Category: Human rights
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Sisi vows intesified Gaza peace talks with visiting Blinken
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed on Wednesday (Sep 18) to intensify Gaza peace talks in a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken aimed at salvaging the negotiations. Blinken’s visit to Cairo came hours after a wave of deadly blasts targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon that further complicated the Gaza talks. This marks Blinken’s…
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New wave of explosions in Lebanon as hand-held radios blow up across country
A new wave of explosions has hit Lebanon after hand-held radios reportedly blew up across the country on Wednesday in regions with a large Hezbollah presence. Witnesses and security sources said that the communication devices that exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday are hand-held radios, different to pagers that exploded on Tuesday and which killed 13 people…
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Wetin be ‘pager’ wey explode, kill pipo for Lebanon and why Hezbollah dey use am?
Wetin we call dis Video, 18 September 2024, 08:22 WAT New Informate 19 minutes wey don pass Thousands of pipo don injure for Lebanon, after pagers wey di armed group Hezbollah dey use take communicate dramatically explode almost at di same time across di kontri on Tuesday. At least nine pipo die and like 2,800…
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Hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon one day after pager explosions
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily September 19, 2024 — 2.00am Beirut: Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon’s south and in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a security source and a witness said, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions launched via the group’s pagers. Three people were killed in Lebanon’s Bekaa…
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“Not Aware, Not Involved”: US On Lebanon Pager Blasts
Thousands of people have been injured in Lebanon in pagers attacks across Lebanon. Washington: The United States said Tuesday it was not aware in advance and had no involvement in mass explosions of pagers used by Lebanon’s Hezbollah, as it urged restraint by Iran in response. “I can tell you that the US was not…
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Egyptian president vows intesified Gaza peace talks with visiting US Sec of State
Egyptian president vows intesified Gaza peace talks with visiting US Sec of State Egyptian president vows intesified Gaza peace talks with visiting US Sec of State Egypt’s president has vowed to intensify Gaza ceasefire talks in a meeting with Washington’s top diplomat in Cairo on Wednesday Blinken (C-L) held a press conference with his Egyptian…
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What we know about the Hezbollah pager explosions
What we know about the Hezbollah pager explosions Video caption, Watch: Small explosion in Lebanon supermarket Author, Matt Murphy Role, BBC News 17 September 2024 Updated 2 hours ago Thousands of people have been injured in Lebanon, after pagers used by the armed group Hezbollah to communicate dramatically exploded almost simultaneously across the country on…
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Israel planted explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers, reports say
Summary Israel’s Mossad spy agency placed explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers before they detonated across Lebanon, multiple reports say A senior Lebanese security source tells Reuters the pagers were brought into the country months ago Separately, Israeli and US sources say Israel detonated the pagers earlier than planned, fearing that Hezbollah had become aware…