Israel’s prime minister on Saturday called a permanent cease-fire in Gaza a “nonstarter,' appearing to undermine a proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden had announced as an Israeli one

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Acknowledging only “an uptick” in Israeli military activity, the United States has gone to lengths to avoid any suggestion that Israeli forces have crossed a red line set by President Joe Biden in the deepening offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah apnews.com/article/2b13ba…

BREAKING: Donald Trump is convicted of all 34 counts. He is the first former American president to be found guilty of felony crimes.

Got the chance to watch lucien bourjeily's adaption of Ibsen's 'An Enemy of the People' and highly recommend if you are in Beirut and like theater. Spot-on adaption to the Lebanese context, great writing and cast and a good excuse to wander around the lovely American University of Beirut grounds

War-torn southern Lebanon faces a heightened risk of wildfires this summer due to Israeli munitions, including incendiary white phosphorus and flare bombs

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via @LOrientToday Sally Abou AlJoud | سالي

Great (and disturbing) investigation on how state neglect and waste along with the impacts of the economic crisis have led to farmers in northern Lebanon irrigating their crops with untreated sewage

Potentially third this month alone: Another US military MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in #Yemen , images purportedly show (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/7acd2a…

Ok, as someone who already has a mild phobia of flying, this is terrifying.

This morning Harry Davies revealed how the Mossad tried to enlist the ICC prosecutor. Now here’s our investigation with +972 Magazine detailing how Bibi deployed his intelligence agencies in a decade-long effort to avoid war crimes charges. theguardian.com/world/article/…

Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, ourside of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday — pummeling the same area where strikes triggered a deadly fire days earlier in a camp for displaced Palestinians

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Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday — pummeling the same area where strikes triggered a deadly fire days earlier in a camp for displaced Palestinians

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An Israeli strike targeting a motorcycle in southern Lebanon hit next to a hospital entrance Monday, killing the motorcyclist and a hospital security guard and wounding several civilians, local health officials said
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The attacks came two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to end its military offensive in Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population had sought shelter before Israel’s incursion earlier this month
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#Syria : Ahead of #Syria Conf2024, humanitarian orgs fear more aid cuts + growing hostility in neighboring countries hosting #refugees struggling w/crises of their own

Just 6% of a 2024 aid appeal of $4.07bn for has been met

Latest for The Associated Press Omar Albam

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UCLA Police arrest man accused of attacking UCLA pro Palestine protesters in the night that saw numerous acts of violence w ⁦Colleen Shalby⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…