Israel's Netanyahu insists Israel will maintain presence in strategic corridor on Gaza's border with Egypt
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CNNLebanon’s wave of pager explosions is a message to Hezbollah
Was it a prelude to a wider attack or the totality of the message to Hezbollah? This is the key question for the next 48 hours in the Middle East.
- Sky News
Exploding pagers: How Israel is suspected of using technology against its enemies
Israel is accused of carrying out an audacious, high-tech and targeted attack on Hezbollah. The unprecedented mass explosion of handheld pagers used by Hezbollah fighters came after the military group switched from mobile phones as a means of communication to reduce the risk of being tracked by Israel. No one has claimed responsibility but Lebanese officials have accused Israel, which has not commented on the blasts.
- CNN
Israel behind deadly pager explosions that targeted Hezbollah and injured thousands in Lebanon
Hezbollah has vowed to respond to an Israeli attack that killed multiple people and injured thousands across Lebanon on Tuesday when pagers belonging to members of the Iran-backed militant group exploded almost simultaneously, exposing a massive security breach and demonstrating the scale of Israeli intelligence.
- France 24
Hamas leader says group ready for ‘long battle of attrition’ against Israel
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said on Monday that the Palestinian militant group was ready for “a long battle of attrition” against Israel, adding that the group had abundant resources to sustain its fight. Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar said Monday the Palestinian group had ample resources to sustain its fight against Israel, with support from Iran-backed regional allies, nearly a year into the Gaza war.Sinwar, who last month replaced slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, said in a letter to the group's Yem
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US military acknowledges Yemen's Houthi rebels shot down 2 MQ-9 Reaper drones
Yemen's Houthi rebels shot down two American MQ-9 Reaper drones in under a week, the United States military acknowledged Wednesday, further highlighting the regional spread of the Israel-Hamas war. As the one-year anniversary of the war approaches, Houthis continue a campaign to target ships traveling through the Red Sea as U.S.-led airstrikes pound their positions in Yemen. The U.S. military said Houthis shot down the first Reaper on Sept. 10, and the second on Monday.
- NewsWire
‘F**k Albo’: CFMEU rally turns feral
Thousands of workers have walked off the job as part of a massive union rally, but some ugly language has scarred the gathering.
- Evening Standard
Hezbollah blames Israel as officials say at least nine killed and over 2,700 injured in Lebanon pager explosions
Pagers used by militants exploded across Lebanon, according to the country’s health minister
- NewsWire
Senator’s response to deadly Lebanon blasts
An Australian senator has slammed the deadly explosions which rocked Lebanon as “sickening” but stopped just short of blaming Israel.
- Bloomberg
Deadly Pager Blasts in Lebanon Ratchet Up Israel-Hezbollah Tension
(Bloomberg) -- The audacious attack in Lebanon that saw thousands of people injured and some killed when their pagers exploded has increased the tension between Israel and militant group Hezbollah, which vowed to retaliate.Most Read from BloombergCalifornia’s Anti-Speeding Bill Can Be a Traffic Safety BreakthroughPipe Fire Near Houston Forces Residents to EvacuateTo Build a Happier City, Design for DensityLondon Mayor Plans to Pedestrianize Busy Oxford StreetAn Artist Reimagines the Spaces of Ch
- BBC
What we know about the Hezbollah pager explosions
The attacks left nine dead and thousands injured, but how the blasts occurred remains unclear.
- HuffPost UK
Why Exploding Pagers Could Pull The Middle East Into All-Out War
It's a more underhand means of attacking the Iranian-backed militants, Hezbollah.
- CNN
Netanyahu warns Yemen’s Houthis face a ‘heavy price’ as missile lands in central Israel
A missile was launched from Yemen into central Israel on Sunday morning, according to the Israeli military, in a rare instance of a missile penetrating so far into the country’s territory since its war in Gaza began.
- Euronews
Hungarian company made pagers used in Lebanon explosion, Taiwanese brand says
At least 200 of some 2,750 injured were in critical condition after pagers exploded across the country, Lebanon’s Health Minister Firass Abiad said.
- BBC
Hezbollah blames Israel after pager explosions kill nine and injure thousands in Lebanon
Nine people have been killed and 2,800 wounded by the blasts, the Lebanese health ministry says.
- Sky News
The Budapest firm linked to explosive pagers that killed Hezbollah members
A firm in Hungary's capital has been linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon in an apparent Israeli operation targeting Hezbollah militants, killing 12 people and seriously injuring thousands. Images of the destroyed devices showed a format and stickers consistent with the AR-924 model of pagers with Gold Apollo branding - a Taiwan-based company. BAC's address in Budapest is a small gated building.
- The Independent
Hezbollah pager explosions latest: More blasts reported in Beirut and other Lebanon cities
At least 3,000 have been injured after the blasts went off across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday
- The Independent
Hezbollah vows to respond after multiple dead and thousands wounded in mass pager explosions
A Hezbollah official said the explosions were the biggest security breach the group had experienced in nearly a year
- BBC
What is Hezbollah in Lebanon and will it go to war with Israel?
Escalating cross-border hostilities have heightened fears of an all-out conflict.
- Australian Associated Press
Australia working to change Palestinian resolution
Australia is working with a number of other countries to try to change a draft UN resolution by the Palestinian Authority which comes to a vote this week.
- Sky News
Deadly Hezbollah pager explosions will cause immense embarrassment and sow chaos
Israel hasn't claimed responsibility, but all fingers will point to the Mossad, Israel's external intelligence agency famed for inventive and audacious attacks on its enemies. To do that, the attackers would have had to know at least the make and models of the individual pagers; to go further and co-ordinate the explosions on specific devices, it's likely the serial numbers would also be known, all of which points to another major security breach for Hezbollah. Alternatively the pagers themselves, all apparently part of the same batch, could have been tampered with before delivery.