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Toward a Truce in Gaza: What the New Ceasefire Agreement Involves

This is Beirut, 03/07 11:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas appears to be taking shape, with concrete provisions involving the release of Israeli hostages, the return of remains, and commitments toward a gradual de-escalation in Gaza. According to The New York Times, which cites Israeli and Palestinian sources close to the negotiations, the proposed deal ...

Netanyahu vows to uproot Hamas as ceasefire proposals are discussed

This is Beirut, 02/07 21:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to eradicate Hamas, even as the Palestinian militant group said it was discussing new proposals from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Israeli leader had yet to comment on US President Donald Trump's claim that Israel had backed a plan for a 60-day truce in its offensive against ...

Israel Calls for Seizing the Opportunity to Free Hostages in Gaza

This is Beirut, 02/07 12:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel's top diplomat called on Wednesday not to miss any chance to free hostages held in Gaza, after US President Donald Trump urged Palestinian group Hamas to agree to a 60-day ceasefire that he said had Israel's backing. Nearly 21 months of war have created dire humanitarian conditions for the more than two million people in the Gaza Strip, ...

Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Forces Kill 51 as Ceasefire Calls Mount

This is Beirut, 30/06 22:03 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed at least 51 people on Monday, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grew for a ceasefire in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The swift resolution of Israel's 12-day war with Iran has revived hopes for a halt to the fighting in Gaza, where more than 20 months of ...

Pasdaran-Hezbollah: Severing the Umbilical Cord

Michel Touma, 30/06 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A former Sunni MP — once a leading voice in parliament and still one of the few clear-headed voices left in the country — told me, during a conversation at the height of the Cedar Revolution, that the 1982 Israeli siege of Beirut had been an existential turning point for his community. Under the shelling, they realized that their dream of Arab ...

Turkey Spy Chief Talks Gaza Truce With Senior Hamas Leader

This is Beirut, 29/06 20:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin met senior Hamas leaders on Sunday for talks on Gaza's humanitarian tragedy and efforts to reach a ceasefire, state news agency Anadolu reported. Kalin held talks with Mohammad Darwish, head of the political council of Hamas that rules Gaza, and his delegation at an undisclosed location, Anadolu said, ...

Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Forces Killed 14, Including Children

This is Beirut, 29/06 13:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed at least 14 people, including three children, in the war-stricken Palestinian territory on Sunday. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 13 people died in air strikes at four locations around the Gaza Strip and another from Israeli fire near an aid distribution ...

Gaza: Civil Defense Reports 23 Killed in Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut, 28/06 16:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gaza’s Civil Defense reported Saturday that 23 people were killed in Israeli strikes and gunfire across the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, which has endured over 20 months of conflict. "At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured and taken to hospitals following Israeli gunfire and air raids," Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told ...

Qatar Urges Israel, Hamas to Seize ‘Window of Opportunity’ for Gaza Truce

This is Beirut, 28/06 11:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Gaza mediators are engaging with Israel and Hamas to build on momentum from this week's ceasefire with Iran and work towards a truce in the Palestinian territory, Qatar foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said. Israel and Iran on Tuesday agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Qatar just hours after the Islamic republic ...

Hamas says Gaza Ceasefire Talks 'Intensified in Recent Hours'

This is Beirut, 25/06 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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A senior Hamas official told AFP Wednesday that talks for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group “intensified in recent hours” with mediator countries. “Our communications with the brother mediators in Egypt and Qatar have not stopped and have intensified in recent hours,” Taher al-Nunu said, ...

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