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Speaker Berri: Israel Pushes for Normalization, But We Stand by Ceasefire

This is Beirut, 23/03 19:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri dismissed on Sunday Israeli attempts to push Lebanon into political negotiations, declaring, "Israel pushes for normalization, but we stand by the ceasefire." In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Berri accused Israel of seeking to bypass the existing ceasefire agreement by drawing Lebanon into talks that ...

Israel Presses Ground Offensive in Gaza

This is Beirut, 23/03 18:38 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, encircling part of Rafah city near Egypt almost a week into a renewed assault on the Palestinian territory. Deployment of Israeli troops in parts of Gaza, despite calls to revive a January truce with Hamas militants, comes alongside a deadly flare-up in Lebanon and ...

Palestinians Denounce Israeli Recognition of New West Bank Settlements

This is Beirut, 23/03 18:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned on Sunday an Israeli decision to recognize more than a dozen new settlements in the occupied West Bank, upgrading existing neighborhoods to independent settlement status. The decision by Israel's security cabinet was a show of "disregard for international legitimacy and its resolutions," ...

Hamas Says Israeli Strike Kills Political Bureau Member

This is Beirut, 23/03 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Palestinian group Hamas confirmed on Sunday that Salah al-Bardawil, a senior member of its political bureau, was killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza the previous day. Bardawil, 65, was killed along with his wife in a camp in al-Mawasi, near Khan Younes, according to the Palestinian Islamist movement. He is the third member of the ...

Israel Military Says it Intercepted Missile From Yemen

This is Beirut, 23/03 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's military said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early on Sunday, with Huthi rebels later claiming responsibility for an attack they said targeted Israel's Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was ...

Israel's Opposition Calls for General Strike

This is Beirut, 23/03 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's opposition leader on Saturday called for a general strike if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to obey a Supreme Court decision freezing the government's dismissal of the internal security chief. If the government "decides to disobey the Court's decision it will become a government outside of the law," Yair ...

Israeli Border Town Mayor Urges Return to War after Rocket Fire

This is Beirut, 22/03 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The mayor of Israel's northern border town of Metula criticized the government Saturday after the area was targeted with rocket fire from Lebanon and called for a return to war. "We will not return to the reality of October 6th... and this is what the [Israeli military], the Northern Command, and the Israeli government are trying to normalize," ...

Rockets in South Lebanon: A Message of Military and Political Escalation

Bassam Abou Zeid, 22/03 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Lebanese security services are working to identify those truly responsible for the rockets launched from southern Lebanon toward Israel on Saturday. Military intelligence views the attack as suspicious, believing it is an attempt to drag Lebanon back into war. In response, Lebanese authorities are intensifying diplomatic efforts—particularly ...

Israeli Airstrikes in South Lebanon Resume Fiercely, Causing Casualties

This Is Beirut, 22/03 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Tension has been prevailing since Saturday morning on the southern front, after six rockets were fired towards Metula from southern Lebanon, three of which penetrated Israeli airspace and were intercepted, according to Israeli military sources. The Israeli air force launched on Saturday afternoon a wide aerial attack. The Israeli army claimed ...

Witkoff: Normalization Between Israel and Lebanon Is Possible

This is Beirut, 22/03 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steven Witkoff, recently stated that the normalization of relations between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel is no longer a distant dream, but a real and tangible possibility. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Witkoff suggested that these countries could eventually establish formal diplomatic ties with Israel, a ...

Rockets Fired at Border Village of Metula, Katz Threatens the Lebanese State

This is Beirut, 22/03 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A new escalation of tensions was reported on Saturday morning in southern Lebanon following the launch of five rockets from Lebanon toward the border village of Metula. A series of explosions caused by Israeli interceptor missiles was reported in the airspace of southeastern Lebanon. Three rockets were intercepted, while two landed on Lebanese ...

Israel Threatens to Annex Parts of Gaza

This is Beirut, 22/03 05:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened Friday to annex parts of the Gaza Strip unless Hamas militants release the remaining Israeli hostages held in the war-battered Palestinian territory. The warning came as Israel pressed the renewed assault it launched on Tuesday, shattering the relative calm since a January 19 ceasefire. A ...

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