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3 days ago
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- CTV News
Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian official and bodyguard in east Lebanon
This is a locator map for Lebanon with its capital, Beirut. (AP Photo) BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike on eastern Lebanon killed a number of people, including a senior member of a Palestinian group and his bodyguard as they were on their way to Syria, news reports and his group said Friday. The Thursday afternoon airstrike near the Lebanese border crossing of Masnaa killed Mohammed Wishah, a member of the central committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the group said in a statement. There was no immediate comment from Israel. Senior PFLP official Marwan Abdel-Al mourned in a post on social media the death of Wishah and his bodyguard, Mufid Hussein. 'We have lost two of the most loyal comrades who gave their precious souls to freedom,' Abdel-Al wrote. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the airstrike on east Lebanon killed six people and wounded 10, without identifying the victims. Since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023, Israel has targeted Palestinian officials in Lebanon, including PFLP members. Three FPLP members were killed in an airstrike on a Beirut apartment last September. A FPLP official said Wishah had been in Lebanon to meet with other officials with the group and was on his way back to Syria when the airstrike happened. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to not being authorized to speak to the media. The PFLP statement said Wishah was born in the Gaza Strip in 1954 and spent five years in Israeli jails shortly after he joined the Palestinian group in 1973. For many years, the leftist and secular PFLP has been the second-largest member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group. On Friday morning, an Israeli drone strike hit a car in a coastal highway in south Lebanon killing citizen journalist Mohammed Shehadeh, NNA said. Hezbollah later said Shehadeh was one of its members. Since the 14-month Israel- Hezbollah war ended with Israel has carried out scores of airstrikes on Lebanon mainly targeting Hezbollah members. Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press
Arab News
3 days ago
- Politics
- Arab News
Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian official and bodyguard in east Lebanon
BEIRUT: An Israeli airstrike on eastern Lebanon killed a number of people, including a senior member of a Palestinian group and his bodyguard as they were on their way to Syria, news reports and his group said Friday. The Thursday afternoon airstrike near the Lebanese border crossing of Masnaa killed Mohammed Wishah, a member of the central committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the group said in a statement. There was no immediate comment from Israel. Senior PFLP official Marwan Abdel-Al mourned in a post on social media the death of Wishah and his bodyguard, Mufid Hussein. 'We have lost two of the most loyal comrades who gave their precious souls to freedom,' Abdel-Al wrote. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the airstrike on east Lebanon killed six people and wounded 10, without identifying the victims. Since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023, Israel has targeted Palestinian officials in Lebanon, including PFLP members. Three FPLP members were killed in an airstrike on a Beirut apartment last September. A FPLP official said Wishah had been in Lebanon to meet with other officials with the group and was on his way back to Syria when the airstrike happened. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to not being authorized to speak to the media. The PFLP statement said Wishah was born in the Gaza Strip in 1954 and spent five years in Israeli jails shortly after he joined the Palestinian group in 1973. For many years, the leftist and secular PFLP has been the second-largest member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group. On Friday morning, an Israeli drone strike hit a car in a coastal highway in south Lebanon killing citizen journalist Mohammed Shehadeh, NNA said. Hezbollah later said Shehadeh was one of its members. Since the 14-month Israel- Hezbollah war ended with Israel has carried out scores of airstrikes on Lebanon mainly targeting Hezbollah members.
Times
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Times
Hamas fails to overturn status as banned terrorist group in UK
The Home Office has dismissed an application by Hamas to be removed from the list of banned terrorist organisations. The Islamist Palestinian group, which led the October 7 attacks that killed about 1,200 Israelis, launched a legal challenge in April claiming the designation breached the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The proscription makes it a criminal offence to have any association with or show support for the group in the UK. Hamas claimed the ban was contrary to the 'duties of the British state' to 'end genocide', that it was incompatible with the ECHR because it unlawfully restricts freedom of speech and that it was disproportionate since the group 'does not pose any threat to Britain or British citizens'. Hamas also claimed proscription hindered its ability to broker a political solution to the conflict in Gaza and stifled conversations in securing a long-term political settlement.
Bloomberg
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Israel Emerges Stronger From Iran War, But Risks Blowback
Over the past two years, Israel has become more militarily dominant in the Middle East than at any time in its history. But its success has also laid the groundwork for future risks. Since the Oct. 7th, 2023, attack by Hamas, Israel has crushed the Palestinian group and brought Hezbollah — widely considered the world's most powerful militia — to its knees, crippling Tehran's regional proxy network.
Bloomberg
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Hamas Says It Will Release Last Living American Hostage in Gaza
Hamas said it will release the last living American hostage it holds in Gaza, following talks with the US administration in recent days over a ceasefire deal. The release of Israeli solider Edan Alexander, who's an American citizen, is a step toward reaching a new ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the militant group said late Sunday in a statement on Telegram. The Palestinian group said it also seeks to open border crossings and allow aid deliveries into the war-ravaged enclave.
