Israel is continuing to increase airstrikes against various neighborhoods of the Lebanese capital city of Beirut. Today, those strikes centered on the densely populated working-class quarter of Zoa al-Blat. This attack hit near al-Zahra Husseini a, a Shi’ite religious...
Israeli Settler Leader Says She Scouted a Location for Jewish Settlements in Gaza
Israeli settler activist Daniella Weiss has claimed that she has scouted a location in northern Gaza where she wants to establish Jewish settlements, Haaretz reported on Sunday. In an appearance on Israel's Channel 13 on Saturday night, Weiss said that she had 740...
Israeli Airstrike Targets Army Post in Southern Lebanon Town, Killing Two Soldiers
Israel has repeatedly insisted that they are at war with Hezbollah, not Lebanon, and that they have not been deliberately targeting Lebanese military in the course of their invasion of Lebanon. Despite those protestations, they keep hitting Lebanese military targets....
More Than 100 Palestinians in Gaza Killed By Israeli Forces in One Day
Israeli forces killed at least 111 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources, as Israeli strikes continued to pound targets across the Strip. The majority were killed by an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern city...
Israel Strike in Central Beirut Hits Syrian Party Office, Killing Hezbollah Media Chief
The metro area around Beirut, particularly the southern suburbs, has been the focus of Israeli near-daily strikes for weeks now. Today, an Israeli airstrike hit central Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, in the Ras al-Nabaa District. The strike targeted a building belonging...
Report: Netanyahu Aide Discussed Lebanon With Trump and Kushner at Mar-a-Lago
Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, a close aide of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, held talks with President-elect Donald Trump and Jared Kushner at Mar-a-Lago this week, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The report, which cited unnamed...
Report: Elon Musk Met With Iran’s UN Ambassador To Discuss Easing Tensions
The New York Times reported on Thursday that Elon Musk, an advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran's ambassador to the United Nations on Monday. The report cited two unnamed Iranian officials who said the discussion lasted over an hour and was about how...
At Least 40 Killed as Israeli Attacks Rescue Workers in Lebanon’s Baalbek
At least 40 were killed and dozens wounded today as Israel carried out multiple airstrikes against different civilian targets in the major eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. The larger of the two strikes targeted the Baalbek Civil Defense Center, which was the main...
Israeli Settlement Minister Wants West Bank Annexation, No Voting or Land Rights for Palestinians
Israeli Minister of Settlements and National Missions Orit Strock has said she's working to ensure Israel can annex as much land in the West Bank as possible during the incoming Trump administration but said the Palestinians that live there don't have rights to the...
UN Committee Says Israel Is Carrying Out a Genocide, HRW Says Israel Is Committing War Crimes
On Thursday, a report published by a special UN committee said Israel's actions in Gaza are "consistent with the characteristics of genocide," while Human Rights Watch released a report saying Israel was committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing. The UN report,...