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1 month ago | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah |Sarah Abdallah |Nicholas Frakes
During a demonstration in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, protesters chanted anti-Hamas slogans. According to authorities in Gaza, the resumption of the Israeli offensive on March 18 left nearly 800 dead. Trump and the President of the United Arab Emirates spoke on the phone about the war in Gaza.
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1 month ago | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Ghadir Hamadi |Marguerita Sejaan |Muntasser Abdallah
The UNRWA Commissioner-General joined calls for Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza again, saying the Israeli decision endangers the lives of already exhausted civilians. “Humanitarian aid must continue to flow on a scale similar to what we have seen over the last six weeks when the cease-fire began,” Philippe Lazzarini said in a message on X. “Aid and these basic services are not negotiable.
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1 month ago | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Ghadir Hamadi |Muntasser Abdallah
Israeli authorities confirmed the release of 643 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange. Several local media outlets reported heavy gunfire on the old airport road as a funeral procession passed through the area. Israeli forces killed a young Palestinian during a raid on the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to security sources cited by the Wafa news agency. Israeli forces seized the young man's body.
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2 months ago | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Ghadir Hamadi |Muntasser Abdallah
L'Orient Today / By Ghadir Hamadi, Marguerita Sejaan, Muntasser Abdallah, Nicholas Frakes, Sarah ABDALLAH, 10 February 2025 10:12 , updated on 16:30 What you need to know Calm on the Lebanese-Syrian border after several days of fighting. Reactions continue to pour in on Trump's proposal for the Gaza Strip. Olaf Scholz denounces a "scandal," Netanyahu welcomes a "revolutionary" proposal. Israel carried out strikes on Sunday evening in south Lebanon and also on the Lebanese-Syrian border.
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2 months ago | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah |Sarah Abdallah |Nicholas Frakes |Marguerita Sejaan
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem as his representative in Lebanon, local media in Iran reported on Wednesday. The Palestinian presidency "firmly rejects" Trump's plan to control Gaza, AFP reports. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to displace the population of the Gaza Strip "unacceptable.""Trump's statement on Gaza is unacceptable," the minister said in an interview with Turkey's Anadolu Agency.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Tasnim Chaaban |Muntasser Abdallah
L'Orient Today / By Tasnim Chaaban, Muntasser Abdallah, 16 January 2025 10:34 What you need to know Seven dead in two new Israeli strikes in Gaza, hours after truce announcementThe Israeli government has yet to approve the truce agreement in Gaza, announced by Qatar and the United States on Thursday. The first phase of the cease-fire agreement, set to take effect on Sunday, includes the release of 33 hostages in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners and an increase in humanitarian aid.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for two new strikes on northern Israel: it said it had launched rockets at 9:15 a.m. on Kiryat Shmona (opposite Houla, in the Marjayoun district), and at 11:08 a.m. on the Shraga barracks, north of Acre. The funerals for the victims of yesterday's strike on Hanaway were held this morning in Sour.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah |Sarah Abdallah
Hezbollah claimed its first attack of the day, conducted at 9:15 a.m. on Sasa, an Israeli village about 12 km northwest of Safed, using a missile barrage. The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Ali Fadavi, said Tehran is “ready to confront Israel and does not rule out a preemptive strike from the U.S. and Israel,” Reuters reported, citing Iran's ISNA news agency, following Donald Trump's claim of victory in the U.S. presidential election.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Malek Jadah |Muntasser Abdallah |Sarah Abdallah |Nicholas Frakes
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry is evacuating about 100 Russian citizens on a special flight from Beirut to Moscow, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the ministry. The information was relayed by Reuters. In south Lebanon, the Israeli air force bombed Bazourieh and Shabriha (Sour) then Blat (Marjayoun) according to L'Orient Today's correspondent. In the Bekaa, L'Orient Today's correspondent reported a drone strike on Talya on a car (Baalbeck).
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Muntasser Abdallah
"For a month now, I've been asking the Lebanese Red Cross, the ICRC, UNIFIL and the Lebanese army to check on their fate," says the president of the border village municipality.
