Category: airstrike

Dutch Court Upholds Immunity From Prosecution for Israel’s Gantz in Air Strikes Case

A Dutch appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and a former military official cannot face prosecution in the Netherlands over war crimes and alleged roles in a deadly 2014 airstrike in Gaza. Ismail Ziada, a Dutch Palestinian who lost six members of his family in the 2014 airstrike, filed the…


Pentagon Says No Crime Committed in Airstrike That Killed Afghan Civilians

An investigation into a United States’ airstrike that killed 10 Afghan civilians has found that no war crime was committed in carrying out the attack, a top military official said Nov. 3. The probe into the Aug. 29 airstrike near the Kabul International Airport was directed by the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austen, and carried…


French Army Kills Senior al-Qaeda Member, 4 Other Terrorists, in Mali Airstrike

The French military confirmed on Thursday that an airstrike in Mali last week killed a leading senior member and four other terrorists of the African-based al-Qaeda affiliate Katiba Serma. Nasser Al Tergui was spotted by a drone on Oct. 15 while seated in a vehicle carrying five individuals, according to the French military. The vehicle was…


US Investigating Civilian Casualties in Airstrike on Vehicle in Kabul: Official

The United States is investigating reports of civilian casualties in Kabul after a U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from the ISIS-K terrorist group on Sunday, an official said. The U.S.-led counter-terrorism drone attack may have caused “additional casualties” as well as the two Islamic State militants it targeted, Captain…


Taliban: US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber Targeting Airport

KABUL, Afghanistan—The Taliban said that a U.S. airstrike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle Sunday who wanted to attack the Kabul international airport amid the American military’s evacuation there. There were few initial details about the incident, as well as a rocket that struck a neighborhood just northwest of the airport, killing a child….


US Drone Strike Kills ISIS-K Member in Afghanistan

The U.S. military carried out a drone strike against a member of the ISIS-K terrorist group in Afghanistan early on Aug. 28 local time, according to U.S. Central Command. In a statement, CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said that the U.S. military forces “conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner.” The ISIS-K member…


US Drone Strike Kills ISIS-K Member in Afghanistan: CENTCOM

The U.S. military carried out a drone strike against a member of the ISIS-K terrorist group in Afghanistan early on Aug. 28 local time, according to U.S. Central Command. In a statement, CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said that the U.S. military forces “conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner.” The member of…


US Drone Strike Kills ISIS-K Planner in Afghanistan: CENTCOM

The U.S. military carried out a counterterrorism drone strike against a member of the ISIS-K terrorist group in Afghanistan early on Aug. 28 local time, according to U.S. Central Command. In a statement, CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said that the U.S. military forces “conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner.” “Initial indications…


Air Strikes, Rockets Drag Israel-Gaza Conflict Into Sixth Day

GAZA/JERUSALEM—Israel pummelled Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian terrorists launched rocket barrages at Israel on Saturday, with no sign yet of an end to the worst escalation in years after six days of conflict and amid a rising death toll. U.S. and Arab diplomats were seeking to calm the situation after a night of violence that…


Israel Bombs Home of Top Hamas Leader

Israel pummeled Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian terrorists launched rocket barrages at Israel on Saturday, with no sign yet of an end to the worst escalation in years after six days of conflict and amid a rising death toll. Israel on Saturday bombed the home of Khalil al-Hayeh, a top leader of Gaza’s ruling Hamas…