par This Is Beirut, 29/04 23:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Israel
Saudi Arabia has opted to normalize its relations with Israel, according to a foreign diplomat familiar with the situation. However, the kingdom is deliberating whether to enact this decision in the weeks ahead, or postpone it until after the United States presidential elections in November. Saudi Arabia has decided to normalize relations with ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/04 23:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The roadmap proposed by Paris to end the armed conflict between Hezbollah and Israel was reportedly handed over to the Lebanese authorities on Monday. The move follows French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné's visit to Lebanon, on Sunday. Beirut was the first leg of a regional tour that includes Saudi Arabia, where the French minister is ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/04 22:27 - Reading : less than a minute
In a recent escalation of tensions, Israeli airstrikes targeted multiple locations in southern Lebanon, including Khiam and Tayr Harfa. Reports indicate that no casualties were reported in Tayr Harfa, where a house was targeted. Furthermore, Israeli drones were observed flying at unusually low altitudes over the towns of Odaisseh, Taybeh and ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/04 21:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Columbia University Students defied an ultimatum set by their administration after talks over demonstrations supporting Gaza have faltered, on Monday, while in Paris, authorities cleared up student protests at Sorbonne University. Student demonstrators at Columbia University on Monday defied an ultimatum to disperse or face immediate ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/04 19:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas has been offered a 40-day ceasefire and the release of "potentially thousands" of Palestinian prisoners in return for freeing Israeli hostages, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Monday. The Palestinian militant group has been given "a very generous offer of a sustained 40 days ceasefire, the release of potentially thousands of ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/04 17:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The World Central Kitchen is to resume operations, according to an announcement made by its CEO Erin Gore. The nonprofit organization was supplying meals in Gaza until seven of its aid workers were killed by an Israeli strike nearly a month ago. The US-based charity, founded by celebrity Spanish-American chef Jose Andres, provides food to ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/04 15:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
More than 30 rockets were launched on Monday morning from southern Lebanon towards the Galilee panhandle and Upper Galilee, and were intercepted by the Israelis. The bombing was claimed by Hamas' military wing, al-Qassam Brigades, operating in southern Lebanon in violation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1701 and 1559. In a statement, the ...
par Charles Chartouni, 29/04 11:19 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
One wonders why it was assumed that this war was unlikely to stretch out and why Israel’s reaction to October 7, 2023 was going to be muted or limited. The reason is simple: observers outside Israel have failed to understand the magnitude of this massacre, grasp its nature and come to terms with its manifold consequences on Israel’s national ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/04 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benny Gantz Palestine Hamas Israel
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz called for Hamas to be destroyed, as planned by the government when it went to war after the Islamist movement's October 7 attack. "If you decide to raise a white flag and cancel the plan to occupy Rafah aimed at destroying Hamas in order to restore security to ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/04 19:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia on Sunday denounced the international community's failure to address the war in Gaza and called for the creation of a Palestinian state, at a special meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that the international community has failed Gaza and reiterated its call for a Palestinian state at a ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/04 17:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Diplomatic efforts to secure a truce in Gaza and captive exchange with Israel have built up on Sunday with Hamas' upcoming visit to Egypt on Monday, where the Islamist militant group will deliver its response to Israel's latest proposal. Diplomatic efforts intensified on Sunday to reach a long-sought-after truce and hostage-release deal in Gaza, ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/04 14:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes persisted in southern Lebanon between Hezbollah and the Israeli army on Sunday, as diplomatic efforts to de-escalate violence intensified. The Israeli army conducted a strike on the town of Aita al-Shaab in the Bint Jbeil district near Rmeish. Throughout the night, the Israeli army bombarded the outskirts of Tayr Harfa and Dhayra, as ...