GENEVA (AA) — Qatar’s prime minister said Wednesday that US President-elect Donald Trump wants a cease-fire in Gaza before his inauguration on Jan. 20. In an interview with Sky News, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani confirmed that Trump had clearly stated his intention to see Israel’s war on Gaza resolved before his swe...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz has threatened to attack Lebanese state targets if a cease-fire deal with Lebanon collapses. “There will no longer be an exemption for the state of Lebanon,” Katz said during a visit to the border area with Lebanon. On Tuesday, at least 10 people were killed in overnight ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Lebanese army forces have been redeployed in the southern city of Tyre, marking the start of its redeployment in southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) said that the redeployment was meant to maintain security in the city and its surroundings. “It signals the start of the army’s redeployment in the [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House says that a nearly week-old cease-fire agreement in Lebanon is “largely” being respected after Hezbollah responded to a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the country in spite of the cease-fire deal. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby described Israel’s attacks since...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah targeted the Roueissat Al-Alam Israeli military post in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills, describing the action as a “preliminary defensive warning” in response to ongoing Israeli violations of the cease-fire agreement. In a statement, Hezbollah cited multiple breaches, including Israeli gunfire on civilians, airstri...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN chief has denounced Israel’s killing of Palestinians as well as the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. “Every year on this day, the international community stands in solidarity for the dignity, rights, justice, and self-determination of the Palestinian people. This y...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Lebanese army says that it has begun assuming its missions in southern Lebanon, a day after a cease-fire deal with Israel. A military statement said that army units began to assume their missions in the south, the Bekaa region, and southern Beirut, including setting up checkpoints, opening roads, and detonation of [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the US will make “another push” with Türkiye, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and others to achieve a cease-fire and prisoner exchange deal in Gaza. “Just as the Lebanese people deserve a future of security and prosperity, so do the people of Gaza. They too deserve an en...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah brokered with US and French diplomatic efforts came into effect Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time (0200GMT). Under the agreement, the Lebanese Armed Forces will be deployed in southern Lebanon within 60 days, during which time Israel will gradually withd...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A rocket fired from resistance forces in Lebanon has caused heavy damage in an Israeli settlement in northern Israel, local media reported. Israeli Channel 12 said five rockets were fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon into Upper Galilee in northern Israel. According to the broadcaster, a rocket hit a building in the Kiryat [...
