Israeli strikes kill 42 in Gaza as tanks tighten siege of north
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 42 people on Wednesday as Israeli forces intensified a siege of northern parts of the Palestinian enclave, surrounding hospitals and refugee shelters, and ordering residents to head south, medics and residents said. The Gaza health ministry and the World Health Organization said they would be unable to […]
Israel confirms death of heir apparent to slain Hezbollah leader
Updated: 9:30am (AEDT) Tel Aviv, Israel/Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel on Tuesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was previously killed in an Israeli attack last month on the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group. The military said Safieddine was killed in a strike carried out three weeks ago […]
Israel air strike kills 73 Palestinians in northern Gaza – Hamas media
Cairo, Egypt Reuters At least 73 Palestinians, including many women and children, were killed and dozens wounded in Israeli strikes on Saturday that hit several houses in Beit Lahiya town in northern Gaza Strip, Hamas media said. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office also said dozens were wounded and missing in the strikes. Medics said […]
Israel pounds Beirut and Gaza after rockets hit Israel’s north
Jerusalem/Beirut, Lebanon/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on Saturday after the Lebanese armed group fired rockets into northern Israel and a spokesman said a drone was launched at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home. Netanyahu was not there at the time, and it was not immediately […]
Israel sends more troops into north Gaza, deepens raid
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Israeli military said on Friday it sent another army unit to support its forces operating in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza’s eight historic refugee camps, where residents said tanks blew up roads and houses as they thrust further into the territory. Residents of Jabalia in northern Gaza said Israeli tanks had […]
Sinwar’s death came at the end of months of searching by Israel
Jerusalem, Israel Reuters Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed during a gun battle in southern Gaza on Wednesday by Israeli troops who were initially unaware that they had caught their country’s number one enemy, Israeli officials said. Intelligence services had been searching for Sinwar for months and had been gradually restricting the area where he […]
Hamas leader Sinwar killed by Israeli troops in Gaza, Netanyahu says war will go on
Updated: 11am (AEDT) Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the 7th October, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, has been killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian enclave, Israel said on Thursday. His killing marks a huge success for Israel and a pivotal event in the year-long conflict. There are […]
US charges Hamas leaders over 7th October attack on Israel
Reuters The United States announced criminal charges on Tuesday against Hamas’ top leaders over their roles in planning, supporting and perpetrating the deadly 7th October attack in southern Israel. The charges against Yahya Sinwar, the militant group’s chief, and at least five others accuse them of orchestrating the 7th October attack, which killed 1,200 people, […]
Hamas names 7th October mastermind Sinwar as leader after Haniyeh assassination
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said on Tuesday, in a move that reinforces the radical path pursued since the 7th October attack on Israel. Sinwar, the architect of the most devastating attack on […]