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Three-Stage Gaza Truce Plan Being Examined by Hamas

par This Is Beirut, 31/01 18:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A source within the Palestinian militant group Hamas informed AFP on Wednesday that Hamas is currently reviewing plans for a three-stage truce with Israel. These plans envision a temporary halt to the Gaza war, to last several weeks. Hamas is reviewing plans for a three-stage truce with Israel, which foresee a weeks-long halt to the Gaza war, a ...

French FM Rejects 'Forced Displacement' of Gazans to Egypt

par This Is Beirut, 04/02 19:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French Foreign Minister Stephane Séjourné stated his opposition to the "forced displacement" of Palestinians into Egypt from the Gaza Strip. Israeli bombardment has driven hundreds of thousands to the border, he added. France's top diplomat Stephane Séjourné said Sunday he rejects the "forced displacement" of Palestinians into Egypt from the ...

Hamas Weighs Gaza Truce in the Nearly Four-Month War

par This Is Beirut, 04/02 22:53 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israeli airstrikes throughout Gaza claimed numerous lives overnight, while clashes continued on Sunday in the southern region of the besieged territory. Hamas was considering a proposal to cease the nearly four-month-long conflict. Israeli strikes across Gaza killed scores overnight, and battles raged Sunday in the besieged territory's south as ...

Football: Egypt Sacks Head Coach After Disappointing Cup of Nations

par This Is Beirut, 05/02 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Rui Vitoria has been sacked as Egypt head coach after the African football giants hopes of a record-extending eighth Africa Cup of Nations triumph were dashed last week, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced. In a statement, the EFA board of directors "thanked Portuguese manager Rui Vitoria and his staff," adding it was "reviewing ...

Hamas Relays 'Positive' Response in Hostage Talks

par This Is Beirut, 06/02 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Qatar announced on Tuesday that Hamas has issued a "positive" response to a proposal aimed at releasing hostages in exchange for temporarily halting the Gaza conflict, but Israel slammed the proposal for including unacceptable conditions set by Hamas. Qatar said Tuesday that Hamas has delivered a "positive" response to a proposal to free hostages ...

Israeli Forces Strike Rafah, Advance Toward Khan Younes

par This Is Beirut, 07/02 18:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli forces, in their campaign to destroy Hamas, have carried out airstrikes in Rafah, with the heaviest combat raging in the city of Khan Younes in recent weeks, pushing steadily south. The Israeli occupation carried out heavy airstrikes on Wednesday, in Rafah in southern Gaza, while violent armed clashes broke out between Palestinian ...

Netanyahu Sets Israel's Eyes on Rafah

par This Is Beirut, 07/02 21:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his latest televised speech on Wednesday ordered troops to "prepare to operate" in Rafah in southern Gaza and stated that a "total victory" by Israel over Hamas was just months away. He said accepting the Palestinian militant group's "bizarre demands" for a ceasefire would not lead to the return of hostages. ...

Egyptian Officials Host Qatar PM, CIA and Mossad Chiefs

par This Is Beirut, 13/02 19:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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According to reports from Egyptian media, CIA Director William Burns, Mossad Director David Barnea and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani convened with Egyptian officials in Cairo on Tuesday to deliberate on a ceasefire agreement for Gaza. CIA director William Burns, Mossad chief David Barnea and Qatari Prime Minister ...

Negociations for a Truce in Gaza Should Continue for Three Days

par This Is Beirut, 14/02 09:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Egypt hosted on tuesday new talks to pause the Israel-Hamas war. According to different sources, these discussions ended without any agreement being reached, but should continue for three more days. An Israeli delegation left talks in Cairo to pause the Israel-Hamas war on Tuesday, Israeli and US media reported. Israeli intelligence chief ...

Turkey and Egypt Turn 'New Leaf' in Relations

par This Is Beirut, 14/02 14:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expressed their intention to turn a new page in their country's relations after more than a decade of estrangement. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in Cairo on Wednesday that they were turning a ...

Lebanon at the Arab Rugby Championship

par This Is Beirut, 15/02 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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"We must, we can, we will." With this in mind, the Lebanese women's rugby team is preparing to take part in the Arab Rugby Sevens Championship, to be hosted by Saudi Arabia, more precisely in the city of Taif, on February 16 and 17, with the participation of 8 teams: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Syria, Libya, Jordan and ...

Egypt Building 'Enclosure' for Potential Displaced Gazans in Sinai

par This Is Beirut, 16/02 19:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As Israel threatens a massive offensive on Rafah, Egypt prepares a secure camp to receive Palestinian refugees. Since the beginning of the war, Egypt has refused any forced displacement of Palestinians on its territory. Egypt is constructing a walled camp in the Sinai Peninsula to receive displaced Palestinian civilians from the Gaza Strip, a US ...

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