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Southern Front: Tensions Between Israel and Hezbollah Continue

Tensions persisted on Wednesday at the southern front, where exchanges of artillery fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued intermittently throughout the day. The Israeli army raided a house in Tayr Harfa, without causing any casualties, as well as the area between Blat and Marwahin in the western sector. Israel also bombed Tal al-Nahas. In ...

Colombia to Cut Diplomatic Ties with Israel

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that his country will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose leader he described as "genocidal," over its war in Gaza. "Tomorrow (Thursday) diplomatic relations with the state of Israel will be severed... for having a genocidal president," Petro, a harsh critic of the devastating war against ...

War Diary: Day 208

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 May 1, 2024.

More Debris in Gaza Than Ukraine

Gaza is filled with more debris and rubble than Ukraine, the United Nations said Wednesday, with the mammoth task of clearing it made all the more costly and dangerous by the sheer amount of asbestos and unexploded ordnance. Six months into the war between Israel and Hamas, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimated the amount of ...

France, Egypt FMs Push for Gaza Truce From Cairo

Egypt's top diplomat Sameh Shoukry said in a meeting on Wednesday with his French counterpart that parties "must show the necessary flexibility" to achieve a truce in Gaza "that stops the bloodshed of Palestinians." In a "quick visit" by French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné in Cairo, the pair "exchanged assessments on the ongoing truce ...

Rising Turmoil Inside Israel With Over 200 Days of Gaza War

While some might believe that over two hundred days since the Gaza war erupted have brought about monumental changes in the region’s landscape, the impact on Israeli society cannot be overlooked. Unfortunately, this facet often remains rarely reported by the global media, partly due to the intensely violent nature of the conflict and to the ...

Séjourné in Israel for Gaza and Lebanon Truce Talks

French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné met with his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz on Tuesday, as part of a 24-hour visit to Israel, the final leg of a regional tour that has already taken him to Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. Séjourné's visit to Israel comes at a time when ongoing Qatari, Egyptian, and American mediation brings hope for a ...

Netanyahu Threatens With Rafah Offensive Regardless of Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that the military would launch a ground offensive on Gaza's far-southern Rafah city "with or without" a truce deal being negotiated with Hamas. He issued the warning despite strong concerns raised by top ally Washington and hours before the arrival of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...

ICJ Denies Nicaragua's Gaza 'Genocide' Request

The UN's top court threw out Nicaragua's request on Tuesday for emergency measures to stop Germany sending military supplies to Israel because of its action in the Gaza war. International Court of Justice presiding judge Nawaf Salam said that the circumstances presented to the court did not warrant "provisional measures." Nicaragua hauled ...

South Lebanon: An Unabating Front

The southern Lebanese villages of Al Adayse and Yaroun were targeted by Israeli warplanes on Tuesday at noon, in parallel with continuous reconnaissance flights over the South's central and western sectors. For its part, Hezbollah claimed in a statement on Monday evening “targeting a building where Israeli soldiers are stationed in Doviv ...

Israel Strikes 'Hermes 450' Shooter

Israel was able to kill the Hezbollah member, Abou Ali, who shot down the “Hermes 450,” a drone which the Israeli army relies on a lot, especially in Lebanese territory. March 8 political sources revealed that this member, who was killed in Adloun, is accused by Israeli authorities of being “the one who shot down the Hermes 450 over South ...

French-American Synergy and Imminent Regional Settlement

The statement issued at the conclusion of the Elysée meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Lebanese Army (LAF) Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun was capped with the assurance that "President Macron will guarantee follow-through on various points." Consequently, he dispatched Foreign ...