War in the Middle East

Hamas Says Agrees to New Gaza Truce Proposal Received From Mediators

This is Beirut 2025-03-29 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu USA

A top Hamas official said on Saturday the group approved a new Gaza ceasefire proposal put forth by mediators, urging Israel to back it but warning the Iran-backed group's weapons were a "red line". Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed it had also received a proposal from the mediators and had submitted a counter-proposal in ...

French UNIFIL Soldiers Targeted Near Rmeish in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut 2025-03-29 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam South Lebanon Lebanese Army UNIFIL

A foot patrol from the French contingent of UNIFIL’s reserve force came under fire on Saturday from an Israeli military position at Wadi Qatmoun, near the town of Rmeish. The French soldiers had been inspecting an earth berm recently built by Israeli forces in the area when the incident occurred. UNIFIL later issued a statement, saying that ...

Hamas Releases New Video of Israeli Hostage in Gaza

This is Beirut 2025-03-29 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza

Hamas's armed wing on Saturday released footage showing an Israeli hostage in Gaza calling on the government to secure his release, the second such video shared by the militant group within days. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum campaign group identified the man as Elkana Bohbot, who was abducted from the site of a music festival in ...

Hamas Says Gaza Truce Talks With Mediators Stepping Up

This is Beirut 2025-03-28 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza

A senior Hamas official said Friday that talks between the Palestinian Islamist movement and mediators over a ceasefire deal are gaining momentum as Israel continues intensive operations in Gaza. "We hope that the coming days will bring a real breakthrough in the war situation, following intensified communications with and between mediators in ...

Israel Strikes Beirut's Southern Suburb for First Time in Months

This is Beirut 2025-03-28 14:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Strikes Violence

Four months after a ceasefire agreement halted the war between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel struck the southern suburb of Beirut on Friday in response to the firing of two rockets at northern Israel from south Lebanon earlier. The Israeli army said it targeted a warehouse used by Hezbollah’s aerial unit 121 for storing drones in the ...

Anti-Hamas Slogans Chanted at Protest in Gaza

This is Beirut 2025-03-26 22:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Gaza

Palestinians on Wednesday staged protests in the Gaza Strip against the territory's Hamas rulers for the second consecutive day, calling for an end to the war with Israel, witnesses said. Demonstrators carrying banners reading "Hamas does not represent us" were seen marching in Gaza City and the town of Beit Lahia to the north, just over a week ...

Houthi Media Reports New US Strikes in Capital after Wave of Attacks

This is Beirut 2025-03-26 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Houthi media said late Wednesday that new US strikes had hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after earlier reporting 19 American raids elsewhere in Yemen. "A series of strikes by the US aggression have hit the south and north of the capital," the Al-Masirah channel said, without providing further details. The station had earlier reported 17 raids by ...

Israel Conducts Large-Scale Military Drill Near Lebanese Border

This is Beirut 2025-03-26 20:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israel’s Northern Command launched on Wednesday a large-scale military exercise involving the 91st and 146th divisions, alongside the Air Force, Navy, police, Fire and Rescue Authority, and rapid response teams tasked with protecting border communities. The drill, announced by the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, on his X ...

Israel PM Threatens to Seize Gaza Territory Unless Hostages Freed

This is Beirut 2025-03-26 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Wednesday to seize areas of Gaza if Hamas does not release hostages, with the Palestinian Islamist movement warning that their lives are at risk following the resumption of Israeli bombardments. The Israeli military also announced that two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, one ...

Oscar-Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Released by Israel

This is Beirut 2025-03-26 04:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Palestine West Bank

Israeli police released Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal on Tuesday, after detaining him a day earlier for "hurling rocks" following what activists described as an attack by settlers in the occupied West Bank. Basel Adra, who worked with Ballal on the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land", posted a photo ...

More Than 21,000 Syrians Flee to Lebanon in March (UNHCR)

This is Beirut 2025-03-25 20:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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More than 21,000 Syrians have fled to Lebanon during the month of March as the deadliest sectarian violence since Bashar al-Assad’s ousting has ravaged Syria’s Alawite heartland, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported Tuesday. The surge in refugees follows a wave of mass killings in Syria’s coastal region, particularly targeting the Alawite ...

US Airstrikes Target Houthi Military Infrastructure in Yemen

This is Beirut 2025-03-24 23:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States Yemen Houthi Movement

In a significant escalation of military activity in Yemen, US forces have conducted a series of airstrikes targeting strategic Houthi positions. These operations mark a concerted effort to neutralize the Houthi militia's military capabilities in the region. According to event sources, a total of nine US airstrikes were launched against Houthi ...