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Kamala Harris Says De-Escalation Needed In Middle East Amid Israeli Offensive

October 11, 2024 admin

Washington: U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Thursday that de-escalation was needed in the Middle East, a region on edge for months amid Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT A ceasefire remains elusive in Gaza and Lebanon and the region is bracing for an Israeli response to…

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11 Killed, 48 Injured In Israeli Strikes In Lebanon

October 10, 2024 admin

Beirut: Lebanon’s health ministry said Thursday at least 11 people had been killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut — the third such attack on the capital since Israel escalated its air campaign last month. Israel has repeatedly pounded southern Beirut suburbs, the bastion of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, for more than two weeks but strikes have…

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Israeli troops fire at three UNIFIL positions in southern Lebanon, U.N. source says

October 10, 2024 admin

Armoured vehicles of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are pictured during a patrol around Marjayoun in south Lebanon on October 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli troops opened fire at three positions held by U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Thursday (October 10, 2024), according to a U.N. source who was…

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US Warns Israel Not To Repeat Gaza Destruction In Lebanon

October 9, 2024 admin

Washington: The United States on Wednesday said Israel must avoid any Gaza-like military action in Lebanon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned it risked “destruction” like that in the Palestinian territory. “There should be no kind of military action in Lebanon that looks anything like Gaza and leaves a result anything like Gaza,” State Department…

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Biden, Netanyahu To Stay In “Close Contact” As Israel Vows Iran Attack

October 9, 2024 admin

Washington: Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Wednesday to stay in “close contact” as Israel mulls its response to Iran, with the US leader also urging the Israeli premier to “minimize” harm to civilians in Lebanon, the White House said. Biden and Netanyahu’s call was their first in nearly two months and came amid mounting…

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Lebanon On Verge Of All-Out War, Warns UN Chief

October 8, 2024 admin

United Nations: Lebanon is “on the verge of an all-out war”, but there is still time to stop, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. Speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, Guterres said on Tuesday that the Middle East “is a powder keg with many parties holding the match”. “I have warned…

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Hezbollah Threatens More Attacks If Israel Keeps Bombarding Lebanon

October 8, 2024 admin

Beirut: The Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned on Tuesday that it would intensify attacks on Israel, including the northern port city of Haifa, if it continues to strike Lebanon. “The Israeli enemy’s intensifying strikes” mean that “Haifa and other locations will be targeted by our rockets just as much as Kiryat Shmona, Metula, and other” locations,…

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Israel Army Says It Dismantled Hezbollah Tunnel That Crossed Into Israel

October 8, 2024 admin

Jerusalem: The Israeli army said its forces dismantled a Hezbollah tunnel that crossed into the country’s territory, as its troops continued to carry out ground operations in southern Lebanon. “Tonight we reported that we located and dismantled a tunnel of about 25 metres long, which crossed the border fence about 10 metres … into Israeli…

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Israeli Army Says Some Projectiles Fired From Lebanon Intercepted

October 8, 2024 admin

Approximately five projectile were fired from Lebanon, the Israeli military said. Jerusalem: The Israeli army on Monday night said approximately five projectiles were fired into the country from Lebanon, some of them were intercepted by the aerial defence system. “Following the sirens that sounded in number of areas in central Israel, approximately five projectile launches…

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Hezbollah Says It Targeted Israeli Military Base Near Tel Aviv

October 7, 2024 admin

Beirut: Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it had targeted an Israeli military intelligence base near Tel Aviv on Monday. The Iran-backed group said it fired “a salvo of rockets at the Glilot base of military intelligence unit 8200 on the outskirts of Tel Aviv”. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by…

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