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Southern Front: One Dead in Israeli Strike on Al-Qulaylah

The upsurge in violence on the southern border is still ongoing on Monday morning following Sunday’s escalation. An Israeli strike on Al-Qulaylah, south of Tyre, killed one person and injured others. Moreover, the Israeli army conducted three strikes before dawn on Monday on Jabal Toura in the Jezzine area, leading to the destruction of a goat ...

War Diary: Day 275

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 7th, 2024.

UN Special Coordinator to Lebanon Visits Israel Ahead of Consultations on 1701

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert arrived in Israel on Sunday for a three-day visit, her office announced in a statement. “Since assuming office last month, Hennis-Plasschaert has extensively engaged the Lebanese leadership and key interlocutors on ways to deescalate tensions across the Blue Line,” the statement ...

Southern Front: Artillery Shelling, Raids, Fires and Missile Exchange

The southern front ignited from the early hours of Sunday, with Israeli artillery shelling the outskirts of Yaroun and Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon. A drone strike targeted in the afternoon a house in the Dahr al-Sayyid area in the town of Maaroub in the Tyre district. Another strike was reported on the town of Aita al-Shaab, and another ...

Gaza: Israel Intensifies Air Strikes Amid Ongoing Truce Talks

Israel intensifies air strikes in Gaza as the war enters its tenth month, while truce negotiations with Hamas mediated by Qatar continue amid significant challenges. Israel carried out deadly air strikes in the Gaza Strip as the war entered its tenth month on Sunday, with fighting raging across the Palestinian territory and fresh diplomatic ...

War Diary: Day 274

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 6th, 2024.

Gaza: Despite Ceasefire Efforts, Bombardments Continue

The war continued unabated on Saturday, with Israel's military saying it had conducted operations across much of the Gaza Strip, including Shujaiya in the north, Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and Rafah in the south. Shujaiya is among the areas the military had previously declared to be cleared of Hamas, but where fighting is again taking ...

War Diary: Day 273

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 5, 2024.

Israel to Dispatch Delegation Next Week for Gaza Talks

The Israeli prime minister's spokesman said Friday that "gaps" remained with Hamas on how to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release but Israel will send a delegation for more talks with Qatari mediators next week. The head of the Mossad spy service held a first round of talks in Doha on Friday and returned to Jerusalem. "It was agreed that ...

Southern Front: Intensive Israeli Raids

Exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued unabated on Thursday. At around 7:20 PM on Thursday, Israeli warplanes attacked Aita al-Shaab with two air-to-surface missiles and the border town of Dhayra in the western sector with phosphorus shells. There were numerous developments on the ground throughout the day, with Israeli ...

War Diary: Day 272

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 4, 2024.

Israel Unblocks Some Frozen Funds for Palestinian Authority

Israel has approved a new payment of more than $140 million to the Palestinian Authority after announcing it had also unblocked some funds frozen because of the Gaza war, a Finance Ministry spokesperson told AFP on Thursday. Since the start of the war on Hamas, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has withheld payments of customs ...