par This Is Beirut, 15/06 11:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The World Health Organization (WHO) decried Friday an escalating health crisis in the occupied West Bank, where growing restrictions, violence and attacks on health infrastructure are increasingly obstructing access to care. In a statement, the UN health agency said it was calling "for the immediate and active protection of civilians and health ...
par Tylia El Helou, 14/06 21:39 - 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 June 14th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 14/06 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the extremist Israeli group Tzav 9, accusing it of blocking convoys and looting and burning trucks trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Since the war erupted, essential aid deliveries to Gaza have been severely restricted by the Israeli government, leaving many ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/06 18:22 - Reading : less than a minute
Recent strikes and retaliations have escalated, with civilian areas and military targets bearing the brunt.
par This Is Beirut, 14/06 17:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant rejected on Friday the initiative presented by French President Emmanuel Macron in which France, along with the US and Israel, formed a contact group to work on defusing tensions on the southern Lebanese border. “While we are fighting a just war in defense of our people, France adopts anti-Israeli ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/06 12:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli court has extended for 35 days the government's shutdown of Qatar-based television news channel Al Jazeera, the justice ministry said on Friday. Al Jazeera, which broadcasts in Arabic and English, went off the air in Israel under an initial 45-day order early last month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has had a ...
par Salam Zaatari, 13/06 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Pepsi has recently launched its TV and billboard campaign in the Middle East with the slogan "Stay thirsty," featuring some of the region's top actors, singers and football players, including Amr Diab, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Lebanese singer Nawal al-Zoghby. The Pepsi ad aired almost at the same time as Israel's new massacre in Gaza's ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Wednesday to work to seal a Gaza ceasefire agreement, saying not all Hamas demands were acceptable but voicing hope gaps could be closed. Consulting with key mediator Qatar on the Hamas response to the plan outlined by US President Joe Biden, Blinken said the Palestinian group could have given a "clear ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 18:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken renewed calls on Wednesday for a diplomatic solution between Israel and Lebanon and said that a Gaza ceasefire deal would have a major effect in lowering tensions. “What I've heard from everyone concerned is there is a strong preference for a diplomatic solution,” Blinken told reporters in ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 12:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As violence surges in the occupied West Bank, Palestinians and human rights groups decry an increasingly blurry distinction between the Israeli army and settlers, emboldened by the current pro-settlement government. In the West Bank, the "line that never really existed between the army and the settlers" has now "been completely erased", said Joe ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 12:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A UN investigation concluded on Wednesday that Israel has committed 'crimes against humanity' during the war in Gaza, including that of "extermination", while saying Israeli and Palestinian armed groups have both committed war crimes. The independent Commission of Inquiry's report is the United Nations' first in-depth investigation into the ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 11:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel continued its policy of field targeting in the south. On Tuesday evening, it targeted Hezbollah members consisting of the "highest-ranking leader" in the town of Joya in the Tyre district. Hezb announced in a statement the death of "Commander Talib Sami Abdullah," nicknamed "Hajj Abu Talib," from the town of Adchit in southern Lebanon. A ...