Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Category 5 Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday Over a million people in Florida have been told to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm that is being touted as potentially the worst storm in over a century. Milton has caught meteorologists by surprise, strengthening from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just two days. It is expected to make landfall near Tampa late on Wednesday. “This could be the worst storm to hit Florida in over a century,” US President Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday. Governor Ron…

The people of Lebanon should overthrow the armed group to avoid the fate of Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Israeli strikes have killed not only Hezbollah’s longtime chief Hassan Nasrallah but also at least two top figures in the armed group’s leadership who could have replaced him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed. The Jewish state’s leader warned Lebanon that it could face destruction and suffering “like we see in Gaza,” as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) escalated their cross-border ground offensive into Lebanese territory and Israeli airstrikes targeted Beirut on Tuesday. In a video address to the Lebanese…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator October 7, 2024, marks the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. On that day, Palestinian resistance fighters broke down some walls surrounding Gaza and 1,200 Israelis were killed, nearly 250 hostages were taken, with 112 having later come out alive, and the remaining 97 are captives. The Secretary-General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, said on October 24, 2023, the attack “did not happen in a vacuum.”“The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation,” said Guterres. Guterres was not justifying the killing of innocent civilians in their homes. He…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to speed up efforts to turn North Korea into a military superpower with nuclear capabilities, according to a report from the North’s state news agency on Tuesday. Kim emphasized that North Korea would not hesitate to use its nuclear weapons if attacked by enemies. He stated, “To be honest, we have no intention of attacking South Korea,” during a speech at Kim Jong Un National Defense University, an elite military training institution. “If the enemy tries to use force against our country,” Kim warned, the North Korean military would respond with “all…

The Israeli army announced on Tuesday morning that a soldier from the Basal Brigade was killed during clashes in northern Gaza. The soldier, Sergeant Noam Yisrael Abdo, 20, from the 17th Battalion of the Basal Brigade, was killed in a battle in northern Gaza on Monday. According to the army, Sergeant Abdo was a platoon commander in the 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade. The Israeli army also confirmed that two other soldiers were severely injured, one in the northern Gaza fighting and another in clashes in southern Lebanon. Yesterday, the Israeli army reported the deaths of two soldiers in…

Former U.S. President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel “would never have happened if I were president.” Trump made the remarks during a gathering held at his Miami club, attended by hundreds of people honoring the victims of the attack, which occurred exactly a year ago. “We can never forget the nightmare of that day,” Trump emphasized, adding that “the October 7 attack wouldn’t have happened if I were president.”

Thirteen Palestinians were killed, and several others injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas in the Gaza Strip on Monday. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli forces targeted a house in Block 3 of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, located in central Gaza, resulting in the deaths of nine individuals and leaving 25 others with varying degrees of injury. Rescue and recovery operations are still underway as efforts continue to retrieve victims trapped under the rubble. WAFA also reported that three people were killed and others injured in an Israeli strike that hit tents housing displaced persons on Al-Sikka…

U.S. officials have revealed that Washington has halted its attempts to de-escalate the growing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, which threatens to turn into a full-scale regional war. The comments from U.S. officials come after Israel ignored a proposal backed by the U.S. and other Western and Arab powers for a 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Despite the escalation, the United States is no longer trying to revive the proposal and has stopped its efforts to limit Israeli operations in Lebanon and against Iran. Officials in President Biden’s administration have expressed concern that what Israel initially described as a…

On Monday night, Israeli airstrikes targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, according to Lebanon’s state media. These airstrikes come after several nights of intense bombardment on the area. The strikes followed warnings from the Israeli military, urging residents of certain neighborhoods in the southern suburbs to evacuate. Prior to the ongoing escalation, the area housed around 850,000 residents, most of whom have since fled. Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee shared a map on the social platform “X,” highlighting two buildings in the neighborhoods of Burj al-Barajneh and Hadath. Adraee urged residents living near these buildings to…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a message of unity, but families who lost loved ones called for accountabilityCeremonies have been held across Israel to mark the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attack on the Jewish state. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the attack awakened Israel’s “inner strength,” families of those killed blame the state for allowing it to happen in the first place. Hamas militants launched a surprise assault on Israel one year ago on Monday, occupying dozens of towns and villages in the south of the country, killing around 1,100 people, and taking roughly 250 hostages back to…