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Netanyahu to Launch Rafah Offensive With or Without Truce

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given assurances that the Israeli offensive at Rafah will go ahead with or without a truce on Sunday February 25, while negotiations at this level are progressing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the military operation into Gaza's Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering ...

Southern Citizens File Lawsuit Against Lebanese State

Elie Mahfoud, a lawyer and the leader of the Change Movement Party, has taken legal action against the Lebanese state on behalf of a group of residents in the southern part of the country, affected by the war launched by Hezbollah against Israel. During a press conference on Saturday, Mahfoud revealed that lawsuits have been filed to hold the ...

Truce Talks for Gaza: An Israeli Delegation soon in Qatar

Israel's war cabinet has discussed the next steps for negotiations towards a hostage deal and ceasefire in its war with Hamas, as concern deepens over the increasingly desperate situation faced by civilians in the devastated Gaza Strip. An Israeli delegation that had travelled to Paris for fresh talks on a hostage deal returned to brief the ...

South Lebanon: Exchanges of Fire Intensify Saturday Afternoon

Shelling intensified on Saturday afternoon in border villages in southern Lebanon. Israeli artillery shelled the villages of Kfar Kila, Kfarchouba, Helta, Rachaya al-Foukhar, Tayr Harfa and Rab el-Thalathine. The Israeli air force also stepped up its raids, targeting Blida, Aita al-Shaab, Rab el-Thalathine, Dhayra, Beit Lif, Beraachit, Ramya, ...

Israeli War Cabinet Meeting on Negotiations in Paris

Israel's war cabinet will meet later on Saturday after a delegation returned from talks in Paris on a hostage release and ceasefire deal in the war against Hamas. National security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said members would "meet this evening by telephone" to hear an update on discussions about the conflict in the Gaza Strip, which is now in its ...

Israel Kills Dozens of Palestinians in New Strikes on Gaza

Overnight strikes on Gaza killed dozens, the territory's Ministry of Health said on Saturday, as Israel's spy chief joined talks in Paris seeking to unblock negotiations on a truce. The negotiations come after a plan for a post-war Gaza unveiled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew criticism from key ally the United States and was ...

Deathly Visages

There are around two hundred Lebanese who have fallen, arms in hand, in a “low-intensity” war sparked by Hezbollah against Israel. Today, they are deathly visages. For many, their demise came in the early weeks of war measured much like a pregnant woman counting the months and days leading to childbirth. Sometimes, they met their end in ...

US Rejects Netanyahu's Post-War Gaza Plans

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed a post-war Gaza plan that faced criticism from the United States, a key ally. The Palestinian Authority and Hamas both rejected the plan on Friday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled a plan for post-war Gaza that drew criticism from key ally the United States and was ...

US Against Israel's 'Reoccupation' and Gaza Shrinking

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken restated on Friday Washington's stance against Israel's reoccupation of the Gaza Strip and any efforts to diminish the size of Palestinian territory. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed on Friday Washington's opposition to any reoccupation of the Gaza Strip by Israel as well as any reduction of the ...

Mossad Chief in Paris for Gaza Ceasefire Talks

According to an Israeli official, a delegation from Israel, headed by the chief of the nation's foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, arrived in Paris on Friday with the aim of "breaking the deadlock" in negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza. An Israeli delegation led by the head of the Mossad arrived in Paris on Friday to "unblock" talks for ...

Netanyahu Unveils His Plan for Post-War Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled his vision for post-war Gaza on Friday, February 23, quickly rejected by the Palestinian Authority. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a plan for post-war Gaza that envisions local Palestinian officials without links to Hamas or its foreign backers governing the territory, Israeli ...

Israeli Drone Strike Kills Islamic Jihad Militant in West Bank

A Palestinian member of Islamic Jihad was "eliminated" by an Israeli drone strike in the West Bank on Thursday, February 22. According to the Israeli army, the target had been involved in previous attacks. Israel's army said on Friday that a Palestinian militant on his way to carry out a shooting attack was killed in a drone strike in the ...