This is Beirut, 08/09 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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)
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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)
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” ...
This is Beirut, 29/08 20:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The United States said Friday it will deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority to attend next month's UN General Assembly, where France is leading a push to recognize a Palestinian state. The extraordinary step further aligns President Donald Trump's administration with Israel's government, which adamantly rejects a Palestinian state ...
This is Beirut, 29/08 13:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli military declared Gaza City "a dangerous combat zone" on Friday, as it prepared to conquer the Palestinian territory's largest city after almost two years of devastating war. Israel is under mounting pressure at home and abroad to end its offensive in Gaza, where the vast majority of the population has been displaced at ...