It is not yet fully known how exactly the pagers were made to explode New Delhi: Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon today, killing eight people and wounding Tehran’s ambassador in Beirut in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel. There was no comment from the Israeli military. Hezbollah has … Read more
Multiple people were wounded in Beirut’s suburbs and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded Tuesday, Lebanese state media and security officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear if people were killed. The exact number of injured people is unclear, with the Associated Press reporting dozens while Reuters has put the count in the … Read more
LOWER MERION, Pennsylvania ― A Jewish group which played a key role in the ouster of progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) earlier this year is now targeting Pennsylvania in the presidential race, aiming to put on a formally nonpartisan show of Jewish voters’ power in the state most likely to decide the 2024 presidential election. … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) — For her 26th birthday in July, human rights activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi gathered friends for a bonfire at one of her favorite places, a sandy beach in Seattle where green-and-white ferries cruise across the dark, flat water and osprey fish overhead. On Wednesday night, hundreds of people traveled to the same beach … Read more
Both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris expressed outrage on Wednesday after Israel acknowledged responsibility for killing American activist Ayşenur Eygi in the West Bank, but they stopped short of implementing or threatening to implement any consequences for the country, which the U.S. continues to arm unconditionally. Before Wednesday morning, the White House … Read more
Israeli air strikes on a tent camp for displaced Palestinians have killed and wounded 65 people in southern Gaza, the enclave’s civil emergency service reports, as the Israeli military says it targeted a Hamas command centre. Residents and medics said a tent encampment near Khan Younis in the Al-Mawasi area, a designated humanitarian zone, was … Read more
Jerusalem: A Palestinian hospital official said Friday a US citizen died from a “gunshot in the head” in the occupied West Bank, and Israel’s military said it was investigating the incident. “An American solidarity activist arrived at the hospital with a gunshot in the head, and we announced her martyrdom around 14:30,” said Fouad Nafaa, … Read more
German police have exchanged fire with a man in the city of Munich, fatally wounding the suspect in an area near a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history and the Israeli consulate. Officers were alerted to a person carrying a “long gun” in the Karolinenplatz area, near downtown Munich, on Thursday morning. There was then … Read more
With mounting evidence Israel is breaking legal standards — and its promises to the U.S. — during its ongoing military offensive in Gaza, the Biden administration should stop sending the Israelis weapons and launch a public review of Israeli conduct, a coalition of more than 20 foreign policy and human rights groups argued in a … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted September 3, 2024 5:29 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel. The criminal complaint filed in federal court in … Read more
