War
Beirut, Dec 5 (EFE).- The secretary-general of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Naim Qasem, said on Thursday that the group had been «seriously harmed» but was gradually recovering after a year-long war with Israel that escalated drastically in September. «The resistance has been seriously harmed, but it is gradually recovering....
Jerusalem, Dec 3 (EFE).- Doctors and humanitarian organizations called Tuesday for the reopening of the humanitarian corridor between Gaza and East Jerusalem, saying 15,000 patients urgently need to be evacuated. The first and most urgent corridor is the Gaza-East Jerusalem corridor, about 80 kilometers (49 miles) from the enclave, a...
Kyiv, Dec 2 (EFE).- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stood by his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kyiv on Monday to seek «paths that can lead to a just peace,» underscoring, that they wouldn’t accept any settlement with Russia on ending the war without Ukraine’s consent. «One thing...
Geva Binyamin, West Bank, Nov 27 (EFE).- Settler Ysrael Ganz, president of the Yesha Council, an umbrella group for Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, told reporters he was pleased with Donald Trump’s election victory and that he hoped the future United States president would listen to Israel’s demands....
Jerusalem, Nov 22 (EFE).- The Israel Defense Forces confirmed they had struck the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, as well as Dahyeh, a Beirut suburb controlled by Hezbollah, which has been heavily bombed over the past week. «The Israeli Air Force attacked Hezbollah terrorist targets in Tyre, including command...
Jerusalem/New York, Nov 18 (EFE).- A convoy of 109 trucks carrying food from southern Gaza, chartered by the World Food Programme and the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees, was «violently looted» on Saturday. The incident, near the Kerem Shalom border, occurred after the Israel Defense Forces changed the convoy’s...
By Noemí Jabois Barja, Lebanon, Nov 6 (EFE).- Tuesday night Hassan Souleiman couldn’t fall asleep in his apartment in Barja, a predominantly Sunni area just 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Beirut. He decided to prepare a «shisha» or hookah, but the first puff was interrupted by a bombing. Hassan...
Jerusalem, Oct. 28 (EFE).- The Knesset (Israeli parliament) on Monday approved a law banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating in Israeli territory, including the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where it provides social services to millions of Palestinian refugees and their descendants. The bill...
Jerusalem, Oct 24 (EFE).- The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet (Israel’s internal security service) reported on Thursday the death of Mohamed Abu Itiwi, commander of the Nukhba force, Hamas’s elite unit, in central Gaza. Israel claimed that Abu Itiwi was involved in the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023,...
Jerusalem, Oct 17 (EFE).- Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the death of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar in southern Gaza marks the «beginning of the end» of the war, as his government released footage of the militant in his final moments. Sinwar was widely considered the mastermind of Hamas’...
Jerusalem, Oct 15 (EFE).- The Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday the capture of three Hezbollah militants in a tunnel in southern Lebanon, along with a large amount of weapons and survival equipment, according to a military statement. The three captured are members of Hezbollah’s elite Redwan force and were...
Washington, Oct 4 (EFE).- US President Joe Biden said Friday that Israel should look for «alternatives» to bombing Iranian oil facilities in retaliation for the attack Tehran launched on Tuesday with nearly 200 missiles against Israeli territory. «I think if I were in their shoes, I’d be thinking about other...
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