This is Beirut, 13/02 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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With just five days remaining before the scheduled Israeli pullout on February 18, Speaker Nabih Berri revealed that United States officials informed him that while Israeli forces would vacate the villages where they maintain a presence in the south, they would remain in five key positions – a development that has been the subject of ongoing ...
This is Beirut, 09/02 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces shot dead three civilians Sunday, as the military said it fired "warning shots" and hit Palestinians who had approached troops in the territory. The incident occurred in Gaza City amid a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in effect since January 19. During the truce, five ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 10:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Ceasefire Joseph Aoun Lebanese Army
President Joseph Aoun has called on France to support the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from South Lebanon and to pressure Israel to stop violating the November 27 ceasefire agreement. During a meeting with French Ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro and Vice-Chairman of the Ceasefire Supervisory Committee General Guillaume Ponchin, Aoun ...
Élie-Joe Kamel, 04/02 14:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Morgan Ortagus Lebanon Donald Trump Israël Ceasefire
On January 3, 2025, US President Donald Trump appointed Morgan Ortagus as Deputy Special Envoy for Peace in the Middle East. Ortagus, who served as spokesperson for the US State Department during Trump’s first term (2017-2021), will be part of the team headed by Steve Witkoff, a close friend and trusted confidant of Trump. Morgan Ortagus, ...
This is Beirut, 03/02 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Gaza Israel Ceasefire Hamas
US President Donald Trump said on Monday there were "no guarantees" that a fragile ceasefire in Gaza will hold, as he prepares to discuss its future with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu was in Washington for talks with the new Trump administration on a second phase of the truce with Hamas, which has not yet been ...
This is Beirut, 03/02 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas Israel ceasefire hostages
Hamas is ready to begin talks on the details of a second phase of the ongoing truce in Gaza, two officials from the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Monday. "Hamas has informed the mediators, during ongoing communications and meetings held with Egyptian mediators last week in Cairo, that we are ready to start the negotiations for the second ...
This is Beirut, 01/02 11:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Army Israel Ceasefire Aitaroun War
The Lebanese army has entered on Saturday the army unit headquarters which has been isolated for 10 days in Aitaroun, in order to reopen the main road and secure its surroundings after it was blocked by Israeli bulldozers. In a later phase, the army plans to deploy in the town after the Israeli withdrawal. The Lebanese army's entry does ...
This is Beirut, 28/01 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that Gaza had brought Israel "to its knees", in a reference to the recent ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. The ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Iran's arch-enemy Israel and the Tehran-backed militant group Hamas went into effect just over a week ago, ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 21:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Hezbollah Naim Qassem ceasefire
A day after the expiry of the 60-day deadline for Israel’s withdrawal from south Lebanon, which was extended until February 18, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem said in an obviously pre-recorded address, “we will not accept prolongation even for a day.” “Israel must withdraw after the expiry of 60 days, and we do not accept any ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon France Israel Ceasefire south Lebanon
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs announced in a press release on Monday that France, in collaboration with its international partners, is continuing its efforts to enforce the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon. The deadline for Israel’s complete withdrawal from southern Lebanon has been extended to February 18. France has urged ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 10:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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South Lebanon residents accompanied by the army tried to return to their villages on Monday, a day after Israeli fire killed more than 20 people in the area, even though the Israeli withdrawal deadline was extended until February 18. Dozens of vehicles carrying families headed towards border towns, a day after hundreds tried unsuccessfully ...
Yara Germany, 26/01 18:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Ceasefire Southern Lebanon Israel
On Sunday, the final day of the ceasefire, displaced residents of southern Lebanon attempted to return to their villages, only to find their homes destroyed.