This is Beirut 20/10 09:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli strike killed at least 73 people on Saturday night in the Gaza Strip, according to the territory's civil defense. The strike took place in a residential area of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, where the army is conducting a new offensive against Hamas. "Defense civil teams have recovered 73 dead and a large number of injured," said ...
This is Beirut 20/10 05:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
German police have arrested a Libyan suspected of links to the Islamic State group and of having planned an attack on the Israeli embassy, federal prosecutors told AFP Saturday. The Bild daily reported that police commandos had stormed a flat in Bernau north of Berlin in the evening and taken the 28-year-old man into custody. The newspaper said ...
This is Beirut 19/10 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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G7 Defense ministers on Saturday met against the backdrop of multiple ongoing military conflicts, expressing concern over escalation in Lebanon while pledging "unwavering support" for Ukraine. Italy, holding the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven countries, organised the body's first ministerial meeting dedicated to Defense, staged in the ...
This is Beirut 19/10 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of trying to kill him on Saturday, after his office said a drone from Lebanon hit the premier's family home. The drone attack -- which Hezbollah has not acknowledged -- came as Israeli troops fight the pro-Iranian formation on the ground in southern Lebanon. It followed a ...
This is Beirut 19/10 19:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Supporters of pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq, angered over "terrorist" references, ransacked offices affiliated with a Saudi TV channel in Baghdad on Saturday, two security sources said. Iraq's media regulator said it would suspend the channel over the broadcast, which aired with regional tensions soaring between pro-Iran groups and ...
This is Beirut 19/10 19:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked Germany's Olaf Scholz for his help in advancing a defence contract following talks in Istanbul on Saturday, although the pair remained starkly at odds over the Middle East crisis. The German chancellor arrived on Friday night for his first visit since March 2022 with tensions in the Middle East high on the ...
This is Beirut 19/10 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Awaiting Israel's promised retaliation for a missile attack earlier this month, Iran has balanced threats of a fierce response to any Israeli attack with diplomatic efforts to prevent escalation into all-out regional war. Iran launched 200 missiles at its arch-foe on October 1 in response to an Israeli strike that killed Iranian general Abbas ...
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Under Resolution 425, adopted in 1978 in response to the Israeli forces’ Litani Operation against the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), international forces were deployed to southern Lebanon on March 23, 1978. These forces have remained in the region under Resolution 1701, enacted in 2006. Despite facing challenges from Israel, ...
This is Beirut 19/10 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An adviser to Al-Qaeda's likely current leader is calling for Hamas to release its Israeli hostages held in Gaza, according to an American jihadist monitoring organisation, SITE. The online declaration was made Friday by Mustafa Hamid, also known as Abu Walid al-Masri, who is father-in-law to Saif al-Adel, the man widely believed to now head ...
This is Beirut 19/10 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday more than 400 Palestinians were killed in the north of the territory over the past two weeks during an ongoing military assault Israel says is aimed at preventing Hamas fighters from regrouping. The Israeli military launched a sweeping air and ground assault targeting northern Gaza on October 6. Since ...
This is Beirut 19/10 14:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said a drone was launched toward his residence in Caesarea, after the military reported a drone from Lebanon had "hit a structure" in the central town on Saturday. "A UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) was launched toward the prime minister's residence in Caesarea. The prime ...
This is Beirut 19/10 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel bombed the Gaza Strip on Saturday after an airstrike that killed more than 30 people in the northern part of the Palestinian territory. The army continues its offensive aimed at crushing Hamas, decimated after a year of war and the death of its leader. The Civil Defense announced that 33 people had been killed and "dozens" ...