Mid East – Page 13 – Prologue Journal

Withdrawal deadline lapses: Israel says troops will stay in south Lebanon

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Israel has missed a deadline for pulling out its troops from Lebanon, keeping its forces in the Arab country in defiance. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/18/743021/Lebanon-Israel-Hezbollah-ceasefire-withdrawal-deadline-Gaza-Palestine

Israeli ‘brutal crimes’ against Palestinian inmates won’t go unpunished: Media office

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office condemns the mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/18/743020/Israeli-crimes-against-Palestinian-prisoners-cannot-go-unpunished–Media-office

As Deadline for Withdrawal Lapses, Israel Says It Will Stay in Southern Lebanon

New York Times Israeli forces will remain at five strategic points within Lebanese territory despite Tuesday’s deadline for Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters to pull back. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/middleeast/lebanon-israel-forces-hezbollah.html

Israeli officer ‘commits suicide’ amid psychological struggles from Tel Aviv’s genocide in Gaza

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. High-ranking Israeli police officer takes his own life due to, what has been identified as, psychological distress resulting from the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/17/743007/Israeli-officer-kills-himself-suicide-war-genocide-Gaza-trauma-psychological

Palestinians subjected to ‘severe torture’ in Israeli prisones: Euro-Med

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Euro-Med says the terrible health conditions in which Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons indicate a pattern of torture and abuse until the very last moments. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/17/742989/Palestinians-torture-Israeli-detention-Euro-Med

Netanyahu says ‘committed’ to Trump’s vicious Gaza scheme

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Benjamin Netanyahu says he is “committed” to US President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and displace its Palestinian residents. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/17/742999/Netanyahu-Trump-Gaza-Rubio

Over 60 British MPs urge ban on imports from Israeli settlements

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. More than 60 British members of the parliament and political figures have demanded a ban on the import of all goods coming into the UK from illegal Israeli settlements. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/17/743003/British-MPs-ban-imports-Israeli-settlements

Hamas confirms senior military commander assassinated in Lebanon

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Hamas has confirmed that its senior military commander Mohammad Shaheen has been assassinated in an Israeli drone strike in Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/17/742998/Hamas-confirms-top-commander%E2%80%99s-assassination-in-Israeli-strike-in-southern-Lebanon

Lebanon’s Aoun ‘afraid’ Israelis won’t withdraw by Tuesday deadline

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has expressed concern that the Israeli forces occupying southern Lebanon may not fully withdraw by the February 18 deadline. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/17/742982/Lebanon-Joseph-Aoun-Israel

French minister in Western Sahara to back Moroccan sovereignty

Jerusalem Post Morocco has also won backing from Western Sahara’s former colonial power Spain, as well as Israel and more than two dozen African and Arab nations. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-842537