Hundreds of Palestinans gathered on Friday in the town of Beit Ummar, located northwest of Hebron, to mourn the death of a protester killed by the Israeli military a day before. Shawkat Awad, 20, was shot in the head and abdomen on Thursday during clashes that erupted after the funeral …
Read More »Israel calls for HARSH RESPONSE to attack on Israeli-operated ship off Oman, blames ‘terrorism exporter’ Iran
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid laid the blame for the incident on Tehran after discussing the attack with his British counterpart Dominic Raab late on Friday. Lapid told Raab the world needs to come up with a strong response. “Iran is not just an Israeli problem, but an exporter of terrorism, …
Read More »Two sailors killed in attack on Israeli-operated ship off coast of Oman
Zodiac Maritime announced the news in a statement released via social media on Friday. The two men killed were a UK and Romanian national respectively, it said, adding that it was “not aware of harm to any other personnel.” Later in the day, the Israeli operator of the vessel added …
Read More »After initial confusion, Israeli-operated ship confirmed to have been attacked off the coast of Oman
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) was first to report the attack, saying that it occurred late on Thursday, northeast of the Omani island of Masirah, some 300 kilometers southeast of the country’s capital. In a brief statement, UKMTO added that it was looking into the details …
Read More »Syrian air defense units intercept Israeli missiles near Damascus, thwarting THIRD raid in a week – Russia’s Defense Ministry
The airstrike was carried out from outside the Syrian airspace, around 5:40am Sunday morning, when two Israeli F-16 jets fired two guided missiles, targeting unspecified facilities in the town of Set (Sayyidah) Zaynab some 10km south of Damascus. Syrian air defense units – equipped with Russian-made Buk-M2E systems – successfully intercepted …
Read More »Russian-made air defense systems shot down ALL Israeli missiles targeting Syria’s Homs – military
Two Israeli F-16 jets fired the guided missiles from Lebanese airspace, around 01:11 local time on Thursday. “All four missiles were destroyed by on-duty Syrian air defense units, using Russian-made Buk-M2E systems,” the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria said in a statement. Videos and photos of the intercepts have been …
Read More »Morocco spied on French President Macron with Israeli ‘Pegasus’ malware – reports
Hours after Paris prosecutors launched an investigation into allegations that Morocco’s intelligence agencies used Israeli malware to hack the phones of several French journalists, Le Monde reported that Macron was also targeted by Rabat’s agents in 2019, along with former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and 14 other ministers. The use …
Read More »Syrian air defenses thwart ‘Israeli aggression’ in Aleppo countryside – state media
The attack occurred in the al-Safirah area in southern Aleppo late on Monday night, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported, also sharing alleged footage of the moment the munitions were intercepted. Other videos purporting to show the strikes have also circulated, with explosions reported in the vicinity of al-Nairab airport in …
Read More »UN special rapporteur says Israeli settlements ‘amount to war crime,’ drawing ire from Tel Aviv
Israel can no longer be allowed to go on with its settlement policy in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem with impunity, Michael Lynk, a UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, told the UN Human Rights Council on Friday. Such a practice goes against …
Read More »Israeli cargo ship gets attacked by an ‘unknown weapon,’ catches fire in the Indian Ocean – reports
Lebanese media outlet Al-Mayadeen reported the attack on Saturday, citing “reliable sources,” and posted a picture of the damaged vessel with black smoke billowing from a fire on one side of the ship. Unnamed Israeli officials have also confirmed the incident to the Jerusalem Post. The newspaper claimed that “Hezbollah-linked” …
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