par Chelsea Al Arif, 06/06 21:30 - 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 June 6, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 06/06 21:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said Thursday that US President Joe Biden's proposed Gaza ceasefire deal was "just words," and that the Palestinian militant group had not received any written commitments related to a truce. On the other hand, Egyptian State-linked al-Qahera News reported, citing a high-level source, that they have received ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/06 17:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, said on Thursday that Israel had bombed one of its Gaza schools "without prior warning" to thousands of displaced sheltering there. The military said it had killed several "terrorists" in a "precision strike on a Hamas compound embedded inside an UNRWA school" in the Nuseirat ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/06 15:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel is sending mixed signals, alternating between its threats of a widening conflict with Hezbollah and its rejection of war with Lebanon. According to Israeli media, former Israeli Defense Minister and chief of the National Unity Party Benny Gantz called on Thursday morning for “the mayors of the North to prepare for the difficult days that ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/06 11:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcyclist in Aitaroun on Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring another. The victim was reportedly a Hezbollah fighter, as the pro-Iranian group later announced the death of one of its fighters, Hussein Nehme Hourani, also known as Badr. For its part, the Israeli military announced that it had ...
par Lyne Sammouri, 05/06 21:46 - 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 June 5, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 05/06 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egypt's intelligence chief Abbas Kamel met with Hamas members in Doha Wednesday for talks on a Gaza truce, a source with knowledge of negotiations told AFP. The lead mediators met with the Palestinian militant group to "discuss a deal for a truce in Gaza and the exchange of hostages and ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/06 23:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Slovenia's parliament on Tuesday passed a decree recognizing a Palestinian state, pushing ahead with a vote in defiance of an opposition motion to derail it. Fifty-two members of the 90-member parliament voted in favor of the government-sponsored decree to recognize a Palestinian state. The vote followed a similar move by three other European ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/06 22:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
High-intensity clashes continued throughout Tuesday afternoon and late into the evening in southern Lebanon. A drone targeted Naqoura, killing one person and wounding another, while heavy artillery fire targeted Alma el-Shaab in the western sector as well as Tayr Harfa and Wadi Zebqin. A Lebanese Army post suffered material damage late on ...
par Lyne Sammouri, 04/06 22:37 - 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 June 4, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 04/06 12:32 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Tension mounted on Tuesday on the southern border, while Hezbollah and the Israeli army intensified their exchange of fire. The escalation, which has been ongoing since Sunday and has prompted some Israeli officials, to increase their threats against a country dragged into this war by Hezbollah, will be discussed at night by the Israeli war ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/06 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army on Monday announced the deaths of four hostages in the Gaza Strip, following their abduction by Hamas during the militants' attack on October 7. "(Israeli army) representatives have informed the families of Chaim Perry, Yoram Metzger, Amiram Cooper and Nadav Popplewell, who were brutally abducted to the Gaza Strip on October 7, ...