Beirut, May 14 (IANS) The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said that a series of drone incidents near and inside its positions in southern Lebanon had endangered peacekeepers and damaged UN facilities. UNIFIL said in a statement on Wednesday (local time) that several presumed Hezbollah drones detonated on Monday and Tuesday near its headquarters in the southern town of Naqoura, where Israeli soldiers could have been present.According to the statement, three drones exploded be…
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Jerusalem, April 9 (IANS) The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Thursday that it has killed Ali Yusuf Harshi, personal secretary of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, in Beirut. Harshi was also nephew of the Hezbollah chief who heads the Lebanese group backed by Iran. In a statement shared on X, the IDF said that it has also hit two key crossings used by Hezbollah for moving weapons south of the Litani River and 10 weapons storage sites, launchers and command centres in southern Lebanon….
Tel Aviv, Feb 2 (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz held a meeting with military chief Eyal Zamir to assess the military’s “operational readiness” following the latter’s urgent defence talks in Washington. The discussions focused on the military’s “operational readiness for any possible scenario” amid escalating regional tensions, the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Sunday (local time).The meeting comes after Zamir concluded a weekend visit to the United States, where he discusse…
Tel Aviv, Jan 23 (IANS) China’s expanding involvement in Israeli infrastructure and port projects, including the Port of Haifa, has prompted Israeli security research centres to closely monitor the situation amid concerns that these Chinese investments could enable Beijing to collect intelligence on Israeli military capabilities and the US technological secrets, a report said on Friday. According to the report in ‘Modern Diplomacy’, the Israeli Ministry of Defence and the Israel Defence Fo…