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$10 Million Reward for Information on Hamas Financial Networks

par This Is Beirut, 05/01 21:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US Department of State Rewards for Justice (RFJ) Program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the disruption of Hamas financial mechanisms. Under this reward offer, the Department seeks information on Hamas financial facilitators Abdelbasit Hamza Elhassan Khair, Amer Kamal Sharif Alshawa, Ahmed Sadu Jahleb, ...

Iran Lays Victims of IS Twin Blasts to Rest

par This Is Beirut, 05/01 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi participated in the funerals of 89 individuals who lost their lives in twin blasts that occurred on Wednesday in the southern city of Kerman and were claimed by the Islamic State group. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi joined on Friday mourners in the southern city of Kerman for the funerals of 89 people killed in ...

Gaza Fighting Rages as Gallant Lays Out Post-War Plan

par This Is Beirut, 05/01 23:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Bombing persisted in Gaza on Friday as the international community began to assess Israel's initial proposals for the governance of the territory, following its prolonged conflict with the militant group Hamas, now entering its fourth month. Bombing continued across Gaza on Friday as the world began to digest Israel's first proposals for the ...

Colonna Urges Iran to Stop 'Destabilising Acts'

par This Is Beirut, 06/01 19:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna told her Iranian counterpart Saturday that "Iran and its affiliates" must stop "destabilising acts" that could spark a broader conflict in the Middle East amid the war in Gaza. During a telephone call with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Catherine Colonna "delivered a very clear ...

Gaza: Blinken Meets Erdogan in Istanbul

par This Is Beirut, 06/01 20:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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As the situation in Gaza reaches a critical point, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The discussions centered around the escalating conflict in Gaza and deliberations on Sweden's potential accession to NATO. Washington's top diplomat discussed the Israel-Hamas war with Turkey's ...

Haniyeh Urges Blinken to Focus On Ending Israeli "Aggression"

par This Is Beirut, 06/01 21:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh called on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to focus on ending the war on Saturday, January 6. Currently in Turkey, Blinken is conducting a Middle East diplomatic tour in a bid to calm rising tensions. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has called on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to use his current Middle East tour ...

UN Warns Gaza 'Uninhabitable' as War Rages On

par This Is Beirut, 06/01 21:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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On the 92nd day of the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, relentless Israeli airstrikes continue to batter Gaza. The civilian population, lacking adequate shelter, grapples with severe shortages, all while international mediations struggle to yield tangible results. Israel bombed southern Gaza Saturday as the UN warned the besieged ...

War Diary: Day 92

par Tylia El Helou, 06/01 21:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for January 6, 2024.

Deadly Raid in Jenin, Northern Gaza 'Dismantled' by Israel

par This Is Beirut, 07/01 10:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Israeli army announced on Sunday, January 7, that it had dismantled Hamas' military capabilities in northern Gaza. Meanwhile, an Israeli raid in Jenin, occupied West Bank, left at least six people dead and several injured. Israel said that it had "dismantled" Hamas' military leadership in northern Gaza as its war against the Palestinian group ...

Qatari PM Says Arouri’s Death Makes Talks With Hamas Harder

par This Is Beirut, 07/01 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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According to a Qatari official and an Israeli source quoted by Axios, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told family members of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, who had come to meet him in Doha, that the assassination in Beirut of Saleh al-Arouri on January 3 would significantly complicate efforts to reach a new ...

Al-Arouri: Hamas Threatens Retaliation

par This Is Beirut, 07/01 21:54 - Reading : less than a minute

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The leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement declared on Sunday during their daily press conference in Beirut that they will respond to Israel's assassination of the movement's leader, Saleh al-Arouri. Arouri and six other officials and members of Hamas were killed on Tuesday evening in a strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut. During the press ...

Blinken Warns Israel-Hamas War Could 'Metastasize'

par This Is Beirut, 07/01 21:57 - Reading : less than a minute

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During his fourth tour of the region since October 7, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at a press conference in Doha alongside Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, deemed it "imperative" for Israel—militarily and politically supported by Washington—to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza. He ...

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