Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel says 380 soldiers killed in Oct 7 attack, 346 killed in Gaza war
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel continued its relentless bombardment of Hezbollah's “military sites” across Beirut and its southern suburbs on Sunday, as October 7 marks a year since Hamas attack on Israel, an immediate trigger for the ongoing war. News agency Reuters reported military analysts saying Israel's strikes on Sunday marked the single biggest attack of Israel’s assault on Beirut so far, as sparks of strikes could be seen several kilometres away....Read More
Israel said its Air Force had “conducted a series of targeted strikes on a number of weapons storage facilities and terrorist infrastructure sites belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in the area of Beirut”.
Cross border exchange of fire continued to escalate as Hezbollah responded with rocket attacks on the Israeli port city of Haifa which left at least 10 dead and several injured.
Meanwhile, Hamas praised Hezbollah for its overnight rocket strikes at northern Israel. It also called the October 7 attack on Israel as “glorious” and said it “shattered the illusions the enemy had created for itself, convincing the world and the region of its supposed superiority and capabilities”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed victory and said his country's military "completely transformed reality" in a year since the war began.
United Nations' refugee chief Filippo Grandi said that Israel's strikes on Lebanon violated international humanitarian law by hitting civilian infrastructure and killing civilians. He appealed to all parties to "stop this carnage that is happening both in Gaza and in Lebanon today".
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on high alert on first anniversary of October 7 Hamas attack
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Monday marked the first anniversary of the October 7 attack by Hamas militants, the deadliest in the country's history.
A series of memorials and rallies have been planned across the country to commemorate the attack even as the country remains on high alert to thwart security threats.
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel intercepts two drones in central Israel
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israeli military said it intercepted two aerial targets, early on Monday, launched from the east after sirens went off in the central areas of Rishon Letsiyon and Palmachim.
Israel Iran conflict live updates: One Israeli soldier killed in combat
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel's military said in a statement on Monday that one of its soldiers was killed in combat on the Lebanese border and two soldiers were severely injured.
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel's new evacuation orders in northern Gaza
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Sunday reiterated its call for the complete evacuation of heavily destroyed northern Gaza, where an estimated 3,00,000 people still live amid war ruins.
"We are in a new phase of the war. These areas are considered dangerous combat zones," the military said in leaflets dropped over the area as frantic residents fled again in search of safety.
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Sirens sounded in Central Israel
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel's military said early on Monday that sirens were sounded in Rishon Letsiyon in central Israel.
Hezbollah has been launching rocket attacks across northern Israel in response to Israeli strikes on its sites across Beirut and southern Lebanon.
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Three northern Israeli towns declared closed military zones
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Sunday declared the areas around three towns near the border with Lebanon, Manara, Yiftach and Malkia, to be closed military zones. The IDF said the move was made in accordance with an assessment of the security situation in these areas.
Hezbollah attacked parts of northern Israel including port city of Haifa on Sunday.
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Egypt welcomes French President's call to halt arms exports to Israel
Israel Iran conflict live updates: Egypt on Sunday welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron's call to halt exporting arms to Israel intended for use in Gaza, citing the serious violations of international law and international humanitarian law committed by the Israeli military in both the strip and Lebanon.
