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Israel Hits Iran Hard in Predawn Strikes

Attacks on Iranian military sites threaten to escalate tense situation in Mideast

(Newser) - Israel unleashed a series of predawn airstrikes against military sites in Iran on Saturday, saying it targeted facilities used to make the missiles fired at Israel. The attack risks pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed...

Hezbollah Confirms Would-Be Next Commander Is Dead

With the death of Hashem Safieddine, it's not clear who will take the reins of the group

(Newser) - Hezbollah has confirmed that Hashem Safieddine, a strongman who rose through the ranks of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah over decades to become the second-most powerful person within the organization, has died. Safieddine, who was about 60, was killed in early October in a series of Israeli airstrikes in...

Israel Says Beirut Hospital Is Hiding Millions for Hezbollah

Hospital invites journalists in to prove it has nothing

(Newser) - The Israeli army accused Hezbollah of storing money and gold under a prominent hospital in Beirut, and the director of the hospital responded by inviting journalists in for a look, reports the AP , which was among those invited to inspect. Fadi Alame, a member of Lebanon's Parliament who's...

Release of Israeli Plans Worries White House

Administration doesn't know how documents became public, Kirby says

(Newser) - President Biden is "deeply concerned" about the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel's preparation for a potential retaliatory attack on Iran, a White House spokesman said Monday. The Biden administration is still not certain if the classified information was leaked or hacked, White House national security spokesman...

SodaStream Ex-CEO Offers $100K to Any Gazan Who Returns an Israeli Hostage

Offer from Daniel Birnbaum expires at midnight Wednesday

(Newser) - The former CEO of SodaStream has an offer for Gazans: Anyone who returns a living Israeli hostage will get $100,000 from him. In a social media video directed to people living in the Gaza Strip, Daniel Birnbaum addressed "the good people in Gaza," the Jerusalem Post reports....

Israel Says It's Attacking Hezbollah's Financial Unit

Militants have used nonprofit to deepen support among Shiites

(Newser) - Israel's military announced Sunday it will now take aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah's financial arm and plans to attack a "large number of targets" in the coming hours in Beirut and elsewhere. Explosions began in Beirut's southern suburbs about an hour later. An Israeli military spokesman...

Netanyahu Speaks Out After 'Assassination' Attempt

Drone targeted Israeli PM's house Saturday

(Newser) - Israel's government said a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house Saturday, with no casualties, as fighting with Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Gaza-based Hamas showed no pause after the killing of the Hamas mastermind of last year's Oct. 7 attack. Israel's military said dozens of projectiles were...

Northern Gaza's Food Situation Has Gone From Bad to Dire

WFP says no food has made it into northern Gaza since beginning of October

(Newser) - A "lifeline" has been severed in Gaza, per World Food Programme. On Friday, it told CNN that zero food trucks have entered northern Gaza since Israel began a major push into the region in early October. With aid dried up, the WFP says it has been "unable to...

Gaza Drone Video Shows &#39;Remarkably Personal&#39; Scene
Gaza Drone
Video Shows
'Remarkably
Personal' Scene
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 19, 2024 9:00 AM CDT

Gaza Drone Video Shows 'Remarkably Personal' Scene

Israel says man in footage throwing object at drone is Hamas' Yahya Sinwar, right before his death

(Newser) - Hamas has confirmed the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar, killed in Gaza by Israeli military troops on Wednesday, and the New York Times now reports on a "heavily edited" drone video appearing to show his final moments. The footage , released by the Israel Defense Forces, shows a barely...

Friedman: Please, Netanyahu, Don't Blow This Opportunity

Hamas leader's death could lead to a 2-state solution, if the prime minister is willing

(Newser) - Just how big is the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar? "It is impossible to exaggerate the importance," writes New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. The immediate aftermath of his death could usher in the end of the war in Gaza, as well as the return of Israeli...

Israel Has 'Essentially 2 Paths' After Death of Hamas Leader

It's not clear whether Netanyahu will choose to fight on or 'declare victory' in Gaza, analysts say

(Newser) - Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Americans officials described as the "chief obstacle" to Gaza ceasefire talks, is dead , and analysts say Israel's leaders have a big decision to make. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a chance to "declare victory" and start winding down the war, the...

Sinwar's Death Seen as 'Seismic Opportunity'

Biden says 'day of relief' is like when Osama bin Laden was killed

(Newser) - Leaders in Israel, the US, and elsewhere are hailing the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as an opportunity to end the war in Gaza more than a year after the Oct. 7 attacks Sinwar orchestrated. President Biden said the "day of relief" was similar to the one when...

Israel: We May Have Killed Hamas Leader
Israel Confirms Death
of Hamas Leader
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Oct 17, 2024 11:59 AM CDT

Israel Confirms Death of Hamas Leader

Yahya Sinwar was architect of Oct. 7 attacks

(Newser) - Israel has confirmed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a clash with Israeli troops in Gaza. "Mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, who was responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed today by IDF soldiers," Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a statement, per...

B-2 Bombers Are Back, Hit Houthi Targets
B-2 Bombers Hit Houthi Targets
Oct 17, 2024 8:59 AM CDT

B-2 Bombers Hit Houthi Targets

$1B stealth bombers see first combat in 7 years, striking underground bunkers in Yemen

(Newser) - The US military unleashed B-2 stealth bombers to target underground bunkers used by Yemen's Houthi rebels early Thursday, a major escalation in the American response to the rebels' attacks on Mideast shipping lanes that appeared to be a warning to Iran as well. While it wasn't immediately clear...

Sources Say Israel Has a Plan to Attack Iran

Retaliatory attack expected before US Election Day

(Newser) - Sources tell CNN Israel has readied its plan to retaliate against Iran, and they say the country is expected to carry out that plan before November 5—Election Day in the US. Sources earlier gave that same expected timeline to the Washington Post . The sources who spoke to CNN note...

White House Gives Israel a 30-Day Deadline

Military assistance could be blocked if flow of aid to Gaza fails to improve

(Newser) - The Biden administration, warning that humanitarian conditions for more than 2 million civilians in Gaza are "increasingly dire," has given Israel a 30-day deadline to improve the situation. According to a letter seen by Axios , officials warned Israel that failure to allow more aid into Gaza could have...

Hezbollah Attack Kills 4 Israeli Soldiers

Meanwhile, Israeli strike on Gaza reportedly kills 20 sheltering at a school

(Newser) - A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. The Lebanon-based Hezbollah called the attack near...

US Dispatches 100 Troops, Anti-Missile System to Israel

Iran issues warning about keeping American forces away

(Newser) - Pentagon officials announced Sunday that it will deliver an advanced missile defense system to Israel and send about 100 troops to operate it. The deployment is the first of US troops to Israel since its war against Hamas began with the attack a year ago on southern Israel. A Pentagon...

Netanyahu Considers Starving Northern Gaza

Plan to flush out Hamas could also trap thousands of civilians without food or water

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes. Israel has...

Rescuers Look for Survivors After Israeli Strike in Beirut

Subsequent strikes killed two Lebanese soldiers and injure UN peacekeepers

(Newser) - An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers on Friday, Lebanon's military said, hours after troops fired on the headquarters of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time in as many days. The attacks entangling both Lebanon's official army—which has largely stayed on...

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