BEIRUT — A senior Hamas official on Monday said only a small number of top commanders inside Gaza knew about the wide-ranging incursion launched into Israel, but that allies like Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah “will join the battle if Gaza is subjected to a war of annihilation.” Ali Barakeh, a member of Hamas’ exiled … Read more
Comment on this storyComment BEIRUT — Israel formally declared war against Hamas on Sunday, opening the way for a major escalation in fighting, a day after a surprise assault killed at least 600 Israelis. Reprisals by the Israeli military have killed at least 370 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The authorization of war by the … Read more
(Adds statements from peacekeeping mission, UN special coordinator, background, paragraph 10 onwards) Oct 8 (Reuters) – Israel fired barrages of artillery into southern Lebanon on Sunday after Hezbollah targeted three Israeli military positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms. There were no immediate reports of casualties. On Saturday, the most serious attack in years by Palestinian … Read more
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has fired dozens of rockets and shells at three Israeli positions in a disputed area along the country’s border with Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group fired dozens of rockets and shells on Sunday at three Israeli positions in a disputed area along the country’s border with … Read more
AARAMTA, Lebanon — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah placed on a present of drive Sunday, extending a uncommon media invitation to considered one of its coaching websites in southern Lebanon, the place its forces staged a simulated army train. Masked fighters jumped by means of flaming hoops, fired from the backs of bikes, and blew … Read more