In an air attack on October 14th, Israel air attacked the Lebanon town of Aitou. This represents a series of attacks where Israel claims to be hitting Hezbollah targets, but authorities claim they are hitting targets far from Hezbollah-controlled areas. Experts believe that these attacks actually aim for religious Shia communities that support Hezbollah, but are likely not directly involved… Read more »
Israel has begun attacking the Lebanese Beirut Suburbs following the launch of drones attacking Northern Israel, one of which was directed towards President Netanyahu’s holiday home. A representative for Netanyahu specified that one of the three drones that were launched hit Netanyahu’s residence on Saturday, October 19th. Netanyahu was not in this residence and no casualties occured. Though, this attack… Read more »
On Tuesday, October 22nd, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Israel to urge Israeli leadership to continue ceasefire talks with Hamas and allow for more aid to enter the Gaza area. Blinken met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suggested that Israel “capitalize” on the fact that Israel has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, highlighting that without… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/israels-netanyahu-announces-expanded-war-goals-to-include-lebanon-border Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, has stated his goals concerning the Israel-Hamas war have expanded to enabling Israeli citizens who fled their homes near the Lebanon-Israel border, to return home. The Lebanon-Israel border has experienced almost daily crossfire between Israeli forces and the Lebanese army group Hezbollah. The cross fire has displaced thousands and Hezbollah stated they would… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/10/what-was-the-humanitarian-zone-bombed-overnight-by-israel On Tuesday, September 10th, Israel dropped at least three missiles on the Israel-designated “safe zone” al-Mawasi on the Gaza strip, killing at least 19 people and wounding about 65 more. The area of al-Mawasi is packed full of displaced people, namely Palestinians, due to the Israel-Hamas conflict that began in early October, 2023. The area that was bombed was… Read more »
On Sunday Sep. 8, Israel closed the West Bank/King Hussein bridge between itself and Jordan. The bridge was opened for traffic Monday morning but did not let any cargo trucks through and has not been open since. The closing is a result of a Jordanian truck driver killing three men of Israel’s security forces. The truck driver responsible for the… Read more »
