US welcomes Palestinian Authority reform after PM quits
The United States on Monday praised reforms by the Palestinian Authority as a step toward reuniting the West Bank with war-ravaged Gaza after the prime minister stepped down....
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Israel files report with World Court on Gaza measures, Israeli official says
JERUSALEM — Israel on Monday filed a report with the International Court of Justice about measures taken to comply with an interim ruling that called on it to prevent Gaza war actions that might...
26 February 2024
Israel committed to eradicating Hamas regardless of economic toll, minister says
ABU DHABI — Israel is committed to winning the war in Gaza and eliminating Hamas regardless of the economic toll on the country, Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat said on Monday....
Alexander Cornwell, 26 February 2024
What you need to know about the $2 million Israeli drone Hezbollah shot down yesterday
BEIRUT — Hezbollah fighters successfully used a surface-to-air missile to shoot down a Hermes 450 Israeli drone violating Lebanese airspace in southern Lebanon on Monday, the party announced....
Ghadir Hamadi, 26 February 2024
Tehran's enriched uranium stockpile 27 times limit of 2015 deal: IAEA
The UN nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that Iran's estimated stockpile of enriched uranium had reached 27 times the limit set out in the 2015 accord between Tehran and world powers....
26 February 2024
The al-Sajjad card, Hezbollah’s new weapon
On Feb. 26 2024, an Israeli attack in Bekaa targeted warehouses used to pack goods for al-Sajjad, a Hezbollah supermarket chain. In light of this, we recommend (re-)reading this article published...
Mohammed YASSINE, 26 February 2024
Jordan's King Abdullah warns of the dangers of Israel's planned Rafah military operation
AMMAN — Jordan's King Abdullah warned on Monday of the dangers of a military operation planned by Israel in Rafah and reiterated his appeal for an immediate ceasefire to help protect civilians in...
26 February 2024
Lebanese TV Star Fady Ibrahim Passes Away at 67
Beloved Lebanese television star Fady Ibrahim died on Monday at the age of 67, following complications related to diabetes, announced the president of the Lebanese Actors Guild Nehmé Badawi on...
L'Orient Today, 26 February 2024
Egypt accused of threatening group that reported on enclosure near Gaza
Human rights groups Monday accused Egypt of a "smear campaign and threats" against an activist group that reported the construction of a walled enclosure in the Sinai bordering the Gaza Strip....
26 February 2024
Rubymar owner looking at towing ship to Saudi Arabia, vessel's broker says
LONDON — The owner of the Rubymar cargo ship, which was abandoned in the southern Red Sea after being hit by a missile fired by Yemen's Houthis last week, is looking at towing the vessel...
26 February 2024
Bird-feed loaf and a date wrapped in gauze: What children eat in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — After surviving on bitter loaves made from animal feed instead of proper flour, three young brothers who fled their home in Gaza City for a tent further south were...
Doaa Rouqa, 26 February 2024
US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy, reports say
WASHINGTON — A US military service member who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington over the weekend in an apparent act of protest against the war in Gaza has died,...
26 February 2024
Israeli delegation heads to Qatar for cease-fire deal push
JERUSALEM/CAIRO – Israeli officials headed on Monday to Qatar, where Hamas has its political office, to work on terms of a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, a source told Reuters, a step...
Dan Williams, 26 February 2024
Economic news recap: Here’s what happened last week in Lebanon
-The Constitutional Council decided to suspend the application of Articles 36, 45, 72, 92 and 93 of the 2024 budget law , after the Lebanese Forces (LF) filed a challenge to invalidate these...
Stephanie Bechara, 26 February 2024
'Become stronger': Iranians urged to vote as Mideast tensions soar
In the Iranian shrine city of Qom, huge street banners remind voters to head to the polls in Friday's parliamentary elections, held as the Gaza war stokes Middle East tensions. Voters in the...
26 February 2024
Israel's occupation 'affront to justice'
The League of Arab States on Monday called Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories an "affront to international justice," saying failure to end it amounted to "genocide."...
26 February 2024
First Israeli strikes on east Lebanon kill two Hezbollah members
Israeli strikes near the city of Baalbek killed two Hezbollah members Monday, two security sources told AFP, in the first strikes on Lebanon's east since clashes began after the Gaza war. "Two...
26 February 2024
Iran court changes jail time to home confinement for pop singer
An Iranian court has changed the sentence against a pop singer who criticized the mandatory headscarf for women to home confinement instead of jail time, due to health issues, his lawyer said....
26 February 2024
Palestinian PM says 'new political measures' needed amid Gaza war
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, who submitted his government's resignation on Monday, called for "new governmental and political measures" amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip....
26 February 2024
Hezbollah says it downed Israeli drone over Lebanese territory
Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Monday it had shot down an Israeli Hermes 450 drone over Lebanese territory with a surface-to-air missile, the second time it has announced a downing of this type of...
26 February 2024
Israel has killed 29,782 Palestinians in Gaza since Oct.7
At least 29,782 Palestinians have been killed and 70,043 injured during Israel's military assault on Gaza since Oct.7, the health ministry in Gaza said in a statement on Monday....
26 February 2024
Palestinian government submits resignation to Abbas
Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday announced his government, which rules parts of the occupied West Bank, submitted its resignation, saying "new political measures" were needed...
26 February 2024
Israel attack on Rafah would be 'final nail in the coffin' of Gaza aid
A full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah would deliver a death blow to aid programs in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains "completely insufficient," the UN chief warned Monday....
26 February 2024
Yemen rebels announce first civilian death in US-UK strikes
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have reported the first civilian death in US and British air strikes after the latest round of joint raids over the weekend. One person...
26 February 2024
Israeli military proposes 'plan for evacuating' Gaza civilians
Israel's military proposed a plan for evacuating civilians from "areas of fighting" in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced Monday, after he said a ground invasion of the...
26 February 2024
US airman sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington
An active member of the US Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington on Sunday, officials said, as media reported he was protesting the war in Gaza....
26 February 2024
Hamas has 'responded favorably' to efforts of truce agreement mediators, says Haniyeh: Day 143 of the Gaza war
21:50 Beirut Time We thank you for following our live coverage of the Gaza war and its impacts on Lebanon and the region today. We will continue our coverage of the conflict tomorrow...
Ghadir Hamadi, 26 February 2024
Fighting in southern Lebanon, smugglers arrested, Mikati postpones meeting: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on our LIVE coverage of Day 140 , Day 141 and Day 142 of the Gaza war. Israel’s attacks continued to cause death...
