Today
In Tel Aviv, Israeli protesters demand the end of war and the return of hostages
• 9:45 AM
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Israeli protesters marked 400 days since the hostages were taken when Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on October 7 last year. They protested once again on Saturday as they do every week. This time, however, there was particular concern after Qat
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Live: Gaza rescuers say 13 children among dozens killed in Israeli strike
• 6:34 AM
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Gaza's civil defence agency on Sunday said 30 people, including 13 children, were killed in Israeli strikes on two houses in the north of the Palestinian territory. Earlier, the Pentagon said US warplanes staged multiple strikes overnight on Iran-backed
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Yesterday
Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon's Tyre kill at least seven people including two children
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Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday seven people including two children were killed in Israeli strikes on the southern city of Tyre a day earlier, with rescuers still searching for missing people under the rubble. Story by Olivier Faissolle and Siobh
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Officials say Qatar has decided to suspend its mediation efforts on Gaza
• 5:35 PM
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Qatar has decided to suspend its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, officials said Saturday, after growing frustration with the lack of progress on a cease-fire deal for Gaza. Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, Noga Tarnopols
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After Hamas rejection of hostage deal, US asked Qatar to expel the group
• 2:18 PM
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The U.S. has told Qatar that the presence of Hamas in Doha is no longer acceptable in the weeks since the Palestinian militant group rejected the latest proposal to achieve a ceasefire and a hostage deal, a senior administration official told Reuters on
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1.2 million displaced in Lebanon, including 11.000 pregnant women, are facing a health crisis
• 9:56 AM
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As Israeli strikes continue to exacerbate a health crisis in Lebanon, pharmacies have been forced to close. This has left 1.2 million people to face a health crisis, thousands of which are now fleeing to the Syrian border in hopes of finding medical supp
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Qatar says its Gaza ceasefire mediation efforts are 'currently stalled'
• 8:55 AM
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Qatar's foreign ministry said on Saturday that its efforts in mediating a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas were "currently stalled" and that they would resume when "the parties show their willingness and seriousness to end
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Israeli launches overnight wave of powerful air strikes pounding Beirut
• 12:48 AM
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At least seven people have been killed and 46 injured following Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon's coastal city of Tyre, the Lebanese health ministry said on Saturday. Israeli strikes are also pounding the country's capital, Beirut. Details with FRANCE 24 c
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Friday, november 8, 2024
Gaza felt like 'some movie out of Stalingrad', head of Norwegian Refugee Council says
• 6:38 PM
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FRANCE 24 spoke to the head of the NGO Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Jan Egeland, who recently returned from a rare visit to the Gaza Strip. Egeland compared the destroyed urban landscape in the Palestinian enclave to that of Stalingrad or Dresden dur
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Nearly 70 percent of people killed in Gaza women and children, UN finds
• 2:26 PM
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The majority of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip have been women and children, a UN report found Friday. The UN also found that 80 percent of all verified deaths in Gaza had occurred in Israeli attacks on residential buildings or similar housing, and t
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Nearly 70 percent of people killed in Gaza women and children, UN finds
• 2:14 PM
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The majority of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip have been women and children, a UN report found Friday. The UN also found that 80 percent of all verified deaths in Gaza had occurred in Israeli attacks on residential buildings or similar housing, and t
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How could Trump bring lasting peace to Middle East, like he promised?
• 2:14 PM
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The world is processing what Donald Trump's victory will mean abroad. Both supporters and critics of the president-elect have said his return to power will fundamentally change America's place in world affairs and security matters, especially as the wars
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Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency's chief says
• 2:03 PM
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The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees said Wednesday that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a vacuum that will cost more lives and create further instability in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Iran's faces of anger: An inside look at the lives of Iranians who say no
• 1:16 PM
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A little over two years ago, on September 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish student, was beaten to death by the Iranian morality police over a few strands of hair escaping from her veil. This was seen as one injustice too many by the Iranian people,
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African workers trapped by war in Lebanon after their passport was confiscated
• 11:53 AM
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In Lebanon, a large number of African women hired as domestic servants have been left to fend for themselves since the conflict with Israel has started. Their passports have been confiscated, so they cannot return home. report by Johan Bodin, Achraf Abid
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'The incident puts further strain on the relationship between France and Israel'
• 9:27 AM
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A tense confrontation occured between Israeli police and two security officials at the French-administered Eleona compound in Jerusalem. The officials were accompanying French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on a trip to the city. Israeli security forc
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Katz sworn in as Israel's new defence minister following Gallant firing
• 4:52 AM
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Former Israeli foreign minister and longtime ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Katz was sworn in as defence minister on Thursday. Netanyahu had abruptly fired Katz's predecessor, Yoav Gallant, on Tuesday over persistent disagreements durin
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Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill at least three, injures five UNIFIL forces
• 2:25 AM
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Israel launched multiple attacks across Lebanon on Thursday night into Friday morning, targeting the only international airport in Beirut and a historic building in Baalbek, while strikes in Sidon killed three civilians and injured five members of the Ma
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Thursday, november 7, 2024
At least five UN peacekeepers wounded in deadly Israeli strike on south Lebanon city
• 9:05 PM
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The UN peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL said in a statement that a convoy bringing newly arrived peacekeepers to south Lebanon was passing by when an Israeli drone strike took place on Thursday, wounding at least five UN workers and killing three civil
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Israeli police detain two French Consulate gendarmes in Jerusalem
• 6:09 PM
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Israeli police entered a French-owned church compound with weapons in Jerusalem on Thursday and briefly arrested two gendarmes securing the site. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, who abandoned his plans to visit the site as a result of the event, said
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Wednesday, november 6, 2024
Tuesday, november 5, 2024
'Bulldozer': Israel's new Defence Minister Israel Katz is longtime Netanyahu ally
• 11:43 PM
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In a surprise announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday kicked his popular defence minister Yoav Gallant to the curb and replaced him with Israel Katz, the country's former foreign minister. Nicknamed a “bulldozer” in Israeli med
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Netanyahu fires Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in surprise announcement
• 6:09 PM
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in a surprise announcement in which he cited a “crisis of trust”, appointing Foreign Minister Israel Katz to succeed him. The move sparked mass protests in Tel A
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Monday, november 4, 2024
Israel hostages forum calls for probe into secrets leak case
• 11:28 PM
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Gaza hostages group urges probe after ex-aide to Israeli PM Netanyahu allegedly leaked confidential documents, potentially hindering hostage release efforts. Ex-aide Eliezer Feldstein and three others detained Sunday, sparking opposition calls for Netany
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Gaza hospital comes under attack again as Israel pummels enclave's north
• 9:37 AM
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Gaza's health ministry said Israeli forces bombarded the last partially functioning hospital in northern Gaza on Monday as residents feared new air and ground attacks were aimed at emptying areas of civilians in the enclave's north.
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Israel says it hits Hezbollah 'intelligence assets' near Damascus
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Israel's Air Force said on Monday that it struck Hezbollah intelligence assets near Damascus in an attack on key infrastructure in Syria. The news came as Israel's army bombarded the last partially functioning hospital in north Gaza, the area of intense
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Sunday, november 3, 2024
School year starts in Lebanon amid Israeli strikes
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The new school year is starting in Lebanon despite ongoing strikes from Israel. With some schools partially transformed into shelters for those displaced by the fight between Israel and Hezbollah, administrators and teachers are doing what they can to pr
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Iran arrests female student who stripped to protest dress code
• 11:26 AM
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Iranian authorities on Saturday arrested a female student who staged a solo protest by stripping to her underwear in public. Reports indicate the action aimed to highlight the oppressive enforcement of Iran's dress code, which mandates women wear a heads
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US says Iranian-American journalist detained in Iran amid rising tensions
• 10:10 AM
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The US State Department confirmed on Sunday that Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh has been detained in Iran for months amid escalating tensions and threats of retaliation from Tehran following an Israeli attack.
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Dozens dead in fresh Israeli strikes on Gaza as Netanyahu visits Lebanese border
• 6:18 AM
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More than 30 people were on Sunday killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics said. Nearly half of the deaths were recorded in the enclave's north. Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, visited the Lebanese border am
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Saturday, november 2, 2024
Iran’s Khamenei threatens 'crushing response' to Israel attacks
• 9:48 PM
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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned on Saturday of a "crushing response" to Israel and the US following recent attacks on Iranian targets. The news came as the World Health Organization said four children were among six people wounded i
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Lebanon sources say man was abducted on northern coast in suspected Israeli raid
• 8:26 PM
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Israeli naval forces captured a “senior Hezbollah operative” in the Lebanese coastal city of Batroun, an Israeli military official said Saturday. Lebanese sources were the first to report the abduction, which took place early Friday morning. It is the fi
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Hezbollah official reportedly captured by Israeli forces in raid
• 2:40 PM
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A Lebanese military source said Saturday that unidentified naval commandos abducted a mariner in the coastal city of Batroun, more than a month into Israel's war with Hezbollah. In a overnight raid on northern Lebanon, Israeli forces captured a "senior H
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Israel carries out deadly strike on south Beirut without evacuation warning
• 6:17 AM
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The Lebanese health ministry reported that at least one person was killed and 15 others injured in an Israeli air strike that targeted a southern Beirut suburb on Saturday, without prior warning of evacuation by Israel as is normally the custom. Read our
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Friday, november 1, 2024
Lebanon accuses Israel of rejecting ceasefire after Beirut strikes
• 6:07 AM
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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday said that Israel's renewed bombing of Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, was proof that Israel is rejecting "all efforts being made to secure a ceasefire". In northern Gaza, described as "apo
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Northern Gaza situation ‘apocalyptic’, UN agency chiefs warn
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The unfolding situation in the northern Gaza Strip is "apocalyptic", the heads of the major UN agencies said in a joint statement on Friday, warning that its entire population was at "imminent risk" of death from “disease, famine and violence”. They call
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Thursday, october 31, 2024
Baalbeck International Festival calls for protection of cultural heritage amid Israeli strikes
• 10:19 PM
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Thousands of people have fled from Baalbeck, the main city in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, and surrounding areas after Israeli evacuation warnings and aerial bombardment on Wednesday. Every year, the town hosts the Baalbeck International Festival, one
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After banning UNRWA, Israel has yet to propose alternative aid structure for Palestinians
• 9:49 PM
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Despite opposition from the United States and a warning from the UN Security Council, the Israeli parliament voted on Monday to ban the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) from operating on Israeli territory. This vote has far-reaching humanitarian a
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US envoys in Israel seek Lebanon ceasefire as Hamas rejects truce deal
• 11:21 AM
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Senior US officials met with their Israeli counterparts to discuss a possible deal to end the conflict in Lebanon as Israeli airstrikes pounded two towns in the country's historic Baalbek region. Meanwhile, Hamas rejected a truce deal with Israel, insist
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Israeli strikes kill at least 46 Palestinians across Gaza, hospital hit, ministry says
• 5:55 AM
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At least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Gaza health officials said, adding that a hospital in the enclave’s north had been hit. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that there has been “g
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Wednesday, october 30, 2024
Tuesday, october 29, 2024
'Hezbollah not in position of weakness' in potential truce talks, analyst says
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Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that it has chosen the cleric Sheikh Naim Qassem to lead the Lebanese militant group after the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb in late September. FRANCE 24's Sharon
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Dozens killed in Israeli strike on Gaza: 'Civilians pay the price'
• 8:41 PM
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Dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli strike on the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahiya Tuesday. While some of the dead may have been Hamas fighters that Israel said was targeting, others were civilians who stayed
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Israeli strike on northern Gaza kills dozens, including children
• 8:35 PM
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An Israeli air strike on a single residential block in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia killed nearly 100 people on Tuesday, Gaza's civil defence agency said, leaving rescuers scrambling for survivors as Israel pursued its offensives in Gaza and Lebanon. Israe
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'The Strangers' Case': A searing account of refugee exodus from Syria
• 3:00 PM
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It's been described as a searing account of the refugee exodus sparked by the Arab Spring and ensuing Syrian civil war. "The Strangers' Case" is a new film that follows a series of characters, most notably a Syrian doctor and her young daughter who decid
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US surgeon claims Israel targets Gaza children: 'No child gets shot twice by mistake'
• 2:49 PM
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In an interview with FRANCE 24, US surgeon Mark Perlmutter claimed that Israeli snipers are deliberately targeting children in Gaza. Perlmutter said that while he was volunteering at the European hospital of Khan Younis in southern Gaza earlier this year
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Who is Hezbollah's new leader Sheikh Naim Qassem?
• 9:08 AM
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Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah has named deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem as its new secretary general, succeeding longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli strike on Beirut last month.
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US says concerned by ‘horrifying’ Israeli strike that killed at least 93 in northern Gaza
• 4:23 AM
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The US State Department on Tuesday voiced concern over a “horrifying” Israeli strike on a residential building that killed at least 93 people, including reports of “two dozen children”, in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahia. Read our live blog to see how the day
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Monday, october 28, 2024
Iran executes German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd over 'corruption' charges
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Slammed by Berlin for being an "inhumane regime", Iran on Monday executed dual German-Iranian national Jamshid Sharmahd following a death sentence he received in 2023 for the capital offence of "corruption on Earth" and carrying out terrorist attacks.
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New Hezbollah chief Qassem says open to Israel truce if an offer is made
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Hezbollah's new leader Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that while the Iran-backed militant group would not "beg for a ceasefire", it was open to one from Israel if certain terms were met. Qassem's first speech since taking over came as Israel's security ca
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At least 48 killed in Israeli strikes in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon
• 4:32 AM
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Lebanon's health ministry said at least 48 people were killed on Monday in Israeli raids on several areas in Baalbek in the eastern Bekaa Valley controlled by militant group Hezbollah. This comes after Israel's parliament banned UNRWA from operating in I
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Sunday, october 27, 2024
Egypt's president says it has proposed a 2-day Gaza cease-fire and release of 4 hostages
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Egypt’s president announced Sunday his country has proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed. Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, Sami Sockol.
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Israel defence minister says 'painful concessions' needed to free Gaza hostages
• 3:14 PM
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Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday said "painful concessions" were needed to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza, saying military operations alone could not achieve the country's war goals.
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Iran mulls over its response to Israeli strikes
• 11:26 AM
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday said Israel's attack on the Islamic republic "should neither be exaggerated nor minimised". More information from Teheran with Saeed Azimi.
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Israel military says it's targeting 'Hezbollah facilities' in raid in Beirut
• 9:29 AM
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Lebanon's state news agency on Sunday reported an Israeli raid on southern Beirut, after Israel's army issued a fresh evacuation call. More information with FRANCE 24 Senior Reporter, Catherine Norris Trent.
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Is Israel's strike on Iran seen as a success by the Israeli population?
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On Saturday, Israel carried out air strikes against military sites in Iran in response to Tehran's missile attack on October 1, itself a retaliation for the killing of Iran-backed militant leaders and a Revolutionary Guards commander. Is the strike on Ir
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Iran warns will defend itself after Israeli strikes
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Iran warned on Saturday it would defend itself after Israeli air strikes killed at least four soldiers and further stoked fears of a full-scale war in the Middle East. Story by Siobhán Silke.
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Iran’s president says not seeking war with Israel, promises response to strikes
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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that Tehran was not looking for war with Israel but will respond “appropriately” to Israel’s strikes on Iranian military sites. Read our live blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Saturday, october 26, 2024
Iranians and Israelis react to Tel Aviv's attack on Tehran
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Iranians awake to the news of Israeli strikes on their country Saturday morning with some expressing fear of a widening conflict in the Middle East while others appear to be unfazed. Meanwhile in Israel, residents carry about their daily routine with som
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Israel says Hezbollah fired dozens of projectiles from Lebanon
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Israel’s military says more than 80 projectiles have been fired at Israel from inside Lebanon on Saturday. The almost daily fire between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah over the past year has escalated into war in recent weeks. FRANCE 24's Catheri
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