Join our Whatsapp channel BEIRUT: Lebanese state media said the Israeli army dynamited houses in Lebanese border villages on Saturday, as Israel said it used 400 tonnes of explosives to destroy a Hezbollah tunnel, more than a month into an all-out war. The official National News Agency said “ the army of the Israeli enemy has since dawn blown up and destroyed houses ” in the border village of Adaisseh. The NNA also reported “ large explosions ” in the border village of Kfar Kila, saying the blas

GAZA-One Israeli hostage was killed by his guard and two women captives were seriously wounded in two separate incidents in Gaza, the spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said on Aug 12. Abu Ubaida blamed the incident on what he described as Israeli" massacres" against Palestinians." The enemy government( Israel) bears full responsibility for these massacres and the resulting reactions that affect the lives of Zionist prisoners," Mr Abu Ubaida said in a statement posted

Israel destroyed an apartment building in southern Beirut in an air strike photographed in rare detail. Residents and reporters gathered 200 metres away from an apartment complex after Israel gave warnings in Arabic about targeting “ Hezbollah facilities ”.... A second bomb is then dropped squarely on the target shortly afterwards. Israel’s approach to air strikes in civilian areas has been harshly criticised since the start of the Gaza war.... The UN concluded in June that attempts to “ at th

Their bodies were taken to the Awda hospital in the urban Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, hospital records showed.... Forces also threw smoke bombs, dispersing the crowd.“ People started to run away.... Israel has opened a new crossing for aid trucks into the north as it ramps up aid deliveries to the besieged enclave....

BEIRUT/ CAIRO – Israel said it struck Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Oct 20, while officials in Gaza said they were still trying to recover bodies from the rubble after an Israeli strike that killed dozens.At least 87 people were dead or missing following the air strike on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza late on Oct 19, the Health Ministry in the Palestinian territory said, one of the highest death tolls reported for months from a single attack.... Fifty

Join our Whatsapp channel A WOMAN walks through the rubble, following an Israeli strike in northern Gaza Strip’s Beit Lahia area, on Monday. —AFP DUBAI: More than 43, 020 Palestinians have been killed and 101, 110 injured in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023, the Gaza health ministry announced in a statement on Monday.It said that at least 19 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes and bombardment on Monday, 13 of them in the north of the shattered coastal territory.... Nor

Join our Whatsapp channel JERUSALEM: The Israeli government appro-ved a truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday and Prime Minister Benja-min Netanyahu thanked US President Joe Biden for his “ involvement in securing the ceasefire agreement ”.... “ We will enforce the agreement and respond forcefully to any violation.... Together, we will continue until victory, ” Netanyahu said.“ In full coordination with the United States, we retain complete military freedom of action....

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail* SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent.... He added: “ We continue.” Sousi Tower resident Aida Abu Kas described the chaotic evacuation of the building, telling the Associated Press: “ Suddenly, we were sitting at home and people started shouting.... Some sa

Until then, Rafah had been the final refuge for civilians in the Gaza Strip. Monday’s evacuation order came after a barrage of at least 20 rockets was launched from the Khan Younis area toward Israeli communities bordering Gaza earlier Monday, according to Israel’s military.... The IDF said Tuesday that its forces conducted strikes and raids in Rafah and in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, destroying infrastructure and killing militants.... The IDF confirmed that four soldiers were kill

What could happen when the fighting stops in Gaza – and why the United States cares so much.... Though much of Gaza City has been leveled by airstrikes, ground forces have yet to enter some of Hamas’s key strongholds there. Biden administration presses Israel for restraint in south Gaza “ This is going to be a long haul, ” said Lt.... For context: Understand what’s behind the Israel-Gaza war....