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Israeli Military Says Remains of Two More Hostages Returned from Gaza Identified

This is Beirut, 22/10 09:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's army said Wednesday that the remains of two more hostages returned the day before from Gaza have been identified as those of Aryeh Zalmanovich and Master Sergeant Tamir Adar. Zalmanovich, 85 at the time of his death, was abducted from his home in kibbutz Nir Oz and killed in captivity on November 17, 2023, the Israeli military said in a ...

JD Vance Voices ‘Great Optimism' for Gaza Truce on Israel Visit

This is Beirut, 22/10 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US Vice President JD Vance expressed "great optimism" that the Gaza truce would hold, ahead of a meeting Wednesday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Vance is in Israel to shore up support for the US-brokered ceasefire and post-war reconstruction plans. Despite concerns in Israel that Hamas has seized on the pause to ...

Israel Says Received Two Gaza Hostage Bodies from Red Cross

This is Beirut, 21/10 22:37 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israel said its security forces in the Gaza Strip received the remains of two hostages from the Red Cross on Tuesday, returned as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal. "Israel has received, through the Red Cross, the coffins of two hostages who were killed, which were handed over to an [Israeli military] and Shin Bet force inside the Gaza ...

Trump Says Middle East Allies Ready to 'Straighten out Hamas' If Asked

This is Beirut, 21/10 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that allied nations in the Middle East were prepared to send troops into Gaza, at his request, to confront Hamas if the group did not cease its alleged violations of his peace plan. The threat comes a day after Trump warned Hamas would be "eradicated" if the group did not meet expectations of the agreement, ...

Israel says Remains of Another Hostage Returned from Gaza Identified

This is Beirut, 21/10 09:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel said Tuesday that remains of a hostage held in Gaza, returned by Hamas a day earlier, had been identified as those of Tal Chaimi, a non-commissioned officer killed on October 7, 2023. "Following the completion of the identification process... representatives of (the army) informed the family of the hostage, Sergeant Major Tal Chaimi, ...

US Envoys Meet Israel's Netanyahu after Gaza Violence

This is Beirut, 20/10 18:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Two of the United States' top envoys to the Middle East met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after weekend violence threatened to wreck a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza. The sit-down came as Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom border crossing into Gaza for aid shipments, a security official and a humanitarian source ...

Five Things to Know About Gaza's Rafah Border Crossing

This is Beirut, 20/10 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, part of US President Donald Trump's plan for the Palestinian territory, remains on hold despite calls from the UN and aid groups. Here are five things to know about this crucial crossing:  Crucial access point  The Rafah crossing into Egypt is a crucial entry point ...

One Year After Nasrallah’s Death, Hezbollah Struggles to Rebuild

This is Beirut, 20/10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A year after the assassination of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike on Beirut on September 27, 2024, Hezbollah is quietly attempting to rebuild its shattered leadership and reassert its influence. According to a detailed report by Le Figaro correspondent Georges Malbrunot, the Shia militia now operates in a state of ...

Kushner and Witkoff Reveal How the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Was Brokered

This is Beirut, 20/10 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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In a high-profile interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff  – President Donald Trump’s envoys – defended their role in brokering the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and responded to criticism over potential conflicts of interest tied to their extensive business dealings in the ...

Trump says Gaza Ceasefire Still in Force after Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut, 20/10 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza was still holding after Israel carried out deadly strikes on the territory over alleged truce violations by Hamas. The dozens of strikes Israel carried out on Hamas positions in southern Gaza Sunday came after it accused the militant group of targeting its troops in "a blatant ...

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