Airstrike kills 3 Palestinians in southern Gaza as Israel presses offensive under new scrutiny

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Witnesses said three Palestinians were killed Saturday in an airstrike that Israel’s military said was targeting a Hamas commander in southern Gaza, less than a day after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to do all it could to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in the besieged … Read more

A reported Israeli airstrike on Syria destroys a building used by Iranian paramilitary officials

DAMASCUS, Syria — An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital, Damascus, destroyed Saturday a building used by Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard killing and wounding 10 people, state media outlets and an official with an Iran-backed group said. An opposition war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said at least five people were killed in … Read more

Russian ship in Crimea damaged in Ukrainian airstrike, Russian Defense Ministry says

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian naval ship in Crimea was damaged in an airstrike by Ukrainian forces, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The landing ship Novocherkassk was hit at a base in the city of Feodosia by plane-launched guided missiles, the ministry said, adding that two Ukrainian fighter jets were destroyed by anti-aircraft fire during … Read more

Israeli airstrike kills Iranian commander in Syria

STORY: A senior adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Syria. Iranian state tv interrupted its regular news broadcast to announce the death of Sayyed Razi Mousavi, describing him as one of the Guards’ oldest advisers in Syria. He is seen here with Qassem Soleimani, the head of the … Read more

An Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general

BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike Monday in a Damascus neighborhood killed a high-ranking Iranian general, Iranian state media said. Iranian officials and allied militant groups in the region vowed revenge for the killing but did not immediately launch any retaliatory strike. The killing of Seyed Razi Mousavi, a longtime adviser of the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary … Read more

Syria says an Israeli airstrike hit the Damascus airport and put it out of service

Syrian state media say an Israeli airstrike has hit the international airport in the Syrian capital and put it out of commission ByThe Associated Press November 26, 2023, 1:34 PM This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo) The Associated Press BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike Sunday hit the international … Read more

A woman and 3 children are killed by an Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon, local officials say

BINT JBEIL, Lebanon — An Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon on Sunday evening killed four civilians, including a woman and three children, raising the likelihood of a dangerous new escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border. Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants and their allies have been clashing for a month along the border since … Read more

Gaza hospital blast evidence shows it was caused by rocket, not airstrike

(Video: (Video: YouTube / Keshet 12 News)) Videos analyzed by The Post reveal that rockets were launched from Gaza in the direction of the hospital 44 seconds before an explosion there October 26, 2023 at 7:01 p.m. EDT (Video: (Video: YouTube / Keshet 12 News)) Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Fighters in … Read more

Al Jazeera Gaza correspondent loses 4 family members in an Israeli airstrike

CAIRO — Al Jazeera’s chief correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Wael Dahdouh, was helping broadcast live images of the besieged territory’s night sky when he received the devastating news: His wife, son, and daughter had all been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday. Moments later, the Qatari-based satellite channel switched to footage of Dahdouh … Read more

French intelligence points to Palestinian rocket, not Israeli airstrike, for Gaza hospital blast

PARIS (AP) — An assessment by French military intelligence indicates the most likely cause of the deadly explosion at Gaza City’s al-Ahli hospital was a Palestinian rocket that carried an explosive charge of about 5 kilograms (11 pounds) and possibly misfired, a senior French military official said Friday. Several rockets in the arsenal of the … Read more