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Hamas commander Saleh al-Arouri (YouTube screenshot)
October 5, 2017, 2:34 pm
Hamas appoints West Bank terror chief as its deputy leader
Saleh al-Arouri, expelled from Qatar earlier this year, will serve under Ismail Haniyeh in the terror group’s political bureau
By TOI staff
Hamas operative Saleh al-Arouri (L) meets with Iranian official Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Lebanon on August 1, 2017 (screenshot)
August 2, 2017, 10:25 am
Senior Hamas leader spotted in Beirut for first time since Qatar expulsion
Photos show Saleh al-Arouri discussing ‘resistance’ against Israel in meeting with senior Iranian official
By TOI staff
Hamas operative Saleh al-Arouri, the Turkey-based head of Hamas operations in the West Bank (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
July 3, 2017, 10:41 pm
Top Hamas commander, booted from Qatar, said hiding with Hezbollah
Saleh al-Arouri, believed behind 2014 kidnapping and murder of 3 Israeli teens, reported to be in terror group’s Beirut stronghold
By TOI staff and Agencies
A Lebanese soldier passes in front of burned cars at the site of a car bombing in southern Beirut, on August 16, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla/File)
September 23, 2013, 10:16 am
Lebanon to deploy forces to Hezbollah stronghold
800 soldiers will take over security in south Beirut neighborhoods rocked by deadly explosions in recent months
By Asher Zeiger
Taking it easy at a cafe in downtown Jerusalem (photo credit Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
September 5, 2013, 6:21 pm
A coffee shop in a slaughterhouse
Stable amid the Middle East chaos, Israel is watching the collapse of Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, a deepening intra-Sunni war, and the revival of an old ally, Egypt
By Avi Issacharoff
Ex-president Shimon Peres greets US President Barack Obama at a reception held in Obama's honor at Peres's residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2013. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
September 2, 2013, 10:52 am
Peres backs Obama’s Syria policy, says he’s sure the US will strike
‘Weighing your moves is not the same as stuttering,’ says Peres. Obama reportedly warned Netanyahu he’d be seeking Congress’s okay
By TOI staff
Lebanese citizens gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in southern Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, August 15, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
August 16, 2013, 12:24 am
Nasrallah not looking quite so smart now
The purported Hezbollah strategic genius has got himself into a war with al-Qaeda-linked extremists, who might just be even more evil than he is
By Avi Issacharoff
A supporter of ousted Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi poses with his photo as army soldiers guard at the Republican Guard building in Nasr City, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 10, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)
July 10, 2013, 2:14 pm
Egypt tries to stabilize the boat
Lebanon fears civil war following Beirut car bomb, and a controversial newspaper editor calls it a day
By Elhanan Miller
This file citizen journalism image taken on, Sunday, March. 10, 2013 and provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians standing next to dead bodies that have been pulled from the river near Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood, Syria (photo credit: AP/AMC)
April 8, 2013, 2:31 pm
Hezbollah bodies pile up in Beirut after Syria fighting
At least 11 corpses returned to Lebanon after battling alongside the Assad regime in Syria, local media report
By Elhanan Miller
An armed Israeli F-15I heading toward Gaza on Monday (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash 90)
November 21, 2012, 10:06 pm
Long-term success or blip in the chart of the conflict?
With a fragile ceasefire agreement taking effect, a wide-lens look at Operation Pillar of Defense
By Mitch Ginsburg
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