Israel-Lebanon latest: Israel vows lethal retaliation after Iran missile attack as Biden and Netanyahu speak

Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu have discussed a potential Israeli response to Iran’s missile attack in a 30-minute phone call. The “direct and very productive” conversation on Wednesday came after the Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, reiterated to his country’s media plans for a “deadly, precise and above all surprising” strike against Iran. Iran launched a missile attack last week following...

Oil prices rise on Israel-Iran conflict fears and U.S. storm

The world's largest oil producer and consumer has been hit by a second major storm, Hurricane Milton, which made landfall on Florida's west coast, spawning tornadoes and threatening surges of seawater. Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Thursday on concerns about potential supply disruptions in the Middle East, with Israel planning to strike oil-producer Iran, and on spikes...

Netanyahu warns Lebanon of destruction ‘similar to what we see in Gaza’

US President Joe Biden held a “direct,” 30-minute phone call with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said, their first conversation in weeks as conflict spirals in the Middle East.  As the region braces for Israel’s retaliation to last week’s Iranian missile attack, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said its strike would be “powerful, precise, and above all –...

North Gaza hospitals ordered to evacuate; U.S. backs Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon

The Israeli military has ordered three hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate as it intensifies attacks on the area, according to Gazan health officials. A U.N. official described the situation in the north as “hell,” with “at least 400,000 people” trapped there. The Biden administration has dropped its support for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon and is openly supporting Israel’s...