This Is Beirut, 20/04 23:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Iran and Israel appeared on Saturday to be moving away from escalation, after a week marked by the sharpest tensions in the Middle East since the start of the Gaza war. Iran has dismissed as akin to child's play Israel's reported retaliation for an unprecedented Iranian strike, as both sides appeared on Saturday to step back from the wider ...
Hala Abdallah, 20/04 20:28 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for April 20th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 20/04 18:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the Palestinians on Saturday to "unite" against Israel, at the end of his meeting with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Palestinians to unite amid Israel's war in Gaza following hours-long talks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul on ...
This Is Beirut, 19/04 23:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Istanbul Friday evening for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the death toll in Gaza passed 34,000. A statement from Hamas Friday said Erdogan and Haniyeh would discuss the conflict in Gaza, adding that the head of the group's political bureau was ...
This Is Beirut, 19/04 23:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Global leaders urged for peace on Friday following reports of Israeli reprisals against Iran, exacerbating the ongoing tension stemming from the Gaza conflict. World leaders appealed for calm on Friday after reported Israeli retaliation against Iran added to months of tense spillover from the war in Gaza, with Iranian state media reporting ...
This Is Beirut, 19/04 18:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on four "extremist" Israeli settlers and two groups over violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, Brussels said. The decision was the second part of an agreement among EU member states that saw Palestinian Islamists Hamas last week sanctioned over sexual violence during the October 7 attack on ...
This Is Beirut, 18/04 21:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Birds sang and planes rumbled overhead as Abdeljabbar al-Arja dug the remains of his dead neighbors from the rubble in Gaza. An overnight Israeli strike hit the home where a displaced Palestinian family was sheltering in the southern city of Rafah, relatives and neighbors told AFP as they scraped at the soil with their hands. Al-Arja said the ...
Rayan Chami, 18/04 20:34 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel, and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for April 18th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 17/04 22:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qatar announced on Wednesday that it is reconsidering its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, citing attempts to exploit its mediation efforts by certain politicians to serve their personal gains. Qatar is reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas after suffering criticism, its prime minister said on Wednesday. "Qatar ...
This Is Beirut, 17/04 15:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Wednesday that he would host a leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Turkey this weekend. "The leader of the Palestinian cause will be my guest this weekend," Erdogan, an outspoken critic of Israel, told lawmakers. While Erdogan did not say where he would meet the Hamas ...
This Is Beirut, 16/04 23:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tensions were high in the Middle East on Tuesday due to traded threats by Israel and its arch-foe Iran following Iran's attack on Israel days earlier. World leaders intensified diplomatic activity, while the EU began devising sanctions on the Islamic Republic in attempts to decrease hostilities in the region. Israel and Iran traded threats on ...
This Is Beirut, 14/04 09:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Mossad, Israel's intelligence service, said on Sunday that Palestinian militant group Hamas rejected the latest truce proposal put on the table a week earlier in Cairo by the mediators. The rejection of the proposal of truce proposed by the three countries mediating the negotiations – the USA, Egypt and Qatar – "proves that (Hamas chief ...