#airstrikes

#airstrikes

BEIRUT Israel carried out intense airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing one person, wounding seven and briefly cutting a highway that links Beirut with parts of south Lebanon, the Health Ministry said. The pre-dawn airstrikes on the village of Msayleh struck a place that sold heavy machinery, destroying a large number of vehicles. A vehicle carrying vegetables that happened to be passing by at the time of the strikes was hit, killing one person and wounding another, according to Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV.

Local authorities in Nigeria's northwestern state of Katsina have confirmed that a military operation had rescued some 76 hostages, many of them children, who were being held by "bandits." The group were freed after a series of precision airstrikes on group's camp. Nasir Mu'azu, state commissioner for internal security, said airstrikes are now "part of a broader strategy to dismantle criminal hideouts, weaken their networks and put an end to the cycle of killings, kidnappings, and extortion that have plagued innocent citizens."

Israeli airstrikes on Tehran's Evin prison on June 23 killed at least 80 detainees, visitors, and staff amid allegations of targeting non-military facilities during visiting hours.

Donald Trump has pushed the limits of US presidential power, seeking to reorient foreign policy to America First, characterized by a strategy of military strikes as peace through strength.

President Trump held an hour-long phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a conversation Trump said made no progress towards ending the conflict.

“Coming back home after all these days, even from a place where you had physical safety, feels like heaven,” said Nika, a graphic designer.

Well, I don't know how anybody could have been surprised at this. I think President Trump certainly telegraphed it. He said he was going to make his decision in a couple of weeks. I certainly understand why President Trump would not share that information with the Democrats in Congress. And, again, the operational security is just so crucial to protect our service men and women.

"We started pulling them from under the rubble; their features were disfigured, their bodies covered in dirt, their clothes torn. I felt my heart tearing apart..."

The US has lost seven MQ-9 Reaper drones over Yemen in under six weeks, with escalating military actions against Iranian-supported Houthi rebels leading to these losses.