Israeli strike in Iran kills ex-bodyguard of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
Khalil, widely known as Abu Ali and nicknamed Nasrallah's 'shield,' was reportedly killed near the Iranian-Iraqi border after crossing into Iran, according to the official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.
An Iraqi armed group also stated that one of its commanders had died in the same strike, and confirmed the deaths of both Khalil and his son.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Middle East Eye
4 hours ago
- Middle East Eye
Thousands of Israeli protesters demand deal to release captives, end war on Gaza
More than 60,000 Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv demanding an end to the war on Gaza and a captive exchange deal. Speaking at the rally, Einav Zangauker, the mother of Israeli captive Matan Zangauker, accused the Israeli government of thwarting the process for a deal. "Israel is setting unrealistic conditions and without real feasibility. We will not return our children if the Israeli government doesn't put a real proposal on the table," Haaretz reported Zangauker saying. "If, instead of putting a comprehensive agreement on the table, the Israeli government decides to expand the military operation, it will issue a death sentence to the living hostages and exhume the dead," she said, adding that "we must force the government into a comprehensive agreement to end the war." A demonstrator speaks on a megaphone during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli captives, outside the Israeli Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on 2 August, 2025. (AFP)
Middle East Eye
4 hours ago
- Middle East Eye
Five countries drop 90 aid airdrops over Gaza amid safety concerns
Aircraft from Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Germany, and France airdropped 90 packages of humanitarian aid packages in the northern and southern Gaza Strip in the last few hours, according to the Israeli military. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, previously has criticised the use of airdropped aid in Gaza, warning it risks killing civilians seeking relief. "If there is political will to allow airdrops - which are highly costly, insufficient & inefficient, there should be similar political will to open the road crossings," he said on Friday. "As the people of Gaza are starving to death, the only way to respond to the famine is to flood Gaza with assistance." Airdrops are at least 100 times more costly than trucks Trucks carry twice as much aid as planes. If there is political will to allow airdrops - which are highly costly, insufficient & inefficient, there should be similar political will to open the road crossings. As the… — Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) August 1, 2025 A videographer films next to airmen by a shipment of humanitarian aid packages loaded onto a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft during an airdrop mission over the Gaza Strip on 30 July, 2025. (AFP)
Middle East Eye
4 hours ago
- Middle East Eye
Israeli settlers kill one, injure in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers shot and killed one person and wounded seven others during attacks on the occupied West Bank villages of Aqraba and Jorish, the Palestine Red Crescent said.
