Lyne Sammouri 2024-12-31 13:20 - Reading : less than a minute
On Tuesday, French Ministers Jean-Noël Barrot (Foreign Affairs) and Sébastien Lecornu (Defense) met in Tyre with General Edgard Lawandos, commander of Lebanon's southern sector and Lebanon’s representative on the Ceasefire Monitoring Committee.
This is Beirut 2024-12-31 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Houthis said Tuesday that they had fired two missiles at Israel, hours after the Israeli military said it had intercepted a projectile launched from the Yemen. "The first (attack) targeted Ben Gurion Airport" in Tel Aviv, and the second was fired at a power station south of Jerusalem, a Houthi military statement said. The rebels also said they ...
Natasha Metni Torbey 2024-12-31 08:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Halfway through the 60-day ceasefire initiated on November 27, nearly 800 Israeli violations have been recorded in just 33 days. Strikes targeting Lebanese towns and villages during this period have claimed over 30 lives. Observers warn that these alarming developments cast serious doubt on the viability of the truce agreement between Hezbollah ...
Marc Saikali 2024-12-30 16:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Dominated by the Shiite duo, signatories of the ceasefire agreement and its secret annex, the government is fully aware that it agreed to grant freedom of action to the Israeli army in the south, but pretends to be outraged by these same actions. For its part, Hezbollah manipulates the interpretation of the agreement’s terms and adamantly claims ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-29 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Israeli Army is continuing its ground incursions into southern Lebanon, in violation of the increasingly precarious ceasefire agreement which came into force on November 27. Israeli soldiers positioned themselves in the area between Taybeh and Deir Syrian on Sunday, near the former Civil Defense center. In this context, Kandice Ardiel, ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-29 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A Palestinian woman was shot dead overnight at the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, with her family on Sunday accusing the Palestinian Authority's security forces of killing her. Shatha al-Sabbagh, a journalism student in her early 20s, was killed by a bullet to the head, which her family said was fired by a security forces sniper ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-29 01:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel said on Saturday that it had arrested the director of a hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip that had been presented as a Palestinian Hamas command centre and was now empty of patients and staff, according to the World Health Organisation, which said it was ‘appalled’. The Kamal Adwan hospital was the last major hospital ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-28 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Qatar's prime minister met a Hamas delegation in Doha on Saturday to discuss a "clear and comprehensive" ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza, a statement said. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani held talks with a Hamas team led by senior official Khalil al-Hayya, the foreign ministry statement said. It is unusual for Sheikh ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-28 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese Army entered the town of Al-Qantara in southern Lebanon on Saturday to protect its residents following an incursion by Israeli troops. Israeli forces reportedly raided homes and set them ablaze, sparking a wave of displacement from the area. The incursion coincided with extensive operations targeting neighborhoods in Taybeh, ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-28 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The World Health Organization said Saturday that the Kamal Adwan hospital was "now empty" following an Israeli military raid which put north Gaza's last major health facility out of service. The WHO said it was "appalled" by Friday's raid, saying "hospitals have once again become battlegrounds", and describing the lifeline of healthcare in north ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-28 16:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Houthis said new airstrikes hit northern Yemen on Saturday, shortly after claiming responsibility for a missile attack on Israel. A Houthi military statement reported that the airstrikes targeted the Buhais area in the Medi district of Hajjah province, attributing the attacks to "US-British aggression." There was no immediate comment from ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-28 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The top diplomats of China and Iran agreed Saturday that the Middle East is "not a battleground for the big powers" and should not be an arena of geopolitical competition between countries outside the region. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi agreed that "the international community should respect the ...