US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday he did not think a wider war in the Middle East was inevitable and the United States was seeking to cool rising tensions in the region. “I don’t think war is inevitable. I maintain that. I think there’s always room and opportunities for diplomacy,” Austin told reporters during […]
GENEVA: Palestinians detained by Israel during the Gaza war have largely been held in secret and in some cases subjected to treatment that may amount to torture, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Since October 7, thousands of Palestinians — including medics, patients, residents and captured fighters — have been taken from Gaza to Israel, […]
Hamas says leader Ismail Haniyeh martyred in Israel strike in Iran, act ‘won’t go unanswered’ TEHRAN (AFP) – Hamas said Wednesday its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was martyred in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of the country’s new president, and vowed the act ‘will not go unanswered’. Haniyeh’s martyrdom […]
Iranian media said Wednesday that Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an air strike in Tehran where he was attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president. “Haniyeh, who had come to Iran for the inauguration ceremony of the president, was staying in one of the special residences for war veterans in north Tehran, when […]
Fuad Shukr, a top Hezbollah commander whom Israel said it killed in an airstrike in Beirut on Tuesday, has been one of the group’s leading military figures since it was established by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards more than four decades ago. Israel said Shukr, believed to be in his 60s, was Hezbollah’s most senior military commander […]
JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel’s military claimed it killed Hezbollah’s most senior commander in an airstrike on Beirut on Tuesday, in retaliation for a cross-border rocket attack that killed 12 youngsters three days ago which it blamed on the Lebanese armed group. A loud blast was heard and a plume of smoke could be seen rising above […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sketched a vague outline of a plan for a post-war Gaza in a speech to Congress on Wednesday and touted a potential future alliance between Israel and America’s Arab allies. While dozens of Democrats boycotted his remarks and thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated nearby, Netanyahu dismissed criticism […]