28/08 11:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel carried out a drone strike on a vehicle traveling on the Beirut-Damascus highway, near the Zabadani bridge. Four people were reported killed. Israel also conducted artillery strikes near the town of Aitaroun in south Lebanon on Wednesday. On Tuesday night, Israeli aircraft targeted two Hezbollah trucks about 10 km from Baalbek, on the ...
par Rayan Chami, 27/08 20:15 - 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 August 27, 2024.
par Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 27/08 18:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In his speech on Sunday evening, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah stated that the "primary target of the operation" conducted by his group was "the Glilot base, the main Israeli military intelligence base." This facility, located 110 kilometers from the Lebanese border, is home to Unit 8200, the technological wing of the Israeli military. In ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/08 13:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli raid on al-Majadel, east of the caza of Tyre, shattered the precarious calm that prevailed early on Tuesday morning in southern Lebanon. The strike wounded three people, according to the Emergency Operations Center linked of the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Another raid on the town of Chihine also wounded a civilian. An Israeli drone ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/08 21:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations said Monday it had been forced to halt its humanitarian operations in Gaza due to a new Israeli evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah area, a senior UN official said. "We are not operating today. As of this morning, we're not operating in Gaza," the official said, adding that since the start of the war the UN has sometimes had ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/08 17:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A far-right Israeli minister sparked fresh outrage on Monday by saying he would build a synagogue at the flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem if he could, once again challenging government policy. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has repeatedly ignored the government's long-standing ban on Jews praying at the site, told ...
par Rayan Chami, 25/08 20:59 - 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 August 25, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 25/08 20:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah announced that his party had targeted successfully an Israeli military intelligence base near Tel Aviv with drones as part of its major attack on Israel on Sunday morning. The “main target of the operation” was “Glilot, the main Israeli military intelligence base, where the spy unit 8200 is ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/08 18:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The flare-up of violence across the Blue Line on Sunday morning, with Israel carrying out dozens of airstrikes on South Lebanon and Hezbollah targeting Israeli territory with 320 missiles, drew local and international calls for de-escalation and restraint. The head of the Kataeb party, Sami Gemayel, considered that the continuous tit-for-tat ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/08 16:51 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Sunday's strikes in Lebanon were "not the final word" in his country's military campaign against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah."We are striking Hezbollah with surprising, crushing blows... This is another step towards changing the situation in the north and safely returning our residents to ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/08 07:41 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Hezbollah announced that two of its combatants were killed in a spate of air raids in south Lebanon at dawn Sunday, which Israel described as a preemptive operation against the Iranian-backed party. Israel claimed that the attack followed intelligence information that Hezbollah was preparing to launch a large-scale missile offensive on targets ...
par Hala Abdallah, 24/08 20:47 - Reading : less than a minute
From #Gaza to #Lebanon, #ThisisBeirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for August 24, 2024.