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Israel launches fresh strike on south Beirut
AFP, Published on 16/03/2026
» BEIRUT - Israel launched a fresh strike on Beirut's southern suburbs late Sunday as Israel's military said it was striking Hezbollah infrastructure in the city following earlier raids mainly in the country's south.
Southern California braces for devastating Christmas storm
AFP, Published on 25/12/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Flash flood warnings were in effect in Los Angeles and most of southern California on Wednesday as one of the worst Christmas storms in recent memory brought heavy rain and fears of deadly mudslides.
Israelis rally nationwide calling for end to Gaza war, hostage deal
AFP, Published on 17/08/2025
» TEL AVIV - Demonstrators took to the streets across Israel Sunday calling for an end to the war in Gaza and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, as the military prepares a new offensive.
Israeli security cabinet to discuss future Gaza war plans
AFP, Published on 07/08/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel’s security cabinet was expected to meet later on Thursday to discuss military plans in Gaza, Israeli media said, as the families of hostages launched a desperate plea for help aboard a flotilla to the territory.
US envoy meets Israeli hostages’ families
AFP, Published on 02/08/2025
» TEL AVIV - US envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday met the anguished families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, as fears for the captives’ survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas’s October 2023 attack.
Online memorial for children dead in Hiroshima, Nagasaki
AFP, Published on 01/07/2025
» TOKYO - A Nobel Prize-winning anti-nuclear group launched an online memorial on Tuesday for the 38,000 children who died in the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ahead of the 80th anniversary next month.
Israeli negotiators head to Qatar for Gaza truce talks
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel is due to send a delegation to Doha on Monday for a fresh round of talks on extending a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, after cutting off the electricity supply to ramp up pressure on Hamas.
Israel halts Gaza electricity supply ahead of new truce talks
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel ordered an immediate halt to Gaza's electricity supply Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks on the future of its truce with the Palestinian militants.
Hamas says Gaza truce gravely endangered after Israel's prisoner delay
AFP, Published on 23/02/2025
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Hamas on Sunday said Israel has gravely endangered a five-week-old Gaza truce by delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners under the deal because of the manner it has freed Israeli hostages.
Israel outraged after return of ‘wrong body’
AFP, Published on 21/02/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he would ensure “Hamas pays the full price” for failing to hand over Israeli mother Shiri Bibas after the militant group released a body Israel said was not hers.