Israel began a ground invasion of south Lebanon on October 1, causing wide destruction in border villages but making little advances on the ground inside Lebanon. Israel claims that it is destroying Hezbollah weapons and command centers near the border.
Israel launched a series of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, rumoured successor to its assassinated leader Hassan Nasrallah. Safieddine's fate remains unknown with no comments from Israel or Hezbollah.
Recently, protests broke out in Jammu and Kashmir following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. In Shia-majority areas like Srinagar and Budgam, thousands took to the streets to voice their anger over his killing.
Hassan Nasrallah is by far the most powerful target to be killed by Israel in weeks of intensified fighting with Hezbollah. Israeli military said it carried out a precise airstrike on Friday while Hezbollah leadership met at their headquarters, killing Nasrallah and other commanders.
In a significant development, top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. Aqil, a senior leader in the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, played a key role in the organization’s military operations.
Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil was reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, escalating tensions between Hezbollah and Israel. Aqil, a key figure in Hezbollah's military operations, marks a significant loss for the group.
The Israeli military claimed to target Hamas militants operating from within a command-and-control centre in the camp, which was denied by Hamas. Meanwhile, India has reiterated support for a ceasefire "as soon as possible" in Gaza owing to the mounting death and destruction.
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.
According to Hamas-controlled media, a commander of the Palestinian militant group's Tulkarm Brigades when the Israeli airstrike struck a vehicle. This came amid red-hot tensions after the killings of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.
Deif is considered to be the chief architect of the Hamas-led October 7 attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel and was believed to be hiding in a tunnel in Al-Mawasi near Khan Younis. Meanwhile, a senior Hamas official said the strike showed that Israel was not interested in a ceasefire deal.
Israeli tanks have further pushed into Gaza City and forced Palestinians to flee from eastern and central neighbourhoods. Hamas has warned that the renewed Israeli offensive in the besieged territory could bring the ongoing ceasefire talks "back to square one".
Haniyeh's sister and nine members of his extended family were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on Tuesday. Haniyeh resides in Qatar and is the face of Hamas' international diplomacy as the war continues amid stalled ceasefire talks.
Israel launched a 'precise airstrike' on Sunday night targeting two militants of Hamas, but it set fire to a tent camp and killed 45 Palestinians who were sleeping in Rafah. Israel promised an investigation into the matter after a new wave of international criticism.
The nearly seven-month-long war between Israel and Hamas has dramatically increased tensions in the Middle East, bringing the former and its arch-enemy Iran to open warfare. Israel had long threatened to invade the Rafah city despite international pressure against it.
The suspected Israeli bombing of an Iranian consulate in Syria killed 12 people, including seven Revolutionary Guard members, four Syrians and a Hezbollah member. Top Iranian military commander Mohammed Reza Zahedi, marking he most high-profile killing since Qassem Soleimani's death in 2020.
The Israeli military has expressed "sincere sorrow" and pledged an independent probe into the matter. Israel has been accused of hindering humanitarian assistance towards a starving Gaza, particularly after Israeli forces allegedly opened fire on a crowd waiting for deliveries, killing 100.
Iranian and Syrian media reported that several people, including diplomats and Iranian commander, were killed in the strike. Israel has repeatedly attacked Iranian targets in Syria in the course of its nearly six-month-long war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli airstrikes in December killed two members of Iranian guards and a high-ranking Iranian general Sayyed Razi Mousavi, for which Tehran vowed revenge. Earlier this week, Iran launched missiles and drones towards "Israeli spy headquarters" in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
The airstrikes on Jabaliya refugee camp were condemned by the Un and several Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. Israel claimed to have eliminate several Hamas militants in the area, as well as senior officials Muhammad A'sar and Ibrahim Biari.
Dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border with Israel as part of 'Operation Al-Aqsa Storm'. The rocket attacks and the infiltration mark the deadliest attack by Hamas on Israel in years.
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