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Israel Ends All Relations with UNRWA, Citing Security Concerns

This is Beirut, 28/01 18:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel will cease all contact with the UN's Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and any other body acting on its behalf, its UN envoy said Tuesday, after repeatedly accusing the organization of undermining its security. UNRWA's offices and staff in Israel play a major role in the provision of healthcare and education to Palestinians, but ...

Jordan Establishes a Humanitarian Air Bridge to the Gaza Strip

This is Beirut, 28/01 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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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 ...

LAF Continues Deployment Amid Israeli Breaches in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 28/01 18:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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On Monday evening, the Israeli army released six Lebanese who had been captured on Sunday evening in Houla (Marjeyoun) when a large number of civilians tried to reach their villages in the south between Sunday and Monday. Situation on the ground and deployment of the Lebanese army On Tuesday, the Israeli army blew up the area around a mosque in ...

Israel to Remain in Newly Occupied Parts of Syria 'Indefinitely'

This is Beirut, 28/01 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Israeli military will remain “indefinitely” in the recently occupied parts of Mount Hermon in Syria, announced Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday. Katz said that Israel’s security “will not be dependent on others for our defense – whether here or in any other place.” Ahmad al-Sharaa, the head of Syria’s new ...

Qatar Reaffirms Two-state Solution Following Trump Call to Move Gazans

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 ...

Iran's Khamenei Says Gaza Brought Israel 'to its Knees'

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 ...

Trump Orders Planning for 'Iron Dome' Missile Shield for US

This is Beirut, 28/01 09:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to start planning for an "Iron Dome" air defense system for the United States, like the one that Israel has used to intercept thousands of rockets. Trump ordered the defense secretary to submit within 60 days an implementation plan for the "next-generation missile defense shield" designed ...

Trump Reiterates Wish to Move Gazans to Egypt, Jordan

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 ...

Victory in the Streets of Gemayzeh

Johnny Kortbawi, 28/01 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hezbollah and its allies persistently deny the narrative that it uses its weapons domestically and tailors its political actions solely to serve its interests and safeguard its arsenal. Since entering the political arena in 2005, Hezbollah has maintained this stance, justifying its actions as efforts to safeguard Lebanon rather than ...

West Bank: Israeli Military Targets Jenin, Claims Elimination of 15 "Terrorists"

This is Beirut, 27/01 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli military on Monday said it had "eliminated over 15 terrorists" and arrested 40 wanted people during a major raid that began last week in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The raid began two days after a truce took hold in the Gaza Strip. The military said in a statement that during the Jenin operation troops seized dozens of ...

Qassem in Pre-Recorded Speech: 'No Extension of Israel’s Withdrawal Deadline'  

This is Beirut, 27/01 21:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A day after the expiry of the 60-day deadline for Israel’s withdrawal from south Lebanon, which was extended until February 18, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem said in an obviously pre-recorded address, “we will not accept prolongation even for a day.” “Israel must withdraw after the expiry of 60 days, and we do not accept any ...

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