War Diary: Day 174
Tylia El Helou, 2024-03-28 21:17 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 28th, 2024
Palestine
France to Provide 30 Million Euros to UNRWA
2024-03-28 19:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France has announced that it will provide 30 million euros to UNRWA, so long as it "completes its mission ... devoid of any call to hatred or violence." France will provide 30 million euros ($32 million) for the embattled UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA if it commits to neutrality, the foreign ministry said Thursday, without giving a timeline ...
No Respite on the Southern Border After Deadly Wednesday Attack
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-28 14:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Amid the announcement of the adoption of a UN resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza three days ago, the hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel on the southern border in Lebanon seems to ablaze further. The Iran-backed group claimed several rocket and shell attacks on the Shlomi and Goren settlements and the new headquarters of the ...
Douaihy to TIB: We Ask for an Immediate Ceasefire
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-03-28 12:13 - Reading : less than a minute
MP Michel Douaihy told This is Beirut that the Lebanese government is not meeting the standards to fight what is happening on the southern border of Lebanon and that an immediate ceasefire should be attained. Douaihy also stressed that the pillar for the implementation of all those strategies is the election of a president.
Israel Backtracks on Canceled Rafah Talks
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-27 22:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Israel wants to reschedule talks in Washington to discuss a possible offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah, days after it canceled the trip in protest at a UN ceasefire resolution, a US official said Wednesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily scrapped the visit on Monday after Israel's closest ally, the United States, abstained on the UN ...
War Diary: Day 173
Tylia El Helou, 2024-03-27 20:47 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 27th, 2024.
New Poll Shows US Opinion Now Disapproves Israeli War in Gaza
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-27 19:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Gallup Organization poll published on wednesday shows that American public opinion disapproves of Israel's actions in Gaza. After narrowly supporting Israel's military action in Gaza in November, Americans now oppose the campaign by a solid margin. Fifty-five percent currently disapprove of Israel's actions, while 36% approve it, according to a ...
Intense Israeli Bombing Hits Gaza, Notwithstanding UN Cease-Fire Resolution
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-27 11:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Israel bombed the southern Gaza Strip intensively on Tuesday night, while international pressure for an "immediate ceasefire" is growing on Netanyahu's government. The southern Gaza Strip came under intense Israeli bombardment overnight, despite international pressure for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory where famine is ...
War Diary: Day 172
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-03-26 22:50 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Here are the main highlights for March 26, 2024.
US to Continue Aid Drops into Gaza
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-26 22:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States will continue dropping essential aid from the air into the Gaza Strip, the White House said Tuesday, after Palestinian militant group Hamas called for them to end following fatal drownings and stampedes. "Air drops are one of the many ways that we are helping to provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and we will ...
Israeli Negotiators Leave Doha Blaming Hamas for Talks Failure
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-26 21:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel recalled its negotiators from Qatar on Tuesday, after considering mediated talks on a Gaza truce "at a dead end" due to demands by Hamas, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. The official, who is close to the chief of the Mossad who is heading up the talks, accused Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar of sabotaging the diplomatic efforts "as ...
Netanyahu Between a Rock and a Hard Place
2024-03-26 21:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
After nearly 6 months of war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be caught between internal dissent and international pressure as he fights for his survival. The war he is waging against Hamas has gradually lost its legitimacy in the eyes of the international community, as civilian casualties mount without significant ...