1+ week, 4+ day ago (589+ words) Wednesday November 19, 2025 Lebanon said an Israeli strike yesterday (18 November) night on a crowded Palestinian refugee camp in the country's south killed at least 13 people, as Israel said it struck a Hamas compound. The group denied it had military installations in Palestinian camps in Lebanon and called Israel's claims "lies". An AFP correspondent saw firefighters putting out a blaze on the lower floor of a stricken building, as gunmen fired shots to clear crowds from the path of ambulances that were streaming into Ain al-Helweh, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, located on the outskirts of the coastal city of Sidon. Israel has kept up strikes on Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreed last November that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hamas ally Hezbollah, including two months of full-blown war. Israel usually says it is targeting…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (302+ words) Monday November 17, 2025 Israeli military forces opened fire on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Sunday, in an incident the UN peacekeeping mission described as a serious violation. None of the UN forces were reported wounded. Israeli soldiers had opened fire on two suspects in the El Hamames area near the Israeli border, only later realising that they were UN peacekeepers, the military said in a statement. The military said the peacekeepers were misidentified due to poor weather conditions. The incident was under review, it said. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said the Israeli forces had fired from a Merkava tank positioned inside Lebanese territory towards the peacekeepers, who were on foot. Heavy machine gun fire landed five metres from the peacekeepers, who were forced to seek shelter, it said. The Israeli tank withdrew after peacekeepers contacted the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago (99+ words) Wednesday November 26, 2025 The Israeli military on Wednesday announced a new "counterterrorism" operation in the north of the occupied West Bank. The military and internal security service said in a joint statement that they "began operating as part of a broad counterterrorism operation in the area of northern Samaria", using the Israeli biblical term for part of the West Bank. In response to a question from AFP, the Israeli army said the operation was new and not part of its counterterrorism operation launched in January 2024, which primarily targets Palestinian refugee camps. Israeli army / West Bank / Israel / Palestine...

3+ week, 1+ day ago (1360+ words) Saturday November 08, 2025 The US gathered intelligence last year that Israel's military lawyers warned there was evidence that could support war crimes charges against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza " operations reliant on American-supplied weapons, five former US officials have said. The previously unreported intelligence, described by the former officials as among the most startling shared with top US policymakers during the war, pointed to doubts within the Israeli military about the legality of its tactics that contrasted sharply with Israel's public stance defending its actions. Two of the former US officials said the material was not broadly circulated within the US government until late in the Biden administration, when it was disseminated more widely ahead of a congressional briefing in December 2024. The intelligence deepened concerns in Washington over Israel's conduct in a war it said was necessary to eliminate…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago (102+ words) Sunday November 30, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has submitted an official request for his pardon to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the Israeli president's office said on Sunday (30 November). "The Office of the President is aware that this is an extraordinary request which carries with it significant implications. After receiving all of the relevant opinions, the President will responsibly and sincerely consider the request," Herzog's office said. There was no immediate comment from the prime minister's office. Netanyahu has been facing a long-running corruption trial. He denies the charges and has pleaded not guilty. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (706+ words) Saturday November 15, 2025 The United States is working on a long-term plan that would divide Gaza into two zones " a "green zone" under Israeli and international military control where reconstruction would begin, and a "red zone" left in its current devastated state, according to US military planning documents obtained by The Guardian. Under the proposal, foreign forces would initially deploy alongside Israeli troops in eastern Gaza, creating a controlled area separated by the existing Israeli-held "yellow line." "It's going to take some time. It's not going to be easy," said a US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, acknowledging the complexity and fluid nature of the planning. Concerns over US commitment The strategy raises questions about Washington's commitment to an enduring political settlement for Gaza with full Palestinian governance " a goal US President Donald Trump previously promised as part of a…...