This is Beirut, 22/05 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem, where AFP journalists reported loud booms overhead, as the Israeli military announced it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen Thursday for the second time in less than 12 hours. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was ...
This is Beirut, 21/05 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he was open to a "temporary ceasefire" in Gaza as international pressure intensified over Israel's renewed offensive and aid blockade in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. "If there is an option for a temporary ceasefire to free hostages, we'll be ready," ...
This is Beirut, 21/05 14:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Bkerke Maronite Reform Gaza Elections
During their monthly meeting held on Wednesday in Bkerke, presided over by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, the Maronite bishops declared that Lebanon is facing a rare opportunity for recovery, one that must not be missed. In their closing statement, the bishops urged Lebanese officials to take tangible steps to restore state authority and ...
This is Beirut, 21/05 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for sufficient humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages. "The situation in the Gaza Strip is worrying and painful," the pope said during his first weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. "I renew my ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 20:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The European Union on Tuesday agreed to review its cooperation deal with Israel over alleged human rights abuses in Gaza, the bloc's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said. Kallas said Brussels was acting after "a strong majority" of its 27 member states backed the move in a meeting of EU foreign ministers in a bid to pressure ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 20:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States has reached out to countries about accepting "voluntary" relocations of Palestinians fleeing Israel's offensive in Gaza, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday. Israel has again warned the population of Gaza -- nearly entirely displaced since the war broke out over the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas -- to move ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Britain suspended free-trade negotiations with Israel on Tuesday and summoned its ambassador to the foreign ministry in its toughest stance yet against Israel's conduct in the war in Gaza. Foreign Secretary David Lammy accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of "egregious actions and rhetoric" over its ...
This is Beirut, 19/05 19:57 - Reading : less than a minute
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Nine aid trucks were authorized to enter Gaza on Monday, the United Nations said, describing the first humanitarian deliveries since Israel partially lifted its blockade as "a drop in the ocean" of what is needed. UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher welcomed the move but said Israeli authorities were only allowing in limited aid after 11 ...
This is Beirut, 19/05 12:16 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel will "take control" of the whole of Gaza, as the military pressed a newly intensified campaign in the war-ravaged territory. After Israel announced it would let a "basic amount" of food into the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu said it was necessary to prevent a famine for "diplomatic reasons". In ...
This is Beirut, 18/05 19:56 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The Israeli army on Sunday issued an evacuation order for several areas in Gaza ahead of what it said was an imminent attack. Addressing Gazans "in the Al-Qarara area, the Salqa municipality, and the south of Deir al-Balah, and the neighborhoods of Al-Ja'farawi, Al-Suwar, Abu Hadab, and Al-Satar", the army said: "This is a ...
This is Beirut, 17/05 17:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Arab leaders urged the international community Saturday to fund their plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip after U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated a proposal to take over the Palestinian territory. An Arab League summit in Baghdad said in its final statement that it urges "countries and international and regional financial institutions to provide ...
This is Beirut, 17/05 16:20 - Reading : less than a minute
A senior Hamas official said a new round of indirect negotiations with Israel aimed at ending the war in Gaza started in Doha "without any preconditions" on Saturday. "This round of negotiations began without any preconditions from either side, and the negotiations are open to discussing all issues," Taher al-Nunu said. "Hamas will present its ...