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Netanyahu and Trump to Talk Tariffs, Iran and Gaza

This is Beirut, 2025-04-07 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Talks on Monday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are expected to be dominated by Washington's shock tariffs on Israel and escalating tensions with Iran. Netanyahu becomes the first foreign leader to meet with Trump in the US capital since the president unveiled sweeping levies on multiple countries ...

At Least 44 Palestinians Killed in New Israeli Strikes on Gaza

This is Beirut, 2025-04-07 05:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people on Sunday as Israel's prime minister vowed a "strong response" to a rare salvo of rockets fired from the Hamas-ruled territory. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed almost daily since Israel resumed its military offensive in Gaza on March 18, ending a ...

Israel: Document Reveals Iran's Support for October 7 Attack

This is Beirut, 2025-04-06 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz disclosed on Sunday a communication between Iran and Mohammed Al-Deif, the General Commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, as well as Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, confirming "Iran's support for the October 7, 2023, plan." During a visit to the intelligence unit in the "Amshot" division on Sunday, ...

Macron to Hold Gaza Summit With Egyptian, Jordanian Leaders

This is Beirut, 2025-04-05 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he would hold a trilateral summit on the situation in Gaza with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II. Israel has pushed to seize territory in Gaza since the collapse of a short-lived truce in its war with Hamas, in what it has called a strategy to force the ...

Gaza: 30 Killed Since Dawn as Israel Expands Ground Offensive

This is Beirut, 2025-04-04 15:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel announced the launch of a new ground offensive in Gaza City on Friday, with rescuers saying military operations had killed at least 30 people across the Palestinian territory since dawn. Israel has pushed since the collapse of a short-lived truce in the war with Hamas to seize territory in Gaza in what it has called a strategy to force the ...

Israel Army Announces New Ground Offensive East of Gaza City

This is Beirut, 2025-04-04 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli army announced it had launched a new ground offensive east of Gaza City on Friday to expand the security zone it has established inside the Palestinian territory. "Over the past few hours... troops have begun conducting ground activity in the area of Shejaiya in northern Gaza in order to expand the security zone," the ...

Gaza : 31 Killed in Israeli Strike on School

This is Beirut, 2025-04-03 21:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said at least 31 people, including children, were killed in an Israeli strike Thursday on a school serving as a shelter for Palestinians displaced by the war. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that women and children were among the dead, while six people were still unaccounted for in the strike on Dar al-Arqam ...

Israel PM Says 'Dissecting' Gaza to Force Hamas to Free Hostages

This is Beirut, 2025-04-03 09:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the military was "dissecting" the Gaza Strip and seizing territory to pressure Hamas into freeing hostages still held in the enclave. It came as rescuers said 34 people were killed in continued Israeli strikes on the territory, including on a UN building. The military ...

Gaza Rescuers say Nine Children Among Dead in Israel Strike on UN Building

This is Beirut, 2025-04-02 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli army said it targeted Hamas militants in a strike on a UN building in Jabalia refugee camp Wednesday that Gaza's civil defence agency said killed 19 people, nine of them children. The army said in a statement that it struck the militants "inside a command and control centre that was being used for coordinating terrorist activity", and ...

Trump Upbeat after Speaking to Egyptian President on Gaza, Yemen

This is Beirut, 2025-04-01 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had a positive conversation with Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on issues including Gaza, where Washington has proposed displacement of the population. "My telephone call with President El-Sisi, of Egypt, went very well," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, using another spelling for ...

Israeli Army Dismantle Hamas Tunnel and Rocket Workshop

This is Beirut, 2025-03-31 16:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Israeli army on Monday dismantled a one-kilometer underground tunnel by the elite Yahalom Unit, a tunnel identified as part of Hamas’ network. This comes as part of an intensification of targeted operations in northern and central Gaza. In addition to neutralizing the tunnel, the troops also discovered and disrupted a workshop dedicated ...

Gaza Rescuers Say Recovered 15 Bodies After Israel Fire on Ambulances

This is Beirut, 2025-03-30 22:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Sunday it had recovered the bodies of 15 rescuers killed a week ago when Israeli forces targeted ambulances in the Gaza Strip. Bodies of eight medics from the Red Crescent, six members of Gaza's civil defence agency and one employee of a UN agency were retrieved, the Red Crescent said in a statement. It said ...

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