This is Beirut, 28/01 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Jordan began air deliveries of 20 tonnes of aid to Gaza on Tuesday, a government spokesman said, as masses of displaced Palestinians returned to the north of the war-wrecked territory. Fourteen Jordanian air force helicopters and two provided by the Italian military took off from King Abdullah II air base in the country's north to fly ...
This is Beirut, 28/01 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that Gaza had brought Israel "to its knees", in a reference to the recent ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. The ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Iran's arch-enemy Israel and the Tehran-backed militant group Hamas went into effect just over a week ago, ...
This is Beirut, 28/01 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Qatar reaffirmed its support for a two-state solution on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump repeated his call to move Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt or Jordan. Foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari did not reveal details of conversations with US officials, but said Qatar often didn't see "eye to eye" with its allies. "Our position has ...
This is Beirut, 28/01 12:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that Gaza had brought Israel "to its knees", in a reference to the recent ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. The ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Iran's arch-enemy Israel and the Tehran-backed militant group Hamas went into effect just over a week ago, aiming to put an end ...
This is Beirut, 28/01 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated his desire to move Palestinians from Gaza to "safer" locations such as Egypt or Jordan, and said he would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington "very soon." The president on Saturday floated the idea to "clean out" Gaza after more than 15 months of war between Israel and ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Eight of the hostages set to be released in the first phase of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip have died, Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer announced on Monday. “The families have been informed of their loved ones’ situation,” Mencer stated during a press briefing. This means that out of ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 13:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Palestinians began returning to the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel and Hamas said they had reached a deal for the release of another six hostages. The breakthrough preserves a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, which has devastated the Gaza Strip and displaced nearly all its residents, paving the way for more ...
Michel Touma, 27/01 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Civilians who headed to the border villages of southern Lebanon on Sunday, seemingly spurred on by Hezbollah, demonstrated remarkable audacity. The standard-bearers of the “resistance” will likely frame this as yet another “victory,” merely because residents sought to return to certain localities despite repeated warnings from the Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 04:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Both Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday criticised Donald Trump's proposal to move the inhabitants of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan in order, in his words, to ‘clean house’ in the territory, where a fragile truce has entered its second week. Israel and Hamas accused each other on Sunday of violating the terms of the ceasefire, ...
This is Beirut, 26/01 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Two Palestinian sources told AFP on Sunday that an Israeli woman held hostage in Gaza, and whose release Israel has demanded before allowing the return of displaced Palestinians, will be handed over within days. "Arbel Yehud is expected to be freed before the next (hostage-prisoner) exchange" scheduled for February 1, said a source from the ...
This is Beirut, 26/01 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday welcomed US President Donald Trump's idea to "clean out" Gaza by relocating Palestinian residents of the territory to Egypt and Jordan. On Saturday, Trump said he had spoken to Jordan's King Abdullah II about moving Palestinians out of Gaza. "I'd like Egypt ...
This is Beirut, 26/01 17:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a ‘large number of things’ ordered by Israel from the US had now been delivered, in response to press reports that his administration had released a delivery of 2,000 pound (907kg) bombs. ‘A lot of things that were ordered and paid for by Israel, but not sent by Biden, are now on ...