#US targets Hamas finances with new sanctions

#US targets Hamas finances with new sanctions

The Treasury Department has imposed an additional round of sanctions aimed at Hamas.  Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the latest rounds of sanctions will target eight Hamas officials and facilitators who have “perpetuate Hamas’s violent agenda by representing the group’s interests abroad and managing its finances,” according to a news release issued…

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#Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in tense exchange on Lebanon border

#Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in tense exchange on Lebanon border

The Israeli military exchanged fire with Hezbollah militants on Saturday as skirmishes with the group continue at the Lebanon-Israel border. Israel launched airstrikes on multiple Hezbollah positions near the Lebanese border as the Iran-backed militant group launched rockets towards Israeli targets, the Associated Press reported. Hezbollah has repeatedly threatened escalation amid Israel’s war with Hamas,…

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#State Department advises US citizens not to travel to Lebanon

#State Department advises US citizens not to travel to Lebanon

The Biden administration is now advising U.S. citizens not to travel to Lebanon amid the ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict. In a travel advisory issued Tuesday, the State Department warned against travel to Lebanon due to “the unpredictable security situation related to rocket, missile, and artillery exchanges between Israel and [Hezbollah] or other armed militant factions.” The…

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#Hamas’s march to Armageddon | The Hill

#Hamas’s march to Armageddon | The Hill

Iran and Hamas pried Pandora’s Box wide open on Oct. 7 by unleashing a heinous wave of rocket attacks and assaults on Israeli cities and villages. This was likely done with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s tacit approval, if not direction and planning. What had been chiefly a localized threat to Jerusalem – Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in…

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#Lebanon’s electricity grid shuts down amid fuel shortage

#Lebanon’s electricity grid shuts down amid fuel shortage

“#Lebanon’s electricity grid shuts down amid fuel shortage” Fuel shortages have forced Lebanon’s largest power stations to shut down Saturday, leaving the country without central electricity for “several days,” officials warned. “The Lebanese power network completely stopped working at noon today, and it is unlikely that it will work until next Monday, or for several…

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#Lebanon fuel tank explosion kills at least 20 people

#Lebanon fuel tank explosion kills at least 20 people

“#Lebanon fuel tank explosion kills at least 20 people” BEIRUT – At least 20 people were killed in a fuel tank explosion in Akkar in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese Red Cross said on its Twitter account early on Sunday. Reuters was unable to immediately reach Red Cross and Lebanese officials for details. At least 79 were injured and being taken to local hospitals, which are in dire need of donated blood, the Red Cross said. Lebanon is suffering…

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#Israel retaliates for arson balloons with airstrikes on Gaza

#Israel retaliates for arson balloons with airstrikes on Gaza

“#Israel retaliates for arson balloons with airstrikes on Gaza” Israeli warplanes dropped bombs on two targets in the Gaza Strip early Saturday in response to fire balloons launched from Gaza into Israel. The Israeli military said it hit a Hamas military compound and a rocket launching site after four incendiary balloons were launched into Israel…

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