Written by The envoy, Amos Hochstein, was in Israel and planned to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seeking a truce in the country’s war with the militant group Hezbollah. Source link
US envoy Amos Hochstein says he will travel to Israel to try to secure a ceasefire ending the war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah group after declaring additional progress in talks in Beirut. Hochstein arrived in Beirut on Tuesday, seeking to clinch a ceasefire agreement after the Lebanese government and Hezbollah agreed to a US ceasefire proposal, […]
A United States envoy said an agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah war is “within our grasp” after talks in Lebanon on Tuesday. There was no such optimism in the Gaza Strip, where the looting of nearly 100 aid trucks by armed men worsened an already severe food crisis. Amos Hochstein, the Biden administration’s pointman on […]
An Israeli air strike slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital near key government and diplomatic buildings late on Monday, killing at least five people as the US pressed ahead with ceasefire efforts. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two missiles hit the area of Zoqaq al-Blat neighbourhood – where local UN […]
Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Lebanon’s capital late Monday evening, slamming into an area near the Parliament, several embassies and the U.N. headquarters, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. Ambulance sirens echoed through the area in Beirut, and Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least four people were killed and 18 […]
GAZA STRIP, BEIRUT – Dozens of Palestinians were killed or injured in an Israeli strike on a multi-story residential building housing at least six families in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town on Sunday (November 17), medics and residents said. The Palestinian Civil Emergency said around 70 people were living in the property but the Gaza […]
An Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah’s media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was no immediate confirmation from the Iran-backed group. Israel has rarely hit senior Hezbollah staff who do not have clear military roles, and its air strikes have mostly targeted […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The Israeli army said it had attacked militant targets near Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, where 30 people have been killed. “There have been ongoing terrorist activities in the area of Beit Lahia… Overnight, several strikes were conducted” on militant targets […]
The attack came as Israel’s military has been pounding an area just outside the Lebanese capital with some of the heaviest waves of bombardment in months. Source link
Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released on Sunday from a new book ahead of the pontiff’s jubilee year. It’s the first time that Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. In […]