War in the Middle East

U.N. Conference Backs Two-State Solution, Urges Immediate End to Gaza War

This is Beirut 29/07 23:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In a sweeping and urgent declaration, world leaders attending the United Nations Two-State Solution Conference issued a unified statement calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and outlining a detailed roadmap for peace and reconstruction. The statement, issued within the past hour, emphasizes a collective commitment to ending the ...

France to Airdrop 40 Tons of Aid to Gaza from Friday

This is Beirut 29/07 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France will airdrop 40 tons of aid into Gaza from Friday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday, as UN-backed experts warned the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory was slipping into famine. Concern has escalated in the past week about hunger in the Gaza Strip after more than 21 months of war that started after Palestinian ...

Erdogan Accuses Israel of Using Famine as 'Weapon' in Gaza

This is Beirut 29/07 19:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday blasted Israel for condemning the people of Gaza to famine, saying that images coming from the Palestinian enclave were worse than "Nazi camps." "Israel's use of hunger as a weapon, especially against Palestinians, is the clearest indication that they have not taken any share of humanity," the Turkish ...

US Dismisses UN Israel-Palestinian Conference as 'Publicity Stunt'

This is Beirut 28/07 21:06 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The United States on Monday dismissed a French-Saudi-sponsored conference at the United Nations on promoting a two-state solution to the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis as a "stunt." The US State Department labeled the three-day event "unproductive and ill-timed," as well as a "publicity stunt" that would ...

Yemen's Houthis Release Footage of Missing Crew from Sunken Eternity C Ship

This is Beirut 28/07 20:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis released video footage Monday of missing crew members from the Eternity C cargo ship, which the Yemeni militants sank earlier this month, claiming in an accompanying statement to have "rescued" the mariners. Earlier this month, the Houthis struck the Magic Seas and Eternity C cargo ships in the Red Sea, ...

Trump Announces Food Distribution Centers for Gaza

This is Beirut 28/07 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States will soon set up food distribution centers in war-ravaged Gaza, citing signs of a “real famine.” In the meantime, international agencies have begun delivering aid to the Palestinian territory, taking advantage of a limited pause in hostilities announced Sunday by Israel. However, ...

3 Killed in Iraq Clashes Between Iran-Backed Group and State Security Forces

This is Beirut 27/07 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Three people, including a policeman, were killed Sunday during clashes in Baghdad between security forces and pro-Iran gunmen, according to authorities and a member of a local armed group. The violence erupted when armed men stormed a local office of the agriculture ministry in the city's south, the interior ministry said. Police forces ...

UN to Use 'Humanitarian Pauses' to Try to Reach Gaza's Starving

This is Beirut 27/07 19:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The United Nations said it would try to reach as many starving people as possible in Gaza after Israel announced it would establish secure land routes for humanitarian convoys. The UN's World Food Program (WFP) said it had enough food in, or on its way to, the region to feed the 2.1 million people in the Gaza Strip for almost three ...

Jordanian and Emirati Planes Drop 25 Tons of Aid over Gaza

This is Beirut 27/07 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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Two Jordanian and one Emirati plane dropped 25 tons of humanitarian aid over the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Jordanian army said in a statement. "The Jordanian Armed Forces on Sunday carried out three air drops on the Gaza Strip carrying humanitarian and food aid, one of which was with the United Arab Emirates," the statement said, adding that they ...

Israel Says Opening Routes into Gaza to Increase Food Aid

This is Beirut 27/07 14:47 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel declared a "tactical pause" in fighting in parts of Gaza on Sunday and said it would allow the UN and aid agencies to open secure land routes to tackle a deepening hunger crisis. The military also said it had begun air-dropping food into the Palestinian territory and dismissed allegations of using starvation as a weapon against ...

Israeli Military Says It Air-Dropped Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

This is Beirut 27/07 14:37 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel announced Saturday that it had air-dropped aid into the Gaza Strip and would open humanitarian corridors, amid growing international condemnation over the worsening hunger crisis in the Palestinian territory. Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza on March 2 after ceasefire talks collapsed. In late May, it began allowing a small amount of ...

Activist Boat Handala Seized Off Gaza Brought to Israel

This is Beirut 27/07 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli forces brought the pro-Palestinian activist boat Handala into the port of Ashdod on Sunday after seizing the vessel in international waters and detaining the crew, an AFP journalist saw. Campaigners from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition had attempted to breach an Israeli naval blockade of the Palestinian territory of Gaza but were ...