par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 22:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrations Israel
Hundreds of people demonstrated in several parts of Israel on Saturday evening to demand the release of the hostages and the impeachment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The main rallies took place in Tel Aviv, but also in other places such as Caesarea, as reported by the Israeli media Haaretz. Tel Aviv ...
par Tylia El Helou, 2023-12-16 20:24 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 16, 2023.
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 17:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Israel
The Israeli army made public on Saturday, December 16, the initial findings of the investigation into the killing of three hostages by one of its soldiers in Gaza. There are currently 129 hostages still being held captive in the Hamas-controlled enclave. The Israeli army said Saturday that three hostages mistakenly killed by soldiers carried a ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions in South Lebanon rose on Saturday as Hezbollah led several attacks on Israeli military positions and Israeli shelling of border villages intensified. Hezbollah announced drone attacks on Israeli military positions in Birkat Risha (attacked twice), Metula, and near the Ramim barracks, claiming to have killed and wounded soldiers. This was ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 09:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
CONFLICT Gaza Hamas hostages Israel
Three Israeli hostages in Gaza were mistakenly killed by the Israeli Army during an operation in a neighborhood in Gaza City, leading to national mourning, protests, and calls for the release of the remaining hostages. Israel has been in a state of shock since Friday after the deaths of three of its hostages in Gaza, killed when troops ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-15 23:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A CNN report revealed on Friday that the Biden (US president Joe Biden) administration prompted the alarm over Israel’s repeated military attacks on the US-backed Lebanese army and raised sharp rebukes from top US officials to Israeli leadership. According to US officials, a regional security source, and a list of the incidents compiled by the ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-15 22:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bab el-Mandeb Gaza Hamas Houthis Israel
War between Israel and Hamas entered on Friday, December 15 its 70th day since the bloody and unprecedented attack that the Palestinian Islamist movement launched against Israel on October 7 from the Gaza Strip. According to Israel, 1,139 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack and around 250 kidnapped and taken to Gaza. A total of ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-15 19:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Several Western countries raised their voices to Israel over the violence provoked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Friday, December 15. Tel Aviv is currently facing an international outcry on this issue, as atrocities committed against Palestinians have exploded since 7 October. Western nations and the European Union Friday urged ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-15 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel announced it was temporarily opening border crossing at Kerem Shalom for humanitarian purposes on Friday, December 15. The aim is to relieve congestion at Rafah, in Egypt. Israel approved Friday the "temporary" delivery of aid into Gaza via its Kerem Shalom border crossing, the prime minister's office said, opening a new route for supplies ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-15 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel continued its offensive in Gaza on Friday, despite increasing international calls for restraint. The United States emphasized that the effort to crush Hamas should not result in a long-term Israeli occupation of the territory. Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza on Friday despite mounting international calls for restraint, with key backer ...
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par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-14 23:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 69th day on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, 18,787 people were killed in Israeli bombardments, most of them women, children and teenagers. For its part, Israel announced that 1,200 people, mostly civilians, died in the attack on 7 October. In addition, around a hundred Israeli ...