Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones against Israel 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.
Cross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah have increased recently, as the Lebanese militant group launched over 200 projectiles towards Israel on Tuesday. Israel said it is winding down its operations in Gaza to focus on Lebanon.
Antony Blinken said Monday that the time is now to conclude a Gaza cease-fire agreement that would return hostages held by Hamas.
Israeli strike hits residential building in Nuseirat. Two missiles were seen hitting a residential building as a man and child walking nearby ran for cover. watch to know more!
Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire since the war started, and an Israeli strike Saturday killed at least 10 Syrians, including a woman and her two children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Israel said it targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot.
Israel's military said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot used by Hezbollah militants amid heightened tensions following the death of a senior militant commander last month. Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire since October 8, a day after Hamas attacked the Jewish country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his conversation with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, made a push for the de-escalation of situation in West Asia where the situation remains tensed between Israel and Iran.
Israel has mostly sealed off the territory since launching an operation in Rafah, on the border with Egypt, in May. Israel controls all transfer points into and out of Gaza and has only allowed a small number of patients to leave for treatment.
Israel’s military chief of staff said that the Gaza-Egypt border could be monitored remotely. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted in recent weeks that Israel retain control of a border strip between Gaza and Egypt to stop weapons smuggling. watch to know more!
This came after Hamas launched two M90 rockets from Gaza towards Tel Aviv, one of which fell in the sea and the other failed to reach Israeli territory. Tensions in the Middle East have been high since the killings of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.
Considering the looming threat of a widened war in the Middle East, the Pentagon on Sunday ordered the deployment of guided missile submarines.
At least 100 people were killed and dozens more injured in an Israel attack against a school serving as a shelter for some 3,500 displaced people in Gaza on Saturday. Watch to know more!
More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza that was sheltering displaced people, according to a statement from the Hamas-run Gaza government on Saturday.
An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced individuals resulted in over 100 Palestinian deaths and dozens of injuries. The Israeli military claimed the strike targeted a Hamas command center embedded within the school.
The heightened tensions of Middle East rose to new heights after the killings of two high-profile Hamas leaders and a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon. Iran, which finances both militant groups, has called for retaliation against Israel that threatens an all-out war in the region.
Last week, Israel killed Shukr, Hezbollah's senior-most military commander, in a strike on the group's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut. Hezbollah's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, vowed revenge, but said the response would be "studied."
Last week, Israel killed Shukr, Hezbollah's senior-most military commander, in a strike on the group's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut.
Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily strikes for the past 10 months during the war in Gaza. But last week’s assassinations of Hamas' leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur sent regional tensions soaring.
The Middle East is on the edge of an all out war after the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. Iran has vowed retaliation against Israel who it blames for the killing of Haniyeh.
Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took around 250 people hostage in their surprise attack into southern Israel last October.
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