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Hezbollah Denies Berri and Mikati’s Exclusion in Land Border Demarcation

In the midst of the cross-border exchange on the Lebanese-Israeli border, the continuous war in Gaza and the anticipation of the US decision in retaliation to the targeting of its troops in Syria, an unprecedented development circulated in the media on Tuesday concerning the land border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel. According to ...

New Zealand Suspends UNRWA Funding, Following Broader Trend

New Zealand halts funding to UNRWA on Tuesday, January 30, amid allegations of involvement with Hamas. Aid of around 1 million NZD is on hold. New Zealand announced on Tuesday that it was suspending funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), following accusations that some of its employees were involved in the Hamas attack on ...

Gaza War Rages on as Hamas 'Studies' New Truce Deal

Fighting was still devastating Khan Younis on the 116th day of the war between Israel and Hamas, on Tuesday January 30. Meanwhile, the truce agreement drafted in Paris is reportedly being "studied" by the Palestinian movement controlling Gaza. Deadly fighting and bombardment rocked Gaza on Tuesday as international mediators pushed for a new ...

Hezb Sniper Hit and Israeli Shelling on Southern Border

The Israeli army targeted the outskirts of the towns of Labbouneh and Naqoura with artillery shelling on Tuesday morning, while heavy machine gun rounds from the Birkat Risha locality were fired towards the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab. Israeli reconnaissance aircraft also flew over the western and central sectors overnight, over the villages in ...

Netanyahu Caught in a Crossfire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the war in Gaza is not "a new round" with Hamas, and that Israel will not end the war without achieving its objectives. These, he said, were to eliminate Hamas, return the hostages and ensure that Gaza no longer posed a threat to Israel. With regard to reports of a possible hostage ...

UNSC Expresses Concern over Gaza's Deteriorating Humanitarian Conditions

The United Nations Security Council stated on Tuesday that it is concerned over the “dire” conditions in Gaza, urging all parties to the conflict to collaborate with the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Gaza. In a statement, the body expressed concern over the “rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation” in Gaza, where Israel ...

Israel Returns Dozens of Exhumed Bodies

In southern Gaza, Palestinians interred dozens of bodies in a mass grave on Tuesday after officials announced that Israel had returned remains it had previously exhumed from the territory. Gazans moved the bodies in blue plastic shrouds from a truck towards the newly dug mass grave east of Rafah, as witnessed by an AFP photographer. Health ...

Latest Updates at the Southern Border

Unabating tensions persisted Tuesday on the southern border of Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel, marked by Israeli airstrikes near Khiam's chalet area. Ambulances swiftly rushed to the raid site. The Israeli army announced that their aircraft raided a Hezbollah command headquarters and reconnaissance site in Khiam late afternoon.  It also ...

Israel Floods Hamas' Tunnels

Fighting persists in Khan Younis on the 117th day of the Israel-Hamas war. As the Israeli army continues to flood Hamas' tunnel networks, international calls to save UNRWA are growing. Israel's army began flooding Hamas' network of tunnels as intense fighting rages in Gaza, with the UN warning of the potential "collapse of the humanitarian ...

Israel Strikes Syrian Army Targets

The Israeli military said on Wednesday that its warplanes struck Syrian army infrastructure overnight “in response” to rocket fire from the country. "Last night, a number of launches from Syria toward the southern Golan Heights were identified," the military said in a statement. "In response, the army fighter jets struck military ...

Tripartite Committee: Meetings in Naqoura Suspended Since September

Since the start of the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli-UN tripartite committee temporarily suspended its regular monthly meetings at the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Ras al-Naqoura, southern Lebanon. According to a well-informed source who spoke to This Is Beirut ...

Three-Stage Gaza Truce Plan Being Examined by Hamas

A source within the Palestinian militant group Hamas informed AFP on Wednesday that Hamas is currently reviewing plans for a three-stage truce with Israel. These plans envision a temporary halt to the Gaza war, to last several weeks. Hamas is reviewing plans for a three-stage truce with Israel, which foresee a weeks-long halt to the Gaza war, a ...