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Evergreen Halts Shipping Services to Israel

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-18 18:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Taiwan's major shipping company, Evergreen, announced the immediate suspension of its cargo shipments to Israel, citing the "escalation of the war situation." Taiwan shipping giant Evergreen said on Monday that it was suspending its Israeli cargo shipments with immediate effect. Due to "escalation of war situation in recent days, Evergreen will ...

Israel Faces Increasing Criticism Over Gaza Operations

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-18 13:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel faced mounting international pressure on Monday over the rising civilian death toll and the destruction of hospitals in Gaza as it pressed on with its war against Hamas militants in the besieged Palestinian territory. The United Nations Security Council was set to vote on Monday on a new resolution calling for an 'urgent and sustainable ...

Colonna Set for Talks in Lebanon on Calming Southern border

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-18 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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France's top diplomat is due to arrive in Beirut on Monday for talks on de-escalating near-daily exchanges of fire on the border with Israel, which have triggered fears of an all-out conflict. Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna is expected to call for responsibility and restraint in her meetings with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and ...

HRW: Israel Using Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-18 12:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the Israeli government of intentionally starving civilians in Gaza as part of its offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. “The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a war crime,” the group charged in a report. “Israeli ...

Colonna Visits Israel, Terrible Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Catherine Colonna Gaza Gaza Tunnels Hamas Israel

The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 72nd day on Friday, following the unprecedented and bloody attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip, which triggered the conflict. According to Israel, about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, were killed in this attack, and around 250 were abducted and ...

Israeli Hostage Killed by Mistake was 'Murdered' Says His Brother

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 21:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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One of the Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by the Israeli army in Gaza this week was buried north of Tel Aviv on Sunday, December 17. His brother accused the army of "abandoning and murdering" him. An Israeli hostage who was mistakenly killed by soldiers in the Gaza Strip this week was buried on Sunday, with his brother slamming the army for ...

War Diary: Day 72

par Tylia El Helou, 2023-12-17 21:23 - Reading : less than a minute

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This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 17, 2023.

Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Now Also Transits Through Israel

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 20:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Humanitarian aid for Gaza began transiting through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Israel on Sunday, December 17. This second crossing, although "temporary" according to an Israeli official, will ease the transit through the Egyptian border crossing at Rafah. A humanitarian aid convoy crossed into war-torn Gaza through the Israeli Kerem Shalom ...

Israel Claims to Have Discovered 'Gaza’s Metro'

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Gaza Gaza Tunnels Hamas Israel

The Israeli army announced that it discovered the largest network of tunnels dug under the Gaza Strip to date, according to a statement published on Sunday, December 17. This network is said to be fitted with extensive infrastructure, including rails along its main axes. The Israeli army said on Sunday it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in ...

Latest Developments in Hezbollah-Israel Conflict: Four Killed in South

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel resumed on Sunday along Lebanon's southern border, where four people were killed, including two Hezbollah fighters, in an Israeli air raid on the village of Aita el-Shaab. Hezbollah announced the death of its two combatants in a communique. It said one of them, codenamed 'jihad', hailed from the ...

Colonna Calls for 'Immediate and Durable' Gaza Truce

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 14:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Bab el-Mandeb Catherine Colonna CONFLICT diplomacy France Hamas Hezbollah Israel

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called for an “immediate and durable” truce in the Gaza war during her visit to Israel on Sunday, December 17, with her counterpart Eli Cohen, who acknowledged that France could play a positive role in preventing a war with Lebanon. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna pressed for an “immediate ...

WHO: Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza a 'Bloodbath'

par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 11:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Al-Shifa Hospital CONFLICT Gaza Hamas Israel

The emergency department at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, severely affected by Israeli bombardments, has been labeled “a bloodbath” and is deemed “in need of resuscitation” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. A team from the WHO and other United Nations agencies managed to deliver medical supplies to the hospital on ...

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