IDF vows to strike heavily across Middle East after Iranian assault
IDF: No Israelis wounded from Iranian attack - there will be consequences • Six murdered in Jaffa terror shooting
Iran launches hundreds of rockets into Israel in massive aerial attack
IDF 'ready and willing' to retaliate following Iran attacks • Iran launches 181 ballistic missiles, sending Israelis across the country to shelter
Some 181 ballistic missiles were launched onto Israel on Tuesday night by Iran, the Jerusalem Post understands, leading to 1,800 rocket sirens sounding across the country.
A Palestinian worker from Gaza was reportedly killed as a result of fragments of rockets that fell in the city of Jericho in the West Bank, according to Israeli media.
Magen David Adom's CEO Eli Bin announced that there was a direct hit to a building in north Tel Aviv on George Wise Street. MDA confirmed that three people had been wounded by falls in Tel Aviv.
A strike also hit a home in Tel Sheva, according to Maariv.
Multiple other falls were recorded in Tel Aviv, Dimona, Nabatim, Hora, Hod Hasharon, Beersheba, and Rishon Lezion.
Israeli air defenses shot down dozens of missiles that flew over Syria, Syrian army sources told Reuters.
Video footage from KAN showed falling fragments of interceptors and missiles in the Dead Sea.
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Israeli strike hits Beirut's southern suburbs, Reuters witness, security source say
The IDF had warned it would strike specific buildings in the neighborhood, a densely populated district south of the Lebanese capital, as fears grow of a looming ground invasion.
At least two Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs late on Monday, a security source said, with Reuters reporters seeing two flashes of light and hearing loud blasts coming from the neighborhood.
The Israeli military had warned an hour earlier that it would strike specific buildings in the typically densely populated southern suburbs, saying armed group Hezbollah was using them as facilities and telling residents to leave.
Go to the full article >>IDF Spokesperson in Arabic issues evacuation warnings to residents of Beirut suburbs
The Spokesperson referred to the southern suburbs of Beirut, stating that several of these areas contained Hezbollah facilities.
IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued warnings to residents of Beirut to evacuate certain neighbourhoods in a post to X/Twitter on Monday night.
He said to evacuate the buildings immediately and remain at a distance of no less than 500 meters.
Go to the full article >>Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli troop movements near Lebanese border towns
Hezbollah issued a statement early on Tuesday saying it targeted Israeli troop movements across from Lebanese border towns.
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Lebanese army withdraws from southern border with Israel, sources say
The Lebanese Army was seen withdrawing from several positions on the southern border with Israel, local residents and a security source told Reuters.
Lebanese security sources said that the troops pulled back to at least five kilometers north of the border between Israel and Lebanon.
However, an additional source from the Lebanese Army refuted this statement, noting that the military had redeployed forces in southern Lebanon following Israeli threats of ground invasion, Israel's Army Radio reported on Monday evening.
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Lebanon's Al Jadid channel reported that the Lebanese army was asked by UNIFIL forces to evacuate its positions on the border in preparation for the expected Israeli ground operation.
Reuters contributed to this report.
This is a developing story.
Go to the full article >>Biden calls on Israel not to enter southern Lebanon
The US pushes diplomacy as Israel considers Lebanon ground operation following Nasrallah's assassination and rising regional tensions.
President Joe Biden called on the IDF not to launch a ground campaign into southern Lebanon to route out the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah as tensions appeared to escalate between the two staunch allies over the pending operation which the security cabinet approved Monday night.
“We should have a ceasefire now,” Biden said during a press event at the White House.
Go to the full article >>Home Front Command issues new directives for communities in northern Israel
Following a security assessment, the Home Front Command issued new directives to northern communities.
The directives were given to communities north of the Hula Valley and included limiting movements in towns, avoiding large gatherings, controlling gates of settlements, and remaining near protected areas.
Go to the full article >>Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
- Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 101 hostages remain in Gaza
- 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says