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L-R: Kamal Adwan Hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya, in an undated screenshot taken from a Democracy Now video posted to YouTube on January 14, 2025. (Democracy Now screenshot/YouTube); A resurfaced photo from 2016 shows Abu Safiya wearing a Hamas uniform alongside other senior officers in the terror group. (Medical services – Gaza Strip)
June 16, 2026, 2:05 pm
Supreme Court rejects appeal of Gaza hospital chief, a Hamas officer detained by Israel
Hussam Abu Safiya, who runs Kamal Adwan Hospital and is a colonel in Hamas Military Medical Services, has been in administrative detention since 2024, now in solitary confinement
By Jeremy Sharon
F-16 jets fly above the Herzliya airport on November 15, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
January 14, 2021, 1:23 pm
With Iran held in check by Biden hopes, Israel grabs chance to hit hard in Syria
With US in transition, the IDF sees Tehran as less likely to retaliate, and is making hay by expanding and intensifying its air campaign against Iranian forces across the border
By Judah Ari Gross
An explosion from a suspected Israeli airstrike in eastern Syria on January 13, 2021. (Screencapture/Twitter/File)
January 13, 2021, 2:54 am
Syria says Israel massively bombs area with large Iranian presence
Intensive predawn strikes are the fourth such attack reported in the past two weeks, a significant step up; unverified reports claim 57 Syrian and pro-Iranian fighters killed
By Judah Ari Gross and AP
Illustrative: Popular Mobilization Forces members stand by a burning truck after a drone attack blamed on Israel near Qaim border crossing, in Anbar province, Iraq, August 25, 2019. (AP Photo)
January 24, 2020, 4:43 am
Unidentified aircraft reportedly strike Hezbollah base in Iraq
Attack targets terrorist group headquarters in al-Qaim, near Syrian border, with no confirmed casualties, according to Arabic media reports
By ToI Staff
A screengrab circulating on social media purporting to show an alleged Israeli airstrike targeting Iranian assets in the Syrian city of Masyaf on April 13, 2019. (Screengrab/Twitter)
December 25, 2019, 11:37 pm
5 said killed in airstrikes on pro-Iranian militias in eastern Syria
Monitor reports back-to-back attacks on Hezbollah, Shiite groups near Iraqi border, where Israel has allegedly conducted a number of strikes
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Popular Mobilization Forces members stand by a burning truck after a drone attack blamed on Israel near Qaim border crossing, in Anbar province, Iraq, August 25, 2019. (AP Photo)
September 28, 2019, 7:59 am
Airstrikes said to hit Iran-backed militia in Iraq
Attack near Syrian border follows series of recent bombings in area, which some have blamed on Israel
By ToI Staff
Satellite image showing ongoing construction at an alleged Iranian military base in Syria's Boukamal region, near the Iraqi border, on September 21, 2019. (ImageSat International)
September 24, 2019, 5:57 pm
Photos show ongoing work at Iran-linked Syrian base despite reported IDF strikes
New fortifications, roads, buildings seen in satellite images of compound near Iraq; heavy construction also spotted nearby at border crossing believed to be under Tehran’s control
By Judah Ari Gross
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif smiles as he meets French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian (not seen) on September 22, 2019 in New York City. (Johannes EISELE / AFP)
September 24, 2019, 9:46 am
Iran’s FM: Israel is hitting Iraq’s ‘official military’ in strikes
Zarif blames Jerusalem for series of attacks on Iranian-backed targets that Israel has not officially commented on
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Popular Mobilization Forces members stand by a burning truck after a drone attack blamed on Israel near Qaim border crossing, in Anbar province, Iraq, August 25, 2019. (AP Photo)
September 22, 2019, 2:46 pm
Airstrikes said to target Iran-backed militia base in Iraq
Popular Mobilization Force targets attacked for third time in a week; some have blamed Israel for strikes
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Popular Mobilization Forces members stand by a burning truck after a drone attack blamed on Israel near Qaim border crossing, in Anbar province, Iraq, August 25, 2019. (AP Photo)
September 19, 2019, 1:32 am
Airstrike on Iran-backed militia near Iraq-Syria border said to kill at least 5
Reports say strike hits base belonging to Popular Mobilization Force for second time in two days; some have blamed Israel for attacks
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
This photo released by Popular Mobilization Forces shows shows the aftermath of a drone attack near Qaim border crossing with Syria, in Anbar province, Iraq, August 25, 2019. (Popular Mobilization Forces via AP)
September 17, 2019, 2:41 pm
Strikes reported on Iran-backed militia on Syria-Iraq border, 10 said killed
UK-based Syrian war monitor says several dead in bombing by unidentified UAVs in area previously hit by airstrikes attributed to Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks through a heavily damaged a street leading to an Armenian church in Raqqa, Syria, October 18, 2017. (Bulent Kilic/AFP)
November 17, 2017, 5:23 pm
Iraqi forces retake the country’s last IS-held town
Despite terror group’s significant territorial losses, its media arm is intact, allowing it to recruit supporters and inspire new attacks
By Agencies
This file image made from video posted on a militant website July 5, 2014, shows the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. (AP/Militant video, File)
November 10, 2017, 2:50 pm
Islamic State leader may be in eastern Syrian city of Boukamal — report
Syrian government sources believe Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi spotted in last remaining stronghold of jihadist group along Iraqi border
By Bassam Mroue
A frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows firing on militants' positions on the Iraq-Syria border, November 8, 2017. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
November 9, 2017, 4:08 pm
IS militants evacuate last stronghold in Syria to government
Fall of border town Boukamal removes the last Islamic State-controlled territory in region, leaving fighters dispersed in desert
By Sarah El Deeb
Workers hang a poster of outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri with Arabic words that read, "We are all Saad," on a seaside street in Beirut, Lebanon, November 9, 2017. (AP/ Hussein Malla)
November 9, 2017, 2:54 pm
Lebanon PM’s party calls for his return from Saudi Arabia
Saad Hariri’s return ‘is necessary to restore dignity and respect to Lebanon,’ his Future party says
By ToI Staff
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