Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends
Trending Middle East
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire continues and Israel appeals ICC arrest warrants
This is Trending, your daily rundown of news from the Middle East and around the world brought to you by the National. From Abu Dhabi, I'm Yasmeen Al-Taji, here are today's headlines. U.S. envoy Amos Hoxstein has called for nations to help rebuild Lebanon after a ceasefire was agreed with Israel and Hezbollah. He played a vital role in the mediation of the deal and is now highlighting the country's immediate reconstruction needs. He called for support from other nations, including Gulf countries. Neighborhoods across Lebanon, including in the capital Beirut, have suffered extensive damage after weeks of bombardment by Israeli forces. Meanwhile, Israel has told the International Criminal Court that it will appeal against arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yov Galant. Mr. Netanyahu said in a post on X quote, "Israel today submitted a notice to the International Criminal Court of its intention to appeal to the court, along with the demand to delay the execution of the arrest warrants," unquote. The ICC issued the warrants last week for the Israeli officials and the Hamas leader over war crimes and crimes against humanity during the conflict in Gaza and the Hamas-led October 7 attack on southern Israel. And as the ceasefire on Lebanon holds, Gaza's health ministry set an airstrike killed nine people in the north on Wednesday. The ministry said the strike had a shelter for displaced people in El Tahrein School in Gaza City's Dadezh district. The Israeli army said it had "eliminated" a suspect and a May 2002 bombing that wounded 10 civilians in the Israeli city of Beersheba. That's all for this morning's headlines. You can get these stories at our site and visit the National News dot com slash podcasts for more like this. Yes, me and El Tahre, The National. (upbeat music) (upbeat music)