This is Beirut, 08/09 10:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Donald Trump Palestine USA
Israel's defence minister told Hamas on Monday to lay down its arms or face annihilation, after US President Donald Trump said the militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. The warnings came as the Israeli military intensified its bombings and operations around Gaza City, which it has vowed to capture in a bid to finally ...
Charles Chartouni, 08/09 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine USA Hamas Hezbollah
The observation of political realities in both Lebanon and Gaza sends us back to the same impasses that have prevailed over the last two years despite the mutating strategic landscape. Iran is trying ex post facto to stall the political dynamics and revert to a previous stage whereby it restores its control over political life and dictates its ...
This is Beirut, 08/09 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Gaza Palestine
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was issuing a "last warning" to Hamas, saying the Palestinian militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. "The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last ...
This is Beirut, 07/09 04:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United Kingdom Palestine Israël
More than 400 people were arrested in London on Saturday during a tense protest in support of the Palestine Action group, which has been banned under terror laws, police said. Several hundred people demonstrated in front of the UK parliament, with some holding placards that read: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." The ...
This is Beirut, 05/09 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine United Nations Conflict Health Famine WHO
The World Health Organization chief on Friday urged Israel to stop the "catastrophe" of people starving to death in Gaza, saying at least 370 people have died from malnutrition since the war began. "This is a catastrophe that Israel could have prevented, and could stop at any time," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told ...
This is Beirut, 04/09 22:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli military on Thursday said it controls 40 percent of Gaza City, the largest urban center in the Palestinian territory which it is preparing to conquer after nearly two years of devastating war. Israel has intensified in recent days its bombardments of the area of Gaza City, in the territory's north, ahead of the planned offensive, ...
This is Beirut, 04/09 20:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Emmanuel Macron Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Gideon Saar
Israel's foreign minister said Thursday that his government would not agree to a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron so long as Paris plans to recognize a Palestinian state. A statement from Israel's foreign ministry said Gideon Saar told France's top diplomat Jean-Noel Barrot in a phone call that "there is no room" ...
This is Beirut, 04/09 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's defense minister vowed Thursday to inflict the biblical 10 plagues of Egypt on Yemen's Houthi after they stepped up their missile attacks against Israel. "The Houthis are firing missiles at Israel again. A plague of darkness, a plague of the firstborn -- we will complete all 10 plagues," Israel Katz posted on X. He was ...
This is Beirut, 03/09 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Houthi Palestine Yemen
The Israeli military said Wednesday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen after Houthis vowed to avenge the killing of their prime minister in an Israeli strike last week. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted," an Israeli military statement ...
This is Beirut, 02/09 05:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defence agency said on Tuesday that Israeli strikes on an apartment and a residential building killed 13 people overnight. Spokesman Mahmud Bassal said in a statement to AFP that Israeli warplanes hit the top floor of a residential building in southwestern Gaza City, killing 10 people. Bassal said Israeli helicopters also struck ...
This is Beirut, 01/09 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Palestinian Camps Disarmament Hezbollah Palestine Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that his leadership is determined to withdraw all Palestinian weapons from Lebanon, calling the step essential to the country’s security and sovereignty. In an interview with Al-Arabiya, Abbas confirmed that he had reached an understanding with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on carrying out the ...
This is Beirut, 30/08 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Gaza
Gaza City witnessed intense fighting in the Zeitoun neighborhood in recent hours, with reports that four Israeli soldiers went missing and two were killed in an ambush carried out by Hamas’s armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, according to Saudi TV, Al Hadath. Israeli journalists on social media reported a series of “difficult” ...