This Is Beirut 2024-09-03 19:24 - Reading : less than a minute
UN human rights chief Volker Turk called Tuesday for an independent investigation into reports that Palestinian armed groups summarily executed six Israeli hostages. Israel's military said the six were all captured alive during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel that triggered the war, and were shot dead shortly before troops found ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-03 17:14 - Reading : less than a minute
As Israeli operations intensify in the West Bank, Palestinian families are forced to leave their homes in Jenin and the surrounding camps. Hostilities have crossed a new threshold, with the army now declaring the West Bank a combat zone. France 24's West Bank correspondent Majed Saïd reports.
Vanessa Kallas 2024-09-03 17:01 - Reading : less than a minute
For the third consecutive day, thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv to press for a ceasefire deal to secure the release of remaining hostages in Gaza.
This Is Beirut 2024-09-03 16:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Following a precarious calm on Tuesday morning in southern Lebanon, a hairdresser under contract with UNIFIL’s Spanish battalion was injured by an Israeli sniper while on his way to work. He was immediately transported to Marjayoun Governmental Hospital for treatment. He was standing in the spot where he usually waits for a patrol from the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-02 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Monday that Israeli forces must retain control over the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border, vowing "not to give in to pressure" over the issue in Gaza ceasefire talks. "The achievement of the war's objectives goes through the Philadelphi Corridor," he said at a televised press ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-02 21:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Violent Israeli raids on Lebanese border villages in the South resumed Monday in the evening, after a relatively calm day. Israeli aircraft launched a series of attacks on Wadi Zibqin, Shihine, Jebbine, Majdel Zoun, Yater, Houla and Markaba, where three people were wounded. In a statement, the Israeli army announced that it had struck ...
Vanessa Kallas 2024-09-02 21:25 - 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 September 2, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-09-02 19:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United Kindgomd said Monday it would suspend some arms exports to Israel, citing a "clear risk" that they could be used in a serious breach of international humanitarian law. The announcement follows a review by the Foreign Office into the arms sales given concerns about Israel's conduct in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Foreign ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-02 19:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages taken by Palestinian armed group Hamas. Asked by reporters at the White House -- where Biden was arriving for a meeting with US negotiators -- if he thought the Israeli leader was doing enough on the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-02 19:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A strike on Monday called by Israel's largest labor union shuttered parts of the country to pressure the government into reaching a Gaza deal to free hostages, though several sectors were unaffected. The Histadrut trade union called a nationwide strike beginning at 6:00 AM (0300 GMT), a day after mass demonstrations following the army's ...
Malo Pinatel 2024-09-02 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In the early hours of Wednesday, August 28, the Israeli military announced a major operation in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, targeting localities such as Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarem. This operation is the largest in the area since October 7. Although this operation is more extensive than previous ones, it is part of a broader ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-02 11:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health confirmed that two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in the town of Naqoura on Monday. Two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in the town of #Naqoura. pic.twitter.com/Sl0rGEWjr9 — This is Beirut (@ThisIsBeirut_) Two people were ...