“Whether Harris wins or Trump wins, they have no value to us,” Sheikh Naim Kassem said.
War in Israel
For the past month, Israel has been carrying out an escalated bombardment campaign in Lebanon, aiming to cripple the Hezbollah terrorist group.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed Yoav Gallant, who has repeatedly been at odds with him over the war in Gaza.
Despite Houthi claims that they would target ships linked to Israel, a panel said investigations revealed the terrorists have been targeting vessels indiscriminately.
Iran is planning a counterattack on Israel involving more powerful warheads and other weapons, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Iranian and Arab officials.
Israel says the agency, known as UNRWA, has been infiltrated by Hamas. UNRWA denies the allegations and says it takes measures to ensure its neutrality.
The Israeli military said it has carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks.
An attack on a central Israeli town early Saturday injured 11 people as Iran’s supreme leader vowed a punishing response to Israel’s recent attack.
Israeli naval forces captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, an Israeli military official said Saturday.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is sending bomber aircraft, fighter jets and more Navy warships to the Middle East to bolster the U.S. presence in the region.
The latest airstrikes come against the backdrop of the Biden administration’s renewed diplomatic push days before the U.S. election to reach temporary cease-fire deals.
The violence came as top U.S. diplomats were in the region to push for cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza, hoping to wind down the wars in the Middle East in the Biden administration’s final months.
Israel is considering a U.S.-led deal to end the conflict in Lebanon and move Hezbollah fighters away from the Israeli border.
Israel expects a new laser system that can intercept rockets, drones and mortars at negligible cost to be operational next year.
Naim Kassem, who’s in his early 70s and used to teach chemistry, was not the obvious successor.