par This Is Beirut, 30/09 16:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Some 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes, a figure that has doubled in two days, the United Nations' refugee head said on Monday. “The number of people who have crossed into Syria from Lebanon fleeing Israeli airstrikes – Lebanese and Syrian nationals – has reached 100,000,” Filippo Grandi said on ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/09 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an English video message to the Iranian people on Monday that there was “no place in the Middle East” that could not be reached by Israel. At a time his country's army is pounding Iranian-backed Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, Netanyahu declared his support to the Iranian people while condemning ...
par Mario Chartouni, 30/09 19:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader who commanded the pro-Iranian group for 32 years, was assassinated by Israel on Friday in Beirut's southern suburb. This marks one of the most perplexing chapters in a saga that has been ongoing since October 8. But how did Israel succeed in eliminating a man who believed himself untouchable? One of the most ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/09 19:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the world is safer after Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah, describing the Hezbollah chief as a "brutal terrorist" while insisting diplomacy was the Middle East's best chance at stability. "The region and the world are safer without him," Blinken, speaking in Washington, said of the deceased ...
par gdeveloper, 30/09 20:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel is "currently conducting" limited operations targeting Hezbollah inside neighboring Lebanon, the US State Department said Monday. "This is what they have informed us that they are currently conducting, which are limited operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/09 20:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday said ground forces could be used against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, adding military operations will go on despite the killing of the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah. Gallant made the comments while speaking to Israeli troops deployed to the northern border, where cross-border fire with ...
par Samar Kadi, 30/09 21:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has stressed that the United States-French proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which was endorsed by European and Arab countries during the United Nations General Assembly last week “is still standing.” “It's still on the table. There's still hope, but there's little time left,” ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 30/09 21:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
At the speed at which political and security developments are unfolding in Lebanon and the region, even though Tel Aviv has succeeded in weakening Hezbollah, the possibility of an Israeli ground operation, still under consideration, remains militarily and strategically risky for Israel. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Israelis have ...
par gdeveloper, 30/09 21:18 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army has imposed a closed military zone in the areas of Kfar Giladi, Misgav Am and Metula in northern Israel until Sunday October 6. The military says the move follows a fresh assessment. The order has been signed by the chief of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin. The Israeli army noted that entry to these areas is "strictly ...
30/09 22:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel is "currently conducting" limited ground operations targeting Hezbollah inside neighboring Lebanon, the US State Department said Monday. "This is what they have informed us that they are currently conducting, which are limited operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told ...
30/09 23:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon have been unable to conduct patrols because of the intensity of Israeli strikes and Hezbollah's rockets targeting Israel, a UN spokesman said Monday. With more than 10,000 personnel, the peacekeeping force has been stationed in Lebanon since 1978, with its role strengthened after a 33-day conflict between ...
30/09 23:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Shortly after Israel served a warning to residents of the southern suburb of Beirut to evacuate, the area was rocked by a spate of violent airstrikes which resounded across the city and its surroundings. Israeli warplanes carried out at least four rounds of airstrikes which reportedly levelled several buildings to the ground. There was no ...
