Israel says it killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official. Here’s the latest

The Israeli subject said Sunday it killed Nabil Kaouk, different high-ranking Hezbollah official, a time aft the Lebanese militant group confirmed the decease of aggregate commanders, including longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.

This besides came hours aft an Israeli airstrike connected northeast Lebanon killed 11 people. Israel says it’s carrying out attacks on Hezbollah targets successful Lebanon.

Meanwhile, the fig of those displaced by the struggle from confederate Lebanon has much than doubled and present stands astatine much than 211,000, according to the United Nations.

Hezbollah and Israel person traded near-daily strikes since the Israel-Hamas warfare started aft the Palestinian militant radical stormed into Israel connected Oct. 7, sparking fears of determination war.

Kaouk was the lawman caput of Hezbollah’s Central Council. He besides served arsenic Hezbollah’s subject commandant successful southbound Lebanon from 1995 until 2010.

In 2020, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Kaouk and different subordinate of Hezbollah’s council, Hassan al-Baghdadi.

News successful the portion is moving fast. Here’s the latest connected different developments:

The US says it has killed 37 militants successful airstrikes successful Syria

The U.S. subject says it killed 37 militants linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group in 2 strikes successful Syria this month.

U.S. Central Command said it struck northwestern Syria connected Tuesday targeting a elder militant successful complaint of subject operations for the al-Qaida-linked Hurras al-Deen radical and 8 others.

It besides said a large-scale airstrike connected Sept. 16 targeted an IS grooming campy successful a distant determination successful cardinal Syria. That onslaught killed 28 militants including “at slightest 4 Syrian leaders,” the U.S. said.

There are immoderate 900 U.S. forces successful Syria, on with an undisclosed fig of contractors, mostly trying to forestall immoderate comeback by the extremist IS group, which swept done Iraq and Syria successful 2014, taking power of ample swaths of territory.

Hezbollah confirms decease of a elder commandant successful complaint of its confederate front

Hezbollah has confirmed the decease of a elder commandant successful complaint of its confederate front.

The Lebanese militant radical says Ali Karaki was killed successful an aggravated Israeli airstrike connected Friday that besides killed the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, successful Beirut.

It says Karaki was liable for each of Hezbollah’s units successful confederate Lebanon successful the ongoing struggle with Israel.

He is among a fistful of elder officials successful the militant radical killed successful Israeli strikes successful Lebanon successful caller days.

The Israeli subject said Sunday that it killed different high-ranking Hezbollah official, Nabil Kaouk, successful an airstrike connected Saturday.

World Food Program launches a ngo to supply nutrient to up to 1 cardinal successful Lebanon

The World Food Program says it has launched an exigency cognition to supply nutrient to up to 1 cardinal radical displaced by unit successful Lebanon.

The U.N. bureau said Sunday it distributes ready-to-eat nutrient rations, bread, blistery meals and nutrient parcels to families successful shelters crossed the country.

The bureau says it needs $105 cardinal to assistance it proceed the enactment until the extremity of the twelvemonth and has urged the planetary assemblage to enactment the humanitarian response.

Corinne Fleischer, the agency’s determination manager for the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe, said: “Lebanon is astatine a breaking constituent and cannot endure different war.”

Lebanese Environment Minister Nasser Yassin said the authorities estimates that astir 250,000 radical are successful shelters portion 4 times arsenic galore whitethorn beryllium displaced extracurricular the shelters.

Iranian overseas curate says Nilforushan’s sidesplitting won’t spell ‘unanswered’

Iran’s overseas minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the “horrific” sidesplitting of General Abbas Nilforushan wouldn’t “go unanswered,” the overseas ministry’s website reported Sunday.

Nilforushan, a elder serviceman successful Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, was killed successful the aforesaid Israeli onslaught connected Beirut Friday that targeted Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah.

Araghchi called the sidesplitting a “horrible and cowardly act” and vowed to usage each political, diplomatic, legal, and planetary channels to prosecute those down it and their supporters.

Meanwhile, successful Tehran, galore Iranian officials, including Mohammad Javad Zarif, the erstwhile Iranian overseas curate and the existent vice president for Strategic Affairs, and Gen. Esmail Qaani, the commandant of Quds Forces, the overseas helping of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, paid their condolences for Nasrallah’s decease astatine the Hezbollah bureau successful the Iranian capital.

Israeli subject says it has dismantled a Hamas passageway successful cardinal Gaza

The Israeli subject says it has uncovered and dismantled a Hamas passageway successful cardinal Gaza that was implicit a kilometre long.

It said Sunday that the passageway ran adjacent residential buildings, and that wrong were respective rooms and instrumentality utilized by militants for prolonged stays.

The subject released footage showing the entranceway to the tunnel, a agelong staircase starring down and what appeared to beryllium an robust blast door.

Hamas is believed to person built hundreds of kilometres of tunnels crossed Gaza to evade Israeli airstrikes. The militants person besides utilized the tunnels to clasp hostages captured successful the Oct. 7 onslaught that triggered the warfare and to motorboat ambushes against Israeli forces.

Israel has announced the demolition of respective ample tunnels passim the war.

Suez Canal gross drops by 60%

Egypt’s president says its revenues from the Suez Canal person dropped by 60%, oregon much than $6 billion, successful caller months arsenic attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels disrupt Red Sea shipping.

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi spoke during a graduation ceremonial Sunday astatine the Police Academy successful Cairo.

“The ongoing developments are precise superior and could pb to expanding the conflict’s theatre,” helium said.

Attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis person led shipping firms to divert postulation astir the Red Sea and, by extension, the Suez Canal linking it to the Mediterranean.

The Houthis accidental they are targeting ships linked to Israel, the United States and Britain successful solidarity with the Palestinians successful Gaza. However, galore of the targeted vessels person nary transportation to Israel oregon the war.

The canal is simply a large root of overseas currency for Egypt’s battered economy.

In July, Adm. Osama Rabie, president of the Suez Canal Authority, said the canal’s yearly revenues dropped to $7.2 cardinal from $9.4 cardinal the twelvemonth before. He said 20,148 vessels transited done the canal successful the fiscal twelvemonth 2023-24, down from 25,911 the twelvemonth before.

Israeli strikes termination astatine slightest 4 radical successful the Gaza Strip

Palestinian officials accidental Israeli strikes person killed astatine slightest 4 radical successful the Gaza Strip.

Two radical were killed successful abstracted strikes aboriginal Sunday successful the built-up Nuseirat exile campy successful cardinal Gaza. That’s according to the adjacent Awda Hospital, which received the bodies. It said different six radical were wounded.

In bluish Gaza, archetypal responders recovered 2 bodies aft a onslaught connected a location aboriginal Sunday, according to the Civil Defense, which operates nether the Hamas-run government.

The Gaza Health Ministry says implicit 41,000 Palestinians person been killed successful the Israel-Hamas war, much than fractional of them women and children. It does not accidental however galore of those killed were militants. Israel says it has killed implicit 17,000 fighters, without providing evidence.

The warfare began erstwhile Hamas-led militants stormed into confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, sidesplitting immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking astir 250 hostage. Around 100 captives are inactive being held successful Gaza, a 3rd of whom are believed to beryllium dead.

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Nearly 250,000 radical are successful shelters pursuing Israeli strikes, Lebanese authoritative says

Hundreds of thousands of radical successful Lebanon person been displaced from the ongoing struggle betwixt Hezbollah and Israel, a Lebanese furniture curate spearheading the country’s exigency effect said.

Environment Minister Nasser Yassin said the authorities estimates that astir 250,000 radical person near their homes and taken refuge successful government-run shelters and informal ones. However, helium told the Associated Press the full fig is astir “four times arsenic galore straight affected and/or displaced extracurricular the shelters.”

The United Nations said that arsenic of Friday, 211,319 radical were forced to relocate, and that was earlier immoderate intensive Israeli airstrikes implicit Beirut’s confederate suburbs successful caller days.

The Lebanese authorities has converted schools and different facilities into impermanent shelters. Still, galore are sleeping connected the streets oregon successful nationalist squares, arsenic the authorities and non-governmental organizations effort to find them places to stay.

Thousands successful Iran protestation Nasrallah’s killing

Thousands of radical person gathered crossed Iran to protestation the sidesplitting of Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah successful an Israeli airstrike.

State TV aired footage of protests successful respective large cities connected Sunday. At Iran’s parliament, lawmakers chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”

Iran helped found Hezbollah successful the 1980s and has provided the Lebanese militant radical with blase weaponry and training.

The airstrike that killed Nasrallah connected Friday besides killed Gen. Abbas Nilforushan, a elder serviceman successful Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The Guard officially confirmed Nilforushan’s decease connected its website Sunday, aft it had been wide reported successful authorities media the time before.

Lebanese subject calls for calm

In its archetypal connection since the caller escalation with Israel and pursuing the sidesplitting of Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon’s subject called for calm among the Lebanese “at this unsafe and delicate stage.”

Government officials fearfulness that the country’s heavy governmental divisions astatine a clip of warfare could rekindle sectarian strife and unit successful the tiny Mediterranean country.

“The Israeli force is moving to instrumentality its destructive plans and dispersed part among the Lebanese,” the subject said.

Military vehicles person been deployed successful antithetic parts of the superior arsenic thousands of displaced radical proceed moving from the southbound to Beirut.

Israeli airstrike kills 11 successful northeast Lebanon

Lebanon’s authorities quality bureau says an Israeli airstrike aboriginal Sunday connected a colony successful northeast Lebanon destroyed a home, sidesplitting 11 people.

Six of the bodies were recovered from nether the rubble arsenic the hunt continued for the remaining 5 successful the colony of al-Ain, reported National News Agency.

In confederate Lebanon, the Islamic Risala Scout Association said 5 of its members were killed portion performing their duties. It said 4 of the men killed were from the confederate colony of Tayr Debba portion the 5th was from adjacent Kabrikha.

More than 700 radical person been killed successful Lebanon since Sept. 23 erstwhile Israel intensified its airstrikes astir the state forcing tens of thousands to fly their homes.

A rocket falls successful Jordan

Jordan’s subject says a Grad rocket fired from Lebanon fell successful an unfastened country without causing casualties oregon damage.

The rocket was apt fired astatine Israel by Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, which has intensified its rocket attacks aft its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike connected Friday.

Jordan and Israel, which stock borders, signed a bid treaty in 1994. The Western-allied Arab state besides helped intercept missiles fired astatine Israel by Iran successful April.

Jordan has been fiercely captious of Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians and has repeatedly called for a cease-fire successful Gaza. It has besides said it volition not let its territory to go a battlefield arsenic tensions equine betwixt Israel and Iran.

El-Sissi warns Israeli operations endanger the region

Egypt’s president warned that Israeli subject operations successful the Palestinian territories and Lebanon are pushing the portion to the brink and called for planetary action.

Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, 1 of the mediators between Israel and Hamas, called for “an contiguous and broad cease-fire” successful some Gaza and Lebanon amid an unprecedented escalation betwixt Israel and Hezbollah. His remarks came aft Hassan Nasrallah, the person of Hezbollah, was killed successful an Israeli airstrike.

Along with the United States and Qatar, Egypt has for months spearheaded negotiations betwixt Israel and Hamas to extremity the warfare successful Gaza. But negotiations person repeatedly stalled amid mounting fearfulness of an all-out warfare betwixt Israel and Hezbollah, an state of Hamas. Diplomats spot a cease-fire successful Gaza arsenic the champion mode to avert a determination war.