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Screenshot of the wreckage of the car hit by the Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese village of Majdal Selm Monday.
Senior Hezbollah commander Tawil killed by Israeli strike
BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon has killed a senior commander in Hezbollah's elite Radwan force, three security sources told Reuters news agency.The senior Hezbollah figure who has been killed in a strike on south Lebanon has been identified as Wissam Tawil, the deputy head of a unit within the group's elite Radwan force, Reuters reported.Citing three security sources, Reuters said Tawil and another Hezbollah fighter were killed when their car was hit in a strike on the Lebanese village of Majdal Selm."This is a very painful strike," one of the security sources said. Another added: "Things will flare up now."Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has previously warned Israel not to launch a full-scale war on Lebanon.French news agency...
January 08, 2024

Senior Hezbollah commander Tawil killed by Israeli strike

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is a key target of the IDF
Three months on, Israel is still trying to ‘destroy’ Hamas
JERUSALEM — Three months ago, speaking to citizens rocked by a horrific day of attacks by Hamas, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a promise.“The IDF will immediately use all its strength to destroy Hamas’s capabilities,” Netanyahu said. “We will destroy them.”Now, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is shifting to a new phase of its war on Hamas in Gaza – and there are signs its objectives are changing too.“The record is not very friendly to military campaigns seeking to eradicate political military movements that are deeply rooted,” Bilal Y. Saab, an associate fellow in the Middle East and North Africa at Chatham House, told CNN.“IDF leadership understands very well that the most they can do is severely degrade the military capabilities of Hamas,” Saab...
January 08, 2024

Three months on, Israel is still trying to ‘destroy’ Hamas

Antony Blinken is on his latest Middle East tour
Palestinians must be able to stay in Gaza — Blinken
DOHA — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Palestinians must not be pressured into leave Gaza, and must be allowed to return to their homes once conditions allow.Blinken condemned statements by some Israeli ministers, who called for the resettlement of Palestinians elsewhere.The US official was in Qatar on his latest Middle East tour.His comments come following reports that dozens of people were killed at a refugee camp in northern Gaza.Footage from Jabalia shows bodies lying in the rubble of a destroyed building — many of them women and children.The Israeli military has not yet responded to the reports.More than 60 Palestinians have reportedly also been killed in the past day in the southern city of Khan Younis.The Jabalia camp has been hit several times since Israel began its...
January 08, 2024

Palestinians must be able to stay in Gaza — Blinken

File photo of Oman's 100 baisas.
Oman discontinues certain banknote denominations
MUSCAT — The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Sunday declared a discontinuation of specific banknote denominations.These banknotes will cease to be recognized as legal currency after a 360-day duration from the announcement.It will then be considered an illegal and non-negotiable currency:The affected notes are those launched prior to the sixth issue of 2020, with issuances ranging from November 1995 to 2019, the CBO said in a statement.The denominations facing discontinuation encompass a wide range, including 1,500 baisas, 200 baisas, 100 baisas from November 1995.They also include OMR 50, OMR 20, OMR 10, and OMR 5 from November 2000.A commemorative OMR 1 note from 2005, a commemorative OMR 20 note from 2010, OMR 50, OMR 10, and OMR 5 notes from 2011 and 2012.A commemorative OMR 1 note from...
January 07, 2024

Oman discontinues certain banknote denominations

Neither Qatar nor India have revealed the specific charges against the men
Qatar: Indian ex-naval officers get 'varying' jail terms
KOCHI — Eight former Indian naval officers who were earlier sentenced to death in Qatar now face prison sentences of "varying" lengths, India has said.The men have 60 days to appeal the jail terms. Last month, a court in Qatar had commuted their death penalties.Neither Qatar nor India have revealed the specific charges against the men.But Financial Times and Reuters have reported, citing anonymous sources, that the men were charged with spying for Israel.India, Qatar and Israel have not commented on this. The court orders in the matter have also not been made public. India has been issuing statements about the major developments in the case, which was seen as a diplomatic test for the government.In a press briefing on Thursday, Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir...
January 05, 2024

Qatar: Indian ex-naval officers get 'varying' jail terms

Signage for the U.S. Department of Education - Federal Student Aid Office at 830 First Street NE Washington, D.C., USA, on November 28, 2023
US education official quits over Biden administration’s approach to Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON — A Department of Education political appointee resigned on Wednesday, citing in a letter the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.The resignation by Tariq Habash, policy adviser in the DOE’s Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, comes as the conflict – which erupted with Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel – nears its third month with no sign of abating and follows a previous public departure from the administration over its handling of the war.“It should go without saying that all violence against innocent people is horrific. I mourn each and every loss, Israeli and Palestinian,” Habash said in the two-page letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. “But I cannot represent an administration that does not value all...
January 04, 2024

US education official quits over Biden administration’s approach to Israel-Hamas war

ADDS SOURCE - Injured people get aid after an explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Iran says the deadly twin bomb blasts occurred at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020.  (Mahdi Karbakhsh Ravari/Mehr News Agnecy via AP)
Middle Eastern nations condemn deadly twin bombing in Iran
DUBAI — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday joined multiple countries in condemning deadly twin blasts in Iran, which have threatened to stoke tensions in the region nearly three months after war erupted in Gaza.In a post Thursday on X, formerly Twitter, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry affirmed the Kingdom's "rejection and condemnation of the terrorist bombings that targeted civilians in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”Also in an X post, the UAE's Foreign Ministry said it "expresses its strong condemnation of these criminal acts, and its permanent rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism aimed at undermining security and stability.”Both countries also expressed condolences to the victims.Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council...
January 04, 2024

Middle Eastern nations condemn deadly twin bombing in Iran

This picture taken on January 3, 2024 shows a view of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardment in the central Gaza Strip from a position across the border in southern Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Saudi Arabia, EU states denounce comments by far-right Israeli officials on resettlement of Gazans
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and a number of European nations on Thursday joined the United States in condemning comments by far-right Israeli officials calling for the resettlement of Gazans outside of Gaza.In recent days, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have reiterated remarks that Israel's war with Hamas presents an opportunity to encourage Palestinian migration from the enclave.In a statement Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry expressed its “condemnation and categorial rejection of the extremist statements of two ministers in the Israeli occupation government.”"The Kingdom stresses the importance of the concerted efforts of the international community to activate international accounting mechanisms toward the...
January 04, 2024

Saudi Arabia, EU states denounce comments by far-right Israeli officials on resettlement of Gazans

A man carries a body of a Palestinian killed in Israeli strikes on Al-Mawasi, according to a health ministry official, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip January 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot
Children among 14 killed in strike on residence near Khan Younis
KHAN YOUNIS — Fourteen people were killed Thursday morning in a strike on Al-Mawasi on the coast of Gaza, west of Khan Younis, the Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza has said.The ministry said that nine children were among those killed by an Israeli air strike on a house in the area.CNN is unable to confirm details of what happened in the neighborhood and has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for comment.Thousands of displaced people have moved to the area over the last few weeks as the conflict in Gaza has moved to central areas and Khan Younis.Separately, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PCRS) said at least one person was killed and six wounded in an Israeli strike that hit the fifth floor of its headquarters in Khan Younis.Two days ago, five people were killed in...
January 04, 2024

Children among 14 killed in strike on residence near Khan Younis

Smoke rises during Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip January 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot
ICJ to hold public hearings in South Africa's case against Israel over Gaza war
THE HAGUE — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday said it will hold public hearings next week regarding proceedings brought by South Africa against Israel over allegations of genocide in its war against Hamas in Gaza.The hearings will be dedicated to South Africa’s request last week for “provisional measures” — emergency steps the court can order to preserve the rights of a party.In its request Friday, South Africa asked the ICJ to indicate provisional measures to protect Palestinian people and “ensure Israel’s compliance with its obligations under the Genocide Convention not to engage in genocide, and to prevent and to punish genocide,” the court said in a news release.South Africa is scheduled to present its oral arguments on January 11, with Israel set to...
January 04, 2024

ICJ to hold public hearings in South Africa's case against Israel over Gaza war

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