Meeting with the mayors of northern Israeli communities on Wednesday, Israel's top soldier said "There is a long way to go" in restoring calm. The meeting came hours after an Israeli woman was killed and eight injured in a Hezbollah rocket barrage, leaving municipal leaders fuming that the m
The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) reported that Wednesday night its fighter jets attacked a series of targets belonging to the terrorist organisation Hezbollah in the area of the al-Khyam village in southern Lebanon.
The United States carried out a drone strike in Baghdad on Wednesday that killed three Kataeb Hezbollah members, including a high-ranking commander, according to the United States Central Command (CENTCOM).
In a bid to head off an escalating war with Hezbollah, White House envoy and mediator Amos Hochstein met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on Sunday night.
In a rare admission, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari acknowledged on Saturday that Israel has hit more than 50 targets belonging to Hezbollah and other Iran-backed militias in Syria since October 7.
Meanwhile, Syrian state media accused the "US aggression" for the attacks, which according to them targeted Syria's desert areas and those around the Syrian-Iraq border, resulting in a number of casualties.
This marks the beginning of what appears to be a series of more substantial strikes against Iranian-backed militias, who have been implicated in attacks on US troops in the region. Two US officials confirmed the commencement of these retaliatory measures.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, "We believe that the attack in Jordan was planned, resourced, and facilitated by an umbrella group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which contains multiple groups, including Kata'ib Hezbollah."