BEIRUT —
A woman was killed and several other people wounded Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire on a group of residents attempting to return to the village of Houla in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese state-run news agency reported.
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Category: 3. Middle East
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UK’s Starmer to press Egypt for release of hunger-striking mum’s son
London —British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told a mother who has been on hunger strike for 140 days that he will press the Egyptian government to release her son.
In a statement Sunday, Starmer confirmed that he met Laila Soueif and…
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Egypt’s Sisi meets with WJC President, Jordan Crown Prince discuss Gaza
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder and spoke with the Crown Prince of Jordan, Hussein bin Abdullah by telephone on Sunday.
Sisi and Lauder met along with the Egyptian General…
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Hezbollah chief says Lebanon must ensure Israeli withdrawal
Hezbollah’s chief said Sunday it was the government’s responsibility to ensure the Israeli army withdraws from Lebanon by a looming ceasefire deadline, as Israel carried out air strikes in the country.
The developments came as US Secretary of…
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One killed in Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah truce deadline looms
Lebanese media on Sunday reported that Israeli gunfire killed a woman as Washington pressed Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, two days before a deadline in the ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed group.
Lebanon has faced unrest this week after…
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Benjamin Netanyahu tells Israeli team to resume Gaza hostage deal talks
Israel will send a working-group delegation to Cairo on Monday to hold talks on the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, the Prime Minister’s Office disclosed on Sunday.
The delegation will be headed by the Coordinator for Hostages and the…
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Hamas ‘must be eradicated’
The U.S. fully endorsed Israel’s war aims in Gaza on Sunday, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying that Hamas “must be eradicated” and “cannot continue as a military or government force.”
Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister…
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How Israel will manage Hamas, Hezbollah post ceasefires
The Hezbollah and Hamas ceasefires have collectively brought some relative quiet and normalcy for the last month from Gaza and the last nearly three months from Lebanon.
But neither of these ceasefires has crossed beyond the critical tipping…
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Iran is watching for Middle East changes amid Lebanon, Syria tensions
Iran is weighing how it will respond to changing events in Lebanon and Syria. In Lebanon, pro-Hezbollah rioters have sought to block a road to an airport after flights from Iran were halted. Hezbollah wants to resupply itself with the money…
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Marco Rubio meets Benjamin Netanyahu as pair praise Trump’s ‘bold vision’ for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is working in “full cooperation” with the US on a “common strategy” for Gaza, after talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Netanyahu praised US President Donald Trump’s “bold vision” for…
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