ISTANBUL (AA) – Lebanese civil defense teams came under fire while looking for people trapped under rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel, local media said. Lebanon’s official National News Agency said Israeli artillery shelling targeted civil defense teams in Naqoura while searching the rubble of destroyed buildings in the area. The teams w...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egypt has proposed a cessation of fighting in Gaza for 45 to 60 days and opening the Rafah border crossing, Israeli media reported. The proposal also includes a gradual release of Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and an increase in the number of aid trucks into Gaza to some [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The bodies of 16 people have been recovered from under the rubble of destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon, local media said. Nine bodies were retrieved by Civil Defense teams in the town of Chamaa, six in Bayyada, and one in Naqoura, the state news agency NNA reported. The broadcaster said that efforts […]
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...