Lebanon
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There’s “clearly going to be escalation” before the current conflict in the Middle East is resolved, says a security and defence editor Deborah Haynes in northern Israel. It’s been almost five days since Israel’s military announced it was launching a “limited” ground incursion into southern Lebanon aimed at removing Hezbollah and its military capabilities from the area.…
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Iran may have been behind the gunfire and explosions that took place near the Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen this week, Sweden’s security service has said. Shots were fired at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on Monday, while two explosions were reported near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen on Wednesday morning. Nobody was injured,…
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UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon are currently staying in their positions and continue to do their best to implement their Security Council mandate in very difficult conditions, the UN peacekeeping chief said on Thursday. Peacekeepers of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) “feel duty-bound to the mandate given to them by the Security Council”…
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Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant has commented on the strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen today, calling them “very impressive”. “Those who try to attack us or harm the citizens of Israel will pay a very heavy price,” he said. Four people have been killed in the attacks, which the Houthi media office said hit…
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Mourners have gathered in Baghdad, Iraq, to hold a symbolic funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The militant group chief was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon earlier this week. People carried flags and signs as they marked Nasrallah’s death, and a mock coffin was paraded through the crowd. Four killed in Israeli strikes…
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France calls for an immediate cessation of Israeli strikes in Lebanon, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs said on Saturday in a press release. The ministry also condemns any indiscriminate action against civilians in Lebanon. “France is opposed to any ground operation in Lebanon,” the ministry affirmed. France calls on other actors, particularly…
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Yemen’s Houthi group claimed on Saturday that it had launched a missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv in Israel. In a statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said a “ballistic missile” was fired at Ben Gurion Airport “upon the arrival” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is gravely concerned by the dramatic escalation of events in Beirut, Lebanon, in the last 24 hours, his spokesman said on Saturday. “This cycle of violence must stop now, and all sides must step back from the brink,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary general, said in a statement. “The…
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Around 700 UK troops are deploying to Cyprus to be ready to help evacuate British nationals from Lebanon, as fears grow of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah. John Healey, the defence secretary – who chaired a meeting of the UK’s emergency Cobra committee on Tuesday – urged all Britons to leave the crisis-torn country…
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The UK military is understood to be ramping up preparations for an evacuation of Britons from Lebanon as the crisis escalates. Two British warships are already in the region and could be used to help evacuate people. A Royal Air Force base in Cyprus will also be an important staging post. Over the summer, the…
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The UK defence secretary has urged Britons again to leave Lebanon. Leaving the Cabinet Office a short while ago after chairing an emergency COBRA meeting about the Middle East crisis, John Healey said: “Our concern is always for the safety of British nationals. “And our advice to them is to leave Lebanon now, that hasn’t…
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The Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Muhammad Qubaisi in an airstrike on Beirut. He was in charge of Hezbollah’s missiles and rockets force. Qubaisi was struck alongside other central commanders of Hezbollah’s missiles and rockets force, the military has said in a statement. It adds that he joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and…
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Joe Biden has made his final address to the UN General Assembly as president of the United States. The global media expected him to use his wide-ranging address to speak to the need to end the conflict in the Middle East. World at another ‘inflection point’, Biden says Joe Biden says many people will “see…
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Moving away from the UN for a moment, and an Israeli airstrike on Beirut has killed Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Qubaisi, two security sources in Lebanon have told Reuters. It comes just a few days after Hezbollah said another commander, Ibrahim Aqil, had been killed in the capital’s suburbs. Starmer calls for Israel and Lebanon to…
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The prime minister has told Britons in Lebanon to “leave immediately” as around 700 UK troops are deployed to Cyprus in case an emergency evacuation is needed. Sir Keir Starmer said “we are ramping up the contingency plans… in light of the escalation”, with fears growing of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah. “It is…
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The heads of United Nations agencies are demanding an “end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. It comes almost one year since the war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas began. “We cannot do our jobs in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence,” the top UN officials said in…
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