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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

Ashura

An image grab taken from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on July 10, 2024, shows the Lebanese terror group's chief Hassan Nasrallah giving a speech from an undisclosed location in Lebanon. (Al-Manar/AFP)
July 17, 2024, 1:39 pm
Nasrallah threatens to fire rockets at Israeli areas not yet targeted by Hezbollah
In televised address, terror group leader cites reported spike in civilian deaths in southern Lebanon, denies rumors of ‘finalized agreement’ to halt ongoing deadly border violence
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link during activities marking the Shiite Muslim holy day of Ashura in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, July 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
July 29, 2023, 1:52 pm
Hezbollah chief: ‘Israel occupying Lebanese lands, we will respond to any stupid act’
Iran-backed terror group ‘ready for any option,’ Nasrallah says, amid spiking tensions on border with Israel
By ToI Staff
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, as his supporters raise their hands, during the Shiite holy day of Ashura, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, August 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 9, 2022, 2:27 pm
Hezbollah warns Israel: ‘Any arm’ trying to steal Lebanon’s wealth ‘will be cut off’
Nasrallah’s remarks come amid intensified US efforts to resolve an ongoing maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel; speech made during the Shiite holy day of Ashura
By Agencies
Shiite Muslim men beat themselves with knives attached to chains during a procession to mark Ashura, three days ahead of the festival, in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 5, 2022. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
August 8, 2022, 5:19 pm
Shiite Muslims in Middle East mark solemn holy day of Ashura
Festival marks the 7th-century death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussein; Shiites to hold mourning ceremonies across the region, including mass self-flagellations
By MEHDI FATTAHI
Mourners wave red flags as they gather around flag-draped coffins of five members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard killed in Syria, whose remains were recently recovered, during their funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, August 4, 2022. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
August 4, 2022, 10:40 pm
Iran holds mass funeral for Revolutionary Guard officers killed in Syria years ago
‘Headless general’ Abdollah Eskandari, known for his capture and beheading by Syrian rebels in 2014, among bodies of five fighters recently recovered from Syria
By Nasser Karimi
Thousands of Shiite Muslims take part in Ashura mourning at Imam Hussein's shrine in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala on September 20, 2018.(AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
August 4, 2022, 6:05 pm
Iran arrests 10 Islamic State members, blames Israel for sending them
Tehran claims Mossad despatched ’10 Daesh terrorists’ in plot to attack worshipers on the Shiite holy day of Ashura
By AFP
Iraqi Shiite Muslims take part in a mourning procession on the tenth day of the lunar month of Muharram which marks the day of Ashura, in the holy city of Karbala, on September 10, 2019. (Mohammed SAWAF / AFP)
September 10, 2019, 7:03 pm
More than 30 dead in stampede at Iraqi Shiite shrine
Over 100 others injured as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converge on city of Karbala to mark solemn Muslim holy day
By AFP
Members of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah stand guard during a religious mourning procession on the tenth day of the lunar month of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura, in Beirut, on September 10, 2019. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
September 10, 2019, 6:41 pm
Lebanese Shiites mark Ashura in show of anti-Israel defiance
At Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut, supporters of terror group say high turnout at religious event shows Israel ‘the great power of the resistance’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves as they mark Ashura, on September 20, 2018 in Iraq's southern city of Basra.(AFP PHOTO / Haidar MOHAMMED ALI)
September 20, 2018, 10:20 pm
Mourning saint’s death, Middle East Shiites bloody selves with chains
Ashura marked from Iran to Lebanon with battle reenactments, mass prayers, and other acts of lamentation
By Agencies
Iranian Shiite Muslims sit after rubbing mud on their body during the 'Kharrah Mali' (Mud Rubbing) ritual to mark the Ashura religious ceremony in the city of Khorramabad, some 470 kms southwest of Tehran, early in the morning on October 1, 2017. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
October 4, 2017, 10:54 am
Mud and mourning in Iran mark death of imam 1,300 years ago
Drawing on old burial traditions, the men of Khorramabad cover themselves in mud as sign of grief over death of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson
By Eric RANDOLPH
Iraqi men take part in a self-flagellation procession on the tenth day of the mourning period of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura on October 24, 2015, in Baghdad's northern district of Kadhimiya. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
October 24, 2015, 4:58 pm
Shiites commemorate Muhammad’s grandson with mourning, self-flagellation
Thousands gather at Karbala shrine in Iraq for Ashura, the most somber day in Shiite calendar, as millions hold processions in home towns
By Abdelamir Hanoun
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a speech in Beirut, November 3, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/Imam Mahdi)
November 17, 2014, 6:26 pm
Arabic media plays up story claiming IDF aborted strike on Nasrallah
No confirmation of Dutch Telegraph report that Israel called off missile attack on Hezbollah leader during recent Beirut speech
By Stuart Winer
Jerusalem terrorist Ibrahim Al-Akary in a photo uploaded to Facebook on October 29 (photo credit: Facebook image)
November 5, 2014, 5:41 pm
Terrorist praised would-be assassin of Temple Mount activist
Facebook activity of Ibrahim al-Akary, Wednesday’s Jerusalem killer, reveals a zealot consumed with fear for Al-Aqsa Mosque
By Elhanan Miller
Lebanese Shiite Muslims take part in a self-flagellation procession during the Ashura commemorations that mark the killing of Imam Hussein -one of Shiite Islam's most revered figures- on November 4, 2014 in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)
November 4, 2014, 4:02 pm
Shiites mark holy day in defiance of jihadists
Thousands in Iraq and Lebanon commemorate Ashura amid promises of victory against Islamic State
By Abdelamir Hanoun and Mohamad Ali Harissi
Iranians burn US flags outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2014, during a demonstration to mark the anniversary of its storming by student protesters that triggered a hostage crisis. (photo credit: AFP/ATTA KENARE)
November 4, 2014, 3:24 pm
Iranians mark fall of US embassy with flag-burning
Demonstrators also chant ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel, Death to Britain’
By AFP
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