par This Is Beirut, 24/08 16:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A top United States general began an unannounced visit to the Middle East on Saturday to discuss ways to avoid any new escalation in tensions that could spiral into a broader conflict, as the region braces for a threatened Iranian attack against Israel. Air Force General Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, began his trip in ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/08 16:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On the deserted border between Lebanon and Israel, Spanish United Nations peacekeepers have for more than 10 months effectively been caught in a war zone. Several Blue Helmets have been wounded in the crossfire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, which has also left dozens of Lebanese civilians dead as a result of the war between ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/08 15:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Israel
A source who has close knowledge of the ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Cairo stated that Israeli negotiators and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at odds over the latter's demand for Israel to keep the so-called Philadelphi Corridor, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Two major issues in negotiations supported by Egypt, Qatar ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/08 12:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A senior Hamas official said the Palestinian militant group was sending a delegation to Cairo on Saturday but that they would not attend Gaza ceasefire talks in the Egyptian capital. Egypt, Qatar, and the United States have for months tried to reach a deal to end more than 10 months of war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. "The ...
par Yara Germany, 23/08 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Since the beginning of the confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, Israeli strikes have increasingly targeted deeper into Lebanese territory, reaching the Beirut southern suburbs and even the Bekaa Valley. Amid growing concerns about these developments and the possibility that the attacks may herald a new phase in the war, ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/08 19:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The southern front was cautiously calm on Thursday afternoon, following heavy Israeli bombardment from dawn onward. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/283981"] Late in the day, a large fire broke out in Wadi Hamoul, on the outskirts of Naqoura in the caza of Tyre, and forest fires flared up in Yaroun after the Israeli Army fired ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/08 12:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza's first polio case in 25 years has sparked a challenging vaccination campaign amid ongoing conflict, with UN agencies preparing to vaccinate 640,000 children despite severe logistical obstacles. The Gaza Strip's first recorded polio case in 25 years has health workers and aid agencies grappling with the steep obstacles to conducting mass ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/08 04:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Ceasefire Palestine Israel
President Joe Biden on Wednesday pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas as talks on a truce faltered. The US and Israeli leaders spoke hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended a tour of the Middle East aimed at reaching an accord as tensions rise in the region. In a statement on ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/08 20:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Hezbollah Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday his "readiness for any scenario" amid the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah and its backer, Iran, against the backdrop of the Gaza war. United States President Joe Biden is expected to urge Netanyahu to ease his demands in the ceasefire deal in a phone call later tonight, an unnamed ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/08 18:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said on Wednesday two people were killed and 10 children injured in the latest Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter, while the Israeli military reported it hit a Hamas command center. "Two martyrs were recovered and 15 injured, including 10 children" after Israeli planes struck the Salah al-Din school in Gaza ...
par Alissar Boulos, 21/08 18:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Negotiations for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel appear to have broken down. One of the reasons being the tight control over the Philadelphi Corridor. This buffer zone lies between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, and its control was taken over (from Egypt) by the Israelis last May. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/08 01:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tuesday night was particularly violent in the Bekaa and the South, with clashes continuing on Wednesday morning. An Israeli drone targeted a car in Bayt Lif on Wednesday morning, killing one person. Israeli bombardments also hit the areas of Deir Mimas and southern Khiam. Bombing also hit the Sardeh region near Wazzani, killing a Syrian ...