Palestine

The Riddles of an Open-Ended Conflict

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Israeli Defense Chief Says 'Military Edge' Is at Center of US Trip

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that his visit to Washington this week would focus on maintaining Israel's military superiority in the Middle East as fighting rages in Gaza. Gallant is expected to meet his US counterpart Lloyd Austin and other senior US officials, as relations between the two allies become strained over the ...

Christians Attend Palm Sunday Mass in Gaza

The faithful walked slowly in a procession past the stone facade of Gaza's only Catholic church on Palm Sunday, gathering to pray for peace as war raged around them. Holy Family Church's tranquil courtyard, filled with dozens of children and older people, belied the humanitarian crisis happening beyond its gates in Gaza City. Inside the church, ...

Macron Warns Israel Over Any Rafah Forced Population Transfer

French President Emmanuel Macron told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah would constitute "a war crime." And he repeated his opposition to any Israeli military operation to fight Hamas in Rafah, where most of Gaza's population has taken shelter after months ...

War Diary: Day 170

This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 24th, 2024.

Red Crescent Says Israeli Army Besieged Two Additional Gaza Hospitals

The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Sunday that Israeli forces were besieging two hospitals in southern Gaza, days after the Army began targeting Hamas in and around the territory's biggest medical center. Israel has mounted several raids at and near hospitals in Gaza since the war began last October, claiming that fighters are operating in ...

UN Chief Urges Israel to Remove Obstacles to Aid in Gaza

UN Chief Antonio Guterres emphasized on Sunday, during a visit to Cairo, the urgency of delivering aid to Gaza, urging Israel to remove obstacles hindering relief efforts. He reiterated calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Sunday in Cairo that delivering the necessary aid to ...

CIA and Mossad Chiefs Discuss Hostage Release in Qatar Talks

US intelligence chief Bill Burns and his Israeli counterpart David Barnea left Qatar late on Saturday night following talks on a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, a source briefed on the talks told AFP. The CIA and Mossad chiefs "departed Doha to brief their respective teams back home on the latest round" of talks, the source said on condition ...

War Diary: Day 169

This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 23, 2024.

Gaza: Israeli Forces Will Continue their Operation at Al-Shifa

A top Israeli commander has said troops will continue their operation at Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa until the last militant is «in their hands». Israeli forces launched the operation in and around Al-Shifa hospital on Monday, saying senior Hamas operatives were based at the sprawling compound. Days of heavy fighting have followed, with ...

End War's 'Nightmare', UN chief Says at Gates of Gaza

UN chief Antonio Guterres, on a visit to the doorstep of Gaza, on Saturday said the world has seen enough of the war's horrors and appealed for a ceasefire to allow in more aid. "Palestinians in Gaza -- children, women, men -- remain stuck in a non-stop nightmare," he said on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing where truckloads of aid trickle ...

Guterres Expected in Egypt Amid Growing Worries in Gaza

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to arrive in Egypt on Saturday at the border with the Gaza Strip, amid growing concerns about the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory and a forthcoming Israeli ground offensive in the overcrowded town of Rafah. After five and a half months of war between Israel and the Islamist ...