Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump said Friday (October 4, 2024) he believes Israel should strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in response to the Islamic republic’s recent missile barrage.
“They asked him, what do you think about Iran, would you hit Iran? And he goes, ‘As long as they don’t hit the nuclear stuff.’ That’s the thing you want to hit, right?” Mr. Trump told a town hall style event in Fayetteville, near a major U.S. military base.
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Saeed Atallah, a leader of Hamas’ armed wing, al-Qassam brigades, was killed with three family members in an Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, Hamas-affiliated media reported on Saturday. Israel did not immediately comment on the strike.
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Lebanese General Security recorded more than 250,000 Syrian citizens and over 80,000 Lebanese citizens crossing into Syrian territory during the last week of September. It’s the first time this major border crossing has been cut off since the beginning of the war. The U.N. refugee agency says Israeli airstrikes overnight near the main border crossing where people have been fleeing from Lebanon into Syria have “put a halt on traffic” and closed the route to vehicles.
UNHCR spokesperson Rula Amin said the border crossing between Masnaa, Lebanon, and Jdaidit Yabws in Syria has been the main thoroughfare between the two countries, even though three other border crossings remain open.
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October 05, 2024 11:33
The Israeli army says its forces had hit more than 2,000 ‘military targets’ during its four-day incursion
The Israeli army on Friday (October 4, 2024) said its forces had hit more than 2,000 ‘military targets’ during its four-day incursion into southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah positions.
Meanwhile, Lebanon Health Ministry has announced more than 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since the pager explosion and the barrage of airstrikes on Lebanon including the ground operation.
Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs after overnight strikes, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon October 5, 2024.
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October 05, 2024 11:11
Iran says its allies ‘will not back down’ in war with Israel
Iran’s supreme leader vowed in a rare address on Friday (October 4, 2024) that his allies around the region would keep fighting Israel, as he defended his country’s missile strike on its foe.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s address in Tehran followed Iran’s second-ever direct attack on Israel. It was also the first since exchanges of fire between Tehran-backed Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops escalated into full-blown war in Lebanon.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran’s allies ‘will not back down’ in war with Israel
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vows to continue fighting Israel, defending missile strikes, amid escalating tensions in the region.
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October 05, 2024 11:04
American killed in Lebanon was a US citizen, State Dept says
An American killed in Lebanon this week was a U.S. citizen, a State Department spokesperson said on Friday (October 4, 2024), adding that Washington was working to understand the circumstances of the incident.
Kamel Ahmad Jawad, from Dearborn, Michigan, was killed in Lebanon in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday, according to his daughter, a friend and the U.S. congresswoman representing his district.
“We are aware and alarmed of reports of the death of Kamel Jawad, who we have confirmed is a U.S. citizen,” the spokesperson said.- Reuters
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October 05, 2024 10:58
South Korea military aircraft evacuates 97 from Lebanon amid escalating tension
A South Korean military transport aircraft is evacuating 97 citizens and family members from Lebanon amid escalating tension and will return to South Korea on Saturday afternoon, the country’s foreign ministry said.
A KC-330 aircraft landed in Beirut on Friday morning and departed in the afternoon with the evacuees, who include Lebanese family members, and will arrive at a military airfield on the south of the capital, Seoul, it said.- Reuters
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October 05, 2024 10:54
Israel should ‘hit’ Iran nuclear facilities, says Donald Trump
The former president, speaking at a campaign event in North Carolina, referred to a question posed to Democratic President Joe Biden this week about the possibility of Israel targeting Iran’s nuclear program.
“They asked him, what do you think about Iran, would you hit Iran? And he goes, ‘As long as they don’t hit the nuclear stuff.’ That’s the thing you want to hit, right?” Mr. Trump told a town hall style event in Fayetteville, near a major U.S. military base.
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Israel should ‘hit’ Iran nuclear facilities, says Donald Trump
Donald Trump supports Israel striking Iran’s nuclear facilities, criticizing Biden’s stance on the issue.
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October 05, 2024 10:41
Biden warns Israel against Iran oil strikes as war fears mount
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday advised Israel against striking Iran’s oil facilities, saying he was trying to rally the world to avoid the escalating prospect of all-out war in the Middle East.
But his predecessor Donald Trump, currently campaigning for another term in power, went so far as to suggest Israel should “hit” the Islamic republic’s nuclear sites.
Making a surprise first appearance in the White House briefing room, Mr. Biden said that Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu “should remember” U.S. support for Israel when deciding on next steps.
“If I were in their shoes, I’d be thinking about other alternatives than striking oil fields,” Biden told reporters, when asked about his comments a day earlier that Washington was discussing the possibility of such strikes with its ally.
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Published – October 05, 2024 10:41 am IST
