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Sweida's Military Council Announces Its Goals Amid Fears of Israel

This is Beirut, 24/02 22:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Military Council in Syria’s Sweida announced on Monday that it is coordinating with the spiritual leader of the Druze, Hikmat al-Hijri, and is advocating for a decentralized secular state. This announcement was made in the council’s first official statement during a military parade held at the Kafr Agricultural Airport in the province's ...

Israel Ready to Resume Gaza War, PM Warns after Truce Delay

This is Beirut, 24/02 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel was prepared to resume fighting against Hamas after the Palestinian group accused it of endangering a five-week-old Gaza truce by suspending prisoner releases. The first phase of the truce, which has largely halted more than 15 months of devastating war in the Gaza Strip, is due to ...

Israel Says Army to Stay in Evacuated West Bank Camps for 'Coming Year'

This is Beirut, 23/02 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel on Sunday said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians. The military one month ago began a major raid against Palestinian militants in the West Bank just after a truce began in the Gaza ...

Israel Delays Palestinian Prisoners' Release Under Gaza Deal

This is Beirut, 22/02 19:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that freeing Palestinian prisoners under the Gaza ceasefire deal will be delayed until Hamas ends its "humiliating ceremonies" while releasing Israeli hostages. Since the ceasefire came into effect on January 19, Hamas has released 25 Israeli hostages in well-rehearsed handovers, ...

Israel Says Hostage Body Returned by Hamas not Bibas Mother

This is Beirut, 21/02 12:17 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel said Friday that one of the bodies returned from Gaza is not that of Shiri Bibas, as claimed by Hamas, and accused Palestinian "terrorists" of killing her two boys who have become symbols of the hostages' ordeal. Thousands of mourning Israelis had observed a moment of silence Thursday in honour of four dead hostages returned ...

Netanyahu Orders 'Intensive' West Bank Operations after Israel Bus Blasts

This is Beirut, 21/02 09:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered an "intensive operation against centers of terrorism" in the occupied West Bank, his office said, after three buses exploded in central Israel without causing any reported injuries. Three devices detonated on buses in the city of Bat Yam on Thursday evening and two others were being ...

Hamas Accuses Netanyahu of Delaying the Second Phase of the Truce

This is Beirut, 20/02 21:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hamas on Thursday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of "procrastinating" on negotiations for the second phase of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, after Palestinian militants returned the bodies of four deceased hostages to Israel. "The second phase negotiations have not practically begun, and we are ready to engage in them as ...

Israel Security Cabinet to Discuss new Phase of Gaza Truce after Rubio Visit

This is Beirut, 17/02 11:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel's security cabinet was set to discuss on Monday the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, after top US diplomat Marco Rubio and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front against Hamas and Iran. Rubio was in Israel on his first Middle East trip as President Donald Trump's secretary of state, and landed on Monday in Saudi ...

US, Israel Present United Front on Gaza, Iran

This is Beirut, 16/02 17:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Top US diplomat Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front Sunday against their common enemies, threatening to "open the gates of hell" on Hamas and "finish the job" against Iran. The pledges came during a joint address to reporters in Jerusalem, where Rubio began his first Middle East trip as secretary of ...

Marco Rubio in Israel on First Leg of Mideast Tour

This is Beirut, 16/02 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israel's prime minister in Jerusalem on Sunday for talks on the Gaza ceasefire, launching a Middle East tour a day after the latest hostage-prisoner exchange. On his first visit to the region as Washington's top diplomat, Rubio is expected to push US President Donald Trump's widely condemned ...

Israel Threatens to Resume War If Three Hostages Are Not Released by Saturday

This is Beirut, 13/02 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hamas must release three living hostages on Saturday under the terms of the ongoing Gaza truce deal or Israel will return to war in the Palestinian territory, an Israeli government spokesman said Thursday. The ceasefire "framework makes clear that three live hostages must be released by Hamas terrorists on Saturday", spokesman David Mencer told ...

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