Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, centre, stands with settlers at the end of the resettlement ceremony at Sa-Nur in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on April 19, 2026. Israel on April 19 began resettling Sa Nur, a West Bank settlement evacuated 20 years ago, with senior ministers marking the occasion with declarations against Palestinian statehood and calls to resettle Gaza. AFP

Israeli ministers celebrate reopening of settlement 21 years after evacuation

Israel often issues Palestinians demolition orders with every new or claimed settlement

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Israel charges 'smuggler' with running lucrative black market deliveries to Gaza

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'The war hasn’t stopped': Lebanese doubt truce as Israel tightens grip on southern Lebanon

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Israeli military acknowledges soldier smashed Jesus statue in southern Lebanon

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On The RecordLebanon forced into Israel talks, says Geagea, as Hezbollah 'calls the shots'

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CommentThe US has secured a ceasefire in Lebanon. But its role shouldn't end there

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Lebanon ceasefire holds despite Israeli attacks in self-declared 'security zone'

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Displaced people make their way back to their homes after crossing the bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country. Reuters
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Return to south Lebanon: The ones who did and those who couldn't

Tens of thousands returned to their hometowns in the south, but many found their homes destroyed and their villages razed, or still under Israeli occupation

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CommentIraq's development agenda has been set back by the Iran war

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Weekend cartoonShadi's take on hopes for peace in Lebanon

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Beirut caught between hope and fear despite Israel–Hezbollah truce

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Women and girls comprise more than half of Gaza war dead

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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire will stop 'idiotic war', US envoy

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DispatchIsrael's war devastates Lebanon's historic city of Nabatieh – again

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Women mourn at the funeral of Palestinians killed overnight in an Israeli strike on Al Shati refugee camp in Gaza city. AFP

Women and girls comprise more than half of Gaza war dead

Report by UN Women shows average of 47 were killed each day

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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire will stop 'idiotic war', US envoy

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DispatchIsrael's war devastates Lebanon's historic city of Nabatieh – again

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on Israel's continuing strikes in Lebanon

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