This Is Beirut, 2024-09-16 13:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a flurry of escalating tensions along the Israeli-Lebanese border, Israeli artillery strikes continue on Monday. An Israeli air raid on the town of Houla Monday afternoon killed one Hezbollah combatant and injured two. Israeli artillery had targeted the town of Aita al-Shaab with three heavy shells on Monday morning. It launched three ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-15 20:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli Ministry of Defense is recruiting African asylum seekers to carry out "potentially deadly" operations in Gaza in exchange for obtaining permanent resident status in Israel, according to reports by the Israeli media outlet Haaretz. Defense officials, speaking unofficially, confirmed to the center-left daily the existence of this ...
Hala Abdallah, 2024-09-15 20:39 - 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 September 15, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-14 22:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza's Civil Defense announced on Saturday the deaths of eleven people, including women and children, in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City that was sheltering Palestinians displaced by the war. "We have recovered the bodies of eleven martyrs, including four children and three women, after an Israeli warplane carried out a ...
Hala Abdallah, 2024-09-14 21:32 - 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 September 14th, 2024.
2024-09-14 19:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem confirmed on Saturday that “the support front will be maintained in Lebanon as long as the war in Gaza continues,” adding that the extent of this support will depend on the scale of Israeli aggression, which is increasingly targeting civilians. He stressed that settlers will only be able to return ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-09-13 20:51 - 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 September 13th, 2024.
2024-09-13 18:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ministers from Muslim and European countries along with the European Union's foreign affairs chief gathered Friday in Madrid to discuss how to advance a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "Together, we want to identify the concrete actions that will enable us to make progress towards this objective," Spanish Prime Minister ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-09-12 21:35 - 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 September 12th, 2024.
2024-09-12 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel announced on Thursday that it is revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists working in the country, four months after shutting down the Qatari television network. "The Government Press Office (GPO) is revoking the (press) cards of Al Jazeera journalists working in Israel," it said in a statement. "This is a media outlet that ...
2024-09-12 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for the protection of aid workers after UN staffers were killed in Gaza. He argued that a US-backed ceasefire was the best way to ensure their safety. "We need to see humanitarian sites protected, and that's something that we continue to raise with Israel," Blinken told reporters during a ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-09-11 21:29 - 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 September 11th, 2024.