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Ronen Bar: Ex-Shin Bet Chief Who Incurred Right-Wing Wrath

This is Beirut, 21/03 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The days of Ronen Bar as Israel's Shin Bet chief were already numbered after Hamas's deadly attack on October 7, 2023, having hinted he would resign to take responsibility for failing to prevent it. But he was sacked on Friday before he could depart himself, after incurring the wrath of the country's right wing over his positions, including on ...

Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operation as Missiles Intercepted, Herzog "Disturbed" by Renewed Fighting

This is Beirut, 21/03 05:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel's military on Thursday expanded ground operations across Gaza, after it reported missiles intercepted from Yemen and Hamas militants said they fired rockets towards Tel Aviv. The rocket fire from Hamas was its first military response to the growing civilian death toll from Israel's resumption of aerial bombardment and ground ...

Israeli Army Opens Fire on Lebanese Citizen, Launches Airstrikes on South and Beqaa

This is Beirut, 20/03 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Three Israeli fighter jets carried out air raids on the outskirts of Jbaa and al-Bureij in southern Lebanon on Thursday night. The strikes were accompanied by low-altitude flights over the South and the Beqaa. The warplanes fired four missiles, targeting areas between Jbaa, Zhalti and Senya in the South. In the Beqaa, two additional airstrikes ...

Israel Military Says Intercepted Missile From Yemen

This is Beirut, 20/03 20:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen on Thursday for the second time within a day, after air raid sirens sounded in several areas, including Jerusalem. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in a number of areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the IAF (air force) prior to ...

Nine Hamas and Islamic Jihad Security Officials Killed by the Israeli Army

This is Beirut, 20/03 17:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Hamas Israel Palestine

The Israeli army and the Internal Security Service (Shin Bet) announced on Thursday that they had eliminated several Hamas and Islamic Jihad security officials in the Gaza Strip. Among the targets was Rachid Jahjouh, head of Hamas' General Security Service, who had taken up his post after the elimination of his predecessor, Sami Ouda, in July ...

Hamas Fires at Tel Aviv in First Riposte to Deadly Israel Assault

This is Beirut, 20/03 16:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Hamas said it fired rockets at Israeli commercial hub Tel Aviv on Thursday in its first military response to the growing civilian death toll from Israel's resumption of air and ground operations in Gaza. Israel said it had closed off the territory's main north-south route as troops expanded the ground operations they resumed on Wednesday. Gaza's ...

Hezbollah-PLO: Parallel Fates

Marc Saikali, 20/03 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In 1982, the Israeli army launched Operation "Peace for Galilee" with the goal of driving Arafat's militias from southern Lebanon. More than mere militias, these were organized armies, and Yasser Arafat reigned as the undisputed ruler and bloodstained overlord of Lebanon. The leader of the PLO had unilaterally declared Lebanon as the launchpad for ...

Israel Issues "Last Warning" to Residents of Gaza

This is Beirut, 20/03 02:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel bombarded Gaza and pressed its ground operations on Thursday after issuing what it called a "last warning" for Palestinians to return hostages and remove Hamas from power. The renewed offensive shattered a relative calm that had pervaded since truce took hold mid-January. Heavy air strikes began strafing Gaza early Tuesday, ...

Resolution 1680: A Turning Point for Lebanese Sovereignty

Mario Chartouni, 19/03 19:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Syria Lebanon Borders Israel Resolution 1680 United Nations

On May 17, 2006, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1680, a decisive text aimed at strengthening Lebanon's independence and normalizing its relations with Syria. This resolution, lesser-known than the spotlight-stealing Resolutions 1701 and 1559, deserves our attention if we are to understand the current dynamics between these ...

Israeli Army Advances Along Netzarim Axis Amid a 'Final Warning'

This is Beirut, 19/03 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel Gaza Netzarim Corridor

In a significant escalation of military operations on Wednesday, Israeli forces have launched a new ground incursion into the central Gaza Strip along the Netzarim corridor, military sources confirmed Wednesday. The operation involves tanks moving to close Salah al-Din Street—Gaza's main north-south thoroughfare—cutting off movement between ...

Houthis Claim fourth Attack Against US Warships

This is Beirut, 19/03 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Houthis claimed on Wednesday to have carried out a fourth attack in 72 hours on an American fleet in the Red Sea, as the US military said its campaign against the Iran-backed rebels was ongoing. The Houthis' military spokesperson said cruise missiles and drones targeted the USS Harry S. Truman carrier group in an attack that was "the fourth ...

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