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The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammad Raad, stated on Sunday that his group feels “reassured” about the progress of its conflict with Israel. “The resistance is escalating its operations against the Israeli enemy to a certain level in order to preserve the deterrence equation,” Raad said. He explained that Hezbollah is taking these actions to ensure that Israel …

A Gaza hospital reported on Sunday that an Israeli air strike on a house in a refugee camp killed at least 20 people. “We received 20 fatalities and several wounded after an Israeli air strike targeted a house belonging to the Hassan family in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza,” stated Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Witnesses indicated that the strike took …

In an exclusive interview with AFP, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed concerns about an anticipated increase in Russian offensives in the northeast and emphasized that Kyiv currently has only a fraction of the air defenses needed to secure the front lines. Russian forces, which had made only moderate gains in recent months, launched a surprise attack in the Kharkiv region …

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman early Sunday to discuss the “semi-final” version of a comprehensive security agreement between the two nations. This announcement, made by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, comes in the wake of disruptions caused by Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, which Israeli authorities claim …

Benny Gantz, a prominent centrist member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, has threatened to resign unless the government adopts a new plan for the war in Gaza within three weeks. This move could force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rely more heavily on his far-right allies. This announcement exacerbates the internal rift in Israel’s leadership as the war, now over …

A U.S. official informed Al-Arabiya television that neither Israel nor Hezbollah seeks an all-out war. The official disclosed that Washington is urging Israel to avoid initiating a conflict with Lebanon, as the U.S. does not want the Gaza conflict to spread further in the region. The U.S. has also utilized diplomatic channels to persuade Iran not to escalate the situation, …

The Palestinian militant group Hamas announced that one of its commanders was killed in an Israeli airstrike in an eastern district of Lebanon near the Syrian border. Hamas’ armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, stated that “commander” Sharhabil Sayed was killed by an Israeli aircraft targeting him in Lebanon’s West Bekaa area. A source close to Hamas, who requested anonymity, …

For displaced residents of southern Lebanese villages, funerals for those killed in months of cross-border clashes offer a rare chance to return home and witness the devastation caused by Israeli bombardments. “My house is in ruins,” said 60-year-old Abdel Aziz Ammar, standing in front of rubble in the border village of Mais al-Jabal. The only thing that survived was a …