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Limited Passage Resumes at Gaza-Egypt Border Crossing

This is Beirut, 19/03 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's border crossing with Egypt reopened on Thursday for a limited number of people, Palestinian and Egyptian officials told AFP, for the first time since Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran. An Egyptian Red Crescent official, speaking anonymously to AFP, said the Rafah crossing had reopened in both directions to allow a ...

Is Israel Shifting from Containing Hezbollah to a Resolution in Lebanon?

Marwan El Amine, 17/03 13:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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A historical examination of Israel’s military campaigns in Lebanon against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Hezbollah reveals striking parallels and key differences, while raising the question of whether Jerusalem is moving toward a more decisive strategy against Hezbollah. Israel has regarded both the PLO in the 1970s and 80s ...

Israeli Warplanes Drop Leaflets Over Beirut, Causing Panic

This Is Beirut, 13/03 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli planes dropping propaganda leaflets over Beirut on Friday caused a number of loud booms in the sky, terrifying residents of the Lebanese capital. AFP correspondents heard four successive booms at short intervals, before clouds of paper leaflets appeared high in the air. State media said the noise was "caused by Israeli aircraft flying at ...

Hamas Calls for Sanctions Against Israel Over New West Bank Moves

This is Beirut, 24/02 11:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hamas on Tuesday called for sanctions against Israel, welcoming a joint condemnation by nearly 20 countries of new Israeli measures aimed at tightening control over the occupied West Bank. Israel has approved a series of initiatives this month backed by far-right ministers, including launching a process to register land in the West Bank as ...

Israeli Minister Says Army to Occupy All Gaza if Hamas Does Not Disarm

This is Beirut, 23/02 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Monday that Palestinian Islamist group Hamas may soon be given a deadline to lay down its weapons. "We estimate that in the coming days, Hamas will be given an ultimatum to disarm and completely demilitarise Gaza," Smotrich said in an interview with public broadcaster Kan. "If it does not ...

IS Urges Members to Fight Syria's New Government

This is Beirut, 22/02 16:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Islamic State group on Saturday urged its fighters to confront Syria's new authorities, in its spokesperson's first audio message in two years. In a recording posted online, Abu Huzaifa al-Ansari said IS members in Syria must fight "the new Syrian regime, with its secular government and national army" and "make that ...

Hamas Official Says Group in Final Stage of Choosing New Chief

This is Beirut, 22/02 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A senior Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement was in the final phase of selecting a new leader, with two prominent figures competing for the position. Hamas recently completed the formation of a new Shura Council, a consultative body largely composed of religious scholars, as well as a new political ...

Report: Trump to Unveil Multi-Billion Dollar Gaza Reconstruction Plan

This is Beirut, 13/02 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump is set to launch a multi-billion-dollar initiative to rebuild Gaza and deploy a U.N.-authorized stabilization force, according to a report by Reuters citing senior U.S. officials. The announcement will take place at the inaugural meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace next week. The officials said the fund for Gaza will ...

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