WAR REPORT - AFRICA DAILY

Turkey accuses Israel of expanding Gaza war to Lebanon

Sep 19, 2024 (AFP)

"The escalation in the region is alarming," Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on state-run TRT television. "We see Israel mounting its attacks towards Lebanon s...

Why is Israel focusing on border with Lebanon?

Sep 19, 2024 (AFP)

Hezbollah and its main backer Iran have blamed Israel for the blasts, but Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied responsibility. The explosions hav...

Fears of all-out war as new Lebanon device blasts kill nine, wound 300

Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)

A source close to Hezbollah said walkie-talkies used by its members blew up in its Beirut stronghold, with state media reporting similar blasts in south and eas...

Russia boosting army size due to 'threats': Kremlin

Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday boosting the number of active Russian troops by 180,000 to 1.5 million, making the Russian army the second la...

Gaza rescuers say at least 18 killed in Israeli strikes

Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)

The 10 were killed and 15 others were injured when an air strike hit the home of the Al-Qassas family in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, a medic at A...

Israel minister tells visiting US envoy time 'running out' to stop Lebanon war

Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)

The Iran-backed Lebanese armed group has traded regular cross-border fire with Israeli forces since Hamas's October 7 attack sparked war in the Gaza Strip, in a...

Hamas chief says ready for 'long war' in Gaza

Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)

Sinwar, who last month replaced slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, said in a letter to the group's Yemeni allies that "we have prepared ourselves to fight a lon...

UN staff fear they are 'a target' as Israel hits shelters; with 11 dead in latest Gaza strike

Sep 14, 2024 (AFP)

Wednesday's strike on the UN-run Al-Jawni School in central Gaza, which is housing displaced Palestinians, killed 18 people. including six employees of the Unit...

China defence minister calls for 'negotiation' to end Ukraine, Gaza wars

Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)

Top military representatives from Russia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Iran and Germany are among more than 500 delegates in Beijing for the Xiangshan Forum, d...

Raided West Bank city holds funerals after Israeli army withdraws

Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)

Violence in the Palestinian territory had already soared alongside the nearly 12-month-old war in Gaza but in late August Israel began large-scale raids that re...

Israeli troops may have raided Syria site

Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)

The Israeli military, which has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since its civil war started in 2011, had told AFP "we do not comment on reports in the ...

On tour of war-scarred Gaza, Israel army renews vow to save hostages

Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)

"We need to do everything, everything we can, in all means, to bring them back home," military spokesman Daniel Hagari told the journalists embedded with the Is...

Australia moves to strip medals from Afghanistan unit commanders

Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)

Defence Minister Richard Marles said the decision -- related to specific unit commanders who were in charge between 2005 and 2016 -- was needed to "address the ...

Israeli airstrikes kill 18 in school, including 6 U.N. workers

Sep 12, 2024 (UPI)

The strike happened Wednesday, with the Israel Defense Forces saying in a statement that it had conducted a "targeted strike" on "militants operating in a comma...

War monitor says Israeli strike in Syria's Golan kills two

Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)

"An Israeli air strike targeted a vehicle" on the Damascus-Quneitra road, "killing two people", said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, without identifyin...

UN chief says six colleagues killed in Israel strike on Gaza school

Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)

"What's happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable," Guterres said in a post on social media platform X. "Six of our @UNRWA colleagues are among those killed." U...

Russia recaptures part of Kursk region

Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)

Kyiv launched a shock incursion into Russia's Kursk border region on August 6, advancing kilometres into Russian territory and seizing dozens of settlements. Th...

Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike on school killed 18

Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)

The Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, already hit several times during the war, was struck again on Wednesday, killing 18 people, including two members of the UN age...

Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says 19 confirmed dead in Israeli strike on humanitarian zone

Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)

"Nineteen martyrs were brought to hospitals... while more than 60 people were wounded, some of them seriously" in the overnight strike on the Al-Mawasi humanita...

Israel defence minister says Gaza truce deal a 'strategic opportunity'

Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)

Bringing the hostages home is "the right thing to do", Gallant told foreign journalists. "Achieving an agreement is also a strategic opportunity that gives us a...