Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (pictured) said on Wednesday that Iran will “defend its territorial integrity, dignity, honor, and pride, and will make the terrorist occupiers regret their cowardly act” after the assassination of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh. He was killed in his residence in the Iranian capital of Tehran, where he was staying after attending Pezeshkian’s …
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard announced Wednesday, but nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel was immediately blamed for the assassination after pledging to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish State, which killed 1,200 people and roughly …
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srael strikes Hezbollah near the suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut Senior adviser to militant group’s chief was main target, says person familiar Fate of Fuad Shukr is unclear as news outlets issue conflicting reports No more immediate strikes planned, according to senior Israeli official Shekel briefly weakened to session low; oil maintains losses Israel struck …
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The IDF confirms it carried out an airstrike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut a short while ago. According to the military, the strike targeted the Hezbollah commander behind the deadly rocket attack on Majdal Shams and other deadly attacks on Israel. There are no changes to instructions for Israeli civilians as of yet, the IDF says. …
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United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that he believes that an all-out war between Hezbollah and Israel is “not inevitable” after an alleged militant group’s attack on the Golan Heights, which killed 12 Israeli citizens. Speaking at a press conference in Manila, Austin stressed that Washington seeks to see the Israel-Hezbollah conflict …
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July 29 (Reuters) – The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon’s capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights, five people with knowledge of the drive said. Washington is racing to avert a full-blown war between Israel and the …
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Netanyahu met for hours with security officials late Sunday We ‘don’t want to see the conflict escalate,’ Blinken says The US and other world powers sought to prevent Israel and Hezbollah’s conflict turning into a full-blown war after a rocket attack that killed several children in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met …
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Oil prices increased after a rocket attack on the Golan Heights heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict. Concerns about weakening Chinese oil demand partially offset the upward pressure on prices. Israel’s stance on a potential ceasefire with Hamas adds complexity to the geopolitical situation. Crude oil prices started to trade this week with …
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Oil dipped as algorithmic traders took advantage of market uncertainty, while traders weighed Chinese demand against falling US stockpiles. West Texas Intermediate fell to settle near $77 a barrel, capping the largest weekly decline since the beginning of May. Prices have struggled recently amid selling pressure from trend-following commodity trading advisers and a wider retreat …
Fiber optic networks were disrupted on Monday in six French departments, authorities confirmed to AFP. The incidents were reported in Aude, Bouches-du-Rhone, Drome, Herault, Meuse, and Oise, but not in Paris. According to BFMTV, some fiber optic cables were cut by “malicious individuals,” causing outages. The cables belong to the SFR telecoms operator but are …
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