Wary Iran’s Guards ban communication devices after strike on Hezbollah, heads of security say
Lebanon and Hezbollah say Israel was behind the attacks. Israel has neither denied nor confirmed involvement. The security official declined to give details on how the IRGC force, comprising 190,000 personnel, are communicating. “For now, we are using end-to-end encryption in messaging systems,” he said.
Hezbollah responds to Israeli attacks with rocket bombardment as it declares ‘open-ended battle’
White House national security spokesman John Kirby told ABC’s “This Week” that the US has been “involved in extensive and quite assertive diplomacy.” He added: “We want to make sure that we can continue to do everything we can to try to prevent this from becoming an all-out war there with Hezbollah across that Lebanese border.”
Israeli vows to sustain air campaign against Hezbollah after it hit Beirut and killed 31 people
In a brief statement on Friday evening carried by Israeli media, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s goals were clear and its actions spoke for themselves.
Israeli. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who said this week that Israel is launching a new phase of war on the northern border, posted on X: “The sequence of actions in the new phase will continue until our goal is achieved: the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes.”
Courting The Hague: Israel’s exploding pagers and walkie-talkies verge on war crimes
Hezbollah, a powerful Lebanese Shia group backed by Iran, has been exchanging rocket fire with Israel since October 7, leading to the displacement of tens of thousands in southern Lebanon and Northern Israel. Some estimates hold that more than 600 people have been killed in Lebanon, including more than 130 civilians, over the course of the past year. In Israel, including the annexed Golan Heights, the violence has killed at least 24 soldiers and 26 civilians.
Israel air strikes destroy 1,000 Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels as military vows to sustain attacks
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah after a week of escalation. The US has also expressed fears of further escalation.
Israel pounds southern Lebanon in heaviest air strikes since start of war as US, UK urge restraint
The bombardment included more than 52 strikes across southern Lebanon after 9pm (1800 GMT), Lebanon’s state news agency NNA said. Three Lebanese security sources said these were the heaviest aerial strikes since the conflict began in October. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Experts: Israeli spy agency Mossad behind Hezbollah walkie-talkies that detonated across Lebanon
Images of the exploded walkie-talkies examined by experts showed an inside panel labelled “ICOM” and “made in Japan.” According to its website, ICOM is a Japan-based radio communications and telephone company.
Hezbollah puzzled by how Mossad infiltrated its ranks and planted explosives in 5,000 pagers that killed 9, injured 3,000
The plot appears to have been many months in the making, several sources said. The senior Lebanese security source said the group had ordered 5,000 beepers from Gold Apollo, which several sources say were brought into the country earlier this year.
Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon, injure 1,000 including Hezbollah fighters
Lebanese internal security forces said a number of wireless communication devices were detonated across Lebanon, especially in Beirut’s southern suburbs, leading to injuries. Groups of people huddled at the entrance of buildings to check on people they knew who may have been wounded, the journalist said.
Out of school for two years, Gazan children eke out a living by crushing rubble used to build new graves
Humanitarian workers say the extended deprivation of education threatens long-term damage to Gaza’s children. Younger children suffer in their cognitive, social and emotional development and older children are at greater risk of being pulled into work or early marriage, said Tess Ingram, regional spokesperson for UNICEF, the United Nations agency for children.
