par This Is Beirut, 23/04 11:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna's independent investigation, published on Monday, into Israeli allegations that some UNRWA staff participated in October 7 found no evidence for these claims. Although the review did find some "neutrality-related issues." An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians found some ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/05 21:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Al-Jazeera Antonio Guterres Hamas Israel
The United Nations defended freedom of the press on Monday as it commented on Israel's decision to shut down the Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera, while the United States opposed Israel's closure of the channel, saying it should be allowed to operate despite any concerns about its coverage. "We think Al Jazeera ought to be able to operate in ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/05 09:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Cairo Negotiations
Israel took control of the Rafah crossing overnight Tuesday, ahead of an expected, and widely-condemned, invasion, as involved parties hope to agree a truce deal. Israeli forces took control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on the border with Egypt, Israel's Army Radio reported on Tuesday. The ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/05 00:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United Nations Security Council on Friday called for an investigation into mass graves allegedly containing hundreds of bodies near Gaza hospitals, while the organization's chief warned of the risk of an "epic humanitarian catastrophe" at Rafah. On Friday, the UN Security Council called for an "independent" and "immediate" investigation ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/05 11:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Ceasefire Gaza Israel
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged an immediate halt to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the return of hostages and a "surge" in humanitarian aid to the besieged Palestinian territory. "I repeat my call, the world's call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and an immediate surge in humanitarian ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/05 15:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Biden Israel-Hamas war Nakba Rafah Offensive
Thousands are fleeing Rafah, Wednesday, on the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, ahead of an expected Israeli offensive. Tens of thousands of civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a feared Israeli ground offensive, as Palestinians on Wednesday mark the 76th anniversary of their "Nakba" or "catastrophe" of 1948, which saw the ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/05 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Arab League Arab League summit Bahrain Gaza Israel
The Arab League called for a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Palestinian territories at a summit dominated by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza strip. The "Manama Declaration" issued by the 22-member bloc called for "international protection and peacekeeping forces of the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territories" ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/05 09:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UN Security Council is set to convene an emergency meeting on Tuesday over an Israeli strike that killed dozens in a displaced persons camp in Rafah on Sunday. The Israeli army targeted two senior Hamas members on Sunday. 45 people were killed, according to Gaza health officials. Meanwhile, AFP journalists on the ground early on Tuesday ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/06 12:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Khartoum Omdurman Rapid Support Forces Sudan Sudan War UN
Pro-democracy activists in Sudan reported Friday that about 40 people were killed in "violent artillery fire" carried out the previous day by paramilitary forces on Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city. "So far, the death toll is estimated at 40 civilians and there are more than 50 injured, some seriously," the Karari Resistance Committee said in a ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/06 18:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea sent a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, taking advantage of the visit of his representative to Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, to denounce "the position adopted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the issue of the Syrian presence in Lebanon." A ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/06 19:31 - Reading : less than a minute
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not turn Lebanon into "another Gaza." Guterres cited increased "bellicose rhetoric" from both sides as they engage in nearly daily exchanges of fire in parallel with the war in the Gaza Strip, and he said they risk triggering a catastrophe ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/06 20:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Hamas
Israel bombed Gaza on Friday as exchanges of fire and threats over the Lebanese border raised fears of a wider war. Five municipal workers died "during an Israeli bombing" of a garage in Gaza City, said Mahmud Basal, spokesman for the civil defense agency in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory. In southern Gaza, AFPTV captured an overnight ...
