Senior Hamas Official Arrives in Russia, State Media Reports
MOSCOW, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A senior member of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls Gaza, Mousa Abu Marzouk has arrived in Moscow on a planned visit, Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing a diplomatic...
Israel Arrests Seven Jerusalem Residents Over Alleged Iran Assassination Plot
By Jonathan Saul
JERUSALEM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Israel's security forces have arrested seven Jerusalem residents over allegations they were planning to assassinate Israeli officials and carry out other attacks on behalf of Iran's intelligence service, the Shin...
Israel Confirms Death of Lebanon Hezbollah’s Hashem Safieddine
By Humeyra Pamuk, Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi
TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed last month in an...
FBI Probing Leak of US Intel on Israel’s Attack Plans for Iran
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating the public disclosure of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel's preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, the bureau said on Tuesday.
"The FBI is investigating the...
Blinken Heads to Middle East for New Ceasefire Push as Israel Strikes Beirut
By Humeyra Pamuk and Timour Azhari
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, Oct 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East on Monday to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire, seeking to revive negotiations to end the...
Hezbollah Says It Fires Volley of Rockets Into Israel
By Maya Gebeily and Maayan Lubell
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at two bases near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and one west of Haifa on Tuesday morning just hours...
US ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Intelligence Leak About Israel’s Iran Strike Plans
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The United States remains "deeply concerned" about the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel's preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, the White House said on Monday.
There...
Israel Busts Spy Ring Acting for Iran, Security Services Say
By Jonathan Saul
JERUSALEM, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Israel's security services have broken up a spy ring that was gathering information on behalf of Iranian intelligence in the latest attempt by Tehran to recruit Israelis for espionage, the Shin Bet...
US Envoy Hochstein to Hold Ceasefire Talks With Lebanese Officials, Sources Say
By Amina Ismail, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Laila Bassam
BEIRUT/CAIRO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein will hold talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Monday on conditions for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah,...
Israeli Military Says to Hit Targets Connected to Hezbollah’s Financial Arm in Lebanon
JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Israel will carry out targeted strikes on sites belonging to Hezbollah's financial arm in Lebanon in coming hours and Lebanese residents should evacuate areas close to those facilities, an Israeli military...
