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Two-State Solution Conference Rescheduled for Late July at UN

This is Beirut, 11/07 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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An international conference meant to revive work on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been rescheduled for July 28-29, diplomatic sources told AFP. Originally set for mid-June, the conference at UN headquarters in New York was postponed at the last minute due to Israel's surprise military campaign against Iran. It has ...

UN: Nearly 800 Killed Seeking Aid in Gaza, Most Near GHF Sites

This is Beirut, 11/07 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Nearly 800 people have died trying to access aid in Gaza since late May, with most killed near the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's sites, the UN said Friday. An officially private effort, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began operations on May 26 after Israel halted supplies into the Gaza Strip for more than ...

Aid Turns Deadly: Nearly 800 Killed Seeking Food in Gaza, Says UN

This is Beirut, 11/07 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed 18 people on Friday, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the south of the war-ravaged territory. The fresh deaths came as the United Nations said nearly 800 people had been killed trying to access food in Gaza since late May, when Israel began easing a more than two-month total ...

One Killed Five Injured in Israeli Strike on a Car in Nmairiya, South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 11/07 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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One person was killed and five others were injured on Friday afternoon in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a car traveling on the Nmairiya–Sharqiya road in the Nabatiyeh district. Four missiles were fired at the vehicle. On the evening, the Arabic-speaking spokesman for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, announced that “the ...

Farming the Red Zone: Between Fear and Resilience

Katia Kahil, 11/07 14:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Farming has always been a challenge in Lebanon—especially in the country’s south. Long overlooked by authorities, the agricultural sector has struggled to stay afloat. Over the past two years, the burden has only grown heavier. Regional instability, economic hardship, and institutional neglect are pushing the land—and those who tend it—to ...

Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Strikes Kill Six

This is Beirut, 11/07 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli strikes on Friday killed at least six people in the Palestinian territory's north, including five at a school-turned-shelter. "Five martyrs and others injured in an Israeli strike on Halima al-Saadia School, which was sheltering displaced persons in Jabalia al-Nazla, northern Gaza," the agency said in a ...

The Houthis' Most Dangerous Red Sea Attacks on Commercial Ships

This is Beirut, 11/07 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Yemen's Houthis had paused their Red Sea attacks on commercial ships, carried out in solidarity with Gaza, for months, before claiming two fresh assaults in recent days, one of them deadly. The Iran-backed rebels have carried out more than 100 attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the start of their campaign in November 2023, ...

Israel Says Would Negotiate Permanent Gaza Ceasefire During 60-Day Truce

This is Beirut, 10/07 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel was ready to negotiate a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during a 60-day truce but only if the Palestinian territory was demilitarized. Delegations from Israel and Hamas began indirect talks in Doha on Sunday to try to agree on a temporary halt in the war, which was sparked by the ...

Will Lebanon Install Observation Towers Along Its Border with Israel?

Natasha Metni Torbey, 10/07 20:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A renewed proposal to build surveillance towers along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel is back on the table—ambitious in scope, but hindered by political and security complications. Originally floated by the British government in 2024, the plan was presented twice to Lebanese authorities amid intense negotiations around the ceasefire ...

Macron Urges Joint UK-French Recognition of Palestinian State

This is Beirut, 10/07 19:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urged joint UK-France recognition of a Palestinian state, calling such moves "the only hope for peace" in the conflict-ridden region. Flanking UK leader Keir Starmer at a news conference as he wrapped up a three-day state visit to Britain, Macron said he wanted to "initiate this political dynamic" of ...

EU Says Israel Has Agreed to 'Expand' Gaza Aid Access

This is Beirut, 10/07 18:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The EU on Thursday struck a deal with Israel to increase aid access to Gaza that should see more food trucks entering and the opening of additional crossing points, the bloc's top diplomat said. "Today, we reached an agreement with Israel to expand humanitarian access to Gaza," European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas wrote on X. "This ...

Hezbollah’s Threats to Israel: Can They Still Deliver?

Mario Chartouni, 10/07 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As tensions persist in southern Lebanon, with Israel carrying out regular targeted strikes, Hezbollah maintains a firm stance toward Tel Aviv. The threats are mounting – yet they never materialize. Now, the group’s Secretary-General, Naim Qassem, warns that the patience of the pro-Iranian party is wearing thin. But behind the rhetoric lies a ...

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