Middle East

Lebanon, Hezbollah accept US ceasefire proposal

An Israeli airstrike killed five people in central Beirut on Monday, Lebanon's health ministry said, the second day in a row Israel has hit a target within the capital as…

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Israel accused of crimes against humanity over forced displacement in Gaza

Human Rights Watch has released a report accusing Israel of engaging in the "deliberate and massive forced displacement" of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, alleging that the use of evacuation orders…

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Lebanon awaits truce proposals after US envoy expresses hope

Lebanon is awaiting concrete ceasefire proposals, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was quoted as saying on Wednesday, after a senior U.S. official said he saw "a shot" at a truce soon…

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Netanyahu approved pager attacks against Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved pager attacks that dealt a deadly blow to the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in September, Omer Dostri, spokesperson for his office, said on…

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Hezbollah says no official ceasefire proposal received yet

Hezbollah has not received any proposals on a truce for Lebanon, a spokesperson said Monday, as Israel's foreign minister said diplomatic efforts had made "progress" and amid Israeli media reports…

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Qatar suspends role as mediator between Israel and Hamas

Qatar has suspended its efforts as a mediator in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage release between Israel and Hamas, the Qatari foreign ministry said. The Gulf country would resume…

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Nearly 70% of verified Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says

The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a…

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Netanyahu sacks defence minister, jolting Israeli politics as war grinds on

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant citing a “crisis of trust”, and replaced him with close ally Israel Katz to lead the country’s war in Gaza…

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Israeli authorities probe suspected Gaza intelligence leak by Netanyahu aide

A suspected leak of classified Gaza documents involving an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has jolted Israeli politics and outraged the families of hostages held by Hamas who have…

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Israel hits Beirut’s southern suburbs; At least 46 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes

Israel carried out air strikes early on Friday on Beirut's southern suburbs, Reuters witnesses said, the first strikes there in nearly a week. At least 46 Palestinians were killed in…

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Lebanon, Israel could agree to ceasefire within days, Lebanese prime minister says

Lebanon's prime minister expressed hope that a ceasefire deal with Israel would be announced within days as Israel's public broadcaster published what it said was a draft agreement providing for…

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US calls deadly Israeli air strike ‘horrifying’

At least 93 Palestinians were killed or missing and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, the…

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Hezbollah elects Naim Qassem as head to succeed Nasrallah

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had elected deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air attack on Beirut's…

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Israel bans UN relief agency from operating within its borders

The Israeli parliament has voted to approve two bills banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency from operating in Israel. The UNRWA agency will still be able to operate…

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Egypt proposes short Gaza truce with small hostage-prisoner exchange

Egypt has proposed an initial two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages of Hamas for some Palestinian prisoners, Egypt's president said as Israeli military strikes killed 45 Palestinians…

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Israeli strike kills three journalists in south Lebanon

An Israeli strike early on Friday morning killed at least three journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses used by media in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon, Lebanon's…

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Macron pledges €100M for Lebanon aid

France will give €100 million to support Lebanon and assist the more than 1 million people displaced by the recent Israeli invasion, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday at the…

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Putin says Middle East is on the brink of full-scale war

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Middle East was on the brink of a full-scale war as tensions rose sharply between Israel and Iran. "The fighting that…

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Israel strikes Damascus, military site near Homs, Syrian defence says

Israel launched strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs on Thursday, the Syrian defence ministry said, as U.S. Secretary of State…

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Israel confirms death of heir apparent to slain Hezbollah leader

Israel confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed last month in an Israeli attack targeting the Iran-backed Lebanese militant…

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War knocked human development in Gaza back to 1955, UNDP says

The war in Gaza has devastated the Palestinian economy, which is now 35% smaller than it was at the start of Israel's invasion a year ago, while development levels in…

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Israel gives the US its demands for ending war in Lebanon

Israel gave the United States a document last week with its conditions for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Lebanon, Axios reported, citing two U.S. officials and two…

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Israel’s Weapon Suppliers: A Closer Look

The US has cautioned Israel that it might halt weapon supplies if Gaza's humanitarian crisis doesn't improve. This isn't the first time Israel's key ally has made such a threat.…

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The international reaction to death of Hamas leader Sinwar

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, was killed on Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said. Following is international reaction:…

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Hezbollah says it will escalate war with Israel after Hamas leader killed

Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said on Friday it was moving to a new and escalating phase in its war against Israel while Iran said "the spirit of resistance will be…

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UPDATED: Hamas leader Sinwar killed by Israeli troops in Gaza

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the Gaza war, has been killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian enclave, Israel said on…

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Israeli strike targets Syria’s Mediterranean port city of Latakia

An Israeli strike targeting Syria's Mediterranean port city of Latakia early on Thursday resulted in fires breaking out there, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. Firefighters were working on extinguishing…

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Israel Must Boost Gaza Aid: US Issues 30-Day Ultimatum

The US has written to Israel, giving it 30 days to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some US military assistance cut off. The letter, sent on…

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Israel strikes north Lebanon town, UN expresses concern about peacekeepers

Israel expanded its targets in its war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, killing at least 21 people in an airstrike in the north, health officials said, while millions of Israelis…

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UNIFIL Peacekeepers Continue To Be Threatened by Israeli Actions

The United Nations said Israeli tanks had burst through the gates of a base of its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the latest accusation of Israeli violations and attacks denounced…

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US to send anti-missile system and troops to Israel

The United States said it will send U.S. troops to Israel along with an advanced U.S. anti-missile system, in a highly unusual deployment meant to bolster the country's air defenses…

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Israel’s security cabinet expected to decide on Iran response

Israel’s security cabinet is set to vote on Thursday regarding its response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack, according to an Israeli official speaking to CNN. Earlier, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant…

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Hezbollah targets Israeli troops on Lebanese border, sirens in Beirut

Hezbollah militants targeted Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh with artillery shells and rockets on Wednesday, the group said in a statement, a day after Israel said…

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Israel-Hezbollah fighting intensifies, Hamas vows to rise again

Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel's third-largest city of Haifa and Hamas vowed to rise again as Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon, a year after the devastating…

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Remembering October 7: A Year of Conflict and Mourning

People around the world were holding vigils, ceremonies and protests to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, as fighting raged…

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In one year of war, Israel strikes 40,000 Hamas targets in Gaza

In the past year in the Gaza Strip, Israel has bombed more than 40,000 targets, found 4,700 tunnel shafts and destroyed 1,000 rocket launcher sites, the military said on Monday's…

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Israel bombs Lebanon, Gaza ahead of one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks

Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks that sparked its war, as Israel's defence minister declared…

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UNIFIL: What is the mandate of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon?

United Nations peacekeepers were deployed to patrol Lebanon's southern border with Israel in 1978 after Israel invaded south Lebanon.The mandate for the operation - known as the U.N. Interim Force…

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Yazidi woman freed from Gaza in US-led operation after decade in captivity

A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq a decade ago was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation months in the making that involved Israel,…

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US President Biden does not believe there will be ‘all-out-war’ in Middle East

U.S. President Joe Biden said he did not believe there is going to be an "all-out war" in the Middle East, as Israel weighs options for retaliation after Tehran's largest…

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Israel bans UN Secretary General from entering country

Israel's foreign minister says Antonio Guterres has been banned from the country due to what he sees as anti-Israel bias by the UN chief. Israel Katz said he had declared…

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Israeli military says infantry, armoured units joining Lebanon ground operation

The Israeli military said on Wednesday that regular infantry and armoured units were joining ground operations in southern Lebanon, but said they would remain limited and localised in scope. Israel…

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Diversions, disruptions: aviation grapples with Middle East escalation

Rising tensions in the Middle East have created air travel chaos, with global airlines diverting or cancelling flights on Wednesday and regional airports, including Lebanon, Israel and Kuwait, showing long…

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Israel’s Netanyahu says Iran made a big mistake and will pay

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran's missile attack on Israel failed and vowed retaliation. "Iran made a big mistake tonight - and it will pay for it," he said…

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Iran Launches Missile Attack on Israel: Key Updates

Israel has vowed "there will be repercussions" following an "extensive" attack which saw a barrage of rockets fired towards it by Iran. In a move that had been anticipated by…

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Israel begins Lebanon ground invasion

Israel's widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appeared to be getting underway early on Tuesday as its military said troops had begun "limited" raids against Hezbollah targets in the border…

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Iran will not leave Israel’s ‘criminal acts’ unanswered, says foreign ministry

Iran will not leave any of "the criminal acts" of Israel unanswered, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday, referring to the killing of Hezbollah's chief and an…

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US boosts air support and hikes troop readiness to deploy for Middle East

The U.S. military said it was increasing its air support capabilities in the Middle East and putting troops on a heightened readiness to deploy to the region as it warned…

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Israel strikes Yemen port, keeps up Lebanon assault

Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday and mounted further airstrikes in Lebanon, expanding its confrontation with Iran's allies in the region two days after killing the…

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What happens now that Hezbollah chief Nasrallah has been killed?

The following comments were made to Reuters after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday. MEHRAN KAMRAVA, PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT AT GEORGETOWN…

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Escalation of Israeli-Hezbollah Conflict: A Historical Overview

A sharp escalation in border warfare between the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and Israel, raising fears of a new Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon, is the latest episode in decades of…

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UPDATED: Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrike

Hezbollah has issued a statement confirming the death of its secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday, ending…

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Israel intercepts Yemeni missile, Rejects US-backed Lebanon ceasefire plan

The Israeli army said it intercepted a missile that was fired from Yemen after sirens and explosions were heard early on Friday. "Following the sirens that sounded in central Israel,…

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Israeli foreign minister rejects ceasefire proposal, Lebanon on edge

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday rejected proposals for a ceasefire with Hezbollah after the United States and France called for a 21-day halt in the fighting that has…

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US and allies call for 21-day ceasefire along Israel-Lebanon border after UN talks

The United States, France and several allies called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon border while also expressing support for a ceasefire in Gaza following intense discussions at…

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Pope Francis, back from flu, calls airstrikes on Lebanon ‘unacceptable’

Pope Francis called Israeli strikes on Lebanon a "terrible escalation" of the Middle East conflict on Wednesday at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican, which went…

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Israeli military says missile intercepted as Tel Aviv sirens sound

Warning sirens sounded in Israel's economic capital Tel Aviv on Wednesday as a single surface-to-surface missile was intercepted by air defence systems after it was detected crossing from Lebanon, the…

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