Gaza's Health Ministry said Wednesday that Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip killed at least 28 Palestinians and wounded 85 in the previous 24-hour period. The violence brings the Health Ministry's death toll since October 7, 2023, to 41,495 and the number of wounded...
Israeli Military Chief ‘Preparing’ for Ground Offensive in Lebanon
Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), said Wednesday that the Israeli military was "preparing" for a potential ground offensive in Lebanon. Halevi told a group of IDF soldiers that their "military boots will enter enemy territory"...
Biden Claims He’s Working for Peace in the Middle East But Continues to Back Israel
President Biden delivered a speech to the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday and claimed that he was working to bring a "greater measure of peace and stability to the Middle East" even though his administration continues to provide full-throated support for...
Zelensky Pushing for US To Support Long-Range Strikes Inside Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told The New York Times on Tuesday that he will urge the leaders of the US, the UK, and France to support long-range strikes inside Russia, a step that would make a direct NATO-Russia war much more likely. The Ukrainian leader is...
Israel Launches Strike in Beirut for Third Time Within One Week
Israel launched an airstrike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday as it continues heavy airstrikes in Lebanon following a dramatic escalation on Monday. Israel said the Beirut strike, which targeted the city's southern suburbs, killed Ibrahim Qubaisi, a senior...
Israeli Forces Kill 12 More Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
Gaza's Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians and wounded 43 others in the previous 24-hour period. The latest violence brings the Health Ministry's death toll since October 7 to 41,467 and the number of wounded to 95,921. The figures...
Lebanon Health Minister: ‘Majority, If Not All’ of 558 Killed by Israel Were Civilians
Lebanese Health Minister Dr. Firass Abiad told The New York Times on Tuesday that the "overwhelming majority, if not all," of the people killed and wounded by Israel's bombardment in Lebanon on Monday were civilians. The death toll from Lebanon's Health Ministry puts...
Iranian President Says Israel Laying ‘Traps’ To Draw Iran Into War
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that Israel is setting "traps" to drag Iran into war, comments that came amid a dramatic escalation of Israel's bombing campaign in Lebanon. Pezeshkian, who is in New York for the UN General Assembly, told reporters that...
Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 558 in Lebanon
Update: Lebanon's Health Ministry said Tuesday that 558 have been killed, including 50 children and 94 women, and 1,835 have been wounded Israel dramatically escalated its military operations in Lebanon on Monday, launching strikes against residential areas across the...
Israel Kills Another 24 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
Gaza's Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli forces killed 24 more Palestinians in Gaza over the previous 24-hour period, bringing its death toll since October 7, 2023, to 41,455 people. The ministry said another 60 Palestinians were injured in that time, bringing...