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Hezbollah said that it struck northern Israel with drones and rocket attacks on Aug. 6. However, the group warns another attack is coming.

Hezbollah strikes northern Israel, warns the worst is yet to come

Axios

The Israeli intelligence community's updated assessment is that Iran is poised to attack Israel directly in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas' political leader in Tehran and is likely to do it within days, two sources with direct knowledge of the issue told Axios. Why it matters: The new intelligence...

New Israeli intelligence suggests Iran prepares to attack Israel within days: sources

Iran’s supreme leader has issued an order for Iran to strike Israel directly, in retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran.

Iran’s supreme leader issues order for Iran to strike Israel: Report

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken back to Gaza as hostages during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7 October. The bodies of kindergarten teacher Maya Goren as well as the soldiers Sergeant Major Ravid Aryeh Katz, Master Sergeant Oren Goldin, Staff Sergeant Tomer Ahimas and Sergeant Kiril Brodski were found in a Hamas tunnel in the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

Fox News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for allowing the Oct. 7 attack to happen under his leadership, warns of a "full-fledged Iranian axis."

Netanyahu apologizes for Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, warns Israel now faces 'full-fledged Iranian axis'

A fire broke out Sunday at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, with Kyiv and Moscow trading blame for the incident. Ukraine, Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there had been no detected spike in radiation levels or any impact on nuclear safety.

Ukraine and Russia trade blame for fire at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Several photos have been circulating online purporting to show Olympic swimmers wearing swimsuits with the message "Not a dude!" crudely emblazoned on their crotches to protest the participation of transgender athletes in the Paris Olympic games. These posts appeared online on July 28 and August 2. However, it turns out...

No, Olympic swimmers weren’t wearing swimsuits emblazoned with a transphobic message

Mediaite

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered a direct strike on Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The Times reported, according to three sources, “Mr. Khamenei gave the order at an emergency meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Wednesday […]
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Iranian Leader Orders Direct Strike On Israel Following Hamas Chief’s Killing, Per Report

Shocking images and video footage from an Iran-backed Hezbollah rocket attack on a soccer field being used by children are streaming in with reports of critically wounded people.

Hezbollah hits Israel with deadliest attack in months-long conflict, IDF says, raising fears of escalation

NBC News

JERUSALEM — Israel will respond forcefully to any attack on it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and of a senior Hezbollah leader in Beirut. Netanyahu said Israel had delivered crushing blows to Iran’s proxies over the past...

Netanyahu says Israel will exact heavy price for attacks in response to its strikes in Iran and Beirut

The Israel Defense Forces has posted four reasons why it decided to kill Fuad Shukr, the Hezbollah commander responsible for a deadly rocket attack in northern Israel.

IDF reveals 4 reasons why it killed Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr

The Hill

President Biden and Vice President Harris will meet with national security officials in the White House Situation Room on Monday, as Iran reiterates its intention to punish Israel for the apparent assassination of top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The meeting will focus on developments in the Middle...

Biden, Harris head to Situation Room as Iran threatens attack on Israel

Hezbollah militants early Monday launched 30 rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel though no casualties were reported, the Israeli Defense Forces said.

Hezbollah launches 30 rockets into Israel, no casualties reported: IDF

Middle East tensions have reached a boiling point because the Iran regime-backed Hezbollah slaughtered the largest number of Israeli’s since Hamas’ attacked the Jewish state in October.

Massacre by Iran's terror proxy Hezbollah could lead to full-blown war in Mideast

Business Insider

"We anticipate that, in its response, Hezbollah will choose both broader and deeper targets," Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN said.

Iran warns that Hezbollah will likely hit non-military targets in Israeli territory in response to Israel's strike on Beirut

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Senior Crisis Conflict Researcher Belkis Wille joins FRANCE 24's Mark Owen to present their independent, fact-based report on October 7th's surprise attack on southern Israel and the numerous atrocities committed against civilians that left over 1000 dead and more than 200 taken hostage. According to HRW's just-released report, Hamas led four other 'well-trained' Palestinian armed groups in committing hundreds of war crimes in the deadliest attack in Israel's history, setting off a brutal war in Gaza that has claimed the lives of more than 38,0000 people. Hamas reacted with fury to one of the most in-depth international studies on the unprecedented incursion into southern Israel, demanding that HRW withdraw the report and "apologise". The report set out a host of crimes under international law that it says Hamas and its allies breached.

'Evidence couldn't be clearer': Hamas, allies committed 'hundreds' of war crimes in attack on Israel

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Hassan Nasrallah said his group will avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander, but keeping Israelis waiting is “part of the punishment.”

Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier three times over Beirut in less than 30 minutes on Tuesday, leading to loud booms that sent people in the city running for cover just ahead of a speech by the head of the powerful Iran-backed group Hezbollah. Israeli warplanes flew low...

Panic in Beirut as Israeli Warplanes Break Sound Barrier Three Times

The Iranian government executed 29 prisoners on Wednesday, according to the organization Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO). A group execution of 26 people at Ghezhelsar Prison and the executions of another three people at Karaj Penitentiary took place on Wednesday. Sources informed IHRNGO that 17 of the executed were punished for...

Iran authorities execute 29 prisoners in a day

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Haniyeh assassination 'shows Israel had access to Iranian territory' to execute targeted airstrike

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock...

Haniyeh assassination 'shows Israel had access to Iranian territory' to execute targeted airstrike

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