Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel-Iran War News Updates: "The whole world is amazed by the blows you are delivering to our enemies, and I salute you... Together we will fight, and together we will win," Netanyahu told them, according to a statement issued by his office.

The Israeli military has acknowledged the strikes, confirming they targeted "terror sites belonging to Hezbollah" in Beirut.

Israel has 170,000 active military personnel, along with 465,000 reserves and 35,000 paramilitary forces, while Iran boasts a larger military force, comprising 610,000 active personnel, 350,000 reservists, and 220,000 paramilitary forces.

Iran had launched around 180 missiles at multiple locations across Israel over a period of half an hour. Israel said it intercepted many of the missiles.

“Spoke to Prime Minister @netanyahu about recent developments in West Asia. Terrorism has no place in our world. It is crucial to prevent regional escalation and ensure the safe release of all hostages,” PM Modi wrote on X.

Mehbooba had earlier condemned the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli airstrikes and cancelled her election campaign for a day

Israel-Hezbollah War Highlights: The Health Ministry of Lebanon has reported that 24 persons were killed in an Israeli attack on the southern city of Ain Deleb

"Israel has been patient long enough," Netanyahu stated, referring to the ongoing hostilities with Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group in southern Lebanon.

The strikes, heard across the city, sent huge clouds of smoke soaring above the densely populated south of Beirut, the main bastion of Iran-backed Hezbollah.

"I have a message for the tyrants of Tehran. If you strike us, we will strike you," Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly.

"After I heard the lies and slanders leveled at my country by many of the speakers at this podium, I decided to come here and set the record straight," Netanyahu said.

The comments came after Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday there would be no ceasefire in the north, where Israeli jets have been carrying out the heaviest bombardment against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement in decades.

Israel rejected global calls for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally in Washington and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of an all-out regional war

The joint statement, negotiated on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, says the recent fighting is “intolerable and presents an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation”.

"It is an American-French proposal, which the prime minister has not even responded to," said a statement from Netanyahu's office, adding that he had ordered the army "to continue the fighting with full force".

Hours after the Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Lebanese people, urging them not to become "human shields" for Hezbollah.

Netanyahu has insisted on retaining control of the corridor, where Israeli troops have uncovered dozens of tunnels that officials say have been used to supply Hamas with weapons and ammunition.

Additionally, according to a Fox News report, Hamas released a disturbing video featuring the six hostages who were recently killed. The footage, shared on Hamas’ Telegram account, shows the hostages identifying themselves in a black-and-white setting.

US President Joe Biden criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not doing enough to secure a hostage deal with Hamas, following the deaths of six captives, including an American.