This is Beirut, 08/10 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A meeting scheduled for Thursday in Paris, bringing together European and Arab foreign ministers to discuss “modalities for a collective post-war engagement” in the Gaza Strip, has already drawn Israel’s ire, which denounces it as “an attempt to internationalize the conflict.” “This meeting represents a new step in France’s ...
Tylia El Helou, 08/10 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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On this week’s episode of This is America, we cover the Cairo talks and the war in Gaza. We also feature an interview with Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), to discuss Trump’s plan for Gaza and a potential peace deal.
This is Beirut, 08/10 17:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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By backing the ongoing indirect negotiations in Egypt between Israel and Hamas, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey is drawing on its long-standing ties with the Palestinian Islamist movement. Erdogan said Wednesday that he had been “explicitly” asked by Donald Trump to convince Hamas to engage in peace talks with Israel. The ...
This is Beirut, 08/10 15:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hamas said Wednesday that "optimism" was prevailing in indirect talks with Israel aimed at ending the Gaza war, with the militant group submitting a list of prisoners it wants released in exchange for freeing Israeli hostages under a deal. The talks aim to thrash out a plan to implement a 20-point peace proposal put forward last month by US ...
This is Beirut, 08/10 14:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, visited the Al-Aqsa compound on Wednesday, his spokesperson told AFP, as indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas were being held in Egypt on ending the Gaza war. The visit is Ben Gvir's eleventh as minister to the disputed area, located in occupied East Jerusalem, which ...
This is Beirut, 08/10 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump asked Turkey to "persuade" Hamas to accept his plan for ending the Gaza war, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a transcript shared by his office Wednesday. His remarks came as negotiators from Israel and Hamas were due to hold a third day of indirect negotiations in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh aimed ...
This is Beirut, 07/10 22:43 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump voiced optimism that there was a "real chance" to end the war in Gaza, as Israel marked the second anniversary of the October 7 attack on Tuesday. In his message marking the anniversary, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to achieve all the goals of the war. "We are in fateful, decisive days. ...
This is Beirut, 07/10 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV marked the second anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel by urging an end to hatred and renewed dialogue for peace in the Middle East. Speaking in Castel Gandolfo, he reflected on the toll of the ongoing conflict, noting that “around 67,000 Palestinians have been killed” since the 2023 assault that killed 1,200 ...
This is Beirut, 07/10 19:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Two years after October 7, the world remembers. Across Israel, Europe and the Americas, communities gather to honor the lives lost in the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023.
Bassam Abou Zeid, 07/10 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah entered the support war against Israel alongside Hamas, which had launched the Al-Aqsa Flood operation the day before. At the time, Hezbollah was at the peak of its military strength, accumulated over decades, and many expected it to advance into Israel’s Galilee region. Hezbollah’s support front ended on ...
Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 07/10 12:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Two years after Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which claimed 1,219 Israeli lives according to AFP, the conflict continues to wreak havoc on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Of the 251 Israelis abducted during the attack, 47 remain in captivity in Gaza, including 25 who have since died, according to Israeli military ...
Mario Chartouni, 07/10 12:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Two years on from Hamas’s deadly attack on southern Israel, the country is still waiting for an official account of the events. Although the Israeli army and security services have acknowledged a “total failure,” no State Commission—the most powerful investigative body under Israeli law—has yet been convened. This absence has fueled ...