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Palestinian Official Says Hamas Agrees to Gaza Proposal, Israel Dismisses It

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 ...

President Aoun Meets Raad Amid Arms Handover Tensions

This is Beirut, 26/05 19:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun received MP Mohammad Raad, the head of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on Monday, as Lebanon moves forward with its plan to disarm Palestinian camps by mid-June. The issue of weapons and the restoration of full Lebanese sovereignty was at the heart of their meeting, which lasted ...

Hamas Source Says Group Accepts Mediators' Latest Gaza Ceasefire Proposal

This is Beirut, 26/05 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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 ...

Salam Vows to Assert State Authority Over Arms

This is Beirut, 26/05 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam declared on Monday that Lebanon will no longer tolerate the presence of weapons outside the state’s control, marking a firm stance on national sovereignty and the rule of law. “We will not remain silent about the existence of any arms outside the authority of the state,” Salam said in an exclusive interview with ...

Israel Reconfigures Northern Border Defenses

This is Beirut, 26/05 15:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Six months after the November 2024 ceasefire with Lebanon, Israel is adjusting its military deployment along the northern frontier, signaling a shift toward a more routine defensive posture. According to Israeli military radio, the Israeli Army Northern Command has reassigned control of the Lebanese border to the 91st Division, also known as the ...

Gaza Rescuers say 52 Killed in Israeli Strikes, Including 33 in a school

This is Beirut, 26/05 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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 ...

Iran Rejects Push to Suspend Uranium Enrichment to Reach US Deal

This is Beirut, 26/05 12:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran on Monday ruled out suspending its uranium enrichment as part of any nuclear deal with the United States, a key demand from Washington in successive rounds of talks between the foes. The issue of enrichment has come into focus in recent weeks, with Iran staunchly defending its right to enrich uranium as part of what it says is a civilian ...

Three Israeli Strikes Hit Brital Area Amid Rising Border Tensions

This is Beirut, 26/05 10:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Three Israeli airstrikes in under 24 hours targeted the outskirts of the town of Brital in the Baalbeck district on Monday, marking a continued escalation in Israeli raids. According to local reports, Israeli reconnaissance drones flew extensively over southern Lebanese villages throughout the day, focusing on border communities in the western ...

Israel Marks Second 'Jerusalem Day' Under Shadow of Gaza war

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 ...

The Future of US-Iranian Negotiations

Charles Chartouni, 26/05 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The finalization of negotiations between Iran and the United States is unending guesswork. What are the benchmarks that we should enlist if we were to track the evolution of the process, and is there any deadline that we may expect down the road? Unfortunately, none of these questions is likely to be answered since the Iranian agenda is shifting ...

Naim Qassem: 'Resistance Is a Core Component of Lebanon. Don’t Ask Anything More of Us.'

This is Beirut, 25/05 22:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On the 25th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered a speech deeply rooted in the historical and ideological foundations of the resistance movement. More than a commemorative address, the speech served as a renewed justification for Hezbollah’s continued existence and its ...

Voting Far from Home in Tyre

Yara Germany, 24/05 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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At Tyre’s polling stations, residents from war-ravaged border regions are casting their votes for their representatives. With their local voting centers destroyed and relocated far from their devastated villages, they are casting their ballots amid a complex mix of hope and resentment. These sprawling polling centers, disconnected from their ...

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