Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Qlaileh village, seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, last week.Credit: Mohammed Zaatari / AP
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Qlaileh village, seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, last week.Credit: Mohammed Zaatari / AP
Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon killed thirteen people since early on Tuesday, Lebanese state media and medics reported, including a 16-year-old boy killed in a drone strike outside his home. The strikes hit areas in and around the city of Tyre and villages in the Nabatieh region, officials said.
The reported deaths came as the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for the entire city of Tyre, including its Christian neighborhood, saying it planned to target Hezbollah activity there in the near future.
Israel's attorney general said Tuesday that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's police-accompanied tour of the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Jaffa last month amounted to prohibited political campaigning.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tours Jaffa accompanied by senior Israel Police officials, May.National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tours Jaffa accompanied by senior Israel Police officials, May.
According to the attorney general, the tour improperly blended police operational activity with political messaging by the far-right minister and his Otzma Yehudit party.
The Gaza Health Ministry demanded Tuesday the immediate release of two ambulance drivers detained by Israeli-backed militias operating in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Health Ministry, seven members of a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance crew were detained while carrying out humanitarian duties on Gaza's key artery, Salah al-Din road. Five of the crew members were later released, the statement said.
According to local reports, Israeli-backed militias set up checkpoints along Salah al-Din road near the Gaza River Bridge. The militants also detained civilians, the reports said.
In April, Haaretz reported that armed militias in the Gaza Strip, backed by Israel, have stepped up their efforts and issued belligerent statements aimed at positioning the groups as an alternative to Hamas.
As a result, Gaza has seen a rise in violent confrontations between these militias and Hamas.
A boy sits on an armchair amid the rubble of a building near the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday.Credit: Basher Taleb/AFPA boy sits on an armchair amid the rubble of a building near the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday.Credit: Basher Taleb/AFP
Eight Palestinians were killed and 34 were wounded in the Gaza Strip in the past day, the Gaza Health Ministry said Tuesday.
A 39-year-old Bat Yam resident was indicted Tuesday on security-related charges of contact with a foreign agent and providing information to the enemy.
According to the charges, Nisan Aviv passed on sensitive information to hostile actors through the Telegram messaging platform. Prosecutors allege he acted for financial gain and was paid through his digital wallet.
The Israeli military ordered on Tuesday the evacuation of residents of Tyre and 11 villages and refugee camps surrounding the southern Lebanese city.
Previous evacuation orders had excluded the Christian quarter, but the military said Hezbollah militants were operating there, without providing evidence. It had warned residents that the area could be subject to evacuation orders if Hezbollah remained present.
The IDF said residents should take shelter north of the Zahrani River.
Israeli settlers raided several West Bank villages Monday, according to Palestinian media reports.
According to Quds News Network, settlers set a vehicle ablaze in the village of Beit Imrin, west of Nablus, and raided the village of Jalud, south of Nablus.
Additional reports said settlers attacked near the entrances of Mukhmas, north of Jerusalem, and Burqa, threw stones at homes near Bethlehem, and targeted a Bedouin community east of Ramallah.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran have agreed to hold fire for around a week, as the United States attempts to reach a truce deal with Iran.
President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Monday.Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/APPresident Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Monday.Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP
"They've called it quits, so they're gonna just leave each other alone for another week or something," the president said. "They both agreed through me to stop."
Trump said he had a "very good conversation" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding that he "can't blame him" for the latest flare-up between the sides. "He was hit, he hit back," the president said.
Addressing cease-fire negotiations with Iran, Trump said the sides were in the "final throes of what will be a very, very good deal."
According to the president, such a deal would bar Iran from achieving nuclear weapons and would reopen the Strait of Hormuz "right away."
A United States Army Apache helicopter gunship went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and its two crew members were safely rescued, The New York Times reported on Monday, citing two people briefed on the incident.
An Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache helicopter flying on Thursday.Credit: Jalaa Marey/AFPAn Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache helicopter flying on Thursday.Credit: Jalaa Marey/AFP
It was not immediately clear whether the Apache was shot down by Iranian fire, experienced mechanical failure or encountered some other problem, the report added.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the pilots downed in the incident were "fine."
