Washington, April 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, describing it as a “historic” step and signalling possible direct talks between the two sides in Washington.The development followed an Oval Office meeting attended by senior officials from both countries, including Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter.“They’ve agreed to an additional three weeks …
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United Nations, April 23 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is saddened by the death of a second French soldier serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from his wounds in Saturday’s attack, said a UN spokesman. Attacks on peacekeepers must stop. They are grave violations of international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, in a statement on Wednesday (local time).All attacks on peacekeepers must be pro…
Washington, April 22 (IANS) Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold their second ambassador-level talks at the US State Department in Washington, US media reported. Israel and Lebanon will again be represented by their ambassadors to the United States, Yechiel Leiter and Nada Hamadeh Moawad, respectively.A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon came into effect at midnight between Thursday and Friday, following weeks of intensified cross-border fighting amid the US-Israeli war against Iran,…
Jerusalem, April 21 (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday warned that if the Lebanese government continues to fail to meet its commitments under the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli military will act through further military action.Speaking at the national Memorial Day ceremony for fallen soldiers at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Katz said that “the ultimate goal of our campaign in Lebanon is to disarm Hezbollah and remove the threat from Israel’s northern communities, through a com…
United Nations, April 21 (IANS) The UN Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” the attack against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which killed one peacekeeper from France and injured three others, two of them seriously. In a press statement on Monday (Local time), Council members called on the United Nations to swiftly investigate the attack, which occurred on Saturday, to ensure those responsible are held accountable without delay, and to keep the relevant …
Jerusalem, April 20 (IANS) Israeli and Lebanese officials will meet on Thursday for a second round of peace talks, an Israeli official confirmed on Monday. The two sides will meet in Washington for direct talks, the official said on condition of anonymity, without providing further details, reports indicated.”The second round of direct talks between Israel’s Ambassador in Washington, Yechiel Leiter and his Lebanese counterpart, Nada Hamadeh Moawad, will take place on Thursday,” an Israeli offi…
Jerusalem, April 20 (IANS) Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday condemned “in the strongest terms” the incident involving an Israeli soldier damaging a Jesus Christ statue in Lebanon, saying that he was left “stunned and saddened” after learning about the episode. Netanyahu mentioned that military authorities are carrying out a criminal probe into the matter and will take disciplinary action against the offender. He stated that Israel cherishes and upholds the Jewish values of tole…
Jerusalem, April 20 (IANS) Israel’s military released a map of a “buffer zone” it is working to establish in southern Lebanon, showing a broad area extending several kilometers inside Lebanese territory and forming a continuous belt from Lebanon’s Mediterranean territorial waters to the Mount Hermon area near the Syrian border.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have said that Israel will not withdraw its troops from the area, despite a temporary ceasefire that too…
Jerusalem, April 19 (IANS) The Israeli military said Sunday it killed Hezbollah’s Bint Jbeil commander, Ali Rida Abbas, along with more than 150 members of the group in “pre-ceasefire strikes” during the 24 hours before a US-mediated truce took effect, media reports said. The military said Abbas was the fourth Hezbollah commander for the Bint Jbeil area killed by Israel since October 2023. It described Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon as a key frontline area for Hezbollah attacks, Xinhua News Agen…
United Nations, April 19 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack that killed one French peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and injured three others earlier in the day, his spokesperson said in a statement.”Attacks on peacekeepers must stop. They are grave violations of international humanitarian law and of Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) and may amount to war crimes,” said the statement, issued by spokesperson …