Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, has publicly confirmed for the first time that Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran in July. Katz made the revelation during a speech in which he vowed to target the leadership of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen, responsible for launching missiles and drones at Israel. EDITOR’S … Read more
Hezbollah’s media chief, Mohammed Afif, has been confirmed dead following an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, according to the Lebanese militant group. The attack targeted the headquarters of the Lebanese Baath Party in the densely populated Ras al-Naba neighborhood on Sunday, as reported by Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. The country’s health ministry stated that … Read more
Hezbollah has named longtime deputy secretary general Naim Qassem as its new leader, following the death of former leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month. Qassem, one of the group’s few surviving senior figures, has spent over 30 years as deputy secretary general and is among Hezbollah’s founding members. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
The Israeli military has announced the death of Hashem Safieddine, a cleric considered a potential successor to the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, following an airstrike nearly three weeks ago. According to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), Safieddine was killed in airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut. However, Hezbollah, the influential Lebanese Shia Muslim … Read more
The body of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Beirut, has been recovered, a source close to the movement told AFP yesterday. The air strike, which took place on Friday, also claimed the life of Ali Karake, Hezbollah’s top commander in southern Lebanon, according to a statement … Read more
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Commander, Hossein Salami has told Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah that Israel would face “a crushing response from the axis of resistance,” according to state media. The statement came after attacks on Hezbollah’s communication devices. The “axis of resistance” refers to Iran-aligned armed groups across the Middle East, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis, … Read more