The Israeli military said seven soldiers were killed in two Hezbollah attacks in southern Lebanon
Updated – October 03, 2024 09:36 am IST
Fire and smoke rise over Beirut’s southern suburbs after a strike, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, ion October 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AMR ABDALLAH DALSH
Israel bombed central Beirut in the early hours of Thursday (October 3, 2024), killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes against Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday (October 2, 2024), pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead and conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. As Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack a day earlier, the region braced for further escalation.
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Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and the Hamas militants who run the Gaza Strip, had launched dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday night, another escalation in a tit-for-tat cycle that is pushing the Middle East closer to a regional war. Israel warned that the attack would have “repercussions.”
The Israeli military said seven soldiers were killed in two Hezbollah attacks in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, without elaborating. The deaths followed an earlier announcement of the first Israeli combat death in Lebanon since the start of the incursion.
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October 03, 2024 09:04
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October 03, 2024 08:48
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October 03, 2024 08:37
Satellite images appear to show damage to Israeli air base after Iranian attack
Satellite images appear to show damage to Israeli air base after Iranian attack. Iran has said that they launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday (October 1, 2024) as a deterrent to Israeli violence.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate, but an Iranian commander threatened wider strikes on infrastructure if Israel did so. Meanwhile Israel is continuing its airstrikes on Beirut and as per Lebanon Heath Ministry six people have been killed in central Beirut. – AP
This satellite image taken by Planet Labs PBC shows a damaged hangar at Israel’s Nevatim Air Base, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. AP/PTI(AP10_03_2024_000002B)
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October 03, 2024 08:22
Pride and fear in Iran after missile attack on Israel
On the streets of Tehran, a small crowd celebrated Iran’s missile attack on Israel while others are worried about the consequences of the Islamic Republic’s boldest move yet in a year of escalating Middle East conflict.
Local media carried footage of what Iran said were 200 missiles as they were fired towards Israel on Tuesday (October 1, 2024) evening, while state television played upbeat music over the images and showed crowds of a few hundred people celebrating the attacks in the capital and other cities across the country.- AFP
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag while gathering with others in the rain for an anti-Israel protest in Tehran’s Palestine Square on September 28, 2024, after the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group confirmed reports of the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli air strike in Beirut the previous day. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
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October 03, 2024 07:50
Deadly Israeli strike on central Beirut after soldiers killed
Israel carried out a deadly air raid on Thursday (October 3, 2024) on a Hezbollah rescue facility in central Beirut, Lebanese sources said, after multiple Israeli ground troops were killed near the border.
The latest Israeli strike on the Hezbollah rescue facility killed at least six people, according to a Lebanese health ministry toll.
In Lebanon more than 1,900 people have been killed and 9,000 wounded during almost a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, with most of the deaths in the past two weeks, according to Lebanese government statistics.- AFP
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October 03, 2024 07:37
Palestinian officials say 51 killed in Israeli strikes on southern Gaza
Palestinians describe massive raid in Gaza. The Health Ministry in Gaza said at least 51 people were killed and 82 wounded in the operation in Khan Younis that began early Wednesday (October 2, 2024). Records at the European Hospital show that seven women and 12 children, as young as 22 months old, were among those killed. – AP
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October 03, 2024 07:30
American killed in Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon, family and US lawmaker say
An American from Dearborn, Michigan, was killed in Lebanon in an Israeli airstrike, according to the man’s daughter, friend and the U.S. congresswoman representing his constituency.
His daughter, Nadine Jawad, said in a statement that her father was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon on Tuesday (October 1, 2024) “while trying to save innocent lives.” She added that in his final days, her father chose to stay near a hospital to help the elderly and the disabled.
Israel’s recent military campaign in Lebanon has killed hundreds, wounded thousands and displaced over a million.- Reuters
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October 03, 2024 07:22
Eight Israeli soldiers dead as Hezbollah claims to repel incursion
Hezbollah said it repelled an Israeli infiltration into southern Lebanon on October 2, as Israel reported eight soldiers were killed — its first losses since launching cross-border raids this week.
The clashes came hours after Iran launched its largest missile attack yet on Israel, its sworn enemy. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran would pay for its “big mistake”. – AFP
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October 03, 2024 07:18
‘Sickening cycle of escalation’ in Mideast must stop, says UN chief Antonio Guterres
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for an end to the “sickening cycle of escalation” in the Middle East, while specifically condemning Iran over its latest missile attack after facing harsh criticism from Israel.
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October 03, 2024 07:10
India ‘deeply concerned’ at escalation of security situation in West Asia, says MEA
India is “deeply concerned” about the escalating situation in the West Asian region after Iran fired hundreds of missiles that hit targets in and around capital Tel Aviv. A statement from the Ministry of External Affairs urged that the conflict should not take a wider regional shape.
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October 03, 2024 07:10
Israel attacks Dahiyeh
Three missiles from Israel hit the southern suburb of Dahiyeh, where Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed last week, and loud explosions were heard, Lebanese security officials said. The southern suburbs came under more than a dozen Israeli strikes on Wednesday.
-Reuters
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October 03, 2024 07:10
Israel strikes heart of Beirut, killing six
Israel bombed central Beirut in the early hours of Thursday (October 3, 2024), killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes against Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
Israel said it conducted a precise air strike on Beirut. A security source said it targeted a building in central Beirut’s Bachoura neighbourhood close to parliament, the nearest Israeli strikes have come to Lebanon’s seat of government.
At least six people were killed and seven wounded, Lebanese health officials said.
-Reuters
Published – October 03, 2024 07:01 am IST
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