Israel’s defense minister warned Saturday that “Tehran will burn” if Iran continues firing missiles, as the two countries traded blows a day after Israel launched a blistering surprise attack on Iranian nuclear and military sites, killing a number of top generals. Israel’s military said the strikes had also killed nine senior scientists and experts involved in … Read more
Getty Images Hossein Salami was known for taking a hardline approach against Iran’s rivals, including Israel and the US Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in Israel’s strikes early on Friday, the most senior Iranian leader to die in the attacks. Salami, who was 65, was known for taking … Read more
Iran launched retaliatory missile strikes on Israel into Saturday morning, killing at least three people and wounding dozens, after a series of blistering Israeli attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear program and its armed forces. Israel’s assault used warplanes, as well as drones smuggled into the country in advance to assault key facilities and kill … Read more
Israel’s wave of strikes against Iran, which began on Thursday night, has continued throughout Friday on sites across the country. The Iranian foreign minister has called the attacks a “declaration of war”. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas has been examining video footage and satellite imagery of the strikes and the damage they’ve caused. Produced by Aisha … Read more
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Residential building damaged in Israeli attack on Tehran 00:47 UP NEXT Iranian state media: Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard killed in Israel strikes 00:30 Israel launched strikes on Iran to ‘roll back uranium threat,’ Netanyahu says 02:53 Israel … Read more
Getty Images Adam al-Najjar, pictured with his cousin, is the only one of his siblings to have survived an Israeli strike on his family’s home A Palestinian doctor whose nine children and husband were killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza last month is being evacuated to Italy with her only surviving child. Dr … Read more
The Israeli military has begun airstrikes against Iran, two U.S. officials said Thursday evening, a dramatic escalation that increased the chances of an all-out war between the countries and expanding the long-running regional conflict. There is no U.S. involvement or assistance, the officials said. Israel confirmed it had launched a strike on Iran, and declared … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the bodies of two hostages have been recovered from Gaza by the military and the domestic intelligence agency, the Shin Bet. One body was identified as belonging to Yair Yaakov, Netanyahu said, but the identity of the other has not been cleared for publication. The Israeli military … Read more
Israeli security forces operating in Gaza have recovered the bodies of two Israeli hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. He named one of them as Yair (Yaya) Yaakov, 59, who was killed inside his home at Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023. His teenage sons, Or and … Read more
Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, most of them near an aid site operated by the U.S- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the centre of the enclave, local health officials said. Medical officials at Shifa and Al-Quds hospitals said at least 25 people were killed and dozens wounded as they approached a food distribution centre near the former Jewish settlement of Netzarim before dawn. Israel’s military, which … Read more