This Is Beirut 2024-08-01 18:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday vowed to retaliate to the Israeli attack on the party stronghold in south Beirut, in which top party military commander, Fouad Shokr, was killed, stating that the confrontation with Israel has entered a new phase. Speaking at Shokr’s funeral, Nasrallah said, addressing the Israelis: ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-01 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran and armed groups backed by it are preparing coordinated action meant to deter Israel but avert all-out war, sources and analysts said, after the killings of top Hamas and Hezbollah figures. On Wednesday, Iranian officials met in Tehran with representatives of the so-called 'axis of resistance' — a loose alliance of Tehran-backed groups ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-01 17:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of Hamas, was assassinated on Wednesday by an explosive device covertly smuggled and placed in the Tehran guesthouse where he was residing, according to a New York Times report citing seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and one American official. Citing five of the aforementioned Middle Eastern ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-01 16:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The British Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs, John Healey and David Lammy, arrived in Beirut on Thursday for discussions with Lebanese officials, following a recent escalation in the region. In the past 48 hours, Israel conducted two significant strikes: one in the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing Fouad Chokr, a senior Hezbollah ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-01 11:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's army confirmed on Thursday that Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an air strike last month in the southern Gaza Strip. The announcement came a day after Hamas and Iran said the Palestinian movement's chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran. Israel has not commented on that report. "Mohammed Deif, the Osama bin Laden of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-01 10:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged "all parties" in the Middle East to stop "escalatory actions" and achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, after Hamas's political leader was killed in a strike in Tehran that Iran blamed on Israel. Speaking in the Mongolian capital, top US diplomat Blinken warned the Middle East was on a path "toward ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-01 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran held a funeral ceremony on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel. The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having earlier threatened a "harsh punishment" for his killing. In ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-01 05:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Many members of the UN Security Council expressed concern on Wednesday about the risk of escalation in the Middle East, citing a critical situation following the death in Tehran of the leader of Hamas in a strike blamed on Israel. A few hours after the death of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian movement, the Council held an emergency ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-31 23:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an order on Wednesday, for a direct Iranian strike on Israel in response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, according to three anonymous Iranian officials briefed on the matter. Khamenei gave the order at an emergency meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-31 22:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel "delivered crushing blows to all our enemies," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, explicitly mentioning the killing of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shokr in south Beirut. Netanyahu's televised statement lasted for approximately five minutes and did not make any reference to the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-31 22:01 - Reading : less than a minute
The United States Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs has updated its travel advisory to Level 4, indicating an upgrade in the United States policy on travel bans to Lebanon. The Embassy strongly urged its citizens to avoid southern Lebanon and to depart the area, including all parts south of the city of Saida. The statement ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-07-31 21:44 - 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 July 31, 2024.