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War Diary: Day 292

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 July 24, 2024.

Two Israeli Hostages Held in Gaza Confirmed Dead

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, an Israeli campaign group, announced on Monday that two captives held by Hamas in Gaza had died. The deaths of Yagev Buchshtab, 35, and Alex Dancyg, 76, who were abducted during the October 7 attack by Hamas, are a "stark reminder of the urgency" to bring the hostages home, the forum said in a ...

War Diary: Day 287

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 July 19th, 2024.

War Diary: Day 286

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 July 18th, 2024.

Israeli Parliament Opposes Palestinian Statehood

An Israeli parliament vote to oppose a Palestinian state as an "existential threat", just days ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, brought Palestinian and international criticism on Thursday. The 120-member Knesset, late on Wednesday, passed by 68 votes to nine a resolution that said a Palestinian state on land ...

War Diary: Day 285

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 July 17th, 2024.  

Gaza Civil Defense Reports 44 Killed in Three Strikes

The civil defense agency in the Gaza Strip said three air strikes killed more than 40 people within an hour across the war-stricken Palestinian territory. Israel confirmed carrying out two of the strikes that civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal said killed at least 44 people and left dozens more wounded. The Gaza Health Ministry stated that at ...

US Tells Top Israeli Officials Gaza Civilian Toll "Unacceptably High"

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told two top Israeli officials Monday of the "unacceptably high" civilian casualties in Israel's bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, his spokesman said. The Israeli military has launched several deadly attacks in recent days including on a refugee camp and multiple UN-run schools where civilians were ...

Israel Unleashes New Strike on Gaza School

The civil defense agency in Gaza said on Monday that an Israeli strike on a school in Gaza City killed at least one person. The strike on Salah al-Din School in Gaza City's Al-Rimal neighborhood was the latest to hit schools, many of which have been turned into shelters for people displaced by the Israel-Hamas war in the Palestinian ...

Hamas Withdraws From Gaza Truce Talks, Fate of Deif Unknown

The Israeli army continues its bombardment of Gaza as ceasefire talks seem to be at an impasse. Hamas announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing from the negotiations following a deadly strike that targeted the leader of the al-Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Deif. Hamas Pulling Out of Gaza Truce Talks A Hamas official said on Sunday that the ...

War Diary: Day 282

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 July 14th, 2024.

Israeli Attack on UN School in Gaza Kills 15, Wounds 80

Another Israeli attack on a UN school housing hundreds of displaced Palestinians in the camp of Nuseirat, killed and wounded scores of people earlier Sunday, marking the latest deadly assault on Gaza’s civilians, according to reports carried by Doha-based Al Jazeera. Footage from the Abu Oraiban school shows injured children lying on the ground ...