Live : Iran’s Khamenei threatens 'crushing response' to Israel Attacks

02/11/2024 - 10:48

Iraqi pro-Iran groups say carried out drone attack on Israel's Eilat

A coalition of pro-Iran groups in Iraq said it carried out four drone attacks on the Israeli resort of Eilat on Saturday, after Israel said it intercepted three drones approaching from the east.

In a statement, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq it was behind the attacks on what it called "four vital targets" in the resort on Israel's Red Sea coast, all conducted within one hour.

02/11/2024 - 10:31

Israel army says intercepted three drones over Red Sea

The Israeli military said on Saturday it had intercepted three drones launched from the east over the Red Sea, without specifying where they came from.

"A short while ago, three UAVs that were launched from the east were intercepted over the Red Sea.... the UAVs were intercepted prior to crossing into Israeli territory," the military said in a statement. 

02/11/2024 - 09:54

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and US with 'a crushing response' over Israeli attack

Iran's supreme leader on Saturday threatened both Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike against Israel after its Oct. 26 on the Islamic Republic that targeted military bases and other locations and killed at least five people. 

Any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle East, already teetering over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon, into a wider regional conflict just head of the U.S. presidential election this Tuesday.

“The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or the United States of America, will definitely receive a crushing response to what they are doing to Iran and the Iranian nation and to the resistance front," Khamenei said in video released by Iranian state media. 

The supreme leader did not elaborate on the timing of the attack, nor the scope. 

02/11/2024 - 07:23

Hezbollah says launched rockets at intelligence base near Tel Aviv

Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said on Saturday it had launched rockets at an Israeli intelligence base near Tel Aviv in the early hours of Saturday.

At 2:30 AM (00:30 GMT) militants "fired a salvo of rockets at the Glilot base of the 8200 military intelligence unit in the suburbs of Tel Aviv" the pro-Iran group said in a statement.

02/11/2024 - 07:20

Yemen rebels get 'unprecedented' outside military support, UN report says

Yemen's Huthi rebels are transforming themselves into a "powerful military organization" due to "unprecedented" military support from outside sources, particularly Iran and Hezbollah, according to a UN report published Friday.

Since the beginning of the war in Gaza last year, the Huthis, who have controlled large swaths of war-torn Yemen for a decade, have "exploited the regional situation and enhanced cooperation with the 'axis of resistance,'" which includes Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah, the UN experts said.

The panel noted "the transformation of the Huthis from a localized armed group with limited capabilities to a powerful military organization, extending their operational capabilities well beyond the territories under their control."

The report, which analyzed the period from September 2023 through July 2024, said such a transformation was aided by the transfer of military materiel and financial support.

02/11/2024 - 07:16

US announces new Mideast military deployments, in warning to Iran

The US announced late Friday the deployment of additional military assets to the Middle East, including ballistic missile defense destroyers and long-range B-52 bomber aircraft, serving as a warning to Tehran as Iran and Israel trade tit-for-tat strikes.

"Should Iran, its partners, or its proxies use this moment to target American personnel or interests in the region, the United States will take every measure necessary to defend our people," Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder said in a statement

02/11/2024 - 07:15
02/11/2024 - 06:49

• Strike on central Israel wounds 19
• Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and US with 'a crushing response' over Israeli attack
• Iraqi pro-Iran groups say carried out drone attack on Israel's Eilat

02/11/2024 - 06:46

Strike on central Israel wounds 19

A missile strike in Israel's Sharon area wounded 19 people, police said early Saturday, after the army reported three projectiles were fired from Lebanon into central Israel.

All 19, four of whom were "in moderate condition", were taken to hospitals for treatment, the Israeli police added.

Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency medical service earlier said that several people had been wounded in a strike on the central city of Tira, including "a male around 20 with shrapnel injuries".

Videos posted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry on social media showed fire and smoke spilling from a building into the street and emergency responders swarming the site.

"This is the result of a direct hit of a Hezbollah rocket on a building in the Israeli Arab town of Tira, injuring 19 civilians," the ministry said in the post.

"We cannot and will not rest until Hezbollah is dismantled," it added.

The Israeli army said on Telegram that it had intercepted some of the three projectiles fired from Lebanon.

02/11/2024 - 06:44

Welcome to our live blog, where we post the latest news on the war in the Middle East. To read all about yesterday's key developments, click here.

Yesterday's key developments:

• The heads of the major UN agencies called the unfolding situation in the northern Gaza Strip "apocalyptic", warning that its entire population was at "imminent risk" of death.
• Lebanon's health ministry said 52 people had been killed in Israeli strikes in the country's east, attacks for which the Israeli army had not issued evacuation warnings.
• The Israeli military announced it killed senior Hamas official Izz al-Din Kassab, one of the last high-ranking members of Hamas responsible for coordinating with other groups in the Gaza Strip, in an airstrike in Khan Younis.
• A Hamas official said the group received a proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar for a short-term truce in Gaza and rejected it as it did not include a lasting ceasefire.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)