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Israel FM Says No Macron Visit Unless France Drops Palestinian State Recognition

This is Beirut, 2025-09-04 20:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's foreign minister said Thursday that his government would not agree to a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron so long as Paris plans to recognize a Palestinian state. A statement from Israel's foreign ministry said Gideon Saar told France's top diplomat Jean-Noel Barrot in a phone call that "there is no room" ...

Israel Vows to Inflict Biblical Plagues on Yemen's Houthis

This is Beirut, 2025-09-04 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's defense minister vowed Thursday to inflict the biblical 10 plagues of Egypt on Yemen's Houthi after they stepped up their missile attacks against Israel. "The Houthis are firing missiles at Israel again. A plague of darkness, a plague of the firstborn -- we will complete all 10 plagues," Israel Katz posted on X. He was ...

Israel Intercepts Houthi Missile Fired From Yemen

This is Beirut, 2025-09-03 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli military said Wednesday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen after Houthis vowed to avenge the killing of their prime minister in an Israeli strike last week. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted," an Israeli military statement ...

Israeli Strikes Kill 13 People Near Gaza City

This is Beirut, 2025-09-02 05:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said on Tuesday that Israeli strikes on an apartment and a residential building killed 13 people overnight. Spokesman Mahmud Bassal said in a statement to AFP that Israeli warplanes hit the top floor of a residential building in southwestern Gaza City, killing 10 people. Bassal said Israeli helicopters also struck ...

Abbas Determined to Withdraw All Palestinian Weapons from Lebanon

This is Beirut, 2025-09-01 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that his leadership is determined to withdraw all Palestinian weapons from Lebanon, calling the step essential to the country’s security and sovereignty. In an interview with Al-Arabiya, Abbas confirmed that he had reached an understanding with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on carrying out the ...

Heavy Clashes in Gaza City Amid Reports of Israeli Casualties, Missing

This is Beirut, 2025-08-30 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gaza City witnessed intense fighting in the Zeitoun neighborhood in recent hours, with reports that four Israeli soldiers went missing and two were killed in an ambush carried out by Hamas’s armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, according to Saudi TV, Al Hadath. Israeli journalists on social media reported a series of “difficult” ...

US to Refuse Visas to Palestinian Officials at UN Summit on State

This is Beirut, 2025-08-29 20:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The United States said Friday it will deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority to attend next month's UN General Assembly, where France is leading a push to recognize a Palestinian state. The extraordinary step further aligns President Donald Trump's administration with Israel's government, which adamantly rejects a Palestinian state ...

Israel Army Declares Gaza City 'a Dangerous Combat Zone'

This is Beirut, 2025-08-29 13:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Israeli military declared Gaza City "a dangerous combat zone" on Friday, as it prepared to conquer the Palestinian territory's largest city after almost two years of devastating war. Israel is under mounting pressure at home and abroad to end its offensive in Gaza, where the vast majority of the population has been displaced at ...

Sweden and Netherlands Call for EU Sanctions on Israel, Hamas

This is Beirut, 2025-08-28 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Sweden and the Netherlands have urged the EU to adopt sanctions on Israel and Hamas over the war in Gaza, including suspending the EU-Israel trade deal, according to a document seen by AFP on Thursday. In a letter to European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas, the Swedish and Dutch foreign ministers called for targeted sanctions on Israeli ...

Gaza at 'Breaking Point', Says UN Food Agency Chief After Visit

This is Beirut, 2025-08-28 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The head of the UN's World Food Programme warned Thursday that famine-hit Gaza is "at breaking point", appealing for the urgent revival of its network of 200 food distribution points. "Enough is enough," the WFP's executive director Cindy McCain said after visiting the besieged Palestinian territory, where Israel is pressing operations in its ...

Israel Army Says Intercepted Drone Launched from Yemen

This is Beirut, 2025-08-28 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's military said it intercepted a drone launched from Yemen on Thursday, after sirens sounded in communities near the Gaza Strip. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the drone, but Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel since Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel sparked the Gaza ...

Israel Army Launches Operation in West Bank's Nablus

This is Beirut, 2025-08-27 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military on Wednesday launched an operation involving dozens of soldiers and armoured vehicles in the old city of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, witnesses and Palestinian officials said. The Israeli military confirmed to AFP that it was conducting an operation, without specifying its purpose. The raid began at around ...

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