tremors...

Netanyahu cancels Defense Minister’s US Visit

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s planned visit to the US, following a missile barrage from Iran in retaliation...

Watch: US journalist sets himself on fire at pro-Palestinian protest

A CBS News photojournalist, Samuel Mena, set himself on fire at a pro-Palestinian rally near the White House on Saturday in protest of media...

Terror attack in southern Israel leaves one dead and several injured

A 25-year-old woman has died following a terror attack in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, where a gunman opened fire at a central...

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza mosque and school kill 24, local officials report

At least 24 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli airstrikes on a mosque and a school in Gaza, according to local authorities. The strikes...

Netanyahu slams Macron’s arms embargo call as ‘shameful’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has harshly criticised French President Emmanuel Macron's recent call for an arms embargo against Israel amid the ongoing conflict...

Watch: Huge explosion rocks Beirut amid intensified Israeli airstrikes

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intensified their bombing campaign in Beirut early Sunday, with air raids causing a huge explosion in the Lebanese capital. The...

Israel prepares ‘serious’ response to Iranian missile attack

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Saturday that it is preparing a significant retaliatory strike against Iran following an Iranian missile barrage targeting...

Thousands in Berlin protest arms deliveries to Ukraine and Israel

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Berlin on Thursday, protesting against Germany's military support for Ukraine and Israel while demanding an end to the ongoing...

Israeli airstrikes hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that its jets conducted airstrikes on Hezbollah military targets in southern Lebanon, releasing a video showing the strikes...

Israel struck with hypersonic missiles – Iran

The IRGC claimed to have used cutting-edge Fattah-2 rockets to bypass air defenses. Iran used hypersonic missiles for the first time during its strikes on...

Iran fires barrage of missiles at Israel

Dozens of ballistic rockets have made it through the country’s anti-aircraft defenses, footage circulating online suggests. Iran has launched a large-scale ballistic attack on Israel,...

Six killed in mass shooting in Tel Aviv – reports

Police have reportedly killed the two gunmen believed responsible for the attack. At least six people have been killed in a mass shooting in Tel...

Israel launches ‘limited, localised and targeted’ ground operation in southern Lebanon

Israel has initiated a ground operation in southern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah forces near the border in a series of "limited, localised, and targeted raids,"...

Hezbollah prepared for Israeli ground invasion, deputy leader declares

Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Naim Qassem, has stated that the group is ready to confront Israeli forces if they attempt a ground invasion of Lebanon. This...

Iranian foreign ministry says it won’t be sending forces to support Hezbollah in Lebanon

Iran has announced it will not deploy troops to Lebanon or Gaza to confront Israel, despite escalating conflicts in the region. In a statement made...

Biden calls for ceasefire amid reports of impending Israeli ground incursion into Lebanon

US President Joe Biden has urged for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, despite reports suggesting that Israel is preparing to launch a...

Israel claims death of another senior Hezbollah official in airstrike

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced the killing of Nabil Qaouk, a senior Hezbollah official, in an airstrike on Saturday. Qaouk, who was a key...

Israel plans ground operation in southern Lebanon, US official confirms

Israel is reportedly preparing to launch a limited ground operation in southern Lebanon, according to a senior US official speaking to ABC News on...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah Killed in Israeli airstrike on Beirut

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah, has been killed in an Israeli airstrike, the group confirmed. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced...

Three US Navy destroyers targeted in ‘complex’ missile and drone attack by Yemeni Houthis

Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a sophisticated missile and drone assault on three American Navy destroyers in the Red Sea, as confirmed by the Pentagon...

IDF airstrikes hit Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut

The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) launched a series of intense airstrikes on the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut on Friday, targeting the underground headquarters of...

Israel secures $8.7 billion weapons package from US – Defense Ministry

Washington did not acknowledge the transfer of military aid. The US has given Israel an $8.7 billion tranche of military aid, the majority of which...

Watch: Starmer calls for the return of the Gaza ‘sausages’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer mistakenly referred to "the sausages" instead of "the hostages" during a speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool,...

Hezbollah announces ‘battle of reckoning’ with Israel

Rocket fire has intensified since the Beirut airstrike that killed the group’s senior commander. Dozens of Hezbollah missiles have struck northern Israel, in what the...

Hezbollah fires barrage of rockets at Israel

Civil defense sirens have been heard in dozens of cities in northern Israel in the early hours of Sunday. Interceptors have been activated in northern...

Israeli warplanes strike targets in southern Lebanon

The IDF said that it targeted buildings used by Hezbollah operatives. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets...

Lebanon pager blasts ‘indistinguishable from terrorism’ – Snowden

The remotely detonated explosions were “reckless” and indiscriminate, the former NSA contractor argued. The wave of synchronized pager explosions in Lebanon was “reckless” because the...

Israel confirms deaths of six hostages in Gaza

The captives were killed shortly before they were found in a tunnel, the IDF says. The bodies of six hostages captured by Hamas militants on...

Israel targets West Bank with new wave of strikes and assassinations

The IDF has launched a significant “counterterrorism operation” in response to a failed suicide bombing attempt in Tel Aviv. Israel has killed around a dozen...

‘Where Jesus walked’: Archaeologists uncover ‘significant second temple-era quarry’ in Jerusalem

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a large quarry at Mount Hotzvim, revealing vital insights into the Second Temple period, a time when Jesus is...

Deadly explosion rocks Tel Aviv

Israeli police are investigating whether the incident was terrorism-related. Israeli police are investigating an explosion in Tel Aviv that killed one man and injured another,...

Israeli airstrike on Gaza school compound kills around 100 – Reuters

An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound, housing displaced Palestinian families, has resulted in around 100 deaths, according to the Gaza Civil...

Israel preparing underground bunker for Iranian attack – media

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet could operate from beneath Jerusalem in the event of a full-scale war. Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has prepared a...

Iran releases details of Hamas chief‘s assassination

The deadly attack on Ismail Haniyeh involved a “short-range projectile with a warhead of about seven kilograms,” the IRGC has claimed. Hamas political chief Ismail...

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