This Is Beirut, 2024-08-01 11:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's army confirmed on Thursday that Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an air strike last month in the southern Gaza Strip. The announcement came a day after Hamas and Iran said the Palestinian movement's chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran. Israel has not commented on that report. "Mohammed Deif, the Osama bin Laden of ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-08-01 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran held a funeral ceremony on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel. The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having earlier threatened a "harsh punishment" for his killing. In ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-31 22:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel "delivered crushing blows to all our enemies," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, explicitly mentioning the killing of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shokr in south Beirut. Netanyahu's televised statement lasted for approximately five minutes and did not make any reference to the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-31 12:22 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah condemned Israel's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday, warning his death will only increase the resolve of Iran-backed "resistance" groups. Hamas said Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli strike in the Iranian capital, where he was attending the swearing-in of the country's new president, and vowed the act "will not go ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-31 07:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, killed in Iran on Wednesday, had made a name for himself in 2006 when he became Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority following his movement's surprise victory in the legislative elections. He was a long-standing advocate of reconciling armed and political struggle within the group, and enjoyed good ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-07-29 21:17 - 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 July 29, 2024.
Tylia El Helou, 2024-07-28 20:56 - 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 July 28, 2024.
Rayan Chami, 2024-07-27 21:06 - 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 July 27, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-27 11:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for residents of southern Gaza's Khan Yunis city on Saturday, after retrieving the bodies of five Israelis and warning of new operations. The United Nations said more than 180,000 Palestinians have already fled fierce fighting in Khan Yunis since the military began an operation in the area last ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-26 23:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators are to meet with Israeli negotiators in the Italian capital Sunday in the latest push for a Gaza truce, Egyptian state-linked media said. "A four-way meeting between Egyptian officials and their American and Qatari counterparts, in the presence of Israel's intelligence chief, will be held in Rome on Sunday to ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-26 22:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
More than 180,000 Palestinians have fled fierce fighting around the southern Gaza city of Khan Younes in four days, the United Nations said Friday, after an Israeli operation to extract captives' bodies from the area. Recent "intensified hostilities" in the Khan Younes area, more than nine months into the Israel-Hamas war, have fueled "new waves ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-25 23:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Arab Emirates called Thursday for a "temporary international mission" for post-war Gaza to restore order and address the humanitarian crisis in the devastated territory. This came after Arab heads of state called at a summit in May for the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers across the occupied Palestinian territories, an idea ...