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A deadly rocket attack from Lebanon has claimed the lives of five people and left one seriously injured in northern Israel, the Times Of Israel reported. Local authorities confirmed the casualties, which occurred when projectiles struck an agricultural area near the border town of Metula. According to Channel 12 news, the victims include one Israeli…
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday said that Hezbollah’s new chief, Naim Qassem, was a “temporary appointment” and that he won’t last “long”. His reaction came hours after the Iran-backed group announced that it had chosen deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed Hassan Nasrallahwho was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s Beirut last…
Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general Sheikh Naim Qassem, elected head of the Lebanese armed group on Tuesday, has been a senior figure in the Iran-backed movement for more than 30 years. Speaking in front of curtains from an undisclosed location on October 8, Qassem said the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel was a war about who…
Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had elected deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed former secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air attack on Beirut’s southern suburb over a month ago. The group said in a written statement that its Shura Council had elected Qassem, 71, in accordance with…
Israel dramatically escalated its air strikes on Lebanon late last month (File) Jerusalem: The Israeli military on Sunday said five soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, bringing to 37 the death count for soldiers fighting there since the start of ground operations on September 30. The soldiers “fell during combat in southern Lebanon,” the army…
Israeli airstrikes hit more than 200 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, while troops simultaneously continued raids against Hamas’s efforts to regroup in northern Gaza in the past day, the Israel Defence Forces said on Friday morning. Among the terrorists killed in south Lebanon was Abbas Adnan Moslem, the commander of the Aitaroun area in Hezbollah’s…
Jerusalem: The Israeli army said Friday that a strike that killed three journalists in south Lebanon was “under review”, maintaining that it had targeted Hezbollah militants. “Earlier today, following intelligence information, the IDF (army) struck a Hezbollah military structure in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon,” the military said in a statement to AFP. “The strike was…
Beirut: The killing of Hezbollah’s powerful leader Hassan Nasrallah a month ago has marked a fundamental shift for the Iran-backed Lebanese movement and revived calls for it to surrender its vast weapons arsenal. “The death of Nasrallah marked the end of an era,” said analyst Sam Heller of the US-based think tank Century Foundation. After…
Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed at least 1,580 people since war began against Hezbollah. Beirut: Lebanon state media said several Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday, about half an hour after Israel issued evacuation warnings for the Hezbollah bastion following intense strikes the night before. AFPTV footage showed plumes of smoke rising…
BEIRUT: Israel said Tuesday that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier in the month killed a Hezbollah official widely expected to have replaced the militant group’s longtime leader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in September. There was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah about the fate of Hashem Safieddine, a powerful cleric who…