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Hamas Says Weapons Are 'Legitimate Right', Open to Proposals That Preserve It

This is Beirut, 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Hamas's Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said on Sunday that the militant group had a "legitimate right" to hold weapons and that any proposal for the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire must uphold that right. "Resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a Palestinian state," ...

Senior Hamas Military Leader Raed Saad Killed in Israeli Airstrike

This is Beirut, 13/12 18:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel said it killed the head of weapons production in Hamas's military wing in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. "In response to the activation of a Hamas explosive device that wounded our forces today... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the elimination of the terrorist Raad Saad, ...

Gaza: International Force Could Deploy Next Month

This is Beirut, 12/12 18:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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International troops could be deployed in the Gaza Strip as early as next month to form a U.N.-authorized stabilization force, part of the second phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan, two U.S. officials told Reuters. According to the sources, the International Stabilization Force (ISF) will not be tasked with fighting Hamas. A U.S. ...

Netanyahu: Trump Meeting to Focus on Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria

This is Beirut, 12/12 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to arrive in Washington on Monday, December 29, for talks with President Donald Trump, focusing on regional developments, including the Trump administration’s plan for Gaza and rising tensions with Lebanon. On Sunday, Netanyahu said he expects the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan to be ...

Israel says Hamas 'Will be Disarmed' After Group Proposes Weapons Freeze

This is Beirut, 11/12 13:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel said on Thursday Hamas "will be disarmed" as part of the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza, after a top leader from the Palestinian Islamist movement suggested a weapons freeze. The ceasefire, in effect since October 10, halted the war that began after Hamas's deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. But it remains fragile ...

Amnesty Accuses Hamas of Crimes Against Humanity on Oct 7 and Afterwards

This is Beirut, 11/12 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Amnesty International on Thursday accused Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups for the first time of crimes against humanity, including extermination, during and after the October 7, 2023 attack that sparked the war in Gaza. "Palestinian armed groups committed violations of international humanitarian law, war crimes, and crimes against ...

Hamas Proposes Weapons 'Freeze' in Return for Long-Term Truce

This is Beirut, 10/12 23:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A top Hamas leader told Qatari news channel Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the militant group is open to a weapons "freeze" but rejects the demand for disarmament put forward in the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza. "The idea of total disarmament is unacceptable to the resistance (Hamas). What is being proposed is a freeze, or ...

Netanyahu Says Expects to Move to Second Phase of Gaza Truce 'Shortly'

This is Beirut, 07/12 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he expected to move into the second phase of the US-sponsored ceasefire plan for Gaza "very shortly." Speaking during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz after a meeting between the two leaders, Netanyahu said, "We discussed how to bring an end ...

Mediators Qatar and Egypt Call for Next Steps in Gaza Truce

This is Beirut, 06/12 19:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Qatar and Egypt, guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called on Saturday for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an international stabilization force as the necessary next steps in fully implementing the fragile agreement. The measures were spelt out in the US- and UN-backed peace plan that has largely halted fighting, though the ...

Mediators Egypt, Qatar, Others 'Concerned' About Israel Opening One-Way Gaza Exit

This is Beirut, 05/12 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza mediators Egypt and Qatar and six other Muslim-majority countries said on Friday they were concerned about Israel stating it would open a one-way crossing for Palestinians to exit the Strip. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates "expressed their deep concern ...

Israel Awaits Return of Last Hostage Remains from Gaza

This is Beirut, 04/12 21:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel awaited the return of the last hostage remains held by Palestinian militants in Gaza, as the military said on Thursday that those of a Thai national had been identified after they were handed over. Under the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, militants were due to return all 48 hostages they held ...

Israel's Netanyahu Picks Military Secretary as New Mossad Chief

This is Beirut, 04/12 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday picked his military secretary, a general with no background in intelligence, as the next head of the country's foreign intelligence agency Mossad. In a statement, Netanyahu's office announced the decision to appoint Major General Roman Gofman as head of the spy agency, saying he would ...

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