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UN Special Coordinator Condemns Israeli Airstrikes in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut, 16/10 16:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, has condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes on the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh, which resulted in the deaths of ten people, including the city's mayor and a paramedic. The Lebanese Ministry of Health confirmed the casualties, warning that the toll could rise as ...

Christian-Islamic Spiritual Summit Calls for National Unity, Implementation of 1701

This is Beirut, 16/10 16:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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A Christian-Islamic spiritual summit convened on Wednesday at the seat of the Maronite Church in Bkerke, at the invitation of Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, to reaffirm national unity and call for an immediate cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. The urgent implementation of resolution 1701 was emphasized in the meeting's final ...

Foreign Ministry Files New Complaint to Security Council

This is Beirut, 16/10 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again called on the Security Council to order Israel to “immediately cease hostilities and withdraw from all Lebanese territories” and to fully execute UN resolution 1701. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared, in a statement on Wednesday, that it would be presenting a fresh protest on ...

Mikati: Americans Are Serious About Pressuring Israel to Reach a Ceasefire

This is Beirut, 15/10 17:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati affirmed that the Lebanese army is ready to strengthen its presence in south Lebanon by around 10,000 soldiers, in cooperation with the UNIFIL. “We took a decision in the cabinet to ask the UN Security Council to adopt a ceasefire resolution,” Mikati asserted, while emphasizing “full commitment to ...

UN Decries 'Worst Restrictions' on Gaza Aid Since Start of War

This is Beirut, 15/10 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Conflict-ravaged Gaza appears to be facing the worst restrictions on aid since the Israel-Hamas war began over a year ago, the UN said Tuesday, lamenting the especially devastating impact on children. "Day after day, the situation for children becomes worse than the day before," said James Elder, spokesman for the UN children's agency ...

France Reaffirms Support for UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon

This is Beirut, 14/10 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On Monday, French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu affirmed his country’s continued support for UN peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), saying they are "meant to stay." This announcement comes two days before a meeting of European nations contributing to the mission. "The day the weapons fall silent, there ...

Grandi: There Is a Need to Prevent a Wider Regional Conflict with Global Repercussions

This is Beirut, 14/10 22:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United Nations emphasized on Monday the urgent need for a "ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza to prevent a wider regional conflict that could have global repercussions." UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi stated that "a ceasefire supported by a meaningful peace process is the only way to break the cycle of violence, hatred and ...

Lebanon’s Complaint to UN: Israel Should Be Held Accountable

This is Beirut, 14/10 22:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Lebanon's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, under the instructions of caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, submitted an identical complaint to both UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council in response to repeated Israeli attacks targeting United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ...

15 Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza School-Shelter

This is Beirut, 14/10 10:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli shelling late Sunday had killed at least 15 people at a school serving as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in central Gaza's Nuseirat camp. The vast majority of the besieged Gaza Strip's 2.4 million people have been displaced at least once by the war, sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, with ...

Four Israeli Soldiers Killed in Hezbollah Drone Strikes

This is Beirut, 14/10 04:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's military said a Hezbollah drone had killed four soldiers at one of its northern bases Sunday, as it expanded its bombardments of Lebanon and troops battled militants across the border. The attack on a military training camp in Binyamina, near Haifa, is the deadliest such assault on an Israeli base since September 23, when Israel ...

Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivor Group Wins Nobel Peace Prize

This is Beirut, 11/10 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to Japan's Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors pushing for a nuclear weapons ban, as states like Russia threaten to use them. The group, also known as Hibakusha and founded in 1956, received the honor "for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and ...

Contributing Countries React to Incidents Targeting UNIFIL

This is Beirut, 11/10 18:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin denounced on Friday “the alleged attack by Israeli forces which left two UN peacekeepers wounded” and charged that Israel was becoming “increasingly hostile to UN troops.” In parallel, Irish Prime Minister, Simon Harris, had expressed his “deep concern” at the reports but Martin went further ...

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