Élie-Joe Kamel, 2024-03-29 14:32 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
“The US is currently exerting pressure to deter Israel from invading Rafah, but this is leading to an escalation on the Lebanese front,” asserted retired General Khaled Hamadeh. Lebanese citizens are holding their breath, closely scrutinizing every development in South Lebanon, where the war raging between Israel and Hezbollah could take a ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-28 22:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The ICJ has ordered Israel to "ensure urgent humanitarian assistance" after "famine has set in". This follows Monday's UN Security Council Resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire." The world's top court on Thursday ordered Israel to "ensure urgent humanitarian assistance" in Gaza without delay, saying "famine has set in". The ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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.
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-27 22:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...