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Trump Says Middle East Allies Ready to 'Straighten out Hamas' If Asked

This is Beirut, 21/10 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that allied nations in the Middle East were prepared to send troops into Gaza, at his request, to confront Hamas if the group did not cease its alleged violations of his peace plan. The threat comes a day after Trump warned Hamas would be "eradicated" if the group did not meet expectations of the agreement, ...

Israel says Remains of Another Hostage Returned from Gaza Identified

This is Beirut, 21/10 09:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel said Tuesday that remains of a hostage held in Gaza, returned by Hamas a day earlier, had been identified as those of Tal Chaimi, a non-commissioned officer killed on October 7, 2023. "Following the completion of the identification process... representatives of (the army) informed the family of the hostage, Sergeant Major Tal Chaimi, ...

Trump Warns Hamas not to Breach Gaza Deal as Vance Heads to Israel

This is Beirut, 21/10 09:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump threatened to "eradicate" Hamas if it breached its ceasefire deal with Israel, as Vice President JD Vance travelled to the region Tuesday to bolster the fragile Gaza truce. The Trump administration has redoubled its efforts to cement the fragile Gaza peace agreement it helped to broker, after Israel accused ...

Israel Says Forces Received Hostage Body from Red Cross in Gaza

This is Beirut, 20/10 21:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel said it had received on Monday the remains of another Gaza hostage handed over as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal. "Israel has received, through the Red Cross, the coffin of a missing hostage who was handed over to the [Israeli military] and Shin Bet forces inside the Gaza Strip," a statement from the prime minister's ...

US Envoys Meet Israel's Netanyahu after Gaza Violence

This is Beirut, 20/10 18:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Two of the United States' top envoys to the Middle East met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after weekend violence threatened to wreck a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza. The sit-down came as Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom border crossing into Gaza for aid shipments, a security official and a humanitarian source ...

Five Things to Know About Gaza's Rafah Border Crossing

This is Beirut, 20/10 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, part of US President Donald Trump's plan for the Palestinian territory, remains on hold despite calls from the UN and aid groups. Here are five things to know about this crucial crossing: Crucial access point The Rafah crossing into Egypt is a crucial entry point ...

One Year After Nasrallah’s Death, Hezbollah Struggles to Rebuild

This is Beirut, 20/10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A year after the assassination of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike on Beirut on September 27, 2024, Hezbollah is quietly attempting to rebuild its shattered leadership and reassert its influence. According to a detailed report by Le Figaro correspondent Georges Malbrunot, the Shia militia now operates in a state of ...

Kushner and Witkoff Reveal How the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Was Brokered

This is Beirut, 20/10 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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In a high-profile interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff – President Donald Trump’s envoys – defended their role in brokering the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and responded to criticism over potential conflicts of interest tied to their extensive business dealings in the ...

Trump says Gaza Ceasefire Still in Force after Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut, 20/10 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza was still holding after Israel carried out deadly strikes on the territory over alleged truce violations by Hamas. The dozens of strikes Israel carried out on Hamas positions in southern Gaza Sunday came after it accused the militant group of targeting its troops in "a blatant ...

The Jeopardized Peace

Charles Chartouni, 20/10 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The significant progress toward peace achieved by the Trump administration presents a valuable opportunity if key obstacles can be overcome. None of the earlier, ill-conceived attempts to end the cycle of violence compare with the outstanding diplomatic achievement of the American administration. The humbug of the French president has faded away, ...

Israel and Hamas Accuse Each Other of Breaching Gaza Truce amid Strikes and Clashes

This is Beirut, 19/10 15:57 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Gaza's nine-day-old ceasefire came under strain Sunday after the Israeli army said it launched air strikes in the territory's south in response to attacks it claimed were carried out by Hamas militants against its forces. Hamas, however, maintained it was adhering to the truce, with one official accusing Israel of devising ...

Israel Returns 15 Palestinian Bodies to Gaza

This is Beirut, 19/10 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Sunday, bringing the total number handed over to 150, the health ministry in the Palestinian territory said. Under a ceasefire deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, Israel was to turn over the bodies of 15 Palestinians for every deceased Israeli returned. Hamas returned the remains ...

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