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Middle East round-up: Rockets fly between Lebanon and Israel

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon's economic crisis forces soldiers to desert or take on second jobs

Lebanon's economic meltdown has plunged most of the population into poverty. It's now also threatening the country's security. As the currency has plummeted to new lows in recent months, salaries too have fallen, as prices rise. To make ends meet, soldiers are being forced to take on second jobs, or…

France 24

Israel Bans Non-Muslim Visits to Al-Aqsa Compound until Ramadan End

Jewish visitors and tourists will be banned from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem until the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Tuesday. An Israeli police raid at the site last week triggered rocket attacks on Israel…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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‘Saved by a miracle’: Israel rocket attack on Lebanon spurs fears

People in south Lebanon fear a wider confrontation with Israel after cross-border violence.

Al Jazeera

Netanyahu reverses decision to fire Israeli defence minister

Decision comes as Israel hit with rocket strikes from Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria in recent days

The Independent UK

Tehran Shows Openness to 'Permanent Peace' in Yemen, Ending Crisis in Lebanon

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that Tehran and Riyadh have taken preliminary steps to exchange ambassadors in the context of the agreement to resume diplomatic relations. He also expressed his country’s openness to the possibility of reaching a lasting peace in Yemen, as well as its willingness to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu Vows to Restore Security in Israel after Surging Violence

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to restore security "on all fronts" after surging violence that included rocket fire from Lebanon and Syria and two more deaths on Monday. Netanyahu also reinstated the defense minister whose firing he announced last month, AFP said. Heavy clashes, shootings, rocket strikes and a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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As tensions escalate in the Middle East, can all-out war be averted?

Violence has again erupted in the Middle East during one of the holiest times of year for both Jews and Muslims.

The Conversation

Israeli attacks on Syria in the past year: Timeline

In the past year alone, Israeli attacks on Syria have killed at least 44 people and injured more than 50.

Al Jazeera

Israel Extends Closure of West Bank, Gaza

The Israeli army on Sunday announced that all crossing points of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip would remain closed until Wednesday for security reasons.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon still proxy battleground, 50 years after Israel raid

It was a cold night 50 years ago when an Israeli commando team led by a man disguised as a woman infiltrated a posh Beirut neighborhood and shot and killed three top officials from the Palestine Liberation Organization in their apartments

The Independent UK

Power play: the Lebanese board game with a political point to make

‘Reformists’ take on the corrupt ‘elite' in a game that recreates the golden age – and invites players to imagine a different history

The Guardian - UK

Outpouring of grief at funeral of British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank drive by shooting

Maia and Rina Dee were mourned by hundreds of people at a service in Kfar Etzion after days of rocket fire

The Independent UK

Holiday rites without clashes in Jerusalem but region braces for further violence

Al-Aqsa mosque compound tensions have triggered cross-border fighting in Gaza and drawn in Lebanon and Syria

The Guardian - UK

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Lebanon to File UN Complaint over Israeli Aggression

Lebanon said on Sunday that it intends to file a complaint with the UN Security Council against Israel's aggression on Lebanon, following a rocket barrage fired at Israel from southern Lebanon on Thursday. Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Bou Habib, said the complaint is to be presented by…

Evening Standard

British sisters killed in West Bank named by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu said he the ‘entire nation of Israel’ send condolences to their family

The Guardian - UK

Tensions run high across Israel after car ramming attack leaves tourist dead

Further violence feared after Arab-Israeli man drives his vehicle into busy city promenade following a West Bank shooting

The Guardian - UK

Hezbollah and Israel pull back from the brink – but spectre of conflict looms

The rocket attack that followed air strikes and mosque raids failed to provoke all-out war, but it must surely be inevitable

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French prosecutors name bank chairman a suspect in Lebanese central bank probe

French prosecutors said they have put a Lebanese banker under formal investigation, the latest move in a cross-border probe looking into whether Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh, embezzled vast sums of public funds.

The Independent UK

UK calls for de-escalation in tension after British sisters killed in West Bank shooting

The girls, both aged in their 20s, were in a car with their mother when they were attacked, Israeli officials said.

The Guardian - UK

Violence in Tel Aviv leaves one dead and five injured

Italian tourist dies and Britons among injured after driver rams people near beach, Israeli officials report

The Independent UK

Two British-Israeli citizens killed in West Bank shooting

The Foreign Office called for all sides in the Israel-Palestine dispute to de-escalate tensions.

The Independent UK

Two British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank shooting as Tel Aviv hit by terror attack

Shooting happened as one person is killed and several injured in a car-ramming terror attack in Tel Aviv

The Guardian - UK

Two British sisters killed and mother injured in West Bank shooting

Sisters, believed to have migrated from the UK, died after car was shot at and crashed on Friday

Al Jazeera

Who fired rockets into Israel from southern Lebanon?

While no group has claimed responsibility, Israel blames the Palestinian group Hamas in Lebanon for barrage of rockets.

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