Middle East
Since Hamas's deadly cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, Israeli authorities have been targeting the Palestinian militant group’s top leaders both in Hamas-controlled Gaza and on foreign soil. The group's political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who died in an air strike on his Tehran home on July 31, is the most senior Hamas official to have been killed so far. FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the key figures on Israel’s hit list.
The head of Hamas has been assassinated — leading to warnings we are on the brink of a “full-scale war”.
The reported airstrikes came after Israel accused Hezbollah killing 12 civilians in the Golan Heights
Opponents claim the move is a ploy by the government to buy votes ahead of elections on May 29
Dennis Ross, a longtime Middle East negotiator, on the competing interests stymieing a hostage deal—and a possible end to the war.
Israel carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday and told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the city where more than a million people uprooted by the seven-month war are crowded together.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has slammed the continued violence in Gaza, calling it “an extermination of an entire nation”
The threat of a major war in the Middle East has passed because Tehran has decided to bide its time
Satellite imagery released over the past 24 hours has revealed evidence of probable damage at an Iranian air base following an Israeli strike in the early hours of Friday morning.
Several people were wounded in a “bombing” overnight on an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, two security sources said early Saturday.
After Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel on April 13, Jordan finds itself caught between the two enemies. Friday morning's suspected Israeli strikes in central Iran have intensified fear that the country could be dragged into an escalation against its will. Having been historically neutral in the two countries’ decades-old struggle, the Hashemite kingdom is now seeing its delicate balancing act threatened.
Little is known of Israel’s retaliatory strike against Iran today. But one expert has warned “the next few hours are critical”.
Tehran lifts restrictions on airspace after canceling flights amid reports of explosions
Washington has responded to the latest salvo in the Middle East by reiterating its “ironclad” support for Israel’s security
The president has condemned Tehran’s “unprecedented air attack”
New Delhi says it is “deeply concerned” about the situation in the Middle East, which “threatens peace and security”