The killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al Arouri in Beirut is a game changing event and represents the end of an era for Arouri and his Hamas organization. For decades Hamas has enjoyed growing impunity for its crimes. For instance, its leaders became increasingly active abroad, moving between Doha, Beirut and Ankara. After … Read more
A strike apparently carried out by Israel on Tuesday killed Saleh al-Arouri, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Beirut, according to Hamas and Hezbollah officials cited on Lebanese state-run media and Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and according to U.S. officials cited in U.S. media outlets. Al-Arouri was a senior official for Hamas … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” United States President Joe Biden starts 2024 in circumstances that any incumbent would envy. The economy is … Read more
Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Saturday night, in which he warned Iran and stated he would not detail any Israeli actions against it, Iran International has reported further senior Iranians who Israel might target. This comes after an airstrike in Syria attributed to Israel killed Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a senior Islamic Revolutionary … Read more
A UN peacekeeper in southern Lebanon was hurt when a group of young men attacked a patrol and tried to stop it from moving through their village, the UN mission said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday night when residents of the village of Taybeh briefly blocked the peacekeepers’ patrol traveling through … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Israel’s top politicians sense a possible near-term election. And in their preparation, they have started complicating Israel’s war on Hamas, making relations with the country’s key Western ally, the United States, more difficult. In fact, currently, … Read more
Sirens sounded across northern Israel on Friday afternoon amid suspected hostile aircraft intrusions, as the IDF said it was carrying out a widespread assault on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The IDF struck a Hezbollah military compound and other infrastructures in addition to several launchpads placed along the border. Israeli forces also struck an anti-tank … Read more
Israeli fighter jets, tanks, and artillery forces struck several Hezbollah terror compounds and infrastructure across southern Lebanon on Thursday in response to a day of heavy rocket barrages in the North, the IDF reported. Air-raid sirens sounded from Haifa’s bayside suburbs to the Golan Heights on Thursday. Earlier, the IDF shot down an unmanned … Read more
For the first time since the outbreak of the war two and a half months ago, a senior official in Hezbollah provided an explanation of the Lebanese terrorist organization’s readiness to launch an all-out war against Israel, N12 reported on Saturday. Nawaf al-Moussawi, a Shia member of Hezbollah’s bloc in the Lebanese parliament, explains … Read more
According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza, as the world was busy celebrating Christmas, Israel continued its assault on the besieged enclave. At least 241 people were killed in just 24 hours, reported Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry also said that almost 400 civilians, 382, had been injured within the same 24 hours. In … Read more
