This is Beirut, 08/08 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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An Israeli drone strike on Friday targeted a vehicle on the Saida-Tyr highway near Phoenicia University, killing reporter and photographer Mohammad Chehade. Ambulance teams retrieved Chehade’s body from the targeted vehicle and transported it to a nearby hospital. According to a statement by the Israeli Army’s Arabic ...
This is Beirut, 07/08 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hundreds of demonstrators including Israelis released from captivity in Gaza rallied on Thursday in Jerusalem as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his cabinet to review new plans for the war. Waving Israeli flags and holding portraits of hostages still held by Palestinian militants in Gaza, the protesters gathered outside Netanyahu's ...
This is Beirut, 07/08 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Palestinian militant group Hamas on Thursday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government was debating expanding military operations in Gaza, of sacrificing the Israeli hostages held there. "Netanyahu's plans to escalate the aggression confirm beyond any doubt his desire to get rid of the captives and sacrifice them in ...
This is Beirut, 07/08 19:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel intends to take full control of Gaza but does not want to keep or govern it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ahead of a security cabinet meeting on Thursday. "We intend to," Netanyahu replied, when asked in a televised Fox News interview if Israel will take control of "all of Gaza." Fox News said the interview occurred just before ...
This is Beirut, 07/08 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An Israeli minister announced on Thursday plans to rebuild Sa-Nur, a settlement in the occupied West Bank that was evacuated two decades ago, as the far right spearheads a major settlement expansion push. Sa-Nur's settlers were evicted in 2005 as part of Israel's so-called disengagement policy that also saw the country withdrawing troops and ...
This is Beirut, 07/08 15:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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US Congressman Darrell Issa emphasized Thursday that decision-making in Lebanon “must remain in the hands of the Lebanese people,” following a meeting with President Joseph Aoun. Issa voiced confidence in the Lebanese government’s commitment to preserving peace and stability, and reaffirmed continued US support for the Lebanese Armed Forces ...
This is Beirut, 07/08 13:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A few hours before the Cabinet meeting scheduled for this afternoon to discuss US proposals aimed at helping Lebanon restore full sovereignty over its territory and launch a viable recovery process, President Joseph Aoun declared that the decision to disarm armed groups is “irreversible.” “The exclusivity of weapons in the hands of the ...
This is Beirut, 07/08 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's security cabinet is expected to meet later Thursday to discuss future military plans in Gaza, according to Israeli media reports, amid speculation of a full takeover of the besieged Palestinian territory. The planned meeting comes as international outrage over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza has ratcheted up pressure on Israel, ...
Salam El Zaatari, 07/08 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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There’s a phrase I’ve heard a lot in Beirut lately. It's whispered between sips of Turkish coffee, murmured across newsrooms and tossed around military circles like a live grenade: “Either we get our country back, or we become a geography with a flag.” And this week, for the first time in nearly two decades, the Lebanese government ...
This is Beirut, 07/08 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon's government has decided to task the army with setting a plan to disarm Hezbollah, a thorny issue decades after the last time the country had made factions give up their weapons. AFP looks at how the government's decision may be implemented, and whether the Iran-backed militant group can still block it. Why is the move ...
Marc Saikali, 07/08 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The famous Georges Brassens song, adapted to Lebanon’s reality, manages to make you both smile and cry. On Tuesday, while the government carefully navigated the minefield surrounding Hezbollah’s weapons, trying to find wording that could pass as a compromise, the secretary-general of the pro-Iranian militia spoke openly, without holding ...
This is Beirut, 06/08 22:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli fighter jets launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Wednesday night, with casualties reported after a strike hit a parking area for vehicles and bulldozers near residential homes in the town of Deir Seryane. According to a statement delivered by the Ministry of Health on Thursday morning, one person was killed and two ...