Israeli warplanes conducted more than 50 raids on Lebanon last month amid major surge in attacks, says refugee rights NGO. Flames and smoke rise from a building hit in an Israeli air attack in Ain Qana, southern Lebanon on February 2, 2026 [Mohammed Zaatari/AP] Israel is carrying out a “clear and dangerous” surge in air attacks on Lebanon, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said, with its warplanes conducting more attacks on its neighbour in January than in any previous month since the...

Gaza’s youth are haunted by trauma amid uncertainty over ceasefire; over 80 percent suffer severe symptoms, psychologists warn. Gaza children's silent trauma: 80% of young people show signs of 'severe trauma' For many in Gaza, Israel’s genocidal war could never really end. Even if the fragile United States-brokered ceasefire were successful in halting deadly attacks on the besieged enclave, which it so far has not, loud booms would still echo in the minds of those Palestinians who survived...

US backing for statement implies Israel’s attack on US ally Qatar may have been ‘bridge too far’ for Washington. Strike on Qatar...