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March 28, 2024

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BEIRUT, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. official ove

BEIRUT, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. official overseeing contacts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon is due to visit Beirut on Tuesday, sources in Lebanon said on Monday, with Beirut expected give its response to a U.S. truce proposal.

The U.S.-led ceasefire diplomacy has come back into focus as Israel has been stepping up its offensive: Israeli strikes in two Beirut neighbourhoods killed six people including at least one senior Hezbollah official on Sunday, the first time Israel has struck central areas of the capital in a month.

The new U.S. truce proposal was delivered last week to Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who has been endorsed by Hezbollah to negotiate.

White House envoy Amos Hochstein was expected in Beirut on Tuesday for talks on the ceasefire, a Lebanese political source told Reuters. Lebanese media outlet Voice of Lebanon also reported the visit, citing Lebanese lawmaker Kassem Hashem, who is part of Berri’s parliamentary bloc.

World powers say a Lebanon ceasefire must be based on U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 which ended a 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. Its terms require Hezbollah to move weapons and fighters north of the Litani river, some 20 km (30 miles) north of the border.

The diplomacy has been complicated by an Israeli demand for the freedom to act should Hezbollah violate any agreement, which Lebanon has rejected.

Israel launched its offensive after almost a year of cross-border hostilities with Hezbollah. Its declared goal is to secure the return home of tens of thousands of Israelis forced to evacuate the north due to rocket fire from Hezbollah, which opened fire in solidarity with its ally Hamas as the Gaza war got underway more than a year ago.

The Israeli campaign has uprooted more than 1 million people in Lebanon. Israel has dealt Hezbollah heavy blows, using airstrikes to pummel wide areas of Lebanon and sending ground forces into the south.

(Reporting by Maya Gebeily; Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Ros Russell)

BEIRUT, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Lebanese armed group

BEIRUT, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Lebanese armed group Hezbollah confirmed its media relations chief Mohammad Afif was killed by an Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday.

Israel has rarely hit senior Hezbollah personnel who do not have clear military roles, and its air strikes have mostly targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs where the group has its heaviest presence.Israel’s military, which earlier declined to comment, issued a statement late on Sunday reporting it had “eliminated” Afif. The Lebanese health ministry said the strike had killed one and injured three.

A second, separate strike later on Sunday hit Mar Elias street, another central area rarely targeted by Israeli bombs, Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV reported. The Lebanese health ministry said that strike killed at least two people and wounded 22.

Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire for more than a year, since the group began launching rockets at Israeli military targets on Oct. 8, 2023. That was a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, Israeli authorities say.

(Reporting by Beirut bureau; additional reporting by Menna Alaa El Din and Emily Rose; Editing by John Davison, Kevin Liffey, Andrew Cawthorne and Cynthia Osterman)

Nov. 17 - Rumors on social media suggesting that A

Nov. 17 - Rumors on social media suggesting that Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran had died or was in a coma turned out to be untrue. In a video clip released by Khamenei, Iran’s ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, who sustained eye injuries during the Hezbollah pager attacks in September, met with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday. During their meeting, Amani mentioned, “My right eye sees partially, and my left eye is fine but has some inflammation.”
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By SAM HALPERN - THE JERUSALEM POST NOVEMBER 17, 2

By SAM HALPERN - THE JERUSALEM POST
NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Senior members of Hamas’s leadership outside of Gaza have been in Turkey in recent days, Israeli state broadcaster KAN reported on Sunday.

This latest report comes after an American source confirmed to the news outlet earlier this month that Qatar had agreed to remove Hamas from its territory.

It is unclear whether the two reports are related, KAN added.

The American source spoke to KAN after an earlier report from the state broadcaster claimed that Qatar had told the terrorist group, “You are not welcome here.”

Additionally, Reuters had also reported that the US was exerting pressure on Doha to expel Hamas weeks after the terror organization rejected the latest hostage deal/ceasefire proposal.

Further, Turkey has expressed sympathy for Hamas throughout the war.

In early August, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a day of mourning after the elimination of Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh. The Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv lowered its flag to half-mast to mark the occasion.

Earlier, in March, Erdogan stated that Ankara “firmly backs” Hamas, the Saudi outlet Arab News reported.

Iranian activist and former political prisoner Hos

Iranian activist and former political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi has sewn his lips shut in protest against what he describes as the “dictatorship and tyranny” of the Iranian regime.

In a post on X, Ronaghi echoed the words of the late journalist and activist Kianoosh Sanjari, expressing hope that his actions might serve as a wake-up call, ending with “Long live Iran.”

On Saturday night, Ronaghi announced his intention to appear at Tehran’s Revolutionary Court with his lips sewn shut. His protest is aimed at condemning the “occupiers of this land,” as well as poverty, executions, the oppression of women, and the imprisonment of citizens.

He also criticized the Islamic Republic for its deceitful governance, accusing it of exploiting the nation’s wealth for its own interests and turning the judiciary into a tool of injustice and oppression to silence dissent.

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