Two US troops were wounded in a raid against ISIS in central Iraq that was conducted with Iraqi government forces, US Central Command said on Wednesday. CENTCOM claimed seven ISIS fighters were killed in the raid, which it said was led by Iraqi forces. "During the...
Netanyahu Declines Blinken Request To Publicly Reject Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his aides rejected a request from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to publicly say that Israel is not implementing an ethnic cleansing plan in northern Gaza, known as the "general's plan," The Washington Post reported...
Iranian IRGC Commander Downplays the Threat of Israeli Attack
A senior member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) on Tuesday downplayed the threat of an Israeli attack on Iran, saying any Israeli operation would likely be "limited." "I assure the (Iranian) people with certainty that the Zionists will not undertake...
Israeli Strikes Killed 63 People in Lebanon on Monday
Lebanon's Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli strikes on Lebanon a day earlier killed at least 63 people and wounded 234. The Israeli strikes on Monday included an attack that hit residential buildings near the Rafik Hariri University Hospital just outside of...
Netanyahu and Blinken Discuss ‘Uniting Against’ Iran
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Tuesday and discussed "uniting against" Iran. "The issue of the Iranian threat was raised, including the need for both countries to unite against it," Netanyahu's...
Israeli Military Kills 115 Palestinians in Gaza Over 48-Hour Period
Gaza's Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli forces killed at least 115 Palestinians and wounded 487 in the previous 48-hour period. The latest violence brings the ministry's death toll to 42,718 and the number of wounded to 100,282. The numbers don't account for...
Journalists Find No Evidence of Israeli Claim That Hezbollah Money Stash Is Under Beirut Hospital
Journalists were given unrestricted access to the Sahel General Hospital in Beirut's southern suburbs after the Israeli military claimed a Hezbollah money and gold stash was hidden in a bunker underneath the building. A BBC journalist reporting from the...
Iran Says Biden Has Shown US Approval and Support for Israeli Attack
Iran's mission to the UN has said in a letter to the UN Security Council that President Biden has shown "tacit approval and explicit support for Israel's unlawful military aggression against Iran," Reuters reported on Monday. The Iranian mission to the UN pointed to...
Harris Campaign Says She Denies Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign has clarified that she does not believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza after an incident at a rally suggested that she did. At a campaign event at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a protester...
Israeli Ministers Call for Expulsion of Palestinians at ‘Resettle Gaza’ Conference
On Monday, Israeli Knesset members and senior government ministers attended a conference on re-establishing Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip that was held in southern Israel near the Gaza border. The conference, titled "Preparing to Resettle Gaza," was organized...