As the International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum united to condemn the decision pronounced by a three-judge panel of the United Nations court.
Palestinian politicians hailed the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, concerning alleged war crimes committed in Gaza.
Yemen's Houthi group said they launched a bomb-laden drone attack on Israel's southern port city of Eilat, hitting a "vital target."
At least 12 paramedics from civil defence teams were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their centre in Duris, a village in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, media reported.
Two men were killed in Israel's northern city of Nahariya in a rocket attack from Lebanon, Israeli authorities said.
The Israel Defence Forces' Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, stated that IDF soldiers will observe the holiday in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Judea, Samaria, and along all borders.
Ehud Barak shares the honour with another comrade-in-arms of being the most decorated soldier of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) ever. His role in ‘Operation Isotope’ (1972), daring raid in Lebanon (1973) or the Entebbe raid (1976) amongst countless others have elevated him in the Israeli imagination as a first-rate patriot and defender of his nation.
New Delhi on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the escalation of the security situation in West Asia and advised Indian nationals to avoid all non-essential travel to Iran.
Israel's military on Tuesday urged civilians in Lebanon to evacuate about 30 villages and towns, warning of imminent Israeli attacks in the area, after launching a ground operation into southern Lebanon overnight.
The Iranian military launched a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting "military and security establishments" in Israel on Tuesday night.
