US vetoes UN Security Council resolution calling for Gaza cease-fire
The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate cease-fire in the intense fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza....
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World Food Programme says it cannot do its job in Gaza
ROME — The World Food Programme (WFP) said it was becoming impossible to get supplies to hungry people in the Gaza Strip as Israel stepped up its attacks on targets there in its war with Hamas....
8 December 2023
Biden administration asks Congress to approve sale of shells for Israeli tanks
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the sale of 45,000 shells for Israel's Merkava tanks for use in its offensive against Hamas in Gaza, according to a US...
Humeyra Pamuk, 8 December 2023
Israel says 2 soldiers wounded in failed hostage rescue
The Israeli army said Friday that two soldiers were "severely injured" during a hostage rescue operation overnight in the Gaza Strip, with Hamas claiming a captive was killed in the attempt....
8 December 2023
At least 14 dead in fire at northern Iraq university dormitory
BAGHDAD — A fire at a university dormitory housing lecturers and students near Iraq's northern city of Erbil left at least 14 people dead and 18 injured on Friday evening, the head of the local...
8 December 2023
UN Security Council 'complicit' in Gaza 'slaughter': MSF
The UN Security Council is "complicit in the ongoing slaughter" in the Gaza Strip and must vote Friday to "lift the siege," the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said....
8 December 2023
World not focused on ending fighting in Gaza, Saudi foreign minister says
WASHINGTON — There needs to be an immediate end to the fighting in Gaza but governments worldwide do not seem to see it as a priority, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Friday in...
8 December 2023
Hamas urges UNESCO to save Gaza's historic buildings
Hamas urged UNESCO to protect historic buildings in the Gaza Strip on Friday, saying Israel's assault had left the Palestinian territory's oldest church, last hammam baths and treasured mosques in...
8 December 2023
EU announces 125 million euros of humanitarian aid for Palestinians in 2024
BRUSSELS — The European Commission will provide an initial amount of 125 million euros ($134 million) in humanitarian aid for Palestinians in 2024, said the European Union's executive body on...
8 December 2023
President Abbas: Peace conference a must to end Israel war in Gaza
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday an international peace conference is a necessity to end the war in Gaza and to work out a lasting political solution that would lead to the...
Samia Nakhoul and Ali Sawafta, 8 December 2023
US Embassy in Baghdad attacked with rockets, no casualties
BAGHDAD — Rockets were fired at the US embassy in Baghdad on Friday in an attack believed to have been carried out by Iran-aligned militias which have targeted US interests in Syria and Iraq...
Timour Azhari, 8 December 2023
Why does Ireland have a long history of supporting Palestine?
This article was originally published 8 December 2023, it was updated on May 22 2024. BEIRUT — Ireland has officially announced its recognition of the State of Palestine, joining 143 official UN...
Amanda Haydar, 8 December 2023
Hamas brutality can't justify 'collective punishment' of Palestinians: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that Hamas brutality could never justify "collective punishment" of Palestinians as Israel presses its campaign against Hamas in the Gaza strip....
8 December 2023
Israeli drone attack kills four people in Syria: Report, source
BEIRUT — An Israeli drone fired on a car in southwest Syria on Friday, killing four people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a regional security source close to Damascus....
8 December 2023
Hamas says Israel destroyed historic Gaza mosque
CAIRO — Hamas said on Friday that Israel had bombed Gaza's medieval Omari Mosque causing widespread destruction to the building and calling it a "heinous, barbaric crime."...
8 December 2023
Israeli tank round killed video journalist Issam Abdallah
Dismay prevailed on Dec.7 in the conference room of As-Safir newspaper in Hamra. Amnesty International and (HRW) invited the press here to present the results of their respective investigations...
Emmanuel HADDAD, 8 December 2023
EU adds two top Hamas commanders to 'terrorist list'
The European Union on Friday added two of Hamas's top military commanders to its terrorist blacklist, linking them directly to the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. Brussels said...
8 December 2023
Gaza Health Ministry says 17,487 killed in war
The Health Ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Friday the death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has risen to at least 17,487 in the Palestinian territory. Announcing the...
8 December 2023
Hamas condemns Israel over images showing semi-naked Palestinian prisoners
CAIRO — A senior Hamas official accused Israeli forces on Friday of carrying out a "heinous crime against innocent civilians" after images of Palestinian men stripped to their underwear in Gaza...
Nidal al-Mughrabi, 8 December 2023
Gaza cannot afford to lose another hospital bed: WHO
Gaza's health system is on its knees and cannot afford to lose another ambulance or a single hospital bed more, the World Health Organization warned on Friday. "The...
8 December 2023
Berri says that no diplomats talked to him about the implementation of resolution 1701
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri said that "no diplomats talked to him about the implementation of [UN Security Council Resolution] 1701 based on the desire of Israel," in...
8 December 2023
Arak and Blackberry Sour cocktail by Pierre Farah
Pierre Farah, a young man in his thirties, has been living in Switzerland for the past 7 years where he works as a consultant. His interest in cooking started in 2011 when he moved abroad alone and...
8 December 2023
Israel squeezes Gaza cities ahead of rare UN vote
Israeli forces squeezed Gaza's main cities Friday, two months after Hamas's deadly attack sparked a war that has killed thousands, left the Palestinian territory in ruins, and triggered an...
8 December 2023
Peace not possible if Hamas can continue to attack from Gaza
Ensuring lasting peace in the Middle East will not be possible as long as Hamas can continue its attacks from the Gaza strip, a spokesperson from Germany's foreign office said on Friday....
8 December 2023
Dutch arrest Syrian accused of torture and sexual violence against Syrians
Dutch authorities on Friday arrested a Syrian man living in the Netherlands suspected of heading a military torture center in Syria, the public prosecution service said. The...
8 December 2023
Turkey's Erdogan says no plans for now to meet Biden on Gaza
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was cited on Friday as saying that a meeting with US President Joe Biden on the situation in Gaza was not on his agenda, but that he would discuss it and other...
8 December 2023
American supremacists exploiting war in Gaza for anti-Semitic ends
An American far-right influencer and avowed conspiracy theorist with a frenzied use of social media, Jackson Hinkle only appears right now as a fervent defender of the Palestinian cause. His...
Clara HAGE, 8 December 2023
Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians in West Bank raid: ministry
Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinians on Friday in a raid on a refugee camp in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The...
8 December 2023
Saudi Arabia: 30-year tax exemption for companies moving regional headquarters to Riyadh
The latest package includes a zero per cent rate for corporate tax and withholding tax for 30 years. Companies will benefit from the tax relief as soon as they obtain their Regional Headquarters...
Stephanie Bechara, 8 December 2023
US urges Iraq to 'protect' its diplomats after rocket attack
The US embassy in Baghdad urged Iraq's government to protect its personnel after rockets targeted the diplomatic mission in the city's high-security Green Zone on Friday....
8 December 2023
Fuel prices decrease in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Fuel prices decreased on Friday, according to the Ministry of Energy. Here are the new prices: - 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL1,541,000, down by LL20,000 - 20 liters of...
8 December 2023
Rockets fired at Baghdad's Green Zone: Iraq security official
At least three rockets targeting the US embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone were fired at dawn on Friday, landing on the outskirts of the district housing government and diplomatic buildings, an Iraqi...
8 December 2023
UN Security Council to consider urging Gaza ceasefire
The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate cease-fire after weeks of ruinous war....
8 December 2023
Gaza and Instagram make an explosive mix in Hollywood
Hollywood celebrities are paying the price for taking sides in the Gaza war – plastering their social media accounts with slogans such as "Free Palestine" or "I stand with Israel."...
8 December 2023
Israel, on Reuters finding its forces killed Lebanon journalist, says area a combat zone
The Israeli military, responding on Friday to a Reuters investigation that determined its forces killed a Reuters journalist in southern Lebanon on Oct. 13, said the incident took place in an...
8 December 2023
Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer killed in Gaza strike
The Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, one of the leaders of a young generation of authors in Gaza who chose to write in English to tell their stories, was killed in an Israeli strike, his friends...
8 December 2023
No surprises in store as Egypt heads to polls
Egypt is gearing up this month for a presidential election certain to win incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a third term in office, despite rising public discontent as the country faces its worst-ever...
8 December 2023
Blinken welcomes Israel probe on reporters killed, wounded in Lebanon
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken on Thursday welcomed an Israeli investigation into a strike that killed a journalist and wounded six others on Oct. 13 in southern Lebanon....
8 December 2023
Biden stresses 'critical need to protect civilians' in Netanyahu call
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday it was "critical" to protect civilians in Gaza and said much more aid must be allowed in, the White House said....
8 December 2023
Israeli TV shows footage of stripped detainees in Gaza
Israeli TV appeared to show Thursday scores of stripped Palestinian men sitting on a Gaza street in military custody, with a London-based news outlet saying one of its journalists was among them....
8 December 2023
UN sees 'promising signs' of Gaza aid access via Israel
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said he saw promising signs on Thursday that a major crossing from Israel into Gaza might be opened soon to allow in aid. The Kerem...
8 December 2023
MEA announces 152 flights amidst regional tensions
Middle East Airlines (MEA) has scheduled 152 additional flights from Dec. 14, 2023, to Jan. 10, 2024, in a rebound from the cancellations following the onset of the conflict between Hamas and...
8 December 2023
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution calling for immediate humanitarian cease-fire: Day 63 of Israel-Hamas war
23:05 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage of Day 63 of the Hamas-Israel conflict. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis, right here at L'Orient...
Malek Jadah, 8 December 2023
Hezbollah loses 3 fighters, Berri schedules Parliament meeting, damning investigation of journalist’s death: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Catch up on yesterday's LIVE coverage of Day 61 of the Israel-Hamas war here . Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Hezbollah announced the deaths of three of...
