par Chelsea Al Arif, 19/05 20:55 - 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 May 19th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 18/05 23:13 - Reading : less than a minute
A grassroots Israeli movement, Standing Together, which since 2015 has aimed to bring together Israel's Arab and Jewish communities, has set itself the mission of protecting humanitarian aid convoys bound for Gaza from Israeli far-right militants. According to Israeli media outlet Haaretz, Standing Together plans to form a buffer zone to counter ...
par Chelsea Al Arif, 18/05 21:57 - 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 May 18th, 2024.
18/05 16:42 - Reading : less than a minute
On Saturday, the Israeli army targeted a car near the Masnaa border post in Syria, on the border with Lebanon. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Hezbollah leader and his companion were targeted by the strike on the Damascus-Beirut road, leading to the car's destruction. Casualties remain unknown. The explosion took place ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/05 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions remain at their highest in southern Lebanon, where artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel have continued unabated since October 8, when Hezbollah opened this front in support of Hamas in its war in Gaza. On Saturday morning, a young fisherman was injured in an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in the village of Naqoura. He ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/05 10:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military said on Saturday that it killed a senior Palestinian militant during an air strike on an "operations center" in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. "A number of significant terrorists were inside the compound," the Israeli Army said in a statement posted to Telegram. It said the strike by a fighter jet and helicopter ...
par Lyne Sammouri, 17/05 21:48 - 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 May 17th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 17/05 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Thirteen Western countries, including many traditionally supportive of Israel, appealed to it Friday not to launch a large-scale offensive on Rafah. "We reiterate our opposition to a full-scale military operation in Rafah that would have catastrophic consequences on the civilian population," read the appeal, sent by the countries' foreign ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/05 13:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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During a hearing at the International Court of Justice, Israel strongly rejected South Africa's accusations of genocide in Gaza and its calls for an ordered ceasefire. Israel lashed out Friday at South Africa's case before the UN's top court, describing it as "totally divorced" from reality, as Pretoria urges judges to order a ceasefire in ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/05 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The US military said aid deliveries began Friday via a temporary pier in Gaza aimed at ramping up emergency humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. "Today at approximately 9 AM (Gaza time), trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via a temporary pier in Gaza," the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in ...
17/05 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Associated Press (AP) published an article on Friday about Hezbollah stepping up its attacks on Israel in recent weeks, particularly since the Israeli incursion into the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. It has struck deeper inside Israel and introduced new and more advanced weaponry. The militant group struck this week a military ...
17/05 11:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli airstrikes that hit on Friday morning the town of al-Najariya (Saida district) killed a Hezbollah official, and two Syrian nationals were killed in other strikes in south Lebanon, according to our correspondent in the area. Hezbollah official Hussein Khader Mahdi was killed in a that targeted his vehicle al-Najariya, while three ...