Israel has killed around a dozen suspected militants in a series of airstrikes and raids in the occupied West Bank, as well as an assassination near the Syrian-Lebanese border, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday. The strikes allegedly targeted members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. Israeli forces …
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Shielding Israel: Germany is still drawing the wrong lessons from the Holocaust
On 6 August, a court in Berlin sentenced a young woman called Ava Moayeri to a fine of €600 for shouting “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.” One of Moayeri’s lawyers, Alexander Gorski, deplored this as “a rather dark day for freedom of expression in Germany.” …
Read More »Israel bombs targets in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it carried out airstrikes against multiple targets in southern Lebanon. This came after Israeli officials vowed to retaliate after 12 people were killed when a rocket hit a football field in the occupied Golan Heights. The attacks were reported by multiple news …
Read More »Moscow reacts to Israel-Hezbollah escalation
Russia condemns terrorism conducted by any entity, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, reacting to a new escalation on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Israel accused Lebanon-based Islamist group Hezbollah on Saturday of launching a rocket tha landed on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, which killed at least 12 teenagers and …
Read More »Last chance to prevent war with Lebanon – Israel
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has warned that now is the last chance to avoid a full-scale clash between West Jerusalem and Hezbollah, insisting that the Lebanon-based militia must withdraw from the southern part of the country. The statement came after Israel accused Hezbollah of a rocket attack on a soccer …
Read More »‘No place’ is safe if Israel starts war – Hezbollah
Hezbollah is prepared for a full-scale conflict with Israel, the Shia militia’s head Hassan Nasrallah has said. He also warned Cyprus that it could be targeted if it hosts Israeli forces. Nasrallah gave a televised speech on Wednesday, following a memorial service for Hajj Sami Taleb Abdullah, a senior Hezbollah …
Read More »Israel, Hamas disagree on US-backed ceasefire – media
Hamas has rejected the US-brokered ceasefire proposal, several news outlets reported on Tuesday night, citing Israeli officials. Hamas, meanwhile, has disputed this account. The US revealed in late May that Israel had agreed to a proposed three-phase plan, which included a ceasefire and the release of remaining hostages held in …
Read More »Israel ready for temporary truce with Hamas – Netanyahu
Israel is willing to pause its military offensive in Gaza if Hamas releases all the surviving hostages kidnapped last October, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday, while rejecting demands for a withdrawal of IDF forces. “Israel will not agree to Hamas’s demands, which mean surrender, and will continue …
Read More »Israel strikes Iran – media
Israel carried out a series of strikes on Iran in the early hours of Friday, multiple news outlets have reported. The news comes less than a week after the Islamic Republic fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Israel. Iranian news agency Mehr reported that several explosions were heard around …
Read More »US, UK sanction Iran over Israel strike
London and Washington have blacklisted several Iranian military officials and companies in the steel, automotive and drone industries for the “destabilizing” strike on Israel last Saturday. Iran had targeted Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles, in what Tehran called lawful retaliation for the April 1 bombing of its …
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