This Is Beirut, 2024-04-28 17:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Diplomatic efforts to secure a truce in Gaza and captive exchange with Israel have built up on Sunday with Hamas' upcoming visit to Egypt on Monday, where the Islamist militant group will deliver its response to Israel's latest proposal. Diplomatic efforts intensified on Sunday to reach a long-sought-after truce and hostage-release deal in Gaza, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-28 10:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The war in Gaza and broader Middle East tensions are expected to get top billing at a Saudi-hosted special meeting of the World Economic Forum that begins on Sunday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Palestinian leaders and high-ranking officials from other countries trying to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are on the guest list ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-27 23:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army said Saturday it hoped a pier to deliver aid to Gaza would be ready by early May, as it pushes ahead with its assault on the Palestinian territory. Israel's more than six-month offensive has triggered a humanitarian crisis and it has faced growing pressure to enable more aid deliveries as the UN warns of imminent famine. On ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-27 21:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas released a video on Saturday showing two Israeli hostages it kidnapped during its October 7 attack in southern Israel. The armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas released a video on Saturday of two men held hostage in Gaza and seen alive in the footage. Campaign group ‘The Hostages and Missing Families Forum’ identified the two ...
Tylia El Helou, 2024-04-27 21:02 - 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 27th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-27 17:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Gaza "Freedom Flotilla" was still blocked in Turkey on Saturday, deprived of its sailing flag following "Israeli pressure," according to the organizers. A "Freedom Flotilla" aimed at delivering aid to Gaza was blocked in Turkey Saturday after being denied use of two of its ships, which organizers blame on Israeli pressure. The coalition of ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-27 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A British ship set to house hundreds of American military personnel involved in the construction of an artificial jetty in Gaza to help deliver humanitarian aid has sailed from Cyprus, military sources said on Saturday. A British ship to house hundreds of US troops building a jetty to boost aid deliveries to Gaza has set sail from Cyprus, a UK ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-27 11:58 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian men at a military post near the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the army and Palestinian media reported. The incident occurred when several militants arrived in a vehicle and fired at soldiers stationed at the Salem military post at the entrance to Jenin, the army said in a ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-27 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas said it was studying on Saturday the latest Israeli counterproposal regarding a potential ceasefire in Gaza, a day after a delegation from mediator Egypt reportedly arrived in Israel in a bid to jump-start stalled negotiations. The signs of fresh truce talks came alongside ongoing Israeli preparations for a military push into Gaza's ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-26 22:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A delegation from Gaza war mediator Egypt arrived in Israel on Friday for a bid to reignite stalled ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Israeli and Egyptian media reported. The signs of fresh truce talks come alongside Israeli preparations for a military push in Gaza's southern city of Rafah, and with spillover ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-04-26 19:58 - 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 26th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-26 19:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
There are some 37 million tonnes of debris to clear away in Gaza once the Israeli offensive is over, a senior official with the UN Mine Action Service said on Friday. And unexploded ordnance buried in the rubble would complicate that work, said UNMAS' Pehr Lodhammar, who has run mine programs in countries such as Iraq. It was impossible to say ...