par This Is Beirut, 21/09 21:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan stated that the risk of further escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli front is "acute" following the killing of senior Hezbollah leaders and the detonation of communication devices across Lebanon. But he suggested that the widescale attacks might actually dampen increasing tensions in the Middle ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/09 18:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency reported 21 killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, the latest attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians where the Israeli military said it targeted militants. A spokesman for the civil defense agency, Mahmoud Bassal, said more than half the dead at the Gaza City school were children. According to ...
par Marc Saikali, 21/09 14:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In 2006, the famous "if I had known" excuse might have hinted at a sense of remorse after the devastation of South Lebanon, of Beirut suburbs, and the loss of thousands of lives. Gulf countries invested billions to rebuild the country at the time. Nineteen years later, the same players are on stage, making the same strategic blunders. ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/09 11:09 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah reportedly fell into a trap by smuggling "pager" devices through illegal crossings, according to ministerial sources. If these devices had gone through official channels, they would have faced strict monitoring and inspections. This could have revealed the explosives hidden inside. Instead, the pro-Iranian group chose routes that ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/09 20:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following the strike on Beirut's southern suburbs that killed Hezbollah elite force commander Ibrahim Aqil, the Israeli military congratulated itself on its operation. "Israeli Air Force fighter jets carried out a targeted strike on Beirut, eliminating Ibrahim Aqil, head of Hezbollah's operations unit, commander of the Radwan unit," an Israeli ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/09 18:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The southern front remained ablaze on Friday. Late in the afternoon, Hezbollah announced that it had fired a volley of Katyusha rockets at an Israeli intelligence base, which it accused of being responsible for the “assassinations”. The attack followed an Israeli air raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut, which claimed the lives of Ibrahim ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/09 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The target of the Israeli airstrike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut Friday afternoon was Ibrahim Aqil, according to security sources. Aqil is chief of the Radwan forces, Hezbollah’s top military body. As shown on the Department of State’s website, on April 18, 2023 (the anniversary of Hezbollah’s bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut), the US ...
par Antoine Saadé, 20/09 15:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A virtual meeting was conducted via Zoom between the Ministry of Health and hospital administrations, where it was agreed that all injured individuals would receive treatment at the ministry’s expense. The ministry committed to promptly reimbursing the hospitals upon receiving reports on the number of injuries and their conditions. ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/09 15:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel said on Friday it had submitted an "official challenge" to a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor for an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan in May requested the court to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes ...
20/09 10:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two people from Taiwanese companies were questioned as part of a probe into pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, investigators said Friday, as top officials insisted the devices were not from the island. Questions and speculation have swirled over where the devices came from and how they were supplied to the ...
19/09 22:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions in South Lebanon increased significantly, as Israeli raids on various villages and areas in the region intensified on Thursday night. Several Israeli media outlets indicate that over fifty raids were carried out in less than an hour, following the discovery of several Hezbollah launchers that were preparing to blast northern Israel. In ...
19/09 21:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has vowed retaliation against Israeli attacks involving booby-trapped communication devices, which he described as a “declaration of war.” Nevertheless, his primary focus remains securing a ceasefire in Gaza. With a somber demeanor, an occasionally muffled voice and a delivery punctuated by sighs, Hezbollah ...