President Joe Biden to speak with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu; Hezbollah chief Nasrallah’s body has been recovered
Updated – September 30, 2024 12:44 pm IST
A firefighter inspects a damaged car near a building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike, in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: BILAL HUSSEIN
Israel struck Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday (September 29, 2024) in response to the militants’ recent attacks, and is continuing to carry out strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
Hezbollah confirmed that Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of the militant group’s Central Council, was killed Saturday (September 28, 2024), making him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli strikes in a little over a week. They include founding members who had evaded death or detention for decades.
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Hezbollah also confirmed that Ali Karaki, another senior commander, died in the strike that killed Nasrallah. Israel says at least 20 other Hezbollah militants were killed, including one in charge of Nasrallah’s security detail.
The Lebanese health ministry documented at least 105 people killed around the country in airstrikes Sunday.
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A wave of Israeli airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon have killed more than 1,030 people — including 156 women and 87 children — in less than two weeks, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
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September 30, 2024 12:10
Commander Fatah Sharif got killed: Hamas
The Palestinian militant group Hamas says one of its commanders has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.
Fatah Sharif was killed early Monday in an airstrike on the Al Buss refugee camp in the southern port city of Tyre, the group said in a statement. His wife, son and daughter were also killed in the strike, it said.
“Sharif was a commander in Lebanon and a member of Hamas’ command outside the Palestinian territories,” Hamas said.
– AP
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September 30, 2024 12:07
Nasrallah’s body found: source close to Hezbollah
The body of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli air strike on southern Beirut, has been recovered, a source close to the movement told AFP on Sunday (September 29, 2024).
“His body was recovered on Saturday and was placed in a shroud on Sunday after being washed,” the source said, requesting anonymity.
“The funeral ceremony and his burial have not yet been arranged,” the source added.
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September 30, 2024 12:04
Aftermath of Israeli strike in central Beirut
People clear debris from shops damaged in an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Kola, central Beirut, Lebanon September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
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September 30, 2024 12:00
Biden to speak with Netanyahu
President Joe Biden says he will speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and believes an all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided.
“It has to be,” Mr. Biden told reporters Sunday as he boarded Air Force One for Washington. “We really have to avoid it.”
Mr. Biden would not say when he planned to speak with the Israeli leader.
The White House sees the death of Nasrallah as a major setback to Iran-backed Hezbollah. But the administration has sought to tread carefully in hopes of preventing an even broader regional conflict.
– AP
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September 30, 2024 10:40
Hamas says its leader in Lebanon was killed in Israeli strike
Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Monday that its leader in Lebanon Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was killed along with some of his family members in an Israeli strike in the south of the country.
-Reuters
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September 30, 2024 10:10
Oil prices rise on Middle East conflict fears as Israel steps up attacks
Oil prices extended gains on Monday, buoyed by escalating concerns over potential supply pressures from Middle East producers following Israel’s increased attacks on Iranian-backed forces in the region.
Brent crude futures for November delivery increased 51 cents, or 0.71%, to $72.49 a barrel as of 0330 GMT. That contract expires on Monday, and the more-active contract for December delivery gained 50 cents, or 0.7%, to $72.04.
Last week, Brent fell around 3%, while WTI fell by around 5% as demand worries increased after fiscal stimulus from China, the world’s second-biggest economy and top oil importer, failed to reassure market confidence.
-Reuters
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September 30, 2024 09:26
IDF says Israel carried out strikes on dozens of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
The Israeli military said its fighter jets launched fresh strikes on dozens of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon’s Bekaa region on Monday.
Israeli Air Force jets “attacked dozens of launchers and buildings where weapons were stored in the Bekaa in Lebanon,” it said in a statement on Telegram, adding the sites were linked to Lebanese group Hezbollah.
-AFP
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September 30, 2024 08:55
Pakistan Muslims protest killing of Hezbollah’s Nasrallah
Pakistani Shi’ite Muslims carry flags as they protest the killing of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli air strike in Beirut, amid tear gas smoke fired by police to disperse them as they march towards the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 29, 2024.
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September 30, 2024 08:44
Three members of Palestinian group killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
Three people belonging to a Palestinian organisation were killed in an Israeli strike on the heart of Beirut on Monday, the group said.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a secular left-wing group, has aligned with Hezbollah in its support of the Palestinian group Hamas against Israel.
The PFLP said in a statement that its military security chief Mohammad Abdel-Aal, military commander Imad Odeh, and Abdelrahman Abdel-Aal were killed in the strike on Beirut’s Kola district.
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September 30, 2024 08:22
Biden to speak to Netanyahu
U.S. President Joe Biden said he would speak soon with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and believes that an all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided. “It has to be,” Mr. Biden told reporters at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware as he boarded Air Force One for Washington.
-AP
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September 30, 2024 08:04
Netanyahu adds rival to Cabinet, strengthens hold on office
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a former rival, Gideon Saar, as a member of his Cabinet on Sunday, expanding his coalition and strengthening his hold on office.
Under their agreement, Mr. Netanyahu said Mr.Saar would serve as a minister without portfolio and serve in the Security Cabinet, the body that oversees the management of the ongoing war against Israel’s enemies across the Middle East.
-AP
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September 30, 2024 07:50
Hezbollah confirms a 7th top commander was killed
Hezbollah confirmed Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of the militant group’s Central Council, was killed Saturday, making him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader slain in Israeli strikes in a little over a week. They include founding members who had evaded death or detention for decades.
Hezbollah had earlier confirmed that Ali Karaki, another senior commander, died in Friday’s strike that killed Nasrallah. Israel says at least 20 other Hezbollah militants were killed, including one in charge of Nasrallah’s security detail.
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September 30, 2024 07:39
An Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut for the first time in nearly a year of conflict
The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict leveled an apartment building early Monday, hours after Israel hit targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of people as Hezbollah sustained heavy blows to its command structure.
The airstrike hit a multistory residential building. Videos showed ambulances and a crowd gathered near the building in a mainly Sunni district with a busy thoroughfare lined with shops.
The airstrike killed at least one person and wounded 16, said an official with Lebanese Civil Defence.
-AP
Published – September 30, 2024 07:39 am IST
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