This is Beirut, 27/01 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Eight of the hostages set to be released in the first phase of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip have died, Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer announced on Monday. “The families have been informed of their loved ones’ situation,” Mencer stated during a press briefing. This means that out of ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs announced in a press release on Monday that France, in collaboration with its international partners, is continuing its efforts to enforce the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon. The deadline for Israel’s complete withdrawal from southern Lebanon has been extended to February 18. France has urged ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 13:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Palestinians began returning to the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel and Hamas said they had reached a deal for the release of another six hostages. The breakthrough preserves a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, which has devastated the Gaza Strip and displaced nearly all its residents, paving the way for more ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards have deployed missiles featuring artificial intelligence technology during military drills in the Gulf, state media reported Monday. The Guards' naval force "fired Ghaem and Almas missiles equipped with artificial intelligence from advanced Mohajer-6 and Ababil-5 drones", the IRNA state news agency said. The report ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 10:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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South Lebanon residents accompanied by the army tried to return to their villages on Monday, a day after Israeli fire killed more than 20 people in the area, even though the Israeli withdrawal deadline was extended until February 18. Dozens of vehicles carrying families headed towards border towns, a day after hundreds tried unsuccessfully ...
Charles Chartouni, 27/01 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The truce agreement is coming to an end, and nothing has been accomplished on the Lebanese side: delays in disarming, setting demarcation lines, and laying the groundwork for long-term strategic goals. The incendiary rhetoric of Hezbollah and its ideological humbug have returned to the foreground at a time when the newly established authorities ...
Michel Touma, 27/01 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Civilians who headed to the border villages of southern Lebanon on Sunday, seemingly spurred on by Hezbollah, demonstrated remarkable audacity. The standard-bearers of the “resistance” will likely frame this as yet another “victory,” merely because residents sought to return to certain localities despite repeated warnings from the Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 04:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon has been extended until 18 February, the United States announced, after hundreds of inhabitants of southern Lebanon tried to return to their villages on Sunday, some of which were still occupied by Israeli forces who fired in their direction, killing 22 people according to the Lebanese authorities. AFP ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 04:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Both Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday criticised Donald Trump's proposal to move the inhabitants of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan in order, in his words, to ‘clean house’ in the territory, where a fragile truce has entered its second week. Israel and Hamas accused each other on Sunday of violating the terms of the ceasefire, ...
This is Beirut, 26/01 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called on Israeli Prime Minister to "withdraw his forces still present in Lebanon", his office said in a readout of a phone call between the two leaders. "The President of the Republic stressed to the Prime Minister the importance of ensuring that nothing compromises the efforts of the new Lebanese ...
This is Beirut, 26/01 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Two Palestinian sources told AFP on Sunday that an Israeli woman held hostage in Gaza, and whose release Israel has demanded before allowing the return of displaced Palestinians, will be handed over within days. "Arbel Yehud is expected to be freed before the next (hostage-prisoner) exchange" scheduled for February 1, said a source from the ...
Yara Germany, 26/01 18:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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On Sunday, the final day of the ceasefire, displaced residents of southern Lebanon attempted to return to their villages, only to find their homes destroyed.