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Hamas Says Agrees to New Gaza Truce Proposal Received From Mediators

This is Beirut, 29/03 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A top Hamas official said on Saturday the group approved a new Gaza ceasefire proposal put forth by mediators, urging Israel to back it but warning the Iran-backed group's weapons were a "red line". Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed it had also received a proposal from the mediators and had submitted a counter-proposal in ...

Hamas Releases New Video of Israeli Hostage in Gaza

This is Beirut, 29/03 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hamas's armed wing on Saturday released footage showing an Israeli hostage in Gaza calling on the government to secure his release, the second such video shared by the militant group within days. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum campaign group identified the man as Elkana Bohbot, who was abducted from the site of a music festival in ...

Hamas Says Gaza Truce Talks With Mediators Stepping Up

This is Beirut, 28/03 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A senior Hamas official said Friday that talks between the Palestinian Islamist movement and mediators over a ceasefire deal are gaining momentum as Israel continues intensive operations in Gaza. "We hope that the coming days will bring a real breakthrough in the war situation, following intensified communications with and between mediators in ...

Hamas Says Spokesman Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza

This is Beirut, 27/03 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hamas said an Israeli air strike killed one of its official spokesmen in Gaza on Thursday, the latest high-ranking operative targeted since Israel resumed its bombardment. The group said in a statement it mourned the loss of Abdul Latif al-Qanou who was killed in what it called a "direct" strike on a tent he was in, in the Jabalia area of ...

Anti-Hamas Slogans Chanted at Protest in Gaza

This is Beirut, 26/03 22:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Palestinians on Wednesday staged protests in the Gaza Strip against the territory's Hamas rulers for the second consecutive day, calling for an end to the war with Israel, witnesses said. Demonstrators carrying banners reading "Hamas does not represent us" were seen marching in Gaza City and the town of Beit Lahia to the north, just over a week ...

Netanyahu Accuses Opposition of Fueling Anarchy Amid Ongoing Protests

This is Beirut, 26/03 15:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the opposition on Wednesday of fueling "anarchy" in Israel following mass anti-government protests in recent days. In a speech to parliament, Netanyahu addressed the opposition, stating: "You recycle the same worn-out and ridiculous slogans about 'the end of democracy.’ Well, once and for all: Democracy ...

Trump Team Splits on Message as Iran Considers Talks

This is Beirut, 26/03 09:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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In a matter of days, US President Donald Trump has extended a hand to Iran and bombed Tehran's allies in Yemen. His administration has both demanded that Iran dismantle its nuclear program and offered more flexibility. Trump has for years dangled force as a means to get his way in negotiations. But on Iran, some observers see less a strategy ...

Israel Says Al Jazeera Journalist it Killed in Gaza was Hamas 'Sniper'

This is Beirut, 25/03 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel on Tuesday said it had killed an Al Jazeera employee in the Gaza Strip, accusing the journalist, Hussam Shabat, of being a "sniper terrorist" for Hamas. The Qatar-based network said Shabat was killed Monday in an Israeli strike on his vehicle in northern Gaza, in an attack that media watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF) condemned as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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