Middle East crisis
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he told French President Emmanuel Macron that he would not agree to a cease-fire deal that failed to stop Hezbollah rearming and regrouping. Macron has called for a cease-fire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah as well as an end to arms exports used in the Gaza Strip and…
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An Israeli strike has hit the north Lebanese majority-Christian region of Aitou for the first time in a year of hostilities, according to local media reports. Lebanese media also said Israeli jets had struck several villages in the Baalbek district in the Bekaa Valley. Israel has said it is targeting Hezbollah strongholds in the south of…
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The US will send an advanced anti-missile system to Israel and troops to operate it. The Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) can defend against long, medium and short-range ballistic missiles. The system will be used “to help bolster Israel’s air defences following Iran’s unprecedented attacks against Israel on 13 April 13 and again on 1…
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We have been reporting today that two people from UNIFIL, the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, were injured when Israel fired on them yesterday. Now, the IDF has commented on the incident and said the peacekeepers were “inadvertently hurt during IDF combat against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon”. “The IDF expresses deep concern over incidents of…
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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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The Iranian supreme leader has called on Muslim nations to “strap the belt of defence” from Afghanistan to Yemen and from Iran to Gaza and Lebanon. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as he led Friday prayers in Iran for the first time in four years, standing near a rifle. He added the 7 October attack by…
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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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“Let me close with this,” says Joe Biden, as he ends his last speech to the UN General Assembly as US president. “We must never forget who we’re here to represent.” He looks back on his decision not to seek a second term as leader: “As much as I love the job, I love my…
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