Lebanon’s Hezbollah says targeted Israel base in Haifa

Above, Israel’s northern city of Haifa and its port on Oct. 30, 2024. (AFP)
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Updated 30 October 2024
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah says targeted Israel base in Haifa

  • Clashes between Hezbollah and Israel intensify more than a month into the war

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched drones at an Israeli base in the port city of Haifa on Wednesday, as clashes intensify more than a month into the war.
Hezbollah fighters “launched an air attack at 7:45 a.m. (0545 GMT) ... with a squadron of attack drones” on a “base in southern Haifa,” the group said in a statement.


Israeli forces demolish Palestinian facilities in Jericho

Updated 22 January 2026
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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian facilities in Jericho

  • Israeli authorities have conducted 538 demolitions in the past 12 months, totaling 1,400 structures
  • Excluding East Jerusalem, there are about 3 million Palestinians and 500,000 Israeli settlers living in the West Bank

LONDON: Israeli authorities demolished a house on Thursday in the town of Deir Al-Dik, located west of Jericho in the West Bank, and issued a demolition order for another structure east of the city.

Israeli bulldozers stormed Deir Al-Dik and demolished a house belonging to a resident of Jerusalem, claiming it was built without a permit, according to the Wafa news agency.

Forces also demolished a barracks in the city that belonged to the Abu Jarar factory and issued a demolition order for another structure related to the Sinqrat palm grove, east of Jericho.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission reported that the Israeli authorities conducted 538 demolitions in the past 12 months, totaling 1,400 structures. This included 304 occupied homes, 74 unoccupied homes, 270 economic facilities and 490 agricultural facilities, primarily in Hebron, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Tubas and Nablus.

Excluding East Jerusalem, which was occupied and annexed by Israel in 1967, there are about 3 million Palestinians and 500,000 Israeli settlers living in the West Bank.