May 3, 2024

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Two senior Iranian officials were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Damascus, Syria

Two senior Iranian officials were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Damascus, Syria

The conflict is also spreading to the Middle East. According to Iran's Ideological Army, an Israeli strike targeting a building in Damascus, Syria on Saturday, January 20, killed four Iranians, including the head of the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence in Syria and his deputy. Since the start of the war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on neighboring Syrian territory, mainly targeting forces backed by Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah, allies of the Syrian regime and staunch enemies of the state. Syrian Army. Follow our live stream.

Europe is raising its voice. European diplomatic chief Joseph Borrell blamed Israel on Friday “created” And “Finance” Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, is in power in Gaza and was behind the unprecedented October 7 attack on Israeli soil. A report has come in that Israel's prime minister has reaffirmed his opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state.

New Israeli attacks. During the night from Friday to Saturday, Israeli forces bombed the north and south of Gaza, especially the Khan Younes sector (south), the new center of ground fighting and airstrikes after the first phase of the war. . Early on Saturday, the Hamas Health Ministry recorded at least 90 deaths overnight.

Tensions between the US and Israel. The United States, Israel's main ally and main supporter in its war against Hamas, has in recent weeks called on the Israeli military to reduce civilian casualties in its operations and reiterated its support for the creation of a Palestinian state. At the center of disagreements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

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A growing conflict. Les Houthis Yemen It claimed responsibility for fresh attacks against a US oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, prompting fresh US strikes against them on Friday.