It’s likely that Tehran could imminently launch ballistic missiles against Israel a senior White House official told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, as the Jewish state braced for an Iranian attack within the next 12 hours. “The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel,” the […]
Earlier, the Israeli military said it had killed the Iran-backed group’s leader in Friday’s strike on Beirut. The Israeli military has claimed that it killed Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah in Friday’s huge airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. There has been no confirmation from the Iran-backed militant group, but if he has died it is a major […]
Hezbollah is an influential Shia Muslim political party and armed group. It has a significant presence in both the Lebanese parliament and government, and controls the most powerful armed force in the country. Hezbollah rose to prominence in the 1980s in opposition to Israel, whose forces had occupied southern Lebanon during the country’s 1975-1990 civil […]
The Israeli military has “high preparedness in attack and defense in all sectors,” according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released soon after it carried out a large airstrike in Beirut targeting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. “IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has now completed a situational assessment with the […]
The U.S. is sending additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder would provide no details on how many additional forces […]
Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south in the country’s deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year ago, stoking tensions after similar explosions of the group’s pagers the day before. Lebanon’s health ministry said 20 people were killed and more than 450 […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in the Shiite […]
Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday. The Israeli military says Iran fired more than 100 bomb-carrying drones toward Israel. Hours later, Iran announced it had also launched much more destructive ballistic missiles. Iran had been threatening to attack Israel after an airstrike earlier this month widely blamed on Israel destroyed […]
