Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, seemed to cast doubt on the viability of the Washington-backed peace proposal if the document undergoes any edits that erase “key understandings” that he said Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with President Donald Trump during their Alaska summit in August.
The IDF has launched 669 airstrikes on Lebanon since the so-called ceasefire went into effect last November, claiming that the country has not done enough to uproot Hezbollah’s positions in the southern region, a claim that has been outright rejected by Beirut.
A newly released study found that the official death toll inside Gaza is likely much higher than the 70,100 recorded as of 28 November.
Israeli forces carried out a nighttime raid in southern Syria, killing at least 13 people and injuring 24, which Syria’s Foreign Ministry called a “war crime.”
The IDF announced last week that it was kicking off a “broad counter-terrorism operation” targeting the town of Tubas that was expected to last days, claiming that the neighborhood has become a hotbed for terrorist activities.
A murderous video emerged last week out of Jenin, the West Bank city, that showed Israeli Defense Force troops gunning down two Palestinian men who had been surrendering with their arms up.