This is Beirut, 07/06 22:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army and the General Security Service announced on Saturday that they had eliminated the leader of the Mujahideen Brigades in Gaza, Assaad Abu Shariaa, who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. According to the Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, Abu Shariaa was “one of the main perpetrators” of ...
This is Beirut, 07/06 17:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians on Saturday, six of them in a shooting near a US-backed aid distribution center. The Israeli military told AFP that troops had fired "warning shots" at individuals that it said were "advancing in a way that endangered the troops". The shooting ...
This is Beirut, 07/06 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian state television reported on Saturday that Tehran had obtained a trove of "strategic and sensitive" Israeli intelligence, including files related to Israel's nuclear facilities and defense plans. "Iran's intelligence apparatus has obtained a vast quantity of strategic and sensitive information and documents ...
This is Beirut, 07/06 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute
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The United States has expressed its support for the airstrikes carried out Thursday evening by Israel against Hezbollah positions in the southern suburbs of Beirut. In an official statement, a spokesperson for the US State Department reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself against border threats. "The United States supports Israel’s right ...
This is Beirut, 07/06 11:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel's military announced Friday the deaths of four soldiers in Gaza, saying it needed thousands more troops to press its offensive, just as the premier's coalition faces the prospect of collapse over ultra-Orthodox conscription. News of the soldiers' deaths came as Gaza's civil defence agency reported 38 killed Friday in Israeli attacks across ...
This is Beirut, 06/06 16:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Reconstruction Committee in Beirut has released preliminary statistics detailing the damage caused by Thursday’s Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of the capital. The figures reveal widespread destruction across multiple neighborhoods, with residential buildings, institutions, and private property bearing the weight of the ...
This is Beirut, 06/06 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanese Forces party leader Samir Geagea strongly criticized the state’s failure to resolve the issue of illegal weapons and to act amid ongoing Israeli attacks. He warned that Lebanon remains dangerously exposed due to the government's inability to assert exclusive control over military decision-making. In a statement issued Friday, Geagea ...
This is Beirut, 06/06 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French anti-terror prosecutors have opened a probe into "complicity in genocide" and "incitement to genocide" over French-Israelis suspected of having blocked aid intended for war-torn Gaza, a source close to the case said Friday. The investigation comes after the Jewish French Union for Peace (UFJP) and a French-Palestinian victim filed a legal ...
This is Beirut, 06/06 13:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes the militant group Hamas, following comments by a former minister that Israel had transferred weapons to it. Israeli and Palestinian media have reported that the group Israel has been working with is part of a local Bedouin tribe led by Yasser ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 06/06 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As the Israeli Army issued a warning to Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday, Lebanon sought to avoid Israeli airstrikes on the targeted sites. The Lebanese representative to the Ceasefire Monitoring Committee approached the committee’s chairman, US General Michael Leeney, promising that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) would enter and inspect ...
This is Beirut, 06/06 12:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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A series of Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday night, after the army warned it would target Hezbollah's underground drone factories.
This is Beirut, 06/06 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Army accused Israel of escalating its attacks on Lebanon and warned of a potential freeze in coordination with international ceasefire monitors. In a strongly worded statement on Friday, released by the Army Command, the military condemned what it described as a “clear attempt by Israel to undermine Lebanon’s recovery and ...