Middle East Experience

Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday seven people including two children were killed in Israeli strikes on the southern city of Tyre a day earlier, with rescuers still searching for missing people under the rubble."Israeli enemy strikes on the city of Tyre killed seven people including two girls, and injured 46 others," the ministry said, adding that body parts had been found and will be "identified with DNA testing".It added that rubble was being cleared following the strikes as part of ongoing efforts to locate missing persons.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanon says 2 children among 7 dead in Israeli strikes on Tyre

Dick Schoof said that due to the "major social impact" of attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans on Thursday, he will remain in the Netherlands for a government probe.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Dutch PM to skip climate summit during probe into soccer violence

This comes after the US pressured Qatar to expel Hamas leadership in Doha.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Qatar pulls out of mediating role between Israel and Hamas

Buskila and Mazuz emphasized that during their time at the airport, they felt they were isolated solely because they were Israelis.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israelis unable to return home are still at Amsterdam's airport

The Democratic Party’s defeat has many causes, but its anti-Zionist wing has clearly contributed to its electoral collapse.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: To recover, Democrats must expel anti-Zionist extremists who put off Middle America

Iran signalled an openness towards Donald Trump Saturday, calling on the president-elect to adopt new policies towards it after Washington accused Tehran of involvement in a plot to kill him.Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif urged Trump to reassess the policy of "maximum pressure" he employed against the Islamic republic during his first term."Trump must show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past," Zarif told reporters.His remarks came after the United States accused Iran of conspiring to assassinate Trump.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran urges Trump to change 'maximum pressure' policy

An IRGC commander discusses Iran's missile expansion strategy and its implications for Israel.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Iran eyes longer-range missiles, says deputy IRGC aerospace chief

Qatar has withdrawn as a key mediator for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal after concluding that Hamas and Israel were unwilling to negotiate "in good faith", a diplomatic source told AFP Saturday.The Gulf emirate, which has hosted Hamas's political leadership since 2012 with the blessing of the United States, has been involved in months of protracted diplomacy aimed at ending the war triggered by the Palestinian group's October 7 attack on Israel last year.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza mediator Qatar bows out, source says, in sign of impasse

Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on Sunday killed 23 people, including seven children, in the village of Almat north of the capital Beirut.AFPTV footage showed rescuers rummaging with their bare hands through the wreckage of a house that had been completely razed, pulling out bodies wrapped in blankets while an excavator moved the rubble.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanon says 7 children among 23 dead in Israeli strike north of Beirut

Israeli air strikes killed dozens of people in Lebanon and Gaza Sunday, rescuers and authorities said, ahead of a US deadline for improved aid delivery to the Palestinian territory.Rescuers in the Gaza Strip said 13 children were among 30 people killed by Israeli strikes in the territory's north.The first strike early Sunday hit a house in Jabalia, killing at least 25 people including 13 children and injuring more than 30, Gaza's civil defence agency said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Deadly strikes on Gaza, Lebanon as Israel faces aid deadline