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Lebanese army soldiers are guarding roads in southern Lebanon as people return home after the conflict
Lebanon ceasefire deal extended as initial deadline passes
BEIRUT — The US and Lebanon say the ceasefire deal with Israel — which had been due to expire on Sunday — has been extended until mid-February.Israel had kept troops deployed in Lebanon beyond the initial deadline, accusing the Lebanese government of not fully implementing its part of the deal, which required the removal of Hezbollah from the area.On Sunday, the Lebanese health ministry said Israeli soldiers killed 22 people and wounded 124 others who were trying to return to their homes in the country's south.Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati says, following contact from the US, the truce will now remain in place until 18 February.The initial ceasefire plan, announced in late November, brought an end to 14 months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed group...
January 27, 2025

Lebanon ceasefire deal extended as initial deadline passes

The issue of hostages has gripped Israel since they were captured in October 2023
Hamas to name next Israeli hostages set to be released
GAZA — Hamas is expected to hand over to Israel the names of four hostages to be released on Saturday under the Gaza ceasefire deal.It is thought they will be soldiers and civilians, all female.They will be freed in exchange for 180 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.It will be the second exchange since the ceasefire came into effect last Sunday. Three hostages and 90 prisoners were released in the first swap.The ceasefire halted the war which began when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken back to Gaza as hostages.More than 47,200 Palestinians, the majority civilians, have been killed in Israel's offensive, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says.Hamas is also expected to provide information about the remaining 26 hostages due to...
January 24, 2025

Hamas to name next Israeli hostages set to be released

The Israeli military's 7th Brigade in southern Lebanon this month. Israel Defense Forces
Israel seeks to remain in Lebanon past Sunday withdrawal deadline
TEL AVIV — The Israeli government is seeking to keep military positions in southern Lebanon past a Sunday withdrawal deadline, set in a November ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, the country’s ambassador to the US said on Thursday.The Israeli military invaded southern Lebanon on October 1 – the culmination of a yearlong, low-level war with Hezbollah, which attacked Israeli-held territory on October 8, 2023, in solidarity with Hamas.The Israeli government has told US President Donald Trump’s administration that it wants Israeli troops to remain in Lebanon for at least an additional 30 days, an Israeli official told CNN. The Israeli security cabinet met Thursday night to discuss the issue.It is unclear whether the Trump administration has responded to the request or...
January 24, 2025

Israel seeks to remain in Lebanon past Sunday withdrawal deadline

Ashraf (l) persuaded his sister Julia to join him in the family apartment, which he believed was safe from IDF strikes
Israeli military said bombed apartments were Hezbollah base but most of the dead were civilians
BEIRUT — Julia Ramadan was terrified — the war between Israel and Hezbollah was escalating and she'd had a nightmare that her family home was being bombed. When she sent her brother a panicked voice note from her apartment in Beirut, he encouraged her to join him in Ain El Delb, a sleepy village in southern Lebanon."It's safe here," he reassured her. "Come stay with us until things calm down."Earlier that month, Israel intensified air campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon, in response to escalating rocket attacks by the Iran-backed armed group which had killed civilians, and displaced tens of thousands more from homes in northern Israel.Ashraf was confident their family's apartment block would be a haven, so Julia joined him. But the next day, on 29...
January 24, 2025

Israeli military said bombed apartments were Hezbollah base but most of the dead were civilians

A Palestinian woman walks past Israeli army vehicles during a military raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday
West Bank mayor warns of ‘man-made disaster,’ as Israel says it took ‘lessons’ from Gaza war
JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister has announced a series of raids that he says are targeting “terrorism” in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian officials warned of a “man-made disaster.”Israel’s military is using lessons from its offensive in Gaza in its new West Bank operation to ensure “terrorism does not return,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday.Katz said operation “Iron Wall” in the Jenin refugee camp would be a shift in the military’s security approach in the occupied West Bank.“A powerful operation to eliminate terrorists and terror infrastructure in the camp, ensuring that terrorism does not return to the camp after the operation is over – the first lesson from the method of repeated raids in Gaza,” he said.On Tuesday, Israeli Prime...
January 23, 2025

West Bank mayor warns of ‘man-made disaster,’ as Israel says it took ‘lessons’ from Gaza war

Lt Gen Herzi Halevi (L) called for a commission of inquiry into the 7 October 2023 attack
Israel's military chief resigns over 7 October 2023 failures
TEL AVIV — Israel's military chief has resigned, saying he recognized his responsibility for its failure on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian armed group Hamas carried out a deadly attack on the country that triggered the Gaza war.In a letter to the defense minister, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi admitted the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had "failed in its mission to protect the citizens of Israel"."My responsibility for the terrible failure accompanies me every day, every hour, and will be so for the rest of my life," he added.The general said he would leave his role on 6 March at a time of "significant achievements" for the IDF, although he acknowledged that "not all" of Israel's war goals had been achieved."The military will continue to...
January 22, 2025

Israel's military chief resigns over 7 October 2023 failures

The attack happened in a street famous for restaurants in Tel Aviv
Four injured in Tel Aviv stabbing attack
TEL AVIV — Four people were injured in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Israel's emergency services said.Ichilov Hospital said it was treating three of the victims, including one with "a serious condition with a knife wound to the neck". The assailant, a 28-year-old foreign national, was shot at the scene, police said.Israel's intelligence agency Shin Bet said it is carrying out an investigation after a decision was made to allow the man, who reportedly had Moroccan citizenship and American permanent residency, to enter the country.This is the second stabbing in Tel Aviv in four days, after another person was attacked on Saturday before being shot by an armed civilian.Tuesday's attack took place on Nahalat Binyamin Street, an area popular for its...
January 22, 2025

Four injured in Tel Aviv stabbing attack

Palestinians walk past the rubble of houses and buildings in central Gaza
Gaza rescuers reckon with scale of destruction
JERUSALEM — On the first full day of peace in Gaza on Monday, rescue workers and civilians began to reckon with the sheer scale of the destruction to the Strip.Gaza's Civil Defense agency – the strip's main emergency response service – said it feared there were more than 10,000 bodies still buried under the vast sea of rubble.Spokesman Mahmoud Basal told the BBC that they hoped to recover the dead within 100 days, but were likely to be delayed by a deficit of bulldozers and other essential equipment.New images from Gaza following Sunday's ceasefire showed scenes of total devastation wrought during 15 months of Israeli offensive, particularly in the north of the enclave.The UN has previously estimated that 60% of structures across Gaza have been damaged or destroyed.Though...
January 21, 2025

Gaza rescuers reckon with scale of destruction

A female Palestinian prisoner is greeted after being released from an Israeli prison in Beitunia, 20 January, 2025
Israel frees 90 Palestinian women, minors from prison on day two of Gaza ceasefire
JERUSALEM — Israel has freed 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, more than seven hours after three Israeli hostages were released by Hamas and returned to Israel.A large bus carrying dozens of Palestinian detainees exited the gates of Israel’s Ofer prison in the early hours of Monday morning, just outside the West Bank city of Ramallah.According to a list provided by the Palestinian Authority's Commission for Prisoners' Affairs, all of those released are women or minors.Israel detained them for what it said were offences related to national security, from throwing stones to more serious accusations like attempted murder.The release comes on the second day of a three-phase ceasefire which started on Sunday morning.The truce was supposed to start at 07:30CET but was delayed...
January 20, 2025

Israel frees 90 Palestinian women, minors from prison on day two of Gaza ceasefire

Palestinians have started returning to what is left of their homes in Jabalia
Joy fades as Gazans return to destroyed homes
ISTANBUL — As Palestinians poured onto the streets of Gaza to celebrate the ceasefire, moments of joy faded for many as they returned to their homes to be met by destruction.In Jabalia, a town in northern Gaza that is home to the largest refugee camp in the strip, pictures and videos shared by residents revealed entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble.Returning to the al-Faluja area of Jabalia, Duaa al-Khalidi told BBC News: "I survived with my two daughters, we came out from under the rubble of our house."Here, beneath the debris, the bodies of my husband, my mother-in-law, and my sister-in-law have remained buried since 9 October."The 28-year-old mother of two continued: "I want nothing but their bodies so I can bury them with dignity."Jabalia camp, once home to...
January 20, 2025

Joy fades as Gazans return to destroyed homes

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