This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 16:31 - Reading : less than a minute
According to Reuters, the United States will provide Israel with $3.5 billion for the purchase of American weapons and military equipment. A US State Department spokesperson stated on Friday that the US government intends to release billions of dollars in foreign military financing for Israel. This release of funds comes several months after ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, warned Saturday of the risk of a regional escalation with potentially "catastrophic consequences" following the killing of two Iran-backed militant leaders. Sistani also urged an end to the "genocidal war" in Gaza, where the civil defense agency said that on Saturday, an Israeli air ...
2024-08-10 12:57 - Reading : less than a minute
Clashes resumed on the southern front on Saturday, following a relatively calm morning. An Israeli raid targeted the village of Majdal Selm in the early afternoon, causing injuries to four people, including a rescue worker from the Islamic Mission. The wounded were taken to the government hospital in Tebnine. The NBN TV crew present at the scene ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 12:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The White House on Friday denounced a far-right Israeli minister in unusually strong terms after he questioned a US-brokered deal for a ceasefire with Hamas. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who was controversially brought into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government despite his extreme background, had urged rejection of a US push for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 09:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
An independent UN-appointed expert accused Israel of committing "genocide" in its Gaza war after an Israeli strike targeting a school on Saturday killed 93 people, according to local rescuers. "Israel is genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at the time, one hospital at the time, one school at the time, one refugee camp at the time, one ...
Rayan Chami 2024-08-09 20:47 - 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 August 9th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UK's foreign secretary called Friday for Israel and Hamas to "urgently" agree to a ceasefire deal, following a joint statement by the US, Qatar and Egypt calling for negotiations to resume. "The UK welcomes the tireless efforts of our partners in Qatar, Egypt and the United States," Britain's top diplomat David Lammy said in a statement. He ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 16:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, will visit Turkey between August 14-15, the Turkish Presidency announced on Wednesday. Abbas will meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, then address Parliament in Ankara the following day, Turkish Presidency spokesman Fahrettin Altun said on the X social network. According to the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 15:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UN rights chief Volker Türk was "shocked and appalled" by comments by Israel's finance minister suggesting it might be "justified" to starve the population of Gaza to free hostages, his spokesman said Friday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights "condemns these words in the strongest terms, which also incite hatred against ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 12:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Syrian state media reported on Thursday that four soldiers were wounded by an Israeli strike in central Syria, citing a military statement. The statement said the strike also caused "material losses," with no further details. Earlier Syrian reports had claimed that explosions had been heard at the Shayrat air base in Homs. Israel has not ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel has agreed to resume Gaza ceasefire talks on August 15 at the demand of US, Qatari, and Egyptian mediators, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday, as regional tensions skyrocket over the war. Gaza's Hamas-controlled civil defense agency said Israeli bombardment killed more than 18 people in strikes on two schools on ...
2024-08-08 21:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After a precarious calm on the southern front on Thursday afternoon, Hezbollah launched an intensive missile attack on the Israeli settlement of Nahariya, where loud explosions were heard. Israeli media reported that "several rockets landed between Shlomi and Nahariya in western Galilee." Israeli army radio reported that 15 rockets were fired ...