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3 Major Takeaways From Latest Escalation

3 Major Takeaways From Latest Escalation

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4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 8, 2026 08:09 PM IST Almost two months after a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire, Iran and Israel traded direct strikes at each other’s territories again, over Sunday night and Monday. For a while, return to full-scale war looked imminent, till Iran announced it was halting its campaign as long as Israel too kept the peace. US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that “Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE!”. He said “final negotiations” for peace were proceeding, “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.” What was different this time was that Iran launched attacks directly on Israel in retaliation for the latter’s actions in Lebanon. As multiple conflicts rage —Israeli action in Gaza, Israeli action in Lebanon, and the US-Israel-Iran tussle, with Iran’s retaliation covering much of West Asia — what do the events of the past day say about the future of the wars? Iran entrenches Lebanon position Iran has always said that any peace deal must include Lebanon too, but the …

Senior Hamas figure reported killed in air strike in Gaza | World News

Senior Hamas figure reported killed in air strike in Gaza | World News

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Palestinians walk through the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City. (AP Photo) Two Israeli airstrikes killed five people in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, local health authorities said, and Palestinian media reported that one of those killed was a senior figure in the armed wing of Hamas. The Israeli ‍military ⁠did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the incident. Palestinian media identified him as Mohammed Al-Holy, describing him as a local Hamas commander in Deir Al-Balah. The ​militant group did not immediately respond to ‌a Reuters request for comment. More than 400 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers have been reported ​killed since a fragile ceasefire took effect in October. Israel has razed buildings and ordered residents out of more than half of Gaza where its troops remain. Story continues below this ad Nearly all of the territory’s more than 2 million people now live in makeshift homes or damaged buildings ‌in a sliver of territory where Israeli troops …

Death toll in Gaza from Israel-Hamas war passes 44,000, Palestinian officials say | News Today News

Death toll in Gaza from Israel-Hamas war passes 44,000, Palestinian officials say | News Today News

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The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000, local health officials said Thursday. The Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count, but it has said that more than half of the fatalities are women and children. The Israeli military says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. The Health Ministry said 44,056 people have been killed and 104,268 wounded since the start of the war. It has said the real toll is higher because thousands of bodies are buried under rubble or in areas that medics cannot access. The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting another 250. Around 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead. Most of the rest were released during a cease-fire last year. The Israeli offensive has caused heavy destruction across wide areas of the coastal territory, leading many …

Israeli strikes pound Lebanon as death toll tops 1,550 since Sept 23 | World News

Israeli strikes pound Lebanon as death toll tops 1,550 since Sept 23 | World News

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Israel kept up its bombing of Lebanon Tuesday after a late night strike that killed 18 people near a Beirut hospital, state media reported, as its war on Hezbollah approached the one-month mark. Israeli strikes pound Lebanon as death toll tops 1,550 since Sept 23 The latest deaths brought the overall toll in Lebanon since September 23 to at least 1,552, according to an AFP tally of health ministry figures, although the real number is likely to be higher due to data gaps. The official National News Agency said four strikes hit Beirut’s embattled southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, with AFP footage showing plumes of smoke rising over the area. The strikes forced Hezbollah to cut short a press conference after the Israeli army issued an evacuation order for the area. An Israeli strike hit a target several hundred metres away from the venue just minutes after reporters left, an AFP video journalist said. One raid in the Ghobeiri area levelled an 11-storey apartment complex, AFP images showed. In the country’s south, the Lebanese Red …

Israel and Hezbollah trade fire again after heavy strikes as all-out war seems imminent – India TV

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Image Source : REUTERS Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila in Lebanon amid the hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. Beirut: Israel and Hezbollah traded fire again at the Lebanese-Israeli border on Friday, a day after Israel unleashed their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, as an imminent all-out between both dies has sparked concern globally and led to calls for restraint. UN peacekeepers in Lebanon have urged an immediate de-escalation as the situation continues to deteriorate. Israel’s military said on Thursday it had struck hundreds of Hezbollah rocket launchers that had been set to fire towards Israel, in what security sources in Lebanon said was the heaviest such attack since hostilities began last October. This followed an unprecedented attack on the armed Lebanese militant group in which pagers and walkie-talkies used by its members exploded, killing 37 people and wounding thousands. The UNIFIL peacekeeping force in south Lebanon said on Friday morning that the previous 12 hours had seen “a heavy intensification of the hostilities” …

Iranian Guards commander killed in Israeli strike on consulate in Damascus: Report | World News

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Israeli warplanes struck the Iranian consulate in Damascus on Monday, and a Lebanese security source told Reuters a senior commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, had been killed in the attack. Reuters reporters at the scene in the Mezzeh district of the Syrian capital saw smoke rising from rubble of a building that had been flattened, and emergency vehicles parked outside. An Israeli military spokesperson said: “We do not comment on reports in the foreign media.” Syrian state television confirmed the consulate building had been attacked. Earlier, Iranian media reported that a building close to the embassy had been hit, and Iran’s student news agency reported that the target was the consulate and ambassador’s residence. Since the Iranian-backed Palestinian faction Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Israel has ramped up airstrikes in Syria against Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), both of which support the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Source link

Syria says Israeli airstrikes near northern city of Aleppo inflicts casualties | World News

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The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes early Friday near the northern city of Aleppo have killed and wounded several people and caused material damage. Israel frequently launches strikes on Iran-linked targets in Syria but rarely acknowledges them. (AP/File) Syrian state media quoted an unnamed military official as saying that the Israeli strikes coincided with drone attacks by Syrian insurgent groups on civilians targets in Aleppo and its suburbs. It did not give an exact numbers for the casualties. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Israeli strikes hit missile depots for Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group in Aleppo’s southern suburb of Jibreen near the Aleppo International Airport. It added that dozens of soldiers were killed or wounded in the strikes. The Observatory said explosions were still heard two hours after the strikes. There was no immediate statement from Israeli officials on the strikes. Israel frequently launches strikes on Iran-linked targets in Syria but rarely acknowledges them. On Thursday, Syrian state …