War in the Middle East

Despite Hopes Of a Ceasefire, Violence Continues In Gaza

This is Beirut 2024-12-23 03:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Despite growing hopes of a ceasefire, the violence continues in the Gaza Strip, where 35 people have been killed in the last 24 hours according to the Civil Defence of the Palestinian territory, ravaged by more than a year of war between Hamas and Israel. The Islamist movement Hamas and two other Palestinian groups had suggested on Saturday that ...

Netanyahu Vows to Act With 'Force, Determination' Against Yemen's Houthis

This is Beirut 2024-12-22 20:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to retaliate against Yemen's Houthi rebels after they fired a missile at Tel Aviv, warning that Israel would target what he described as the last remaining arm of "Iran's axis of evil". The Houthis struck Israel's commercial hub on Saturday with what they claimed was ...

Israel Hands Over Seven Lebanese to Red Cross via UNIFIL

This is Beirut 2024-12-22 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli army transferred on Sunday seven Lebanese detainees to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at the Ras al-Naqoura crossing point. These individuals were arrested in the southern villages of Wazzani and Tayr Harfa following the ceasefire implementation on November 27. The detainees – Ahmed Haidar, Jaafar Haidar, ...

Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Strikes Kill 28

This is Beirut 2024-12-22 14:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli strikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least 28 Palestinians, including at one family's home and at a school building the Israeli military said was used by Hamas. On the ground in Gaza, civil agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said that at least 13 people were killed in an air strike on a house in ...

Pope Again Condemns 'Cruelty' of Israeli Strikes on Gaza

This is Beirut 2024-12-22 14:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Pope Francis doubled down Sunday on his condemnation of Israel's strikes on the Gaza Strip, denouncing their "cruelty" for the second time in as many days. "And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty," the pope said after his weekly Angelus ...

Khamenei Says Iran Does not Have or Need Regional Proxy Forces

This is Beirut 2024-12-22 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's supreme leader denied Sunday that militant groups around the region functioned as Tehran's proxies, warning that if his country chose to "take action", it would not need them anyway. The remarks came after a year in which Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza suffered heavy losses in wars with Israel, and two weeks after the ...

Mikati Discusses Humanitarian Aid and Southern Tensions with UN Delegates

This is Beirut 2024-12-22 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati received the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Janine Hennis-Plasschaert, at his residence. The discussions focused on current developments, particularly the situation in southern Lebanon and the ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement. The Prime Minister also met with ...

Israeli Bulldozers Block Deir Mimas' Entrance

This is Beirut 2024-12-21 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers on Saturday blocked the road leading to the entrance of Deir Mimas in southern Lebanon, where nearly 20 Israeli soldiers are stationed. An Israeli bulldozer also rammed three cars in the town. Israeli forces have conducted further demolition activities in Naqoura, replacing a checkpoint set up by the ...

Behind the ScenesAddressing Ceasefire Violations and Israeli Withdrawals: Efforts Underway in the Coming Days

Bassam Abou Zeid 2024-12-21 15:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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According to sources close to Speaker Berri, Hochstein is expected to chair the next meeting of the monitoring committee after the Christmas and New Year holidays, as he promised to Berri. A Western diplomatic source following the committee's work noted that an assessment of the situation in the south after the November 27 ceasefire reveals ...

Lebanese Army Takes Control of PFLP General Command Site in Western Bekaa

This is Beirut 2024-12-21 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Lebanese Army announced on Saturday that it had "taken control of the General Command site of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) at Jabal Sultan Yacoub in Western Bekaa." "We entered the headquarters' tunnel and deployed our units around the site," the statement added. Additionally, the Lebanese Army is working to take ...

16 Injured After Israel Hit by 'Projectile' Launched From Yemen

This is Beirut 2024-12-21 10:31 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel's military said Saturday it had failed to intercept a "projectile" launched from Yemen that landed in Tel Aviv, with the national medical service reporting that 16 people were lightly injured. A projectile fired from Yemen struck Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv early Saturday, wounding 16 people, the military and ...

What Is Israel Doing in Syria?

Malo Pinatel 2024-12-21 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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On the morning of Sunday, December 8, as the Syrian people had just rid themselves of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the Israeli military declared the Golan Heights a “closed military zone,” while reinforcing its military deployment there. A few hours later, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced from this territory, annexed by Israel in ...