This is Beirut, 28/05 20:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday he had "very good feelings" about a possible Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, adding that he expected to send out a new proposal imminently. "I have some very good feelings about getting to a long-term resolution, temporary cease fire, and a long-term resolution, a peaceful resolution ...
This is Beirut, 28/05 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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As the United States moves closer to a potential new nuclear agreement with Iran, tensions are reportedly growing between Washington and Tel Aviv, according to a detailed report published on Wednesday by The New York Times. The article outlines growing concern within the Israeli leadership, particularly from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ...
This is Beirut, 27/05 14:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's military said Tuesday it had intercepted a missile and another projectile fired from Yemen, which Iran-backed Huthi rebels said they had fired. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted," the military posted on Telegram. It said ...
This is Beirut, 27/05 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to bring back all hostages, "living and dead", as Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the war-battered Palestinian enclave. Netanyahu's remarks came amid confusion about the fate of a proposed 70-day ceasefire that was to see the release of 10 Israeli hostages ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Conflicting statements emerged Monday after a Palestinian official claimed that Hamas had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal attributed to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff—an assertion later denied by both Israel and Witkoff himself. A Palestinian official close to Hamas told Reuters that the group had agreed to a proposal received through ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Hamas source said the group had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by mediators that reportedly involves the releasing of 10 hostages in two batches and a 70-day truce. The outline of the new potential deal was revealed as Israel ramped up its offensive in the Palestinian territory and follows previous rounds of talks that have failed ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Rescuers said devastating Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 52 people on Monday, 33 of them in a school turned shelter. The civil defence agency said many of the casualties at the school in Gaza City were children, while the Israeli military said the site was housing "key terrorists". Israel has stepped up a renewed ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 10:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli police were deploying near the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Monday ahead of an annual event marking Israel's capture of east Jerusalem, held this year under the shadow of the war in Gaza. Jerusalem Day, or "Yom Yerushalayim" in Hebrew, commemorates what Israel considers the reunification of the city under its authority in the 1967 ...
This is Beirut, 25/05 13:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump defended on Sunday his administration's move to block foreign students at Harvard after a judge suspended the action, branded by the top university as unlawful. "Why isn't Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United ...
This is Beirut, 25/05 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Citing high-ranking political and security sources, Kuwaiti daily Al-Anbaa reported that Lebanon has been given an eight-month deadline to address the long-standing issue of illegal weapons on its soil and to assert full state authority across the country. During this period, international economic aid and reconstruction support will reportedly be ...
Michel Touma, 25/05 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A quarter-century is a brief chapter in the life of a nation. But for a population held hostage for decades by war and relentless existential crises – driven by the unchecked ambitions of regional powers and factions – it can feel like an era. On May 25, 2000, Hezbollah staged a major celebration to mark the withdrawal of the last Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 24/05 15:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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In a landmark decision during the first meeting of the joint Lebanese-Palestinian executive committee on Friday, Lebanese authorities approved a phased plan to seize all weapons – heavy, medium and light – from Palestinian refugee camps across the country. According to a report by Al-Arabiya citing government sources, factions that refuse ...