Israel on Wednesday blew up thousands of two-way personal radios used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon in a second wave of an intelligence operation that started on Tuesday with the explosions of pager devices, two sources with knowledge of the operation. More than a dozen people were killed and hundreds of others were wounded. The second wave of…
Icom says the two-way radios apparently used in attacks across Lebanon, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 450, were discontinued a decade ago. TOKYO — The Japanese manufacturer of the two-way radios reportedly detonated in a second round of explosions targeting the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon said Thursday that it was investigating the…
Eight people were killed and 2,800 injured when pager devices belonging to Hezbollah fighters exploded across Lebanon and parts of Syria on Tuesday, Lebanon’s minister of health said on Tuesday. Facebook(Opens in a new browser tab) Why it matters: The explosions took place amid growing escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in recent weeks, which U.S. officials are highly concerned will devolve into…
Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was injured when a pager exploded in Lebanon. “Mojtaba Amani, the honorable ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, sustained a minor injury,” the Islamic Republic’s embassy in Beirut stated. “Fortunately, the ambassador’s overall condition is good,” the embassy added. Mr. Amani’s wife said, “My husband, Dr. Mojtaba Amani,…
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had congratulated Sinwar on the assumption of his post and offered his condolences over the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh Hamas Political Bureau Leader Yahya Sinwar sent a telegram to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah thanking him for his letter in which he congratulated him on his assumption of the Resistance movement’s leadership…
ALLENBY CROSSING, West Bank — Three Israelis were shot and killed Sunday at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza. Israel’s military said the gunman approached the Allenby Bridge Crossing from the Jordanian side in a truck…
After Hezbollah strike on Israeli intelligence site, its leader says time will tell if ‘deterrence’ has been restored. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has made a televised speech after a heavy exchange of fire between the Lebanese group and Israel. Hezbollah’s attack on Sunday was billed as its response to the Israeli assassination of its senior military commander Fuad…
Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones against Israel on Sunday in retaliation for the assassination of a senior commander in Beirut last month, the Iranian-backed movement said, as Israel’s cabinet met to prepare a response. The Israeli military said it had thwarted a much larger attack with pre-emptive strikes after it assessed that Hezbollah…
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abandoned his campaign on Friday and endorsed Republican Donald Trump, ending a presidential bid that he began as a Democrat trading on one of the most famous names in American politics Strategists said it was unclear whether Kennedy’s endorsement would help Trump, who is locked in a tight contest…
U.S. President Joe Biden, in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, stressed the urgent need to conclude a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal and pointed to upcoming Cairo talks as crucial, the White House said. Their call followed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s whirlwind trip to the Middle East that ended…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to accept a U.S. bridging proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal after what he said was a “very constructive” meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He had earlier said the latest push for a deal was probably the best and possibly last…
