This Is Beirut, 16/03 11:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A US charity said on Saturday that its team in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip had finished unloading the first maritime aid shipment to reach the besieged territory. "All cargo was offloaded and is being readied for distribution in Gaza," World Central Kitchen said in a statement, noting that the aid was "almost 200 tons of food." The group is ...
This Is Beirut, 16/03 11:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In the shadow of the war raging in Gaza, record numbers of Palestinian detainees are filling Israeli prisons, where they face "systemic abuse" and torture, rights advocates warn, calling for international action. Members of several Israeli NGOs traveled to Geneva this week to raise concerns before the United Nations about a major "crisis" inside ...
This Is Beirut, 16/03 10:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Yemen's Houthis, supported by Iran, discussed plans to escalate conflicts and encircle Israel during a meeting in Lebanon with Hamas and other Palestinian factions, as reported by a Houthi official to AFP on Saturday. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis discussed "expanding confrontations and encircling" Israel in a meeting in Lebanon with Hamas and ...
This Is Beirut, 15/03 23:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Far from drawing unanimous support, the appointment of Mohammed Moustafa as Palestinian Prime Minister on Thursday March 14 drew widespread criticism from other Palestinian factions, led by Hamas. Hamas and other factions said Friday that this week's appointment of a new Palestinian prime minister by president Mahmoud Abbas could deepen divisions ...
This Is Beirut, 15/03 21:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestinian militant group Hamas has submitted a proposal for a new six-week truce in Gaza, to be followed by a durable ceasefire, a Hamas official told AFP on Friday. Here is what we know about the demands of both Hamas and Israel as mediators push for a deal to end the five-month-old war. What does Hamas want? The latest Hamas proposal calls ...
Rayan Chami, 15/03 21:27 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 15th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 15/03 17:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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EU countries will impose next Monday sanctions on "violent" Israeli settlers in the West Bank and on Hamas for sexual violence committed on October 7, officials said on Friday, March 15. EU countries have reached a preliminary agreement to impose sanctions on "violent" Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and on Hamas for sexual violence during the ...
15/03 15:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas has put forward a new ceasefire proposal which would see a six-week truce and the mutual exchange of prisoners, alongside the phased withdrawal of the Israeli military and the return of displaced Gazans. Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in Gaza and an exchange of several dozen Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official from ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 14/03 21:40 - Reading : less than a minute
This Is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 14th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 14/03 17:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Efforts grew on Thursday to get more aid into the war-devastated Gaza Strip, where the UN warns of famine and desperate residents have stormed relief shipments. After mediators failed to reach a truce between Israel and Hamas militants for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, which started on Monday, fighting continued with at least 69 ...
This Is Beirut, 13/03 22:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Protecting and aiding civilians must be "job number one" for Israel in the war-battered Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. "Where there is a will, there is a way," Blinken told reporters after a virtual meeting with ministers on a new maritime corridor for aid into Gaza. "We look to the government of Israel to make ...
This Is Beirut, 13/03 21:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A second Gaza-bound aid ship would embark from the Cypriot port of Larnaca once a boat already sailing along the new maritime corridor completes its mission, Cyprus's foreign minister said Wednesday. The Israel-Hamas war, now in its sixth month, has created a severe humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has repeatedly ...