Israel-Iran conflict highlights: Israeli air force says intercepted missiles fired from Yemen

Israel-Iran conflict highlights: Israel intensifies strikes on two fronts; Hezbollah claimed missile attack on third-largest Israeli city Haifa.

Israel-Iran conflict live updates: Israeli soldiers stand guard as damaged buildings are seen in the background, amid the ongoing war with Hamas and Hezbollah. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)

Israel-Iran conflict highlights: Israel continued its relentless bombardment of Hezbollah's “military sites” across Beirut and its southern suburbs on Sunday, as October 7 marks a year since Hamas attack on Israel, an immediate trigger for the ongoing war....Read More

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• 7 Oct 2024, 10:50:48 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: Several northern Israeli towns closed to public

  Israel's military declared areas around a number of towns in northwest Israel as closed to the public on Monday, after carrying out a security assessment.

• 7 Oct 2024, 10:42:55 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: Israeli forces to soon launch ops in Southern Lebanon

  The Israeli military says it will soon launch operations on Lebanon’s southern coast, telling residents to stay off the beaches and fishermen off the sea for a 60-kilometer (36 miles) stretch along the Mediterranean.

• 7 Oct 2024, 10:19:42 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: Hezbollah says ordered 'fighters not to fire near UN peacekeepers' base'

  Hezbollah has instructed fighters not to target Israeli forces near a UN peacekeeper base in the Lebanese border town of Maroun al-Ras, according to a statement by one of the group's field commanders given to Lebanon's Al Mayadeen broadcaster on Monday.

• 7 Oct 2024, 09:16:30 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: Barack Obama's ‘peace’ message on Hamas attack anniversary

  “One year ago, Hamas launched a horrific attack against Israel, killing over 1,400 Israeli citizens – including defenseless women, children, and the elderly – and kidnapping hundreds more. Today, the prospects of peace seem more distant than ever. But we continue to hope for a return of all the hostages, an end to the violence, a rejection of hate, and a future in which both Israelis and Palestinians can enjoy the security and stability that most of them yearn for,” former US President Obama wrote on X.

• 7 Oct 2024, 08:34:39 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: Israeli air force intercepts missiles fired from Yemen

  “Following the alerts that were activated in several areas in the center of the country, the Air Force successfully intercepted a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen,” Israel stated in an X post.

• 7 Oct 2024, 08:22:30 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: Hezbollah says it targets Israeli troops in Lebanon border villages

  Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli troops in two south Lebanon border villages on Monday, as the Israeli army said it had deployed another division to participate in operations in Lebanon.

• 7 Oct 2024, 07:51:06 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: 12-year-old Palestinian boy killed in West Bank confrontations

  A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in confrontations between youths and Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said.

• 7 Oct 2024, 06:58:01 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: ‘Can’t confirm death of Hezbollah's Safieddine,' Israeli official

  An Israel government official on Monday said that the country does not have confirmation that Hashem Safieddine – the potential successor to the slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has died.

  Israel's confirmation comes after reports that Safieddine was targeted in an Israeli air strike last week.

• 7 Oct 2024, 06:33:12 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: Netanyahu says ‘an attack like Oct 7 will never happen again’

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that Israel was changing the security reality in the region to ensure an attack like that of October 7 does not happen again.

• 7 Oct 2024, 06:23:50 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: UK withdraws families of its embassy staff from Israel

  The UK withdrew the families of its embassy staff working in Israel due to the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

• 7 Oct 2024, 06:12:54 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: US ‘fully committed’ to Israel's security

  President Joe Biden on Monday said that the US remains "fully committed" to Israel's security adding that the latter has the right to defend itself against Hamas, Iran, and others.

• 7 Oct 2024, 06:01:55 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: Joe Biden says ‘too many lives’ lost in Gaza war

  US President Joe Biden on Monday said that Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel was also a dark day for Palestinians, adding that too many civilians have suffered in a year of conflict.

• 7 Oct 2024, 05:01:26 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live: Soldier killed on Lebanon border, says Israeli army

  The Israeli army said another soldier was killed on the Lebanese border, in the second death announced on Monday as the military targets Hezbollah positions along its northern frontier.

• 7 Oct 2024, 04:18:56 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live updates: Pope Francis slams world powers for inability to end war in Middle East

  On the first anniversary of Hamas's deadly October 7 attack on Israel, Pope Francis on Monday slammed the world powers for not being able to to end the conflict in the Middle East through diplomacy.

• 7 Oct 2024, 03:52:21 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live updates: Hezbollah claims missile strike on Northern Israeli city Haifa

  The Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas hit Israel's third largest city Haifa early on Monday, which marks the first anniversary of the Gaza war.

  Hezbollah said it targeted a military base south of Haifa with "Fadi 1" missiles and launched another attack on Tiberias, 65 km (40 miles) away.

• 7 Oct 2024, 03:12:57 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live updates: ‘Committed to defeating enemies,’ says Israeli defence minister

  Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday said its forces remained committed to defeating the country's enemies, as Israel commemorated the first anniversary of Hamas attacks.

• 7 Oct 2024, 02:39:26 PM IST

  Israel-Iran conflict live updates: Jordan's foreign minister Ayman Safadi arrives in Beirut

• 7 Oct 2024, 02:28:55 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Blast near Israeli embassy in Denmark

  A new blast went off some 500 metres (yards) from the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Monday as the world marked the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.

• 7 Oct 2024, 01:50:15 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Hamas fires fresh rockets from Gaza

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Hamas fires rockets from Gaza, setting off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv on Oct. 7 anniversary. There was no immediate reports of death or injuries.

  The rocket attack set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv, as well as closer to the Gaza border.

• 7 Oct 2024, 01:27:28 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: UN chief recalls October 7 attack on Israel

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said that October 7 is a day for the global community to condemn the "abhorrent acts of Hamas". The day marks the completion of one year of the horrific day when Hamas launched its attack on Israel.

  "This is a day for the global community to repeat in the loudest voice our utter condemnation of the abhorrent acts of Hamas, including the taking of hostages. Over the course of the past year, I have met with the families of hostages...learned more about the lives, hopes and dreams of their loved ones ... and shared in their anguish and pain. I cannot imagine the torture they are forced to endure every day. I demand once again the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages," the UN Secretary-General said in a message.

• 7 Oct 2024, 01:13:52 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel deploys more troops in Lebanon

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: The Israeli army on Monday said it had deployed another division to participate in operations in Lebanon -making it the third troop grouping at division strength to be used in the ground operations against Hezbollah.

  "The soldiers of the 91st Division began localised and targeted operational activity in southern Lebanon," said a statement from the army.

• 7 Oct 2024, 12:53:44 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Iran's Supreme Leader hails October 7 attacks on Israel

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.

  "The "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation set the Zionist regime back 70 years," Khamenei wrote in Hebrew in a post on X.

• 7 Oct 2024, 12:42:24 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel bombs Gaza to thwart 'immediate' threat of rocket fire

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Monday said it bombed Hamas targets across Gaza to prevent what it termed was an “immediate” threat of rocket fire the group was planning to mark its devastating attack a year ago.

• 7 Oct 2024, 12:16:20 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Macron pays tribute to Oct. 7 attack victims, families

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday paid tributes to the victims of the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel, on the first anniversary of war that threatens to pull Iran and Israel into an all-out war in West Asia.

  "The pain remains, as vivid as it was a year ago. The pain of the Israeli people. Ours. The pain of wounded humanity. We do not forget the victims, the hostages, or the families with broken hearts from absence or waiting. I send them our fraternal thoughts," Macron wrote in a post on social platform X.

• 7 Oct 2024, 12:08:42 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Prolonged war strains Israel's economy

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Rising borrowing costs and credit rating downgrades have begun straining Israel's economy a year after it launched its war on Gaza and Lebanon.

  According to Israel's finance ministry, the direct cost of funding the war in Gaza through August was 100 billion shekel ($26.3 billion). The Bank of Israel predicts the cost could rise to 250 billion shekel ($65 billion) by the end of 2025.

  Israel's finance minister has said the economy is strong, and the country's credit ratings should rebound once the war has ended.

• 7 Oct 2024, 11:53:41 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel says UN Secretary General not ‘brave enough’ to condemn Iran

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Consul General of Israel in India Kobbi Shoshani said the United Nations, António Guterres does not deserve to head the global body as he is “not brave enough” to condemn Iran's missile attack on Israel.

  “If missiles were sent to Paris or Oslo or Ireland or Spain it would be catastrophic...I would like to thank not only the Indian government but also the people of India as the love and support that we get here in India is very important,” Shoshani said.

• 7 Oct 2024, 11:34:22 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel President says world must support Israel to bring peace

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel's President Isaac Herzog on Monday said the world "must support Israel" to bring peace.

  "The world has to realise and understand that in order to change the course of history and bring peace, a better future to the region, it must support Israel in its battle against its enemies," said the President in a statement.

• 7 Oct 2024, 11:23:59 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israeli hostage forum announces death of captive held in Gaza

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Hostages and Missing Families Forum on Monday announced the death of a hostage held in Gaza.

  The forum said Idan Shtivi, 28, was abducted from the site of the Nova festival and his "body is still held captive by Hamas".

• 7 Oct 2024, 10:50:16 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israelis mourn Hamas attack victims a year since Gaza war

  

  Flyers featuring pictures of hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas are placed on a table during a mourning prayer service at Congregation Beth Elohim nearly one year after the attack, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S. October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Stephani Spindel (REUTERS)

• 7 Oct 2024, 10:35:20 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: US military aid to Israel since Gaza war at record $17.9 billion

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began on October 7 last year, said a report for Brown University's Costs of War project.

  An additional $4.86 billion has gone into stepped-up U.S. military operations in the region aimed at what the US describes as Israel's “right to defend itself”.

  The report was prepared before Israel opened a second front against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

• 7 Oct 2024, 10:26:54 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Iran summons Australian envoy over ‘bias’

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Iran's foreign ministry summoned the Australian ambassador in Tehran, Ian McConville, over what it called his country's “biased” stance regarding Iran's missile attack on Israel.

  However, a spokesperson for Australia's department of foreign affairs and trade said the country "makes no apology for the views it has expressed about Iran's actions or the actions of its ambassador to Australia".

• 7 Oct 2024, 10:00:32 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Four projectiles fired from Gaza as Israel marks October 7 attacks

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israeli military said on Monday that at least four projectiles were fired from the Gaza Strip just minutes after the country began to formally commemorate last year's October 7 attacks by Hamas.

  The military said sirens also sounded in Upper Galilee area of northern Israel. Earlier, Israel also claimed to have intercepted two “suspicious aerial targets” launched from the east.

• 7 Oct 2024, 09:43:11 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on high alert on first anniversary of October 7 Hamas attack

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Monday marked the first anniversary of the October 7 attack by Hamas militants, the deadliest in the country's history.

  A series of memorials and rallies have been planned across the country to commemorate the attack even as the country remains on high alert to thwart security threats.

• 7 Oct 2024, 09:13:49 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel intercepts two drones in central Israel

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israeli military said it intercepted two aerial targets, early on Monday, launched from the east after sirens went off in the central areas of Rishon Letsiyon and Palmachim.

• 7 Oct 2024, 08:43:26 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: One Israeli soldier killed in combat

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel's military said in a statement on Monday that one of its soldiers was killed in combat on the Lebanese border and two soldiers were severely injured.

• 7 Oct 2024, 08:21:19 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel's new evacuation orders in northern Gaza

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Sunday reiterated its call for the complete evacuation of heavily destroyed northern Gaza, where an estimated 3,00,000 people still live amid war ruins.

  "We are in a new phase of the war. These areas are considered dangerous combat zones," the military said in leaflets dropped over the area as frantic residents fled again in search of safety.

• 7 Oct 2024, 07:58:30 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Sirens sounded in Central Israel

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel's military said early on Monday that sirens were sounded in Rishon Letsiyon in central Israel.

  Hezbollah has been launching rocket attacks across northern Israel in response to Israeli strikes on its sites across Beirut and southern Lebanon.

• 7 Oct 2024, 07:23:19 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Three northern Israeli towns declared closed military zones

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Sunday declared the areas around three towns near the border with Lebanon, Manara, Yiftach and Malkia, to be closed military zones. The IDF said the move was made in accordance with an assessment of the security situation in these areas.

  Hezbollah attacked parts of northern Israel including port city of Haifa on Sunday.

• 7 Oct 2024, 06:54:14 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Egypt welcomes French President's call to halt arms exports to Israel

  Israel Iran conflict live updates: Egypt on Sunday welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron's call to halt exporting arms to Israel intended for use in Gaza, citing the serious violations of international law and international humanitarian law committed by the Israeli military in both the strip and Lebanon.