Israel’s air force conducted a large strike on a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Friday (Mar 28), a Reuters reporter said, the first heavy bombardment there since a truce deal in November ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel’s military said it hit aContinue Reading
ISRAEL’S POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS Negotiations have since stalled over how to proceed, with the two sides unable to agree on the next steps. Israel has vowed to keep fighting until it achieves all of its war goals, including the return of all the hostages seized by Palestinian militants during the OctContinue Reading
ADEN/DUBAI: The United States launched airstrikes on multiple targets across Yemen overnight, including Saada province, which Yemeni sources say is a long-time hideout for Houthi leaders, and the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Houthi media reported on Wednesday (Mar 19). Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported more than 10 strikesContinue Reading
JERUSALEM: Israel‘s military said on Monday (Mar 17) it was striking military sites in southern Syria, as Syrian state media reported two killed in an Israeli strike near the southern city of Daraa. “The IDF (military) is currently striking military targets in southern Syria, including command centres and military sites containingContinue Reading
The first phase of the ceasefire ended last week, and Israel has since imposed a total blockade on all goods entering the enclave, demanding that Hamas free remaining hostages without beginning the negotiations to end the Gaza war. Fighting has been halted since January 19 and Hamas has released 33Continue Reading
The ceasefire took effect on January 19 after more than 15 months of war sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, the deadliest in the country’s history. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sent a delegation to Cairo, and mediator Egypt said “intensive talks” on the second phaseContinue Reading
Rarely do incidents of misbehaving foreigners in Thailand – something too numerous to count given the sheer number of tourists and expats in the country – ignite conversations that have broader security and diplomatic implications. Recent reports of ill-mannered conduct by some Israeli nationals, however, appear to be among theContinue Reading
“PARADING OF BODIES” The six Israelis released on Saturday were the last group of living hostages set to be freed under the truce’s first phase. At a ceremony in Nuseirat, central Gaza, hostages Eliya Cohen, 27, Omer Shem Tov, 22, and Israeli-Argentine Omer Wenkert, 23, waved from a stage, flankedContinue Reading
JERUSALEM: Israel said on Sunday (Feb 23) it was delaying the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners it had planned to free the day before until militant group Hamas met its conditions, underscoring the fragility of the Gaza ceasefire accord. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released a statement in theContinue Reading
JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Tuesday (Feb 18) that troops remain at five positions in southern Lebanon past a pullout deadline, vowing action against any truce violation by militant group Hezbollah. The Israeli military “will remain in a buffer zone in Lebanon with five control positions, andContinue Reading
