This is Beirut, 2024-11-08 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The UN on Friday condemned the staggering number of civilians killed in Israel's war in Gaza, with women and children comprising nearly 70 percent of the thousands of fatalities it had managed to verify. In a fresh report, slammed by Israel, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) detailed a raft of violations of international law ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-11-07 18:40 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for November 7, 2024.
Ali A. Hamadé , 2024-11-06 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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It would be naive to suggest that this moment wasn’t bound to come eventually. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was dismissed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening, a move that marks the culmination of months of mounting tensions between the two political figures. Minister Israel Katz will replace Gallant as Defense ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-04 21:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas said on Monday it held talks with rival Palestinian faction Fatah in Cairo to discuss the war in Gaza and moves towards national consensus. "A meeting was held with the brothers in the Fatah movement at a generous Egyptian invitation. They discussed various national issues, especially the war on Gaza and pathways for national action," ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-11-04 19:15 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for November 4, 2024.
Natasha Metni Torbey, 2024-11-04 17:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel has officially terminated its agreement with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). On Monday, Tel Aviv formally informed the UN of this decision, which had been approved by an overwhelming parliamentary majority the week before. Historically fraught with deep-rooted disagreements, Israel's ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-04 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday criticized what he called the United States' "destabilizing presence", after the deployment of B-52 bombers in the region. "We have always believed that the presence of America in the region is a destabilizing presence," Baghaei said during a news conference, in response to a question ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-04 11:50 - Reading : less than a minute
A senior Hamas source told the London-based al-Araby al-Jadeed website on Monday that the recent talks in Cairo between Hamas and Fatah delegations ended with an agreement to form an administrative committee for Gaza. According to the website, this committee is set to manage civil and humanitarian affairs in Gaza after the war ends. This comes ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-03 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian demonstrators gathered on Sunday outside the former US embassy in Tehran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis that has for decades shaped relations between Washington and Tehran. The hostage crisis began in November 1979 following the Islamic revolution led by Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which ...
Vanessa Kallas, 2024-11-02 18:10 - Reading : less than a minute
- This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for November 2, 2024.
This is Beirut, 2024-11-01 19:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Israeli army and Shin Bet announced on Friday the killing of Izz al-Din Kassab, a key figure in Hamas' political bureau and head of its national relations, in an airstrike on Khan Younes. As the head of national relations, Kassab coordinated connections between Hamas and other militant organizations in Gaza, wielding influence over the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-01 17:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Hamas official said Friday the group received a proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar for a short-term truce in Gaza and rejected it for not including a lasting ceasefire. "The proposals do not include a permanent cessation of aggression, nor do they entail the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip or the return of displaced ...