Hezbollah
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US pledges further strikes on Iran-backed groups as Middle Eastern tension intensifies
World | Feb 05, 2024, 12:21 PM ISTWhite House national security adviser Sullivan declined to be drawn on whether the United States might attack sites inside Iran, something the US military has been very careful to avoid.
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US believes drone that killed 3 American soldiers in Jordan was Iranian-made
World | Feb 01, 2024, 11:15 PM ISTHowever, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, when asked about the matter at a news briefing following the media report, stopped short of confirming the drone's origin. "We're still doing the forensics," he said.
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Israeli airstrike kills senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon: Security officials
World | Jan 08, 2024, 07:34 PM ISTDoctors Without Borders and other aid groups withdrew from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in recent days, saying it was too dangerous.
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Hezbollah launches 62 rockets towards Israel in 'initial response' to death of senior Hamas leader
World | Jan 06, 2024, 06:04 PM ISTHezbollah had threatened to retaliate against Israel following an alleged Israeli strike in Beirut that killed Hamas' deputy political leader Saleh al-Arouri earlier this week. Israel has claimed to have struck a "terrorist cell" in retaliation as the war threatens to expand across the Middle East.
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EXPLAINED: Killing of Hamas no. 2 Arouri could lead to expansion of war's footprints in Middle East
World | Jan 03, 2024, 09:12 PM ISTThe United States has sought to prevent any widening of the conflict, including by deploying two aircraft carriers and other military assets to the region. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was expected in the region this week.
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Hezbollah vows retaliation after Israeli strike kills senior Hamas leader as war threatens to spread
World | Jan 03, 2024, 08:33 AM ISTThe 57-year-old Saleh al-Arouri became the first senior Hamas political leader to be assassinated since Israel attacked Gaza in a devastating campaign. If Israel is found behind the attack it could mark a major escalation in the Middle East conflict, taking it beyond the Gaza Strip.
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G20 Virtual Summit: PM Modi welcomes release of hostages in Gaza, says civilian deaths 'condemnable'
News | Nov 23, 2023, 11:20 AM ISTPM Modi said that insecurity and instability in West Asia is a matter of concern for all countries in the forum. This comes after Qatari mediators negotiated a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas in exchange for 50 hostages.#narendramodi #g20summit #indiatvnews
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Israel-Hamas war: IDF launches retaliatory attacks at Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon
World | Nov 19, 2023, 10:12 AM ISTIn a separate incident, an Israeli drone fired two missiles at an aluminum plant outside the southern Lebanese market town of Nabatiyeh. Hezbollah has conducted daily assaults on Israeli troops since the October 7 attack by Hamas.
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How is Iran-backed Hezbollah dragging Lebanon into Israel-Hamas war? Explained
Explainers | Nov 08, 2023, 07:10 PM ISTHezbollah is one of Israel's most powerful foes in the Middle East with a sizeable military arsenal. The conflict between the two stretch back to 1982 when Israel occupied southern Lebanon, and the Israeli troops withdrew in 2000.
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'Israel didn't learn lessons from the past, we will...', warns Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
World | Nov 03, 2023, 08:44 PM ISTDuring his televised address which is currently being aired by all national broadcasts, Nasrallah staunchly warned Israel of the repercussions of the continuous bombing of Gaza and said, "The Israeli government has set high goals, but they can not achieve them."
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OPINION | HAND IN GLOVE: HAMAS, ISIS, AL QAEDA AND HEZBOLLAH
India | Oct 25, 2023, 05:59 AM ISTThe Israeli army spokesperson said the simultaneous attack was not by a handful of terrorists, it was military attack by land, sea and air by well-trained terrorists. The Israeli army, he said, is now responding to murderous attacks with same intensity and it will not stop until Hamas is decimated.
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Israel-Hamas War Updates: Anti-tank missile fired at Israeli village on Lebanese border
World | Oct 22, 2023, 12:00 AM ISTIsrael forces are preparing for the ground invasion of Gaza strip after orders from foreign minister Yoav Gallant, however, he hasn't given a definite timeline to launch the offensive.
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War between light and darkness: Netanyahu tells Knesset, warns Iran and Hezbollah in Gaza
World | Oct 16, 2023, 10:52 PM ISTNetanyahu remarked that Israel's war for independence had not ended, referring to the recent strikes by Hamas that killed hundreds of Israelis. Opposition leader Yair Lapid said that Israel will continue the war against Hamas regardless of international criticism.
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Iranian foreign minister warns Israel of 'huge earthquake' if Hezbollah is involved in ongoing war
World | Oct 14, 2023, 04:14 PM ISTIsrael considers the Iran-backed Hezbollah group as one of its most serious threats as it has around 150,000 missiles and rockets. The terrorist group had praised Hamas for the unprecedented and brutal attack on Israel and launched rockets at Israeli positions along the border.
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US NSA Jake Sullivanween on Hamas Iran war
News | Oct 11, 2023, 05:03 PM ISTUS NSA Jake Sullivan commented on the question that Iran is complicit in the Hamas attack on Israel and said the White House doesn't have specific information regarding the involvement of Iran in the Hamas attack and the House will address the collected information and convey it in the later days.
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Biden's message to world amid Israel war
News | Oct 11, 2023, 05:27 PM ISTUS President Joe Biden said that in the wake of the deadly Hamas attack on Israel, shared that his team is in contact with Israeli partners and partners all across the region and the world. He also sends out a strong message to the world, saying that ‘hearts may be broken but the resolve is clear’.
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Hezbollah fires rockets, shells at Israeli forces at Lebanese border amid war against Hamas
World | Oct 08, 2023, 06:28 PM ISTAccording to Lebanese media, Hezbollah fighters set up a tent in a disputed area along the country’s tense southern border hours after an Israeli drone destroyed another one in the same place. Lebanon claims the Golan Heights in Syria that is occupied by Israel.
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US to impose new sanctions against Hezbollah
World | Jun 01, 2020, 09:14 AM ISTUS Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea announced that Washington has planned to impose new sanctions against the Hezbollah movement and possibly on supporters of the group.
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Militant group Hezbollah's Facebook, Twitter accounts terminated without notice
World | Jun 24, 2018, 07:05 PM ISTThere was no immediate explanation from either Facebook or Twitter on the decision to block the accounts.
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Top Lebanese Hezbollah military commander killed in explosion in Syria
World | May 13, 2016, 01:18 PM ISTHezbollah's top military commander supervising military operations in Syria, Mustafa Badreddine, has been killed in an explosion in Damascus, the terrorist group said on Friday.