par This Is Beirut, 08/04 13:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah continued relentlessly on Monday, six months after the front in South Lebanon was opened by the pro-Iranian party to support Hamas in Gaza. The Israeli military said that it killed a Hezbollah commander, identified as Ali Ahmed Hussein of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Forces, in an overnight airstrike on the town ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/04 12:13 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Conflicting reports emerged around ceasefire negotiations in Cairo. Egyptian media reported "significant progress," whilst Palestinian officials reportedly claimed "no significant progress." Talks in Cairo towards a Gaza truce and hostage release deal made "significant progress," Egyptian state-linked media reported on Monday, more than half a ...
par Maureen Décor, 08/04 09:23 - Reading : less than a minute
Six months after the start of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, This is Beirut revisits the key dates of a conflict that is escalating.
par This Is Beirut, 07/04 22:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Thousands of Israelis gathered outside the Knesset on Sunday to call for the release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas militants in Gaza six months ago on October 7. This comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are facing major popular scrutiny and disapproval for their lingering inaction towards reaching a ceasefire deal ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/04 22:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli Army claimed on Sunday to have completed a “new phase” in its preparations for war in Lebanon, where deadly exchanges of fire with Hezbollah are intensifying. In its statement, “Preparing for the transition from defense to attack,” published on its website, the Israeli Army said it had “completed in recent days a new phase ...
par Chelsea Al Arif, 07/04 20:45 - 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 April 7th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 07/04 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemeni Houthi militants have claimed to have launched rockets and drones targeting a British ship and two Israeli vessels heading to Israeli ports, according to an Al Jazeera report. British maritime security firm Ambrey had said that two ships had been targeted off Yemen, raising the number of incidents reported to three in under 24 ...
07/04 16:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions escalated in southern Lebanon on Sunday morning when Hezbollah bombarded Israeli positions in the Golan Heights and northern Israel, "targeting the Kileh air defense headquarters and the Yoav missile and artillery base with dozens of Katyusha rockets," according to a Hezb statement. The rockets were launched in response to strikes by ...
par Malo Pinatel, 07/04 15:11 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The announcement, made on Friday by the Netanyahu government, of the opening of the Erez-Beit Hanoun border crossing aims to facilitate the entry of more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Here's an overview of the primary ways of delivering aid to the enclave: by land, by air or by sea. On Friday, April 5, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ...
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par This Is Beirut, 07/04 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel has withdrawn its troops from the south of the Gaza Strip, notably from the town of Khan Younes, under pressure from the United States, after months of fighting against Hamas, the army and Israeli media reported on Sunday. Israel on Sunday pulled all its troops out of southern Gaza, including from the city of Khan Younes, the military ...
07/04 10:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli fighter jets launched strikes shortly after midnight on Sunday. They targeted a vacant warehouse in the town of Sefri in the Baalbeck district and strategic positions along the eastern Lebanese mountain range near the outskirts of Janta, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border, without causing human casualties. Israel announced that the ...