par This Is Beirut, 28/05 23:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US military has suspended aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip by sea, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, after its temporary pier was damaged by bad weather. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters, high seas and a North African weather system had caused a section of the pier to come away on Tuesday morning. "The rebuilding ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/05 22:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The cross-fire exchange between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continued on Tuesday with the same intensity. Israeli warplanes flew at low altitudes over Tyre and its surroundings. These planes have been conducting mock raids since 4:45 PM over the entire South, particularly over Saida. Simultaneously, at around 5:30 PM today, Israeli warplanes ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/05 18:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived a global push for Palestinians to be given a state of their own. Norway, Spain, and Ireland on Tuesday became the latest countries to recognize a State of Palestine, breaking with the long-held view of Western powers that Palestinians can only gain statehood as part of a negotiated peace ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/05 17:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Desperately needed medical evacuations from Gaza -- already very limited -- came to a full stop when Israel launched its military offensive on Rafah three weeks ago, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The United Nations health agency has long been pleading for Israeli permission to evacuate more critically ill and severely wounded ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/05 11:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
EU foreign ministers have a "significant" discussion about sanctioning Israel if it continues to flout international humanitarian law, said Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin on Monday. “There was a very clear consensus about the need to uphold the international humanitarian legal institutions,” Martin told reporters following the Foreign ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/05 10:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah continued in the South on Tuesday. The latest development on the ground includes artillery shelling targeting farmers in the Marjayoun plain and gunshots on Jabal al-Labbouneh and Jabal al-Alam in the morning. During the night, the Israeli army targeted with heavy artillery shells the outskirts of the towns ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/05 22:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egypt's military said Monday a border guard was killed in a shooting in the Rafah border area with Gaza, where Israeli forces are deployed, adding that a probe had been launched. "The Egyptian armed forces, through the competent authorities, are investigating a shooting incident in the Rafah border area which led to the martyrdom of a guard," a ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/05 22:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Two people were killed on Monday in an Israeli drone strike that targeted an Islamic Jihad fighter near the Salah Ghandour hospital in Bint Jbeil. The Islamic Jihad fighter, riding his motorcycle, was killed in the strike, while a hospital guard, severely wounded, succumbed later. In retaliation to this attack, Hezbollah claimed responsibility ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/05 21:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel faced a wave of international condemnation Monday over a strike that Gaza officials said killed 45 people when it set off a fire that ripped through a tent city for displaced Palestinians. Adding to already heightened tensions since Israel launched a ground operation in Rafah in early May, the Israeli and Egyptian militaries reported a ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/05 20:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to call a meeting with Israel to get it to explain its actions in its Rafah offensive despite a UN court ruling, the bloc's top diplomat said. "We got the necessary unanimity to call for an association council with Israel to discuss the situation in Gaza," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Israel has ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/05 16:32 - Reading : less than a minute
An Egyptian soldier was killed in a shootout with the Israeli army at the Rafah crossing on Monday, according to a report by Israeli website Walla. Earlier, the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv reported that an Egyptian soldier was killed during an exchange of gunfire with the Israeli army at the crossing. Several others were injured in the exchange ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/05 12:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's foreign ministry said on Monday that it had told the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem to stop offering consular services to Palestinians from June 1 over Madrid's recognition of a Palestinian state. The ministry said that Spain's consulate in Jerusalem is "authorized to provide consular services to residents of the consular district of ...