par This Is Beirut, 29/09 17:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert confirmed on Saturday for the first time that Israel was responsible for the death of Hezbollah’s global operations chief, Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a car bomb explosion in Damascus in 2008. In an interview with Channel 13 News, Olmert was quoted by the Times of Israel saying, "We haven’t ...
par gdeveloper, 29/09 17:06 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah announced the death of its Executive Council's Vice President, Nabil Qaouk, early Sunday afternoon. According to Hezbollah, Qaouk was “killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on Chiyah, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, yesterday.” In a statement, Hezbollah praised Qaouk, saying he “held numerous responsibilities across various ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/09 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
From Brussels on Sunday, Pope Francis expressed his “pain” at the widening conflict in the Middle East and called for an immediate ceasefire in “martyred” Lebanon. “I continue to follow with pain and concern the widening and intensification of the conflict in Lebanon,” he declared at the end of a mass at the King Baudouin ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 29/09 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A careful analysis of the assassinations carried out by Israel against Hezbollah's leadership—particularly Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah—reveals that these operations are based on highly accurate intelligence. The failure rate of these missions has been notably low. For instance, an attempt on Ali Karaki in the southern suburbs ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/09 12:46 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army confirmed on Sunday the death of the vice-president of Hezbollah's executive council, Nabil Qaouk. “We have assassinated Nabil Qaouk, head of Hezbollah's preventive security unit,” the Israeli army radio reported. For the time being, Hezbollah has neither confirmed nor denied this news.
par ici, This Is Beirut, 29/09 11:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The World Food Program (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to provide food aid to one million people affected by the recent escalation of the conflict in Lebanon, the UN agency announced on Sunday. The Rome-based WFP is “distributing food rations, bread, hot meals and parcels to families in camps across the country.” “A further ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 22:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel had "settled the score" with the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike in Beirut. "We settled the score with the one responsible for the murder of countless Israelis and many citizens of other countries, including hundreds of Americans and dozens of French," he ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 21:19 - Reading : less than a minute
France on Saturday called on Israel to stop striking Lebanon, as the killing of the head of Hezbollah sparked fears of a widening war in the Middle East. Speaking with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Paris wanted "an immediate halt to Israeli strikes in Lebanon" and was "opposed to any ground ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 21:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The language of concern and restraint streaming from global foreign ministries is failing to quell the fires of conflict in the Middle East, with the death Friday of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike bringing the region still closer to war. Israeli bombings in Lebanon and Hezbollah rocket launches have crescendoed, even as ...
28/09 18:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon announced a new death toll on Saturday following Hezbollah’s declaration of solidarity with Gaza on October 8. The death toll now stands at 1,640, with the number of injured at 8,408. Among them, 11 were killed and 108 were wounded during the attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday night. The ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 18:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
EU Recommends All Airlines Avoid Lebanese and Israeli Airspace Airlines should avoid Lebanese and Israeli airspace for the coming month, the European Union said Saturday, amid an escalation in air strikes and rocket fire between Israel and Hezbollah. The European Commission and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) warned in a statement ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 17:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei has released a statement in response to the ongoing strikes across Lebanon and the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, saying that Lebanon will make Israel "regret their actions". On Friday, Israel launched a large airstrike on the neighborhood that reportedly killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. In the statement ...