This is Beirut, 21/07 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defence agency and eyewitnesses reported Israeli shelling in the central city of Deir el-Balah on Monday, after the military warned of imminent action in an area where it had not previously operated. The Israeli military on Sunday ordered those in the central Gaza area to leave immediately as it was expanding operations, ...
This is Beirut, 20/07 19:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians waiting to collect humanitarian aid in the territory's north on Sunday, killing 73 people and wounding dozens more. Further to the south, the Israeli military ordered Palestinians to leave Deir el-Balah, in the center of the Strip, before launching ...
This is Beirut, 20/07 15:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV slammed the "barbarity" of the war in Gaza on Sunday and urged against the "indiscriminate use of force," just days after a deadly strike by Israel's military on a Catholic church. "I once again ask for an immediate end to the barbarity of the war and for a peaceful resolution to the conflict," Leo ...
This is Beirut, 19/07 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency on Saturday said Israeli attacks killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centers in the south of the Palestinian territory. Agency spokesman Mahmud Basal told AFP that 22 were killed near a site southwest of Khan Yunis and four near another center northwest of Rafah, blaming "Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 18/07 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday accused Israel of blocking a deal in talks for a temporary ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza. Negotiators from both sides have been in indirect talks in Qatar since July 6 to try to agree on a 60-day truce in the conflict, which would see 10 captives freed. But after ...
This is Beirut, 18/07 19:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Two of the most senior Christian leaders in Jerusalem made a rare visit to Gaza on Friday, a day after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church, provoking international condemnation. The Roman Catholic Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Theophilos III, ...
This is Beirut, 17/07 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on Gaza's only Catholic Church killed two people on Thursday, as Israel said it "never targets" religious sites and was investigating what happened. "With deep sorrow, the Latin Patriarchate can now confirm that two persons were killed as a result of an apparent strike ...
This is Beirut, 14/07 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute
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Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday of not wanting to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza as talks in Qatar entered their second week. "Netanyahu is skilled at thwarting one round of negotiations after another and is unwilling to reach any agreement," the Palestinian militant group said in a statement on its Telegram ...
This is Beirut, 14/07 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including children at a water distribution point, as talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stalled. Delegations from Israel and the Palestinian militant group have now spent a week trying to agree on a temporary truce to halt 21 months of ...
This is Beirut, 12/07 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza ceasefire talks hung in the balance as Hamas and Israel on Saturday accused the other of blocking attempts to strike a deal, nearly a week into an attempt to halt 21 months of bitter fighting in the Palestinian territory. A Palestinian source with knowledge of the indirect talks in Qatar told AFP that Israel's proposals to keep its ...
This is Beirut, 11/07 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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An international conference meant to revive work on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been rescheduled for July 28-29, diplomatic sources told AFP. Originally set for mid-June, the conference at UN headquarters in New York was postponed at the last minute due to Israel's surprise military campaign against Iran. It has ...
This is Beirut, 11/07 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Nearly 800 people have died trying to access aid in Gaza since late May, with most killed near the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's sites, the UN said Friday. An officially private effort, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began operations on May 26 after Israel halted supplies into the Gaza Strip for more than ...