New Delhi: Israel continued ferocious rounds of airstrikes on Hezbollah’s key strongholds in southern Beirut in Lebanon today. These strikes, which began last night in the heart of the capital city, sent plumes of thick smoke billowing into the sky, sparking fear and chaos in densely populated civilian areas. The operations marked Israel’s most intense … Read more
Over the weekend, Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at Israel. New Delhi: Israel and Hezbollah have threatened to intensify their cross-border attacks, disregarding calls from the international community to de-escalate and step back from a potential all-out war. Here are 10 points on this big story: Hezbollah’s deputy chief, Naim Qassem, issued a defiant … Read more
WHO said only 17 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are currently even partially functional (File) Geneva: The World Health Organization said Thursday that at least a quarter of those hurt in the war raging in Gaza have suffered “life-changing injuries”, many requiring amputations and other “huge” rehabilitation needs. At least 22,500 of the people injured in … Read more
The campaign aims to cover more than 640,000 children under 10 years old. A health official said a polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday, while an aid worker said a large-scale rollout would begin on Sunday, coinciding with a “humanitarian pause” agreed by Israel and Hamas. The vaccination drive was announced after Gaza … Read more
More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since war began between Israel and Hamas (File). Paris: After an escalation of hostilities Sunday amid over 10 months of cross-border clashes between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement, here are the major eruptions of violence since their 2006 war. The devastating month-long war in the … Read more
On January 31, 2024, American and Israeli intelligence agencies focused on capturing Yahya Sinwar, the current Hamas chief, to potentially end the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Sinwar, who took over the leadership after the death of former Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh on July 31, was believed to be hiding in southern Gaza. Special Forces from … Read more
“Operation Wrath of God” targeted more than a dozen suspects across Europe and the Middle East. New Delhi: During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, 11 Israeli athletes were killed by members of the Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir secretly ordered Mossad, Israel’s elite intelligence agency, to … Read more
Iranian security forces conducted thorough searches of the guesthouse compound. New Delhi: In response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in its capital Tehran, Iran has arrested over two dozen individuals, including high-ranking intelligence officers, military officials, and staff at a military-run guesthouse in the capital, New York Times reported. Israel’s elite intelligence … Read more
Israel struck the southern and central Gaza Strip on Monday to put more pressure on Hamas, following a weekend strike targeting the militant group’s leadership which killed scores of Palestinians camped in a designated “safe zone”. Two days after the Israeli strike turned a crowded swathe of Mawasi near the Mediterranean coast into a charred … Read more
At the break of morning, the mission was kicked off. New Delhi: The Nuseirat refugee camp is located in the middle of the Gaza Strip, deep inside Palestinian territory. It was in one of the camp’s many markets that Hamas had kept Israeli woman Noa Argamani, a 26-year-old woman who had been dramatically captured on … Read more
