ICC INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTJERUSALEMFOREIGN POLICY Following the Palestinian bid to have Israeli officials convicted on war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court, Jerusalem now seeks international support in defunding the tribunal. Meanwhile, Israeli security agencies have announced the arrest of seven residents of northern Israel on suspicion of forming an Islamic State cell with the aim of carrying out terrorist attacks in Israel. Top politicians from Japan and Canada are visiting, and the pre-election campaign continues to heat up. The Times of Israel is liveblogging developments through Sunday. BLOG IS NOW LIVE ‘6 Iranians, 5 Hezbollah killed in Israeli strike’ The Turkish state news agency says that six Iranians and five Hezbollah fighters were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Syria. Among the latter is Jihad Mughniyeh. 20:16 Hezbollah’s Syria commander said killed in strike Ali Tabtaba’i, one of the men said killed in an Israeli airstrike on Syria earlier on Sunday, is reportedly commander of Hezbollah’s operations in Syria. 20:14 Hezbollah mobilizes as northern Israel fears fight Hezbollah has reportedly mobilized its fighters on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel following an airstrike that has killed a senior Hezbollah commander in Syria, a Lebanese security source told the Turkish state news agency. The Lebanese Shi’ite militia’s raised alert comes amid growing concerns in northern Israel of an escalation of hostilities. Authorities have yet to give the order to open bomb shelters, however.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:33:03 +0000
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