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[1/3] People react as residents of Tel Aviv show support and solidarity with the families of hostages who are being held in Gaza in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 21, 2023. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to eliminate Hamas and Israeli troops could enter Gaza at any moment, but many families are urging him to focus solely on the hostages. Israel has a long experience of dealing with hostage crises, but has previously shied away from attempting rescue operations in the densely populated Gaza Strip. Some of the freed Palestinians returned to the ranks of Hamas, including its current leader in Gaza, Yahya Al-Sinwar. We have to help these hostages very fast," said Daniel Lifshitz, whose grandparents, aged 83 and 85, were abducted and have vanished into Gaza.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Noam Alon, Inbar, Isaac Herzog, Carmel Gorni, Yiftah Gorni, Gorni, Ilan, Sandy Feldman, Herzog, Keith Siegel, Jonathan Dekel, Chen, Sagui, Netanyahu, Gilad Shalit, Yahya Al, Shalit, Gal Hirsch, Daniel Lifshitz, Crispian Balmer, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Aviva, Reuters, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, Israel, Gaza Israel, Jerusalem, Palestinian, Qatar, Qatari

Branding signage for WPP, the largest global advertising and public relations agency at their offices in London, Britain, July 17, 2019. The fourth, GroupM China’s CEO and country managing director for WPP China, Patrick Xu, was questioned by police but not detained, the person said. An employee stationed in the closest police precinct to WPP's Shanghai office said police could not comment. "As our fourth largest market globally, China will continue to play a crucial role in WPP's long-term growth strategy. Police visited U.S. management consultancy Bain & Co's Shanghai office in April, then in May, state TV aired a program showing a raid of consultancy Capvision Partners' offices.

Persons: Toby Melville, GroupM, Patrick Xu, Xu, Mark Read, Mintz, Capvision, Bain, Casey, Laurie Chen, Alison Williams Organizations: WPP, REUTERS, Rights, WPP China, Financial Times, Outdoor Holdings, SEC, Police, Bain, Co's, TV, Capvision Partners, Casey Hall, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Shanghai, China, Beijing, Co's Shanghai

☆ Turkey's Erdogan discussed Gaza with Hamas leader - Turkish presidency
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsISTANBUL, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed Gaza in phone call with the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, on Saturday. Erdogan told Haniyeh about Ankara's efforts for a ceasefire, for humanitarian aid to reach Gaza and possible treatment of the wounded in Turkey. Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Brendan McDermid, Ismail Haniyeh, Erdogan, Haniyeh, Ezgi Erkoyun, Alison Williams Organizations: General Assembly, REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Rights ISTANBUL, Gaza, Turkey

Branding signage for WPP, the largest global advertising and public relations agency at their offices in London, Britain, July 17, 2019. The fourth, GroupM China’s CEO and country managing director for WPP China, Patrick Xu, was questioned by police but not detained, the person said. Calls to GroupM's office in Shanghai to seek comment went unanswered and Xu did not immediately respond to an email requesting a response. An employee stationed in the closest police precinct to WPP's Shanghai office said police could not comment. Police visited U.S. management consultancy Bain & Co's Shanghai office in April, then in May, state TV aired a program showing a raid of consultancy Capvision Partners' offices.

☆ Hamas says Israel declined to receive two hostages it intended to release
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Oct 21 (Reuters) - A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas said on Saturday the group intended to release two more hostages for "humanitarian reasons", but that Israel had declined to receive them. Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, said in a brief statement said that it informed Qatar on Friday of Hamas' intention to release the two people. Reporting by Hatem Maher; Editing by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Israel, Abu Ubaida, Deen al, Hatem Maher, Alison Williams Organizations: Thomson Locations: Qatar

☆ Italy's Meloni urges international community not to fall into Hamas "trap"
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan speaks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni prior to the Cairo Summit for Peace, at the St. Regis in Cairo, Egypt, October 21, 2023. UAE Presidential Court /Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsCAIRO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that the international community must avoid an escalation in the war between Israel and Hamas and set a roadmap towards the two states solution. Meloni made the remarks while speaking in Egypt at the Cairo international summit for peace in the Middle East as Israel prepares a ground assault on Gaza following Hamas attack that killed 1,400 people. The Italian premier met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo before travelling to Tel Aviv to meet Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Reporting by Giselda Vagnoni; Editing by Tomasz Janowski and Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Giorgia Meloni, Meloni, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Abbas, Giselda Vagnoni, Tomasz Janowski, Alison Williams Organizations: United Arab, Italian, Cairo Summit for Peace, UAE, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Israel's, Thomson Locations: United Arab Emirates, Regis, Cairo, Egypt, Rights CAIRO, Israel, East, Gaza, Italian, Tel Aviv

☆ Italy's Meloni Urges International Community Not to Fall Into Hamas 'Trap'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

CAIRO (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that the international community must avoid an escalation in the war between Israel and Hamas and set a roadmap towards the two states solution. Meloni made the remarks while speaking in Egypt at the Cairo international summit for peace in the Middle East as Israel prepares a ground assault on Gaza following Hamas attack that killed 1,400 people. The Italian premier met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo before travelling to Tel Aviv to meet Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I hope that there is a responsibility on the part of whole international community, and it seems to me that there is, to speed up this process and provide a structural solution to the conflict," Meloni said. She stressed that a two-state solution must have a clear timeframe.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Meloni, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Abbas, Giselda Vagnoni, Tomasz Janowski, Alison Williams Organizations: Italian, Israel's Locations: CAIRO, Israel, Egypt, Cairo, East, Gaza, Italian, Tel Aviv

☆ Israel's Netanyahu says Hamas attack was aimed at derailing peace
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Rami Amichai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSummary Netanyahu says Hamas attack aimed at derailing peace bidSunak welcomes aid decision for GazaSunak due to meet Saudi crown princeJERUSALEM, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday the Hamas attack on Israel was aimed at preventing the expansion of peace in the Middle East, and called on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to keep supporting Israel's Gaza counteroffensive. Netanyahu said the attack from Gaza by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which killed 1,400 people in Israel, was aimed at derailing attempts to establish a wider peace in the region. At least nine British nationals have been killed and seven are still missing since the attack on Israel, Sunak's spokesperson said. In Israel, Sunak met the families of two of the missing, who are believed to have been taken hostage and held in Gaza. The last British prime minister to visit Israel and the occupied West Bank was David Cameron in 2014.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Biden, Evelyn Hockstein, Netanyahu, Sunak, JERUSALEM, Rishi Sunak, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Isaac Herzog, Israel, Herzog, Sunak's, James, Sameh Shoukry, David Cameron, Rami Amichai, Kylie MacLellan, Sarah Young, William James, Alistair Smout, Sachin Ravikumar, Dan Williams, Elizabeth Piper, Angus MacSwan, Alison Williams, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Hamas, REUTERS, British, Israel, Crown, Palestinian, West Bank, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Saudi, Jerusalem, Saudi Arabia, U.S, British, Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, Britain, London, United States, North Africa, South Asia

☆ Web Summit CEO apologises for comments on Israeli conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Web Summit Chief Executive and founder Paddy Cosgrave on Tuesday apologised for comments he made on the Israeli-Hamas conflict that prompted some technology companies and investors to withdraw plans to attend its conference in Portugal next month. Web Summit, one of the world's largest tech conferences, will take place in Lisbon from Nov. 13-16, with attendees from companies such as Meta (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) to investors such as Atomico. "War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are," wrote Cosgrave, who was born in Ireland. Among executives to have cancelled their participation at Web Summit are AI21 Labs' Ori Goshen; Tome's Keith Peiris; Sequoia Capital partner Ravi Gupta; Yinon Costica, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity unicorn Wiz; and Y Combinator’s Garry Tan, according to LinkedIn and X posts. Philippe Botteri, CEO of tech investor Accel, said in a LinkedIn post on Monday he would no longer speak at Web Summit.

Persons: Paddy Cosgrave, Cosgrave, I’m, Leo Varadkar's, Israel, Cosgrove, Goshen, Tome's Keith Peiris, Ravi Gupta, Yinon Costica, Y, Garry Tan, Philippe Botteri, Portugal Dor Shapira, Steven Scheer, Supantha Mukherjee, Josephine Mason, Alison Williams, Mark Potter Organizations: Web, Microsoft, Palestinian, Hamas, Irish, AI21 Labs, Sequoia Capital, Thomson Locations: Portugal, Lisbon, Gaza, Israel, Ireland, Jerusalem, Stockholm, London

☆ Israeli army spokesman says next phase of war may be different from expectations
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Israeli military is getting ready for the next phase of its campaign against the Gaza Strip but plans may not conform to widespread expectations of an imminent ground offensive, an army spokesperson said on Tuesday. Everybody's talking about the ground offensive. It might be something different," Lt Colonel Richard Hecht told a regular briefing with reporters. Reporting by James Mackenzie; Editing by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem, haven't, Richard Hecht, James Mackenzie, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Gaza

REUTERS/Wu Hong/Pool/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW/BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China this week to meet Xi Jinping, the Kremlin chief's first trip outside the former Soviet Union this year. What are the five things to watch for at the meeting? Li was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018 for an arms deal he secured with Russia in an earlier role. Xi also awarded Putin a friendship medal in 2018, saying that "Putin is my best close friend". Putin said in March that he had invited Xi to his private apartment in the Kremlin.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Wu Hong, Li Shangfu, Li, General Liu Zhenli, Putin, Xi, Alexei Miller, Igor Sechin, Maxim Reshetnikov, Guy Faulconbridge, Alison Williams Organizations: Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center, REUTERS, Kremlin, Russia, People's Liberation Army, PLA, U.S . Department of Defence, China, United, Gazprom, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, MOSCOW, BEIJING, Soviet Union, U.S, Russia, Xiapu, Ukraine, United States, India, Moscow, Kremlin, Siberia, Mongolia, Asia, Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023. China and Russia declared a "no limits" partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing just days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, triggering the deadliest land war in Europe since World War Two. Biden has referred to Xi as a "dictator" and has said Putin is a "killer" and a leader who cannot remain in power. Since the Ukraine war, Putin has mostly stayed within the former Soviet Union, though he visited Iran last year for talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The United States has warned China against supplying Putin with weapons as Russia, a $2 trillion economy, battles Ukrainian forces backed by the United States and the European Union.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Putin, Xi Putin, Xi, Joe Biden, Graham Allison, Bill Clinton, Biden, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mao Zedong, Alexander Gabuev, Gabuev, Li Shangfu, Alexei Miller, Igor Sechin, Guy Faulconbridge, Alison Williams Organizations: Kremlin, Sputnik, Forum, Soviet Union, U.S, Harvard University, Reuters, Soviet, United, European Union, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Gazprom, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, China, USSR, MOSCOW, BEIJING, United States, Beijing, Hague, Ukraine, Europe, U.S, Soviet Union, Iran, Communist China, Ukrainian, Siberia, Mongolia

☆ Russia-China energy cooperation in focus as Putin visits Xi
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

It insists the ties do not flout international norms, and China has the prerogative to collaborate with whichever country it chooses. According to China's customs data, the growth of China's exports and imports with Russia on a year-on-year basis quickened in September from August. China is Russia's second-largest buyer of Russian oil after India. Russia's main gas export route is a 4,000-km (2,500-mile) pipeline Power of Siberia that links East Siberian fields to northeast China. Russia aims to build a second gas pipeline to China, Power of Siberia 2, with capacity for 50 bcm a year to run via Mongolia.

Persons: Maxim Shemetov, Wang Wentao, Vladimir Putin's, Russia's Novatek, Vladimir Soldatkin, Guy Faulconbridge, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Commerce, Vortexa, Russia's, Reuters, European, VEB, Supplies, CNPC, Thomson Locations: Siberia, Svobodny, Amur, Russia, China, United States, Beijing, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian, India, Kpler, Kozmino, Baltic, Brazil, Urals, Oman, European Union, That's, Europe, Power, Mongolia, Sakhalin, Qatar

☆ Madonna greatest hits tour to feature 40 songs and a 'time machine'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Madonna performs at the 2019 Pride Island concert during New York City Pride in New York City, New York, U.S., June 30, 2019. "Madonna has very high expectations of how much hard work people will put into something. Tour organisers said Madonna would perform on "4,400 square ft. of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour", which nods to the grid of Manhattan. "The person that is going to take the stage looks incredible, sounds incredible, performs incredible," Price told the BBC, who quoted him as saying the concerts will feature more than 40 Madonna songs, with over half performed in full. On Thursday she posted a blurred photo of herself with the caption "2 more days…………… #madonnacelebrationtour" alongside a party-popper emoji.

Persons: Britain's, Stuart Price, Madonna, Price, popper, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Alison Williams Organizations: New York City Pride, REUTERS, London's O2, Britain's BBC, O2, BBC, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, Manhattan, Vancouver, New York

☆ Brother determined to find sister missing after kibbutz raid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Her husband Alon and toddler made it back to the kibbutz after hiding in the woods for 12 hours, her brother Gili Roman said on Friday. Roman-Gat, a 35-year-old dual Israeli-German national, had left Kibbutz Be'eri a month ago, fearful of the region's insecurity and had only returned there for a Sabbath visit the day before the raid, Roman said. On Friday, Roman surveyed the wreckage of the family home in Kibbutz Be'eri, an agricultural kibbutz 3 miles (5 km) from Gaza, which was one of the first towns hit in Hamas' attack. The Israeli military said it killed dozens of Hamas gunmen in the Be'eri area. "We are talking about our family, three women captured, in captivity, held hostage by the terrorist regime in Gaza," Roman said, adding relatives and friends had been searching for them since the attack.

Persons: Gat, Geffen, Alon, Gili Roman, Be'eri, Roman, Yarden, Zaka, Christophe Van Der, Alison Williams, Rod Nickel Organizations: Saturday, Gaza, Reuters, Thomson Locations: BE'ERI, Israel, Gaza, Beeri, Kibbutz Be'eri, kibbutzes, Be'eri

☆ UK financial watchdog censures insolvent London Capital & Finance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Huw Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Signage is seen for the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), the UK's financial regulatory body, at their head offices in London, Britain March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Neo London Capital AD FollowLONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Wednesday it had censured London Capital & Finance (LCF) for "unfair and misleading" promotions of minibonds, but there is no financial penalty as the firm is insolvent. LCF, which was licensed by the FCA, "may have knowingly participated in the defrauding" of bondholders, the watchdog said. "The FCA does not consider it appropriate to impose a financial penalty on the firm as it is insolvent and in administration. In 2020, the watchdog banned the mass-marketing of speculative illiquid securities, including speculative minibonds, to retail investors.

Persons: Toby Melville, Therese Chambers, Elizabeth Gloster, Huw Jones, Alison Williams, Mark Potter Organizations: FCA, Financial, Authority, REUTERS, Neo, London Capital & Finance, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Neo London, LCF

☆ Israel's new war cabinet vows to wipe Hamas off the earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forged an emergency government on Wednesday to direct war against Hamas, and his defence minister vowed to wipe the Palestinian militant group "off the face of the earth" over its deadly weekend attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023. Gallant, the defence minister, said: "We will wipe this thing called Hamas, ISIS-Gaza, off the face of the earth. Gantz, a former Israeli defence chief and general, said it was a time to join together and win. During the fighting with Hamas in Gaza, the emergency government will not take up any unrelated policy or laws, Netanyahu and Gantz said in their joint statement.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Yoav Gallant, ABIR, Gantz, Gallant, Yair Lapid, Maayan Lubell, Alison Williams, Alex Richardson Organizations: Hamas, ISIS, Islamic State, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem

☆ Jordan's king says no stability in region without Palestinian state
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Suleiman Al-Khalidi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks at the opening of a new parliamentary session in Amman, Jordan October 11, 2023. Royal Hashemite Court/Handout via Reuters Acquire Licensing RightsAMMAN, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah said on Wednesday no peace was possible in the Middle East without the emergence of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. A two-state solution was the only option, the monarch told deputies in a speech at the opening of a new parliamentary session. "Our region will never be secure nor stable without achieving just and comprehensive peace on the basis of the two-state solution," the monarch said. Jordan's peace treaty with Israel is widely unpopular among many citizens who see normalisation as a sellout of the rights of their Palestinian brethren.

Persons: King Abdullah II, King Abdullah, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Blinken, King Abdullah said, Amman, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Alison Williams, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Royal Hashemite, Reuters Acquire, Rights, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Amman, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian, Western, Jerusalem, Gaza, East Jerusalem

☆ Euro zone consumers see inflation slightly above ECB target for years
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsFRANKFURT, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Euro zone households see inflation staying slightly above the European Central Bank's 2% target for another three years, an ECB survey showed, as rate-setters struggle to convince the public that their plans for taming price pressures are on track. While consumer expectations for inflation are by nature imprecise, they can influence wage demands, spending and saving. Consumers' views about inflation in the coming 12 months showed a slight increase to 3.5%, from 3.4% in July. The ECB has said that long-term inflation expectations from economists, investors and consumers are "at around 2%", but cautioned that some projections have risen and should be monitored. But they turned more optimistic about their income - seen growing by 1.2% from 1.1% - and raised their predictions for home price inflation, to 2.3% from 2.1%, for the first time since March.

Persons: Sarah Meyssonnier, Francesco Canepa, Alison Williams, John Stonestreet Organizations: Carrefour, REUTERS, Rights, Central, ECB, Thomson Locations: Montesson, Paris, France

☆ Israeli shelling hits south Lebanon after Hezbollah rocket fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Smoke rises from Dhayra village after Israeli shelling as pictured from the Lebanese town of Marwahin, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Israeli shelling hit southern Lebanese towns on Wednesday in response to a fresh rocket attack by powerful armed group Hezbollah, as cross-border violence extended into a fourth day. Hezbollah said it had fired precision missiles at an Israeli position in response to the killing of its members in Israeli shelling earlier this week, pledging "decisive" responses to attacks on Lebanese territory, especially deadly ones. The Israeli military said it was attacking Lebanon after one of its northern positions near the Israeli town of Arab al-Aramshe was targeted with anti-tank fire on Wednesday. Residents of the southern Lebanese town of Rmeish said Israeli shelling hit nearby.

Persons: Mohamed Azakir, Aramshe, Israel, Lebanon's, Dan Williams, Maya Gebeily, Alison Williams, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Local, Palestinian, Hamas, Gaza, Thomson Locations: Dhayra, Marwahin, Israel, Lebanon, JERUSALEM, BEIRUT, Arab, Lebanese, Rmeish, Iran, Local Lebanese

☆ Egypt discusses Gaza aid, rejects corridors for civilians, say sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Ahmed Mohamed Hassan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Palestinians inspect damages of a house hit by Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 11, 2023. Egypt has long restricted the flow of Gazans onto its territory, even during the fiercest conflicts. LIMITED CEASEFIREEgypt has been intensifying its efforts to contain the situation in Gaza, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani during a meeting in Cairo, a statement from Sisi's office said. According to the Egyptian security sources, talks between Egypt and the United States, Qatar and Turkey discussed the idea of delivering humanitarian aid through the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula under a geographically limited ceasefire. The crossing, which is the main exit point from Gaza not controlled by Israel, has been closed since Tuesday after Israeli bombardments hit on the Palestinian side, according to officials in Gaza and Egyptian sources.

Persons: Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa, Jake Sullivan, Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, Antonio Tajani, Tajani, Sameh Shoukry, Omar Abdel Razak, Ahmed Elimam, Aidan Lewis, Alison Williams, Toby Chopra Organizations: REUTERS, Hamas, U.S . National, Italian, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Egypt, CAIRO, United States, Israel, Cairo, Qatar, Turkey, Europe

☆ Planisware shares priced at 16 euros in Euronext's biggest IPO in two years
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Euronext stock exchange is pictured at the La Defense business district in Paris, France, September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 11 (Reuters) - French software company Planisware has priced its shares at 16 euros ($16.97) each for its initial public offering announced last week, a bookrunner said on Wednesday, making it the largest IPO on Euronext Paris in the last two years. The IPO aims to "strengthen Planisware’s position across strategic markets by increasing its market visibility and brand awareness." The group previously said it aimed for a valuation of between 1.11 billion euros ($1.17 billion) and 1.25 billion euros, with a price bracket of 16 to 18 euros per share. The company's shares are due to begin trading on Oct. 16 on Euronext Paris.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Nathan Vifflin, Diana Mandià, Alison Williams, Louise Heavens Organizations: La Defense, REUTERS, Euronext Paris, Airbus, Philips, Ford, Pfizer, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Planisware

☆ Hezbollah, Hamas claim attacks on Israel from Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Flame and smoke rise over Lebanon as seen from Israel's border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, October 10, 2023. The violence, triggered by the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, marks the most serious escalation along the Lebanese-Israeli frontier since the 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. The Israeli army said no injuries were reported in Tuesday's attack by Hezbollah, three of whose fighters were killed on Monday in Israeli shelling into Lebanon. A salvo of rockets was also fired from Lebanon into Israel on Tuesday, in an attack a security source in Lebanon said was carried out by Palestinian factions. Hezbollah, founded by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in 1982, has close ties to the Palestinian groups fighting Israel.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Lebanon Joanna Wronecka, Abdallah Bouhabib, Joseph Aoun, General Security Elias Bayssari, Laila Bassam, Henriette Chacar, Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry, Alison Williams, David Gregorio, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian Hamas, Lebanese, Palestinian, Islamic, United Nations, General Security, Twitter, Iran's, Guards, Sunday, Israel, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Rights BEIRUT, Palestinian, Gaza, Iran, Lebanese, Tyre, Beirut, Jerusalem

☆ UAE, after Israel-Gaza conflict, says it does not mix trade with politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rachna Uppal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates does not mix trade with politics, the country's trade minister said on Tuesday when asked whether the conflict between Israel and Hamas would impact economic agreements. "We don't mix the economy and trade with politics," Thani al Zeyoudi told reporters in Dubai. In March, a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries came into effect, Israel’s first free trade agreement with an Arab state. The UAE was the first Gulf country to normalise relations with Israel in 2020, breaking with decades of Arab policy toward the Palestinian cause. The UAE has described the attacks carried out by the Palestinian Islamist faction Hamas against Israel as a "serious and grave escalation".

Persons: Zeyoudi, Israel’s, Rachna Uppal, Maha El, Alison Williams, Christina Fincher Organizations: United, Thomson Locations: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Thani, Dubai, UAE, Georgia, Palestinian

[1/4] A Palestinian on a wheelchair passes by ruins of buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 9, 2023. On Tuesday, the Israeli military revised a recommendation by one of its spokespeople that Palestinians fleeing its air strikes in Gaza head to Egypt. Gaza's Hamas-run Interior Ministry said bombardments on both Monday and Tuesday had hit an entry gate on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing. So far, there has been no sign of mass gatherings of Palestinians at the Rafah crossing, with only scheduled departures proceeding until Tuesday. Hamas, which has run the Gaza Strip since 2007, shares the Islamist ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, a movement outlawed in Egypt.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, Ahmed Salem, Gaza's, Sinai's, Sinai, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Yusri Mohamed, Nidal, Nadine Awadalla, Ahmed Eliman, Aidan Lewis, Mai Shams, Alison Williams, Gareth Jones, Susan Fenton, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Sinai Foundation, Human Rights, Hamas, Gaza's Hamas, Ministry, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Rafah, Gaza, Egypt, Israel, CAIRO, GAZA, Tuesday, Sinai, Sinai ., Gaza's, Palestinian, Sinai's, Al Arish, Hamas

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