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Mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and the United States have urged Israel and Hamas to finalize a truce agreement outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden, even as Israeli forces continue to bombard Rafah in southern Gaza. Since Biden’s announcement of a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire, fighting has intensified in the Gaza Strip. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has …

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the newly appointed United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, arrived in Beirut on Saturday. She will be serving as the Head of Mission for the United Nations Office of the Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL). “It is an honor to continue my service with the United Nations here in Beirut,” said Hennis-Plasschaert. “In the interest of peace, security, …

On online forums previously linked to mass shootings, users are now threatening violence and attempting to publicly identify the 12 New York jurors who convicted former President Donald Trump on Thursday. The threats began immediately after the verdict was announced. Experts monitoring online extremism told CNN that the level of violent rhetoric in the past 24 hours rivals that seen …

An Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle on a road in the town of Majdal Selm in the Marjeyoun district on Saturday, resulting in two casualties, as reported by the National News Agency. In a related incident, an Israeli tank shelled the border town of Kfarkila, while Israeli interceptor missiles detonated over Mays al-Jabal. In response to the attack in Majdal …

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have resulted in the deaths of four individuals, including a paramedic and a woman, as confirmed by Hezbollah and associated rescue teams. In response, Hezbollah claimed to have launched dozens of rockets at Israel. Since Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on October 7, which sparked the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah, a Hamas …

On Saturday, Iran condemned the European Union’s new sanctions targeting high-ranking officials and the Revolutionary Guards for allegedly supplying drones to Russia and its Middle East allies. The EU’s sanctions, announced on Friday, target several individuals, including Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani and Esmail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of the Revolutionary Guards. Other …

Congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the Capitol, demonstrating support for Israel during its ongoing military operations in Gaza, despite increasing political divisions in the U.S. over the conflict. House Speaker Mike Johnson (Republican), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat), Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries extended the invitation. The …

In a major address, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that Israel has presented a new plan aimed at achieving permanent peace in Gaza, and urged Hamas to accept the proposal, declaring that it is “time for this war to end.” Biden’s plan, which he outlined from the White House, involves a three-phase process beginning with a six-week complete ceasefire, during …