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Israel not bound by Trump-backed agreement, says Ben Gvir
Tel Aviv: Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has rejected any suggestion that Israel is bound by a US-backed agreement involving Iran, insisting that the country’s security interests must take precedence…
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Israeli airstrike kills 8 in Lebanon amid displacement orders
Beirut: As many as eight people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a well-known housing area in Lebanon’s Tyre city on Tuesday, June 9, the civil defence in southern Lebanon told…
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Iran’s Araghchi warns Israel against attacking Beirut
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has warned that Iran would respond if Israel attacks Beirut, saying Tehran has informed all parties that it will not tolerate an assault on the…
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Israel orders military to strike Beirut’s southern suburbs
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday said in a joint statement that they had ordered the military to strike Beirut’s southern suburbs. According to the…
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‘Boom after boom’: Beirut reels under deadly Israeli bombardment
Beirut: It waes 2:14 in the afternoon when the first bomb fell, and the sudden sound of crashing metal was like a heavy truck had overturned outside our office. The Israeli strike…
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Lebanon’s displaced Shiites face rising hostility as airstrikes fuel fear, evictions
Beirut: When the Israel-Hezbollah war broke out in early March, Hussein Shuman fled the heavy bombardment of the southern suburbs of Beirut, but he didn’t bother trying to rent an apartment elsewhere.…
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Two-state solution ‘only path’ to Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Pope Leo
Beirut: Pope Leo XIV doubled down Sunday on the Holy See’s insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying in his first airborne news conference that it was the…
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Israel targets Hezbollah chief in first strike on Beirut since June
Beirut: Israel on Sunday, November 23, struck Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, for the first time since June, saying it targeted Hezbollah’s chief of staff and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm…
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Hezbollah defies ban, projects images on Beirut’s iconic rocks
Beirut: Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered at a scenic overlook on Beirut’s coast Thursday and projected images of the group’s former longtime leader and his successor on the iconic arched Raouche rock…
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UN mission expresses concern after base in Lebanon hit by Israeli gunfire
Beirut: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has expressed concern after one of its sites in southeastern Lebanon was struck by Israeli gunshots. In a statement sent to Xinhua news…
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Israeli forces carry out airstrike on Beirut
Beirut: Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on a building in Hadath area in Beirut’s southern suburbs. The “powerful strike” targeted “infrastructure where Hezbollah had stored precision missiles,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Lebanon receives USD 250M World Bank loan to reform electricity sector
Beirut: Lebanon has signed a USD 250 million loan agreement with the World Bank to support critical reforms in its struggling electricity sector, according to media reports. The agreement was signed by…
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Israel kills Hezbollah commander in Lebanon
Beirut: Israel’s military has said in a statement that it killed a Hezbollah commander in a drone strike in southern Lebanon. The strike targeted the area of Blida, killing Ali Ibar al-Nabi…
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Lebanon’s southern border village attacked by Israeli drones: State media
Beirut: Israeli drones carried out three airstrikes near the village of Ramyeh in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district, Lebanese official sources said, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA). “Israeli unmanned…
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Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire ended latest Israel-Hezbollah war
Beirut: Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a…
