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Hezbollah Targets Western Galilee During an Israeli Official’s Tour

Following the Israeli strike against Hezbollah positions in Baalbeck on Monday, attacks between the pro-Iranian group and the Hebrew state escalated on Tuesday, while, according to the US State Department, Israel wants a “diplomatic solution” to its conflict with Hezbollah. Hezbollah fired a salvo of rockets at western Galilee, while the ...

Qatar's Emir in Paris Pushing for Gaza Ceasefire

Attempts to organize an Israel-Hamas ceasefire to allow the release of hostages held in Gaza dominated the first day of a state visit to France by Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. Qatar has played a key mediation role since the Gaza war erupted in October, and international diplomatic efforts have intensified in recent days to halt ...

Israel 'Systematically' Blocking Gaza Aid Access, Denounced UN

The United Nations stated on Tuesday that Israeli forces are consistently impeding access to individuals in Gaza, which is making the delivery of aid increasingly challenging in what has evolved into a chaotic conflict zone devoid of law and order. Israeli forces are "systematically" blocking access to people in Gaza, complicating the task of ...

Hopes for a Truce Revived as Qatar’s Emir Lands in Paris

The possibility of a probable truce agreement in Gaza was emerging on Tuesday, February 27, as US President Joe Biden expressed his optimism, while Qatar's Emir was due to land in Paris. A new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could start as soon as Monday, US President Joe Biden said, in a deal that may free dozens of hostages held in Gaza in ...

Palestinian PM Resigns Citing 'New Reality' of Gaza War

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Monday the resignation of his government, which governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He cited the need for change following the conclusion of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced Monday the resignation of his government, ...

Palestinian Government Submits Resignation to Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Monday the resignation of his government which rules parts of the occupied West Bank, saying that "new political measures" were needed given the changing reality in Gaza. "I submit the government's resignation to Mr. President (Mahmoud Abbas)," Shtayyeh said, adding that it comes in the ...

Israel Proposes an Evacuation Plan for Gaza Civilians

Israel's military proposed a plan for evacuating civilians from "areas of fighting" in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced on Monday, after he said that a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory's southern city Rafah was necessary. Foreign governments and aid organizations repeatedly expressed fears that an invasion of ...

What Are the Prospects of War Ending? 

Aside from wishful thinking and peaceful yearnings, we have not seen, so far, concrete proposals on how to put an end to the ongoing cycles of violence and move to another stage of discursive conflict resolution. While reviewing the various proposals, we observe that very few of them have come up with working solutions that are likely to draw the ...

Netanyahu to Launch Rafah Offensive With or Without Truce

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given assurances that the Israeli offensive at Rafah will go ahead with or without a truce on Sunday February 25, while negotiations at this level are progressing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the military operation into Gaza's Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering ...

Truce Talks for Gaza: An Israeli Delegation soon in Qatar

Israel's war cabinet has discussed the next steps for negotiations towards a hostage deal and ceasefire in its war with Hamas, as concern deepens over the increasingly desperate situation faced by civilians in the devastated Gaza Strip. An Israeli delegation that had travelled to Paris for fresh talks on a hostage deal returned to brief the ...

Israel Kills Dozens of Palestinians in New Strikes on Gaza

Overnight strikes on Gaza killed dozens, the territory's Ministry of Health said on Saturday, as Israel's spy chief joined talks in Paris seeking to unblock negotiations on a truce. The negotiations come after a plan for a post-war Gaza unveiled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew criticism from key ally the United States and was ...

US Rejects Netanyahu's Post-War Gaza Plans

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed a post-war Gaza plan that faced criticism from the United States, a key ally. The Palestinian Authority and Hamas both rejected the plan on Friday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled a plan for post-war Gaza that drew criticism from key ally the United States and was ...