War Diary: Day 91
Rayan Chami, 2024-01-05 20:52 - Reading : less than a minute
This Is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for January 5, 2024.
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The Intelligent Recap: This Week's AI News Report
Alissar Boulos, 2024-01-05 19:18 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to 2024’s first edition of The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday, January 5th and the 91st day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s news: a violent turn of events in Lebanon when a senior Hamas official is assassinated in Beirut, the security situation in the South escalates, Hassan Nasrallah gives his third and fourth ...
Geagea: Hezbollah Seeks to Bolster Its Power, Rather Than Support Gaza
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-05 12:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Samir Geagea, head of the Lebanese Forces (LF), said that Hezbollah does not want to engage in a war with Israel over Gaza, but rather seeks to strengthen its presence on the internal scene in order to achieve its objectives on the one hand, and to enable Iran to advance its regional interests, on the other. However, according to Geagea, Israel ...
Diplomatic Activity Amid Mideast Escalation
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-04 22:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas
The war between Israel and Hamas, now in its 90th day as of Thursday, was triggered by a bloody and unprecedented attack carried out by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 within Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Approximately 1,140 people, predominantly civilians, died in this attack, according to an AFP count based on the latest ...
Blinken to Tour Middle East Over Gaza, Escalation Talks
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-04 22:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarks, on Thursday, on his fourth trip to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war. Anticipating challenging discussions, he aims to advocate for immediate aid to the distressed Gaza Strip and to push for de-escalation in the region. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads back to the Middle East on ...
Gulf Countries Condemn Israel's Calls for Emigration of Gazans
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-04 21:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
A number of Gulf Arab states vehemently criticized statements made by two Israeli ministers who advocated for the emigration of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Several Gulf Arab states on Thursday strongly condemned comments by two Israeli ministers calling for Palestinians to emigrate from the Gaza Strip. Israel's National Security Minister ...
War Diary: Day 90
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-01-04 21:26 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for January 4, 2024.
Bou Assi: Connecting President's Election to Gaza Is a Crime
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-04 18:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Pierre Bou Assi, of the Strong Republic parliamentary bloc (Lebanese Forces), criticized attempts to link the presidential elections to the end of the war in Gaza, deeming it "a heinous crime." "It is essential to completely dissociate what is happening in Gaza from what is happening in Lebanon, as weakening our institutions does not benefit ...
Bou Habib Meets Biden's Middle East Advisor
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-04 15:46 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib met with Brett McGurk, Middle East advisor to US President Joe Biden, at the White House. Discussions emphasized the need to pursue US diplomatic efforts to defuse Lebanon's involvement in the Gaza conflict. Both sides underlined "the importance of the mission of US envoy Amos Hochstein to stop the ...
Israel launches deadly Gaza strikes as Mideast tensions rise
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-04 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israeli bombing killed dozens of people overnight Wednesday in Gaza as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepares to head to the Middle East amid surging regional tensions. Israeli bombing killed dozens of people overnight in Gaza, the health ministry of the Hamas-run Palestinian territory said Thursday, as regional tensions have surged over ...
Regional Tensions Escalate After Iran Blasts
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-03 22:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Palestine Hamas
The war between Israel and Hamas, now in its 89th day, was triggered by a bloody and unprecedented attack carried out by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip. Approximately 1,140 people, mostly civilians, were killed in this attack, according to an AFP count based on the latest Israeli toll, with ...
US Denies Involvement in Iran Blasts
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-03 22:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States categorically denied, on Wednesday, any implication that either itself or its ally Israel was responsible for the fatal explosions in Iran. The statement emphasized a rejection of such suggestions and cautioned against further escalation, particularly in the aftermath of a suspected Israeli attack on a Hamas leader in ...