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Netanyahu: Trump Meeting to Focus on Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria

This is Beirut, 12/12 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to arrive in Washington on Monday, December 29, for talks with President Donald Trump, focusing on regional developments, including the Trump administration’s plan for Gaza and rising tensions with Lebanon. On Sunday, Netanyahu said he expects the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan to be ...

FM Warns of Imminent Israeli Offensive, Slams Hezbollah and Iran

This is Beirut, 12/12 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi told Al Jazeera on Friday that Lebanon has received warnings from various Arab and international sources indicating that Israel may be preparing a large-scale military operation against the country. Raggi said the Lebanese government is intensifying diplomatic contacts to prevent any potential Israeli strikes on the ...

Israel says Hamas 'Will be Disarmed' After Group Proposes Weapons Freeze

This is Beirut, 11/12 13:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel said on Thursday Hamas "will be disarmed" as part of the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza, after a top leader from the Palestinian Islamist movement suggested a weapons freeze. The ceasefire, in effect since October 10, halted the war that began after Hamas's deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. But it remains fragile ...

Amnesty Accuses Hamas of Crimes Against Humanity on Oct 7 and Afterwards

This is Beirut, 11/12 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Amnesty International on Thursday accused Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups for the first time of crimes against humanity, including extermination, during and after the October 7, 2023 attack that sparked the war in Gaza. "Palestinian armed groups committed violations of international humanitarian law, war crimes, and crimes against ...

Barrack's Glaring Error on Syria and Lebanon

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 10/12 16:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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U.S. envoy Tom Barrack keeps warning that Lebanon will be “reabsorbed” into Syria unless Hezbollah is disarmed, a historically unfounded threat from someone who derides the Sykes-Picot boundaries as colonial nonsense yet treats Syria’s borders as sacrosanct. His selective anti-colonialism spares Syria, disregards Kurdish and Druze ...

Israel Awaits Return of Last Hostage Remains from Gaza

This is Beirut, 04/12 21:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel awaited the return of the last hostage remains held by Palestinian militants in Gaza, as the military said on Thursday that those of a Thai national had been identified after they were handed over. Under the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, militants were due to return all 48 hostages they held ...

Israel Army Says Killed Two Palestinians After West Bank Attacks

This is Beirut, 02/12 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military said Tuesday it had killed two assailants it said attacked soldiers in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank. The army said the first attack took place Monday evening near Hebron, in the south of the Palestinian territory, where a female soldier was lightly injured in a car ramming attack. In a statement, it said that ...

Negotiations Under Way on Hamas Fighters Trapped in Gaza Tunnels: Sources Close to Talks

This is Beirut, 27/11 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Negotiations are under way to ensure safe passage for dozens of Hamas fighters holed up in tunnels in southern Gaza, multiple sources close to the talks told AFP on Thursday. Israeli media has reported that for weeks, between 100 and 200 Hamas militants have remained trapped in a network of tunnels under the city of Rafah, in an area of the Gaza ...

Body of One of Last Three Hostages Held in Gaza Identified

This is Beirut, 26/11 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel announced Wednesday that a body handed over by Gaza militants was that of Dror Or, one of the last three deceased hostages held in the Palestinian territory. The Islamic Jihad militant group located the body on Monday in the central Gaza Strip and on Tuesday transferred it to the Red Cross, acting as a neutral intermediary. The coffin was ...

Israeli Army Announces New Operation in Northern West Bank

This is Beirut, 26/11 08:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli military on Wednesday announced a new "counterterrorism" operation in the north of the occupied West Bank. The military and internal security service said in a joint statement that they "began operating as part of a broad counterterrorism operation in the area of northern Samaria", using the Israeli biblical term for part of the West ...

Israel Says Islamic Jihad's Delay of Hostage Body Handover a Ceasefire 'Violation'

This is Beirut, 25/11 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel said on Tuesday that a delay by the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in handing over a hostage body, which the group said it had located on Monday during search operations in central Gaza, constituted a "violation" of the fragile ceasefire. A source in Islamic Jihad, who requested anonymity, confirmed the body belonged to one of ...

Israel Says Killed Man Responsible for West Bank Ramming Attack

This is Beirut, 25/11 09:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)