par This Is Beirut, 22/02 21:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is on the brink of a funding crisis with no backup plan beyond March, warned the head of its Lebanon office in an interview with Thomson Reuters. Dorothee Klaus, the Lebanon chief, emphasized, "We do not have a plan B." Israel's accusations against 12 UNRWA employees in ...
par Lyne Sammouri, 22/02 20:42 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 22, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 22/02 18:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Another deadly Israeli attack was carried out in southern Lebanon on Thursday, where a residential building between Kfar Remen and Nabatieh was the target of a drone strike. According to initial reports, at least two Hezbollah fighters, identified as Hassan Saleh from Adchit and Hisham Abdallah from Khiyam in south Lebanon, have been killed. Six ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/02 14:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Bassam Mawlawi Hezbollah Israel
Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi emphasized on Thursday the necessity of holding municipal elections in accordance with the law and constitutional deadlines. "The budget this year allocated funding for those elections, which was not available in the previous year,” noted Mawlawi in an interview with the daily “Al ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/02 11:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli Army carried out new strikes in the south of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, February 22, while diplomatic efforts to reach a truce continued unabated. Israel launched air strikes Thursday on southern Gaza's Rafah after threatening to send troops into the city, where around 1.4 million Palestinians have sought shelter from around the ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/02 09:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Three men opened fire on vehicles in a traffic jam near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank near Jerusalem, on Thursday February 22. They were killed by Israeli security forces. Three Palestinian gunmen killed one person and wounded ten when they sprayed automatic weapons fire at vehicles in a "terror attack" Thursday near a Jewish ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/02 23:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Michel Moawad, from the Renewal bloc, deplored in an interview with LBCI on Wednesday evening that the Lebanese government's decision on war and peace had been "hijacked" by Hezbollah, charging that caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati "let Hezbollah have its way, to the detriment of the country's sovereignty." For the opposition MP, "the only ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/02 19:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon's Permanent Mission to the United Nations has called on the Security Council "to compel Israel to cease its aggression and violations of Lebanese sovereignty" and "to enter into negotiations through the UN to comply fully with Resolution 1701 and thus preserve peace and security in the region." A statement issued on Wednesday read that in ...
par Joanne Naoum, 21/02 19:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
FPM Gebran Bassil Hezbollah Israel
In a move that brought the simmering divisions between the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and its former ally Hezbollah into the open, former President and FPM founder Michel Aoun and the party’s current leader, MP Gebran Bassil, denounced Hezbollah’s military activities against Israel in South Lebanon. "We are not bound to Gaza by a defense ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/02 14:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli troops killed three Palestinian 'terrorists' during an overnight raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the military said on Wednesday. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed at least one death in the Israeli operation, the latest in a months-long military crackdown across the occupied West Bank since Hamas's October 7 attack on ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/02 12:11 - Reading : less than a minute
Attacks Gas and Oil Iran Israel Javad Owji This is Beirut
Iran said Wednesday that Israel was behind twin sabotage attacks against gas pipelines that disrupted supplies in at least three provinces last week. Iran's Oil Minister, Javad Owji, accused Israel of sabotaging gas pipelines, citing disruptions in three provinces. "The explosion of the country's gas lines was the work of Israel," he told ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/02 11:17 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Energy issued a statement refuting Israeli claims made in a video circulating on social media. The video claims the existence of missile sites belonging to Hezbollah in Jbeil and Keserwan. In the statement, the Ministry of Energy and Water mentioned that, upon scrutinizing the video, it turns out that Israel was showing ...