Summary of Events: Day 69 of the Hamas-Israel war
Concerns regarding the conflict between Israel and Palestine continue to echo throughout the global diplomatic sphere, as it seems several of Israel’s stronger relationships are starting to crack....
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Multi-day Israeli raid kills 11 in West Bank
Israeli forces killed 11 people in a multi-day raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Thursday. The latest death was a 17-year-old boy who the...
14 December 2023
Four Hamas members detained in Europe, suspected attack plan
BERLIN — Four members of the militant group Hamas have been detained on suspicion of planning attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe, German prosecutors said in a statement on Thursday....
14 December 2023
How did Operation Al-Aqsa Flood change Lebanon’s youth?
BEIRUT — Oct. 7 started as a typical Saturday morning for Maya Dahnoun at her family’s house in Bchamoun, just outside Beirut. The 25-year-old makeup artist said that first thing, she opened her...
Ghadir Hamadi, 14 December 2023
France says working to get AFP journalists out of Gaza
PARIS — France said on Thursday it was concerned about the heavy toll among journalists covering the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and it was pushing to get Agence France-Presse reporters out...
14 December 2023
UN says food trucks being intercepted as hunger grows in Gaza
GENEVA — The head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency said on Thursday that crowds of hungry people were stopping its aid trucks in Gaza and helping themselves to the food, making it almost...
14 December 2023
Iran lifts visa rules for 33 countries including Gulf states
DUBAI — Iran said it was lifting visa requirements for 33 countries, including Gulf states like Saudi Arabia with which Tehran had frosty relations for years until a recent rapprochement, the...
14 December 2023
Israeli ambassador to UK rejects two-state solution
LONDON — Israel's ambassador to Britain said Thursday that Israel would not accept a two-state solution with the Palestinians after the war with Hamas in Gaza ends. The...
14 December 2023
UK sanctions Iranians linked to Quds Force, Palestinian militant groups
LONDON — Britain said it adopted a new sanctions regime against Iran on Thursday as it announced measures against seven individuals, including the head of Tehran's Quds Force, for threatening or...
14 December 2023
Keeping Joseph Aoun: Opposition tries to foil ‘coup d'état’
The opposition is not giving up. At a press conference on Wednesday, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said the party is committed to ensuring the term of Army Chief Joseph Aoun, which is...
Yara ABI AKL, 14 December 2023
Israeli soldiers use Jenin mosque loudspeaker to address residents, sing religious songs
Video has circulated showing Israeli soldiers using the loudspeaker that broadcasts the Muslim call to prayer to address residents of the camp and to sing Hannukah songs at a mosque in the Jenin...
14 December 2023
Climate deal won't have immediate impact on Gulf oil
An agreement to "transition away" from fossil fuels may be a landmark moment but do not expect quick changes among the major producers of the Gulf, where the deal was hammered out....
14 December 2023
Some attackers of US embassy in Iraq linked to security services
Iraq said Thursday it had arrested several attackers who fired rockets at the US embassy last week amid high tensions over the Israel-Hamas war and found that some had links to security services....
14 December 2023
UK bans entry for those responsible for settler violence against Palestinians
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Thursday he was banning those responsible for settler violence against Palestinians from entering Britain. "Extremist settlers, by targeting...
14 December 2023
MP dies after suffering heart attack in parliament
An opposition Turkish lawmaker died on Thursday two days after suffering a heart attack and collapsing in front of parliament as he finished a speech criticizing the government's policy toward...
14 December 2023
Tanzania confirms death of student 'captured by Hamas'
Tanzania's foreign ministry on Thursday confirmed the death of one of its nationals who was "killed immediately after being captured by Hamas" during the Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel....
14 December 2023
Lebanon MPs approve sovereign wealth fund, reject capital controls
BEIRUT — After dividing the day's parliamentary session into two relatively short meetings — the first lasting two-and-a-half hours in the middle of the day and the second less than two hours in...
14 December 2023
Bus overturns in Dbayeh, injuring 19
BEIRUT — A bus flipped over early Thursday morning on the Dbayeh highway north of Beirut, injuring 19 passengers, the Lebanese Red Cross reported. Red Cross teams transported the wounded to a...
14 December 2023
Number of journalists killed on job in 2023 declines despite Gaza
The number of journalists killed in the line of duty fell this year, despite reporter deaths in Gaza in the past two months, media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said Thursday....
14 December 2023
Iraq regional vote another chance for elites to entrench power
Iraqi voters go to the polls Monday to select members of the powerful provincial councils, in the first election of its kind in a decade. Experts warn that, in an oil-rich country riven by graft,...
14 December 2023
Washington shows signs of strained patience with ally Israel
The administration of President Joe Biden has begun to publicly air its differences with the Israeli government over the conduct of the war in Gaza, expressing its exasperation even as it remains...
14 December 2023
White House wants the war to end 'as soon as possible'; Hezbollah fighter killed in airstrike on south Lebanon village: Day 69 of Hamas-Israel war
23:23 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 69 of the Hamas-Israel war. You can read a summary of today's events here. We'll be back tomorrow with...
Nicholas Frakes, 14 December 2023
Children face brunt of Lebanon crises, Hezbollah fighters killed in south, Parliament addresses LAF leadership: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 68 of the Israel-Hamas war here. More than a third of children in Lebanon...
