This is Beirut, 02/07 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump urged Hamas on Tuesday to accept a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, saying that Israel had agreed to finalize such a deal, as its forces also stepped up operations in the Palestinian territory. Trump, in a post on social media, said his representatives had met with Israeli officials about the raging conflict, ahead of Prime ...
This is Beirut, 01/07 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grow for a ceasefire in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The swift resolution of Israel's 12-day war with Iran has revived hopes for a halt to the fighting in Gaza, where more than 20 months of combat have created ...
This is Beirut, 28/06 11:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Gaza mediators are engaging with Israel and Hamas to build on momentum from this week's ceasefire with Iran and work towards a truce in the Palestinian territory, Qatar foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said. Israel and Iran on Tuesday agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Qatar just hours after the Islamic republic ...
This is Beirut, 28/06 05:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump voiced optimism Friday about a new ceasefire in Gaza, as criticism grew over mounting civilian deaths at Israeli-backed food distribution centers in the territory. Asked by reporters how close a ceasefire was between Israel and Hamas, Trump said: "We think within the next week, we're going to get a ...
This is Beirut, 26/06 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed 56 people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory on Thursday, updating a previous toll of 35. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 56 people were killed by Israeli fire across Gaza, including six who were waiting for aid in two separate locations. AFP
This is Beirut, 25/06 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute
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A senior Hamas official told AFP Wednesday that talks for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group “intensified in recent hours” with mediator countries. “Our communications with the brother mediators in Egypt and Qatar have not stopped and have intensified in recent hours,” Taher al-Nunu said, ...
This is Beirut, 25/06 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli fire killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, including six who were waiting to collect food aid in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid distribution sites came after the United Nations had condemned the "weaponization of food" in the Gaza Strip, where a ...
This is Beirut, 24/06 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations on Tuesday condemned Israel's apparent "weaponisation of food" in Gaza, a war crime, and urged Israel's military to "stop shooting at people trying to get food". "Israel's militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution," the UN human rights office said in ...
Michel Touma, 23/06 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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This may apply to individuals, but it is especially true when the future of a nation hangs in the balance. In moments of acute existential crisis, the need for self-examination becomes unavoidable — a time to evaluate past decisions and their consequences. In the uniquely complex case of the Islamic Republic of Iran, this means asking ...
This is Beirut, 23/06 00:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday insisted gains in the conflict against Iran would help with the country's war footing in Gaza and bringing the hostages home but said "more time" was needed. "We are getting closer, step by step, to our objectives: defeating Hamas and bringing our hostages home... I am ...
Marc Saikali, 19/06 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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For 45 years, Khomeini and his successor Ali Khamenei have sought to forge a Shia crescent stretching from Kabul to Beirut, passing through Baghdad, Damascus and Sana'a. This sweeping “revolutionary” project – religious, military and political – was built on the margins, fueled by communal suffering, billions in diverted public funds and ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 17/06 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A few months ago, a political activist mockingly coined the term “Rice Pudding Axis” to describe the so-called obstructionist axis, after a major part of it collapsed in Lebanon following Hezbollah’s military failure and eventual capitulation. Unable to hold its ground, the group was forced to sign a humiliating agreement that effectively ...