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France, Egypt, Jordan say Palestinian Authority Must Head Post-War Gaza

This is Beirut, 07/04 21:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The leaders of France, Egypt, and Jordan on Monday said the Palestinian Authority must head post-war governance in Gaza. The question of who will rule the Palestinian territory has been one of the main sticking points in efforts to prolong a ceasefire in Gaza that collapsed last month. On a visit to Cairo, where he met his counterpart, Abdel ...

Macron Says Opposes Any Displacement, Annexation in Gaza, West Bank

This is Beirut, 07/04 18:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to Cairo on Monday that he was strongly opposed to any displacement of Palestinians or annexation in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "We are firmly opposed to the displacement of populations and to any annexation of both Gaza and the West Bank," Macron said as he met with his Egyptian ...

Palestinians in East Jerusalem, West Bank Strike to Demand End to Gaza War

This is Beirut, 07/04 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Shuttered storefronts lined empty streets in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Monday, as Palestinians held a general strike demanding an end to the Gaza war. "I walked through the city today and couldn't find a single place that was open," Fadi Saadi, a shopkeeper in Bethlehem, told AFP. Shops, schools, and most ...

Netanyahu and Trump to Talk Tariffs, Iran and Gaza

This is Beirut, 07/04 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Talks on Monday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are expected to be dominated by Washington's shock tariffs on Israel and escalating tensions with Iran. Netanyahu becomes the first foreign leader to meet with Trump in the US capital since the president unveiled sweeping levies on multiple countries ...

At Least 44 Palestinians Killed in New Israeli Strikes on Gaza

This is Beirut, 07/04 05:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people on Sunday as Israel's prime minister vowed a "strong response" to a rare salvo of rockets fired from the Hamas-ruled territory. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed almost daily since Israel resumed its military offensive in Gaza on March 18, ending a ...

Israel: Document Reveals Iran's Support for October 7 Attack

This is Beirut, 06/04 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz disclosed on Sunday a communication between Iran and Mohammed Al-Deif, the General Commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, as well as Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, confirming "Iran's support for the October 7, 2023, plan." During a visit to the intelligence unit in the "Amshot" division on Sunday, ...

Macron to Hold Gaza Summit With Egyptian, Jordanian Leaders

This is Beirut, 05/04 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he would hold a trilateral summit on the situation in Gaza with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II. Israel has pushed to seize territory in Gaza since the collapse of a short-lived truce in its war with Hamas, in what it has called a strategy to force the ...

Gaza: 30 Killed Since Dawn as Israel Expands Ground Offensive

This is Beirut, 04/04 15:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel announced the launch of a new ground offensive in Gaza City on Friday, with rescuers saying military operations had killed at least 30 people across the Palestinian territory since dawn. Israel has pushed since the collapse of a short-lived truce in the war with Hamas to seize territory in Gaza in what it has called a strategy to force the ...

Israel Army Announces New Ground Offensive East of Gaza City

This is Beirut, 04/04 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli army announced it had launched a new ground offensive east of Gaza City on Friday to expand the security zone it has established inside the Palestinian territory. "Over the past few hours... troops have begun conducting ground activity in the area of Shejaiya in northern Gaza in order to expand the security zone," the ...

Gaza : 31 Killed in Israeli Strike on School

This is Beirut, 03/04 21:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said at least 31 people, including children, were killed in an Israeli strike Thursday on a school serving as a shelter for Palestinians displaced by the war. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that women and children were among the dead, while six people were still unaccounted for in the strike on Dar al-Arqam ...

Israel PM Says 'Dissecting' Gaza to Force Hamas to Free Hostages

This is Beirut, 03/04 09:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the military was "dissecting" the Gaza Strip and seizing territory to pressure Hamas into freeing hostages still held in the enclave. It came as rescuers said 34 people were killed in continued Israeli strikes on the territory, including on a UN building. The military ...

Gaza Rescuers say Nine Children Among Dead in Israel Strike on UN Building

This is Beirut, 02/04 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli army said it targeted Hamas militants in a strike on a UN building in Jabalia refugee camp Wednesday that Gaza's civil defence agency said killed 19 people, nine of them children. The army said in a statement that it struck the militants "inside a command and control centre that was being used for coordinating terrorist activity", and ...

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