Alissar Boulos, 2024-05-17 15:58 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
“Today at approximately 9 AM (Gaza time), trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via a temporary pier in Gaza.” This is how United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the completion of a temporary aid assistance pier in Gaza on Friday. US President Joe Biden had announced this maritime corridor of humanitarian ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-17 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Thirteen Western countries, including many traditionally supportive of Israel, appealed to it Friday not to launch a large-scale offensive on Rafah. "We reiterate our opposition to a full-scale military operation in Rafah that would have catastrophic consequences on the civilian population," read the appeal, sent by the countries' foreign ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-17 13:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine International Court of Justice
During a hearing at the International Court of Justice, Israel strongly rejected South Africa's accusations of genocide in Gaza and its calls for an ordered ceasefire. Israel lashed out Friday at South Africa's case before the UN's top court, describing it as "totally divorced" from reality, as Pretoria urges judges to order a ceasefire in ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-17 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The US military said aid deliveries began Friday via a temporary pier in Gaza aimed at ramping up emergency humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. "Today at approximately 9 AM (Gaza time), trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via a temporary pier in Gaza," the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in ...
2024-05-17 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Associated Press (AP) published an article on Friday about Hezbollah stepping up its attacks on Israel in recent weeks, particularly since the Israeli incursion into the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. It has struck deeper inside Israel and introduced new and more advanced weaponry. The militant group struck this week a military ...
2024-05-17 09:08 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
By the end of May, at least five European countries, including Ireland, Norway, Spain, Slovenia and Malta, are expected to officially recognize the State of Palestine. This decision follows the symbolic vote on May 10th at the United Nations General Assembly, where 143 out of 193 member states endorsed a resolution granting Palestine all ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-16 22:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US troops on Thursday anchored a long-awaited temporary pier, aimed to boost aid deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza, to a beach in the besieged Palestinian territory, the US military and Israel said. The US Central Command said the pier was "successfully affixed to the beach in Gaza" at around 7:40 am (0440 GMT), with around 500 tonnes of aid ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-05-16 21:58 - 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 May 16th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-16 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Arab League called for a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Palestinian territories at a summit dominated by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza strip. The "Manama Declaration" issued by the 22-member bloc called for "international protection and peacekeeping forces of the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territories" ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-16 11:38 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine International Court of Justice
As over 600,000 people have fled Rafah since Israel's invasion of the city, South Africa has accused Israel of "genocide" urging the International Court of Justice to order a halt to the Israel-Gaza War. South Africa accused Israel Thursday at the top UN court of stepping up what it called a "genocide" in Gaza, urging judges to order a halt to ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-15 21:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that he was opposed to Israeli military control or taking responsibility for the governance of the Gaza Strip after the ongoing war with Hamas. "Since October, I have been raising this issue consistently in the cabinet, and have received no response," Gallant said in a televised ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-05-15 20:45 - 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 May 15th, 2024.