Israel and Hamas agree Gaza ceasefire

Finally after 11 days of intense hostilities that cost 232 Palestinians in Gaza and 12 lives in Israel, there is an announcement of  a ceasefire by Israel and Hamas, as reported by Al Jazeera on 21 May 2021

Israel’s security cabinet on Thursday said it voted unanimously in favour of a “mutual and unconditional” Gaza truce proposed by mediator Egypt, but added that the hour of implementation had yet to be agreed upon.

The truce is likely to bring an end some of the fiercest fighting since 2014, which has caused widespread destruction in Gaza and halted much of daily life in Israel.

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Major EU Countries Denounce Trump Decision on Golan Heights

In a fierce reactive mode, five major European countries that sit on the UN Security Council on Tuesday denounced US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize the Golan as Israeli territory and voiced concern the move could have broad consequences.

These countries included Belgium, Britain, France, Germany and Poland. The countries reiterated that the European position had not changed and that the Golan remained Israeli-occupied Syrian territory, in line with international law enshrined in UN resolutions.

“We do not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967, including the Golan Heights, and we do not consider them to be part of the territory of the state of Israel,” Belgian Ambassador Marc Pesteen de Buytswerve told reporters.

It may be recalled that Three UN Security Council resolutions call on Israel to withdraw from the Golan, which it seized from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed in 1981, in a move that was never recognised internationally.

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Saudi Arabia along with three Arab Countries Sever Diplomatic Ties with Qatar

The Middle East gets a severe blow today as Saudi Arabia sever its diplomatic relations with an important Arab and Islamic country of Middle East. Egypt, UAE and Bahrain have also followed the suit.

Saudi Arabia has ejected the Qatari diplomat and all land, air and sea traffic routes have been cut off too while accusing Qatar for backing terror and threatening regional stability.

And if that was not all - Qatar has also been also expelled from the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.

The severing of ties is being seen by analysts as region’s most serious diplomatic crisis in years.

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Dense sandstorm in the Middle East leaves at least eight people dead

A dense sandstorm has struck parts of Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Cyprus today. The sandstorm started gather Monday.

At least eight people have been reported killed while hundreds are suffering from respiratory problems.  People have been warned residents to stay indoors.

Refugees from Syria living in poor conditions in Lebanon were badly affected.

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Syria reacts to Israel air strike

Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli air strike, and its ally Iran said the Jewish state would regret the attack.

Syria sent a letter to the U.N. secretary-general stressing the country's "right to defend itself, its territory and sovereignty" and holding Israel and its supporters accountable.

It may be added that U.S. officials have confirmed that Israel launched a rare air strike inside Syria on Wednesday targeting a convoy carrying antiaircraft weapons bound for Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese militant group allied with Syria and Iran.

A U.S. official said the air strike targeted trucks containing sophisticated Russian-made SA-17 antiaircraft missiles. The trucks were next to the military research facility identified by the Syrians, and the strike hit both the trucks and the facility, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the operation.

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Egypt army vows to avenge deadly Sinai attack

The Egyptian army vowed Monday to "avenge" the killing of 16 guards by gunmen near the Israeli border, as President Mohammed Mursi ordered security forces to take full control of the increasingly lawless Sinai Peninsula on the frontier.

In Sunday's attack, gunmen in Bedouin attire drove up to a border post and opened fire before crossing into the Jewish state in an armored vehicle, Egyptian officials said. Israel said five gunmen were killed on its side.

The 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, under which Israel withdrew from the Sinai, which it had occupied in the 1967 Middle East war, set strict limits on Egyptian troop numbers in the peninsula.

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US Navy ship fire in Gulf kills one

Rising tension in the Gulf has claimed a victim as a civilian boat came under fire from a US Navy ship after getting too close to an American tanker. One person was killed and three others wounded in the incident, say US officials.

The security watch of the US fleet tanker USNS Rappahannock spotted a small white-hulled boat, which continued to approach the ship despite a series of warnings.

“The US crew repeatedly attempted to warn the vessel's operators to turn away from their deliberate approach. When those efforts failed to deter the approaching vessel, the security team on the Rappahannock fired rounds from a .50-caliber machine gun,” said Lt. Greg Raelson, a spokesman for the Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet.


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