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Child among 10 killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon
Child among 10 killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon
BEIRUT: Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Friday killed at least 10 Lebanese citizens, including a 10-year-old boy, before Hezbollah responded with artillery rounds and rockets across the border.
The intensified Israeli escalation coincided with a meeting between Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun and French Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Gen. Thierry Garreta.
Both parties “discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two armies and developments on the southern border,” said the Lebanese Army Command.
A security source said on Friday that the Israeli “focus seemed to be on targeting anything that moves in the field, whether on the front lines or the rear ones, regardless of the affiliations of those moving or their military positions in Hezbollah.”
The source also pointed to “the young ages of those targeted.”
At least eight Hezbollah members were killed in separate Israeli raids targeting the border area in southern Lebanon.
Some areas were targeted for the first time since the opening of the southern front and the beginning of hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli army on Oct. 8, 2023.
At 8 a.m., Hezbollah announced “the launching of salvos of rockets toward Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee, targeting the espionage equipment at the headquarters of the Air Monitoring and Operations Management Unit at the Meron base with appropriate weapons, hitting it directly, which resulted in destroying it.”
Israeli media reported that the alert level was raised in the north, noting “an interesting day ahead of us.”
It indicated damage to the Meron air base caused by two rockets
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The Israeli army has opened an investigation into the incident.
Israeli Channel 12 quoted an army spokesman saying that the military observed the launching of five rockets from Lebanon on Meron and intercepted some of them, without any injuries.
Israeli warplanes raided Tayr Harfa in the western sector about 10 a.m., killing three Hezbollah members. They were Hassan Wissam Harqous, 19, and Qassem Saleh Harqous, 20, cousins from Toura in the south, and Aqeel Qassem Gharib, 34, from Tayr Harfa.
At noon, an Israeli drone launched an attack with two guided missiles on a car on the road to Ayta Al-Jabal in the Bint Jbeil district, killing a man called Mohammed Ahmed Najm, a Hezbollah member, and his 10-year-old nephew Zulfikar Fadi Radwan.
The child was running toward his uncle’s car to greet him when the missile struck.
Ayta Al-Jabal has been shelled for the first time since the start of the war on Oct. 8.
Israeli airstrikes hit the towns of Mays Al-Jabal and Dhour Kfarkela.
Artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of the towns of Kfarchouba and Kfarhamam.
The heavy machine gun fire from the Israeli army also hit the town of Aita Al-Shaab in the central sector.
A drone carried out an aerial attack on a motorcycle in Aitaroun in the Bint Jbeil district with a guided missile.
The Health Emergency Center of the Ministry of Health announced that two people were killed and three were injured in the airstrikes that targeted Mays Al-Jabal and Aitaroun.
Sirens sounded in the settlements of Al-Malikiyah and Shtula in Western Galilee.
Also on Friday, Hezbollah announced attacking the Israeli military site of Al-Malikiyah with artillery shells.
According to its consecutive statements, it also targeted “Israeli soldiers positioned in the vicinity of Khazzan Hill with artillery shells,” as well as “the Al-Abad military site.”
Israeli media reported “damage inside the Al-Malikiyah site due to Hezbollah’s rocket shelling.”
The Israeli website “Walla” counted 44 people killed in confrontations with Hezbollah since Oct. 8, 2023, including 24 civilians, 19 officers and soldiers, and one foreign worker.
According to the Israeli site, the number of wounded “reached 271 Israelis, including 141 soldiers and officers in the Israeli army.”
The site also counted “1,091 rockets launched from Lebanon toward Israel last month, indicating a threefold increase compared to the beginning of the year.”
Child among 10 killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon
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Israeli strikes pound central Beirut, suburbs
Israeli strikes pound central Beirut, suburbs
BEIRUT: Israeli strikes pounded a densely-populated part of the Lebanese capital and its southern suburbs on Tuesday, hours ahead of an anticipated announcement of a ceasefire ending hostilities between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
A strike on Beirut hit the Noueiri district with no evacuation warning and killed at least one person, Lebanon’s health ministry said in a preliminary toll.
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Minutes later, at least 10 Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. They began approximately 30 minutes after the Israeli military issued evacuation orders for 20 locations in the area, the largest such warning yet.
As the strikes were under way, Israel’s military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said the air force was conducting a “widespread attack” on Hezbollah targets across the city.
Israeli strikes pound central Beirut, suburbs
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Over $100m wasted, Trump mocks Democrats for targeting him
Over $100m wasted, Trump mocks Democrats for targeting him
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has fiercely criticised the legal cases brought against him, calling them “empty and lawless”.
He accused Democrats of weaponising the judicial system to target him as a political opponent.
In a strongly worded statement, Trump alleged that over $100 million in taxpayer money had been wasted in what he described as a politically driven effort to undermine his influence.
“Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before,” he said, pointing to high-profile prosecutors, including Georgia’s Fani Willis and New York Attorney General Letitia James, as key figures in what he called a “political hijacking.”
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Trump also accused Willis of colluding with Nathan Wade, whom he described as “her lover” and lacking the experience to handle such cases.
He claimed Wade was paid “millions,” allegedly enabling lavish trips and cruises.
Letitia James, who is pursuing a civil fraud case against Trump, was also criticised.
He claimed she had campaigned on a promise to “get Trump” in her bid for office, an action he labelled “unethical” and “probably illegal.”
Trump also mentioned Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, alleging that Bragg initially resisted prosecuting him but was pressured into action by the Justice Department and the Democratic Party.
Describing the series of legal actions as a “low point in the history of our Country,” Trump maintained his resolve, declaring: “I persevered, against all odds, and WON.”
Over $100m wasted, Trump mocks Democrats for targeting him
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US-based Nigerians get 30-year sentence over $3.5m romance scam
US-based Nigerians get 30-year sentence over $3.5m romance scam
A United States federal jury sentenced two Nigerians, Anthony Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, to 30 years in prison for scamming certain US citizens $3,500,000.
This was mentioned in a news statement made public on the US Department of Justice website on Monday.
According to the statement, the Nigerians, Ibekie and Aniukwu mislead their victims by informing them that they had received big inheritances that required payment to claim.
The couple would then ask their victims to transfer money, promising to refund them after the inheritances were claimed.
It also stated that the duo carried out romance scams by establishing romantic relationships with their victims and demanding them to send money after they had built trust in their victims.
It read, “An undercover law enforcement investigation has resulted in federal prison sentences for two Nigerian nationals residing in the Chicago suburbs who conducted online inheritance scams and other fraud schemes.
“Using aliases, Anthony Emeka Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu communicated with victims throughout the United States, convincing them they had received substantial inheritances and needed to send money to individuals associated with the defendants in order to claim it.
“In addition to the inheritance scam, the pair carried out an online romance scam that involved communicating with victims via social media and dating websites, building trust with the victims through a purported online romance, and convincing them to send money to a predetermined recipient. Aniukwu and Ibekie also orchestrated a ‘business email compromise’ scam that targeted corporate email accounts.
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“The fraud schemes were uncovered by a covert law enforcement investigation. The scams resulted in losses to victims of at least $3.5 million.”
According to the statement, after being arraigned on 14 charges, the duo pleaded guilty to their different alterations.
Following their guilty pleas, Ibekie was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday, and Aniukwu was sentenced to 10 years in prison on November 8.
The statement continued, “A federal jury earlier this year convicted Ibekie, 59, of Oswego, Illinois, on all 14 counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, making false statements to a bank, and passport fraud. U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger on Thursday sentenced Ibekie to 20 years in federal prison.
“Aniukwu, 50, of Romeoville, Illinois, pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud and money laundering charges. Judge Seeger on Nov. 8, 2024, sentenced Aniukwu to 10 years in prison.”
Meanwhile, Jennifer Gosha, an accomplice of the Nigerians and a US citizen, is expected to be sentenced on December 18 after pleading guilty.
“A third defendant, Jennifer Gosha, 52, a U.S. citizen from Oak Park, Ill., pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of wire fraud and making false statements to a federal agent. Gosha is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Seeger on December 18, 2024,” the statement concluded.
US-based Nigerians get 30-year sentence over $3.5m romance scam
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