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United Nations officials to relocate from North Gaza to southern areas within 24 hours as it prepares for a ground assault on Gaza which is likely to be extremely brutal. Yet, there is nervousness in Israel, the American military and the political elite over the risk of a trigger getting pulled on Israel's northern border with Lebanon — an attack by Hezbollah, the battle-hardened Lebanese terror group which is more organised and better-equipped than Hamas. The fear of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia, is palpable as all eyes are watching it for any move to join Hamas against Israel.

Aleppo, putting them out of action, Syrian state media said on Friday. Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) cited a military source to report that the missile strikes happened «simultaneously» at 13:50 (local time), causing material damage to the airstrips, which resulted in them being «out of service.» «The Israeli latest aggression comes in the framework of the occupation authorities' continued policy, based on aggression and violation of the international law and the UN convention,» Syrian foriegn Ministry said in a statement as cited by its state media agency. Israel has so far not commented on the strikes on the Syrian airports. Al Jazeera publication quoted Syrian television channel Sham FM as stating that Syrian air defences were activated in response to the attacks on both airports. Damascus and Aleppo airports not only handle civil aviation but also host military bases. Israel has in the past carried out strikes on targets in Syria, including its airports as part of operations believed to be aimed at disrupting Iranian supply lines, Al Jazeera reported. The attacks on the two Syrian airports come ahead of a planned visit by Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, who on Thursday departed from Tehran for Baghdad and is scheduled to proceed to Syria and Lebanon later. Before his departure, Amirabdollahian addressed reporters in Tehran, stating that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is the primary source of crises in West Asia, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported. The Iranian minister, on his arrival in Beirut, said if the Israeli bombardment of Gaza continues, the war may open on «other fronts».

https://justgiving.com/campaign/gaza-emergency2023 You can also donate via Facebook and Instagram. Thank you for your solidarity" Hamas has also made an urgent plea to international relief organisations to deliver essential medical and humanitarian supplies to Gaza, CNN report stated as reported by ANI.

A call for demonstrations across the Muslim world Friday in support of Palestinians is causing security worries among Jewish organizations in Canada.

The International Monetary Fund says Middle East economies are gradually recovering as external shocks from the war in Ukraine and global inflation fade

President Biden on Tuesday showed appropriate outrage at the wanton slaughter by Hamas this weekend, and his pledge of support for Israel is welcome. But there was a crucial word missing from his remarks at the White House: Iran. Tehran is Hamas’s terror master, and its assault on Israel exposes the failure of his Iran strategy.

Iran on Tuesday claimed that it played no role in the attack launched by Hamas last Saturday that took Israelis by surprise but there is no denying the fact that Tehran over the years has increased its support and appeal across the Arab world that is dominated by people who profess Sunni sect of Islam. The world's biggest non-Sunni country has become a key factor in the West Asian fault lines creating its proxy groups in Lebanon and Yemen and backing Hamas to take on Israel over the last few decades. It is no secret that Tehran has exploited sentiments and presence of the Shia population in some Gulf states. While the USA and Israel have not yet directly blamed Iran for the October 7 carnage, Tehran came out openly in support of Hamas for carrying out the attacks against Israel.

IDF) has said it carried out a drone strike against a Hezbollah post in southern Lebanon in response to an anti-tank guided missile attack on an army post on the border, which was claimed by the terror group, The Times of Israel reported. The IDF said it also launched artillery strikes against the source of the missile fire. The IDF earlier said an anti-tank missile was launched from Lebanon towards a military post near the community of Arab Al-Aramshe. Taking to X, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) stated, «An anti-tank missile was launched from Lebanon toward a military post adjacent to the community of Arab Al-Aramshe on the #BlueLine.» A suspected infiltration attempt occurred near the border town of Rosh HaNikra. A senior Israel Defence Forces (IDF) officer and two soldiers were killed during a firefight with terrorists who infiltrated into Israeli territory from southern Lebanon on Monday afternoon, the military confirmed on Tuesday. Five additional Israeli troops were wounded in the attack, according to the IDF. The officer was identified as 300th Brigade Deputy Commander Lt Col Alim Abdullah, 40, from the Druze village of Yanuh-Jat in northern Israel. Meanwhile, the IDF said it targeted the Islamic University of Gaza, which serves as an «important centre of political and military power for Hamas in the Gaza Strip». In a post shared on X, the IDF stated, «Fighter jets recently attacked the Islamic University, which serves as an important centre of political and military power for the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip and a training institution for the development and production of weapons.

Gaza Strip neighbourhood by neighbourhood Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory now suffering severe retaliation for the deadly weekend attack by Hamas militants. Humanitarian groups pleaded for the creation of corridors to get aid into Gaza and warned that hospitals overwhelmed with wounded people were running out of supplies. Israel has stopped entry of food, fuel and medicines into Gaza, and the sole remaining access from Egypt shut down Tuesday after airstrikes hit near the border crossing.

Also Read: Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Palestinians struggle for safety as Israel pounds sealed-off Gaza Strip Here are some of the major milestones in its recent history. 1948 - End of British rule As British colonial rule came to an end in Palestine in the late 1940s, violence intensified between Jews and Arabs, culminating in war between the newly created State of Israel and its Arab neighbors in May 1948. Tens of thousands of Palestinians took refuge in Gaza after fleeing or being driven from their homes.

Gaza Strip after the Hamas group launched a deadly rocket attack on Israel that killed over 1,000 people and left hundreds injured. Dozens of foreigners have been killed, injured, or taken hostage during a surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Many of the missing foreigners were at an electronic music festival in the southern Israeli desert, at which scores of revelers were massacred.

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Hamas’s bloodthirsty assault on Israel. That is because it involved thousands of rockets, and fighters attacking the south of the country by land, sea and air. And because it was completely unforeseen despite its scale, inflicting a humiliating blow against Israel’s vaunted intelligence services.

Reuters reported. 4) Iran helped Hamas plot the rocket attack on Israel and approved of the assault during a meeting in Beirut last week, according to The Wall Street Journal report. 5) US President Joe Biden ordered “additional support" for Israel.

rocket attack on Israel and approved of the assault during a meeting in Beirut last week, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal. The death toll from the bloodiest war that erupted between Israel and Hamas surged to 1,000. The report also stated that the officers of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard have worked with Hamas to plan the deadly attack since August.

Israel’s national paramedic service chief of staff Uri Shacham says the team had to pivot from healing rocket wounds to gunshot wounds after the Hamas attack.

The death toll in Israel has reached at least 600 people, according to government numbers, with more than 100 believed to be kidnapped and more than 2,000 people injured after the Hamas militant group attacked the country by air, land and sea.

including civilians and member of the armed forces, are under the militant group's captivity. Some of the captives are believed to be alive, and few are assumed to be killed, BBC reported military spokesperson Lt Col Jonathan Conricus as saying. Among those taken into custody include children, women and elderly, the spokesperson claimed, adding that the numbers up until now are “unimaginable", and will shape “the future" of the current round of conflict.

Lebanon's Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli military positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms on Sunday, saying it was acting «in solidarity» with the Palestinian people after an unprecedented attack by Hamas gunmen from Gaza into Israel. Israel responded with barrages of artillery into southern Lebanon. No casualties have been reported. Backed by Iran, the Shi'ite group has risen from a shadowy faction established during Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war to a heavily armed force with big sway over the Lebanese state.

Syria's defence minister left a graduation ceremony there. Civilians and military personnel were killed in the attack on the military academy in the central province of Homs, Syria's defence ministry said in a statement, adding «terrorist» groups had used drones to carry it out.

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon risks being «ostracised» by the international community if its nearly year-long presidential vacuum drags on further, France's special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian told a local Lebanese newspaper in an interview published on Tuesday.