Israel's attack on Palestine
Top Hezbollah commander killed
The Israeli military said yesterday it had killed a top Hezbollah commander it accused of overseeing rocket and anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
Israel officially informs UN of end to relations with Palestinian relief agency
The Israeli parliament passed legislation banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and stopping Israeli authorities from cooperating with the organisation last month
Israel’s UNRWA ban: UNSC expresses ‘grave concern’
The UN Security Council yesterday expressed “grave concern” over the Israeli parliament’s adoption of a bill banning UNRWA, the main United Nations aid agency working with Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Lebanon says 60 killed in Israel strikes in east
Lebanon's health ministry said at least 60 people were killed on Monday in Israeli raids on several areas in the eastern Bekaa Valley, most of them in the Baalbek region
Iran plays down Israel's strikes, says they caused 'limited damage'
Iran on Saturday played down Israel's overnight air attack against Iranian military targets, saying it caused only limited damage, as U.S. President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of an all-out conflagration in the Middle East
A month of Israel-Hezbollah war: Death toll tops 1,550 as bombings go on
Israel kept up its bombing of Lebanon yesterday after a late-night strike that killed 18 people near a Beirut hospital, state media reported, as its war on Hezbollah approached the one-month mark.
War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s: UNDP
The war between Israel and Hamas has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza’s population in poverty, with quality of life indicators such as health and education knocked back 70 years, the United Nations’ development agency said yesterday.
Lebanon state media reports 13 Israeli strikes on south Beirut
Lebanese state-run media reported 13 strikes on Monday evening on Beirut's southern suburbs, a main Hezbollah bastion, in one of the most intense nights of Israeli attacks in weeks
Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah-linked finance network
Lebanese state media reported Israeli strikes Sunday on branches of a Hezbollah-linked financial association, including near the country’s only airport, after the Israeli military warned it would attack Al-Qard Al-Hassan’s branches.
Overnight Israeli strikes in north Gaza kill 87
Israel said it had struck Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday, while officials in Gaza said they were still trying to recover bodies from the rubble after an Israeli strike that killed dozens.
Hezbollah drone: Netanyahu residence targeted
Israel said a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence yesterday, as Hezbollah launched a barrage of projectiles into Israel from its northern neighbour Lebanon.
Gaza ‘hell on Earth’ for one million children: UN
The one million children in Gaza are living a “hell on Earth”, the UN said Friday, with around 40 children having been killed there every day over the past year.
Gaza civil defence agency says Israeli strike kills 33 in Jabalia
Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli strike on Friday night near Jabalia in the territory's north killed 33 people at a refugee camp
Chance encounter led to the killing of Hamas chief
The Israeli military announced the death of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar after a group of soldiers killed him in a chance encounter in southern Gaza’s Rafah.
345,000 Gazans face ‘catastrophic’ hunger: UN
Some 345,000 Gazans face “catastrophic” levels of hunger this winter after aid deliveries fell, a UN-backed assessment said yesterday, warning of the persistent risk of famine across the Palestinian territory.
UNRWA chief warns of 'real risk' of Gaza famine
Vast areas of Gaza have been devastated by Israel's retaliatory assault on the territory after the October 7 attack last year by Hamas.
Israeli air strikes hit Beirut, south Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike yesterday destroyed the municipal headquarters in Nabatieh, a major town in south Lebanon, killing the mayor and at least five others as they met to coordinate aid for those suffering from war.
WHO urges 'end to attacks' on Lebanon medical facilities
The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for the protection of health care facilities in Lebanon, where Israel has intensified its military campaign against Hezbollah in recent weeks