Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 5, 2024 Israel marks the first anniversary Monday of the devastating October 7 Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war and has now engulfed neighbouring Lebanon, creating a perilous regional crisis. President Isaac Herzog will lead a memorial service at Sderot, one of the cities hardest hit during the onslaught by Palestinian...

Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 5, 2024 Israel's military on Saturday said its forces killed 12 militants in an air strike this week in the occupied West Bank, raising an earlier toll, while the Palestinian health ministry has reported 18 deaths. The army had previously given a toll of seven killed during the strike Thursday at Tulkarem refugee camp,...

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 5, 2024 The United States and Britain conducted joint naval and air strikes against 15 Houthi targets in Yemen. The joint operation Friday targeted Houthi offensive capabilities after the militant group targeted more than 100 ships, sank two and hijacked another in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in support of Hamas following...

Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 5, 2024 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for calling for a halt to arms supplies to Israel, which is fighting wars in Gaza and Lebanon. "As Israel fights the forces of barbarism led by Iran, all civilised countries should be standing firmly by Israel's side. Yet, President...

Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Oct 5, 2024 Hashem Safieddine, with whom contact has been lost after Israeli air strikes, according to a senior Hezbollah source, is the man widely considered the potential successor to the group's assassinated leader Hassan Nasrallah. Another source close to Hezbollah previously told AFP that the deeply religious cleric...

Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 5, 2024 Israel placed its forces on alert Saturday ahead of the anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attack, after a military official said the country was preparing its retaliation for Iran's missile attack. The alert came with Israel engaged in an intensifying war with the Lebanese Hezbollah group, which army chief Lieutenant...