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Netanyahu Asserts Israel Is 'Changing the Security Reality' in the Region

This is Beirut, 07/10 16:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel was changing the security reality in the region to ensure that an attack like the one on October 7 does not happen again. "We are changing the security reality in our region—for the sake of our children, for the sake of our future—to ensure that what happened on the seventh of ...

Biden and Harris Mourn the October 7 Anniversary and Palestinian Deaths

This is Beirut, 07/10 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris mourned the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel one year ago, while decrying the heavy civilian losses of Palestinians in the subsequent Israeli operations. "Let us bear witness to the unspeakable brutality of the October 7 attacks, but also to the beauty of the lives that ...

Netanyahu: Israel Must Return Hostages as Country Commemorates October 7 Anniversary

This is Beirut, 07/10 14:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Monday to bring back all hostages still held by Palestinian militants in Gaza as Israel marked the first anniversary of the October 7 attack by Hamas. "On this day, in this place, and in many locations across our country, we remember our dead, our hostages, whom we are obligated to bring back, and our ...

One Year Later: What Happened on October 7?

This is Beirut, 07/10 11:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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One year ago, Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel, marking the beginning of a significant war. Since then, the war has been ongoing for a full year, impacting countless in the region.

The Israel-Hezbollah War: Facing the Reality

Michel Touma, 07/10 10:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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For exactly one year, parts of the Middle East, specifically Gaza and Lebanon, have been enduring the devastating fallout of two military ventures that have become symbols of madness and destructive chaos. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a deadly assault on Israeli soil. The very next day, Hezbollah unilaterally reignited the southern Lebanon ...

Gaza One Year On: A 'Relentless War of Attrition'

07/10 10:30 - Reading : 10 minute(s)

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On October 7, 2023, Hamas' armed wing launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel, sparking widespread panic and shock on the Israeli side. The Palestinian group carried out an unprecedented assault, firing thousands of rockets and infiltrating border areas between Gaza and Israel. It was a groundbreaking attack in the history of the ...

Israel Marks First Anniversary of October 7th

This is Beirut, 07/10 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel began its commemorations on Monday of the one-year anniversary of Hamas' deadly October 7 attack, with an outpouring of emotion at vigils at massacre sites and rallies calling for the return of hostages. Ceremonies and events are planned across Israel and in cities around the world to mark the anniversary of the unprecedented attack by ...

One Year After, the Fallacies of Apocalypticism

07/10 09:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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The violent outbursts of October 7, 2023, were portrayed as the last bouts of a war of liberation targeting Israel. This boring sloganeering, far from being a novelty, belongs to a trite repertoire of damning rhetoric that punctuated every single stage of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Unfortunately, this rhetoric was paired with violence, repeated ...

Israeli Airstrikes Mark the First Anniversary of the War

This is Beirut, 07/10 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On this day, marking the first anniversary of the war, a new airstrike targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut this morning. Overnight, several raids hit the same southern suburbs after a call from the Israeli Army to evacuate certain neighborhoods. The strikes primarily targeted the Bourj al-Barajneh and Sainte Therese neighborhoods. The Israeli ...

Macron to Netanyahu: France Committed to Israel’s Security

This is Beirut, 06/10 20:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed Sunday his country's "unwavering commitment" to Israel's security in a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while insisting on a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, the presidency said. "On the eve of the first anniversary of the Hamas terrorist offensive against Israel, he expressed the ...

Harris Says US Will Not Stop ‘Pressure’ on Israel for Ceasefire

This is Beirut, 06/10 19:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States will not ease its "pressure" on Israel and Arab leaders to reach a deal on hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza, Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview released on Sunday. Washington is working with Israel on humanitarian aid and "the need for a deal to be done which would release the hostages and create a ceasefire. And ...

One Dead in Shooting Attack in Southern Israel

This is Beirut, 06/10 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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At least one person was killed and 10 others injured on Sunday during a shooting in southern Israel's Beersheba, police and emergency responders said, a day before the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack. "Paramedics have pronounced a 25-year-old female deceased and are evacuating 10 casualties," emergency service ...

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