2024-09-20 23:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Nations on Friday denounced the detonation of hand-held communication devices used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon this week, saying the attack violated international law and could constitute a war crime. "International humanitarian law prohibits the use of booby-trap devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects," the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-20 18:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli raid targeted the southern suburb of Beirut, known as Dahyeh, on Friday afternoon, in the third such attack on Hezbollah’s stronghold since the pro-Iranian group opened its “support front” for Gaza on October 8. The Israeli army claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, indicating that Ibrahim Aqil, head of operations and a ...
2024-09-20 18:37 - Reading : less than a minute
The southern suburbs of Beirut were the target of a new Israeli airstrike on Friday around 4 p.m. Watch the latest updates from our reporter on the ground.
This Is Beirut 2024-09-20 18:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The southern front remained ablaze on Friday. Late in the afternoon, Hezbollah announced that it had fired a volley of Katyusha rockets at an Israeli intelligence base, which it accused of being responsible for the “assassinations”. The attack followed an Israeli air raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut, which claimed the lives of Ibrahim ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-20 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The recent Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs resulted in the death of Ibrahim Aqil, the head of Hezbollah's elite military unit, the Radwan force. This specialized unit gained notoriety for its pivotal role in the abduction of two Israeli soldiers in July 2006, an event that sparked « the July War ». Originally known as the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-20 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The target of the Israeli airstrike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut Friday afternoon was Ibrahim Aqil, according to security sources. Aqil is chief of the Radwan forces, Hezbollah’s top military body. As shown on the Department of State’s website, on April 18, 2023 (the anniversary of Hezbollah’s bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut), the US ...
Antoine Saadé 2024-09-20 15:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A virtual meeting was conducted via Zoom between the Ministry of Health and hospital administrations, where it was agreed that all injured individuals would receive treatment at the ministry’s expense. The ministry committed to promptly reimbursing the hospitals upon receiving reports on the number of injuries and their conditions. ...
2024-09-20 12:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron shared a message of support to the Lebanese on X (formerly Twitter) after the country was hit by an unprecedented technological attack that resulted in dozens of deaths and thousands of injuries. On Thursday, September 19, Macron posted a video on his X account, reiterating the urgent need for Lebanon to elect a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-19 20:33 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese Directorate General of Civil Aviation has barred “all airlines operating at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport from transporting any pagers or walkie-talkies.” They asked all airlines to notify departing customers that “it is forbidden, until further notice, to transport any pager or walkie-talkie device on board of an ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-19 17:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged the UN Security Council to “adopt a firm stance towards Israel to halt its technological war against Lebanon.” He condemned the two days of fatal explosives that targeted Hezbollah members’ walkie-talkies and pagers, killing tens and injuring thousands. “Since it affects not just Lebanon but ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-09-19 16:39 - Reading : less than a minute
This school year, new security challenges are being added to the economic and financial crisis that has been ongoing since 2019. This Is Beirut takes you to the Sacred Heart College – Gemmayzeh to see how the start of the school year is going.
This Is Beirut 2024-09-19 13:51 - Reading : less than a minute
A new hearing in the case of former Central Bank governor Riad Salameh was held on Thursday before Beirut’s First Investigating Judge, Bilal Halawi. Lawyers Marwan Issa el-Khoury and Michel Tueni were present at the session. Salameh’s attorney, Marc Habka, submitted a request for his client’s release. The request is pending the opinion of ...