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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted Donald Trump a golden pager and a regular pager when he called on the US President at the White House. The gift was seen as reference to Israel’s deadly pager attack on Hezbollah in 2023. Trump reportedly thanked Netanyahu for the unusual present and said “that was a great…
Israeli forces shot and killed at least two people and wounded 17 on Monday in the second day of deadly protests in southern Lebanon, health officials said, as residents displaced by the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah attempted to return to villages where Israeli soldiers remain. The shootings came a day after 24 people…
On the day Israeli forces were due to withdraw under a ceasefire deal, Lebanese health officials reported that the Israeli army killed at least 15 people in the south. At least 83 people were also wounded as the Israeli army opened fire when people tried to return to their homes, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health…
Under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, Israeli forces were to withdraw from Lebanon and Hezbollah forces were to withdraw from southern Lebanon by January 26. The Israeli army’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon will last beyond the 60 days agreed in a ceasefire deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, claiming the agreement has not yet…
Israel says the ceasefire agreement is not being implemented fast enough. The Lebanese group Hezbollah has demanded that Israeli forces complete a withdrawal from the country’s south in line with terms of the ceasefire deal agreed by the two sides, as the Israeli government said the agreement was not being implemented fast enough. Israel and…
Beirut, Lebanon – A new president. A new prime minister. And the sense that Hezbollah, arguably the most powerful group in the country, has been weakened. It has been a potentially transformative few weeks in Lebanon, particularly when taken in the context of a political system that often appears frozen. The developments have been a…
Salam says he is reaching out across the political spectrum in nod to Hezbollah, which opposed his nomination. Lebanon’s prime minister-designate, Nawaf Salam, has pledged to “rescue, reform and rebuild” the crisis-hit country, and he has extended an olive branch to Hezbollah, which did not back his nomination. In his first speech in the role…
Appointment of Joseph Aoun ends two years of political paralysis. After a two-year political deadlock, Lebanon has a president. The election of army chief Joseph Aoun by parliament has been welcomed from Washington to Tehran. He takes the helm of a country ravaged by war and economic crises. What are his immediate challenges? Presenter: Imran…
Lebanese Army commander Joseph Aoun is the new president of Lebanon. The 61-year-old becomes Lebanon’s 14th president, having filled a presidential vacuum of more than two years left by his predecessor, Michel Aoun – who is not related to the new president. Joseph Aoun’s appointment overcomes a major impasse; Lebanon’s parliament had met on 12…
NewsFeed Lebanon’s parliament has selected army chief Joseph Aoun as the country’s president, ending a more than two-year gap without a head of state. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr explains how this moment finally happened. Published On 9 Jan 20259 Jan 2025 Source link
