The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has launched fresh reprisal attacks on Israeli military positions and illegal settlements in the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territories in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and in response to the Tel Aviv regime’s unrelenting strikes across Lebanon.
The group said in a brief statement on Monday morning that its members targeted a group of Israeli troops in the area of Khallet Warda, opposite the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shab, with a barrage of rockets.
Hezbollah fighters also fired salvos of rockets at Israeli troops stationed at Jabal Kahil area near the southern Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras, and the eastern side of Markaba village.
Moreover, the resistance movement launched a rocket barrage at the Israeli military artillery position in Beit Hillel moshav in the northern side of the occupied lands.
A gathering of Israeli forces at the al-Malikiyah outpost came under a rocket attack as well, and Hezbollah fighters shelled the illegal Kiryat Shmona settlement with dozens of rockets....more below
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is preparing to leave the Trump administration after what a new report has described as months of tension with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, potentially triggering another change at the army’s top echelons.
According to the Friday report by The Wall Street Journal, Driscoll is expected to step down before the end of the year and could leave his post earlier. The newspaper cited people familiar with discussions over his departure.
The Journal reported that Driscoll and his family vacated the official residence assigned to the army secretary at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall this summer, a move that could indicate he was preparing to leave the position.
The reported departure would come at a time of continuing uncertainty at the top echelons of the army.
Hegseth abruptly removed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George in April, while Trump has not yet nominated a permanent successo....more below
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warns the enemies that any act of aggression against the Islamic Republic will not go unanswered.
In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC issued a “stern warning” to the enemies after US forces launched strikes against the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
Following the US military attack on a point on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport with aerial projectiles, the IRGC carried out new strikes targeting the US air base from which the attack originated in the wee hours of Thursday, it added.
“This response is a serious warning to the enemy that they should know the act of aggression will not go unanswered,” the IRGC emphasized.
The elite military force warned of a “more decisive” response if the enemy repeated any act of aggression.
It also said the responsibility for the consequences of any IRGC response lies with the aggressor.
The statement comes after the IRGC Navy on Thursday forced an American tanker to turn back. The tanker ...
