United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has stated that the risk of further escalation in West Asia is “acute” following the targeting of senior Hezbollah leaders and the detonation of communication devices across Lebanon.
At least 82 people have been killed in Lebanon over the past few days as a result of Israeli attacks and the explosion of communication devices, Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad told Al Jazeera.
In two legal briefs filed on Friday, Tel Aviv announced it is challenging both the legality of the International Criminal Court’s request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the court's jurisdiction. The death toll from Israel's onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza has reached 41,300.
A senior United Nations official has told the UN Security Council that further violence between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon risks igniting a far more damaging conflict.
Iran has strongly condemned Israel’s latest air attack on a residential building in a densely populated area in Beirut, which resulted in the killing and wounding of many people.
Top UK officials have been warned they could face criminal liability if they continue to export British-made components for F-35 fighter jets that might end up in Israel while the regime is engaged in a full-fledged war against Gaza.
The United Nations human rights chief has strongly denounced a series of deadly explosions of pagers and communication devices in Lebanon, calling it "a war crime".
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stressed that pager and walkie-talkie blasts by Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday which killed 37 people and wounded nearly 3,000 in Lebanon are a declaration of war.
At least 20 people have been killed and 450 were wounded in Lebanon in a new wave of blasts related to communication devices, the Health Ministry confirmed on Wednesday. The explosions came a day after thousands of pagers exploded across the country.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has considered the recent terrorist incident in Lebanon as a cause of shame for the Western states, especially the United States, which "spare no effort to advance their inhumane objectives."
Israel’s domestic security agency says it has thwarted a plot by Hezbollah to assassinate a former senior defence official in the coming days. There was no immediate comment from the Lebanese group.
The United Nations human rights experts have warned that Israel risks becoming an international “pariah” over its “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, suggesting that Tel Aviv’s UN membership could be called into question.
The head of the political bureau of Hamas resistance movement has congratulated Yemen's Houthis for firing a ballistic missile deep into Israel, stating that the launch sent a clear message to Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and replace him with Gideon Sa'ar, leader of the National Right Party, according to a report on Monday.
Three Israeli hostages, whose bodies were found last year in underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip, were most likely killed in a military air attack aimed at a Hamas commander, an investigation into their deaths has concluded.
Tel Aviv announced Sunday that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen has targeted central Israel after the Iron Dome system failed to repel the attack and intercept the long-range projectile.
Israel’s Channel 13, citing an unnamed senior official, reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to launch a major attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon soon.
Thousands of antigovernment Israeli protesters have gathered in central Tel Aviv, calling for more efforts to secure the release of captives held in the Gaza Strip.
