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Israeli forces appeared to have pulled out of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Friday after over a week of military operations that left significant casualties and destruction. Overnight, Israeli armored vehicles were seen leaving the camp through a checkpoint, and by early Friday morning, an Associated Press reporter inside found no sign of remaining Israeli …

On Friday, Hezbollah launched a suicide drone attack on the Ma’ayan Baruch post in northern Israel, while Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes on the southern Lebanese village of Aitaroun near the border. In response, the Israeli military fired flare bombs over villages along the border and targeted the areas of al-Labouneh and Jabal al-Alam with heavy machinegun fire. Overnight, …

French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian met late at night in Riyadh with Nizar al-Aloula, a Saudi Royal Court adviser responsible for Lebanese affairs, alongside Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari. According to a key political source cited by al-Joumhouria newspaper on Friday, this meeting signals Saudi Arabia’s renewed interest in engaging with Lebanon after a prolonged period of non-involvement. …

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock emphasized on Friday that a military solution alone would not be sufficient to resolve the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. She stated, “The events of the past weekend have made it clear that relying solely on military force cannot solve the situation in Gaza,” referencing the recovery of six more deceased hostages as …

Israel has agreed to implement several temporary pauses in its military operations in Gaza starting in September to allow for a polio vaccination campaign targeting young children, according to officials from the United Nations and Israel. This initiative aims to vaccinate around 640,000 children after the highly contagious polio virus was detected in Gaza’s sewage in June. Rik Peeperkorn, the …

A global watchdog report released on Wednesday revealed that European aid aimed at regulating sea migration to Lebanon is being used to fund practices that violate human rights. According to the report by Human Rights Watch, authorities in Cyprus have been physically pushing Syrian refugees back to Lebanon, while Lebanese security agencies have deported them. The report is based on …

The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against Yahya Sinwar, a leader of Hamas, and several other top militants in connection with the October 7, 2023, attack in Israel. This action marks the first formal accusation by U.S. law enforcement against those believed to be behind the assault. The seven-count complaint, filed in federal court in New York, includes …

Large protests continued in Tel Aviv for the third night on Tuesday, as hundreds of demonstrators demanded the government reach a ceasefire agreement to bring back the remaining hostages held in Gaza. The protests erupted after the Israeli military revealed that six hostages had been killed in Gaza just as troops were closing in on their location. Many Israelis blame …