War in the Middle East

China Hosts Palestinian Unity Talks, With Eyes on Postwar Gaza
China Hosts Palestinian Unity Talks, With Eyes on Postwar Gaza

China hosted reconciliation talks, from Saturday to Sunday, between 14 different Palestinian factions - including Hamas and Fatah - in their latest effort to resolve long standing Palestinian divisions. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reports that a two-way discussion was held between Fatah and Hamas on 20 July. This was followed on 21 July with a meeting for ...

Tensions Persist on the Southern Front
Tensions Persist on the Southern Front

On Monday morning, a Lebanese Armed Forces unit discovered a drone on the outskirts of Aaiha in the Rachaya district and called in the engineering unit to dismantle it. Early in the morning, Israeli shells hit Jabal al-Sadana in the Hasbaya district, between Rachaya al-Foukhar and Kfar Hammam, on the outskirts of Kfarchouba, damaging several ...

Two Israeli Hostages Held in Gaza Confirmed Dead
Two Israeli Hostages Held in Gaza Confirmed Dead

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, an Israeli campaign group, announced on Monday that two captives held by Hamas in Gaza had died. The deaths of Yagev Buchshtab, 35, and Alex Dancyg, 76, who were abducted during the October 7 attack by Hamas, are a "stark reminder of the urgency" to bring the hostages home, the forum said in a ...

Houthis Threaten 'Huge Response' Following Port Strike
Houthis Threaten 'Huge Response' Following Port Strike

The Yemeni Houthis threatened Israel on Sunday with “huge retaliation” to its deadly strikes on the still-burning port of Hodeidah, in a new regional escalation linked to the war in Gaza, now in its tenth month. The Israeli strike, the first claimed by Israel in Yemen, set oil tanks ablaze at the vital port and came a day after the first ...

War Diary: Day 289
War Diary: Day 289

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 21st, 2024.

Israeli Army Vaccinating Gaza Troops Against Polio
Israeli Army Vaccinating Gaza Troops Against Polio

Israel has started vaccinating its troops in Gaza against polio and supplying vaccines for the Palestinian population after health agencies said the virus has been found in the territory, the military said Sunday. Army authorities have begun "a broad vaccination operation for all ground troops, both regular and reserves," said a military ...

Israel's Strike on Yemen Will Embolden the Houthis
Israel's Strike on Yemen Will Embolden the Houthis

Israel's first attack on Yemen's Houthis, who have defied months of strikes by the United States and Britain, will likely only embolden them, analysts say. Saturday's strike on the port city of Hodeidah, which the Yemeni insurgents say killed six people and triggered a massive fire, will provide the Houthis with “political capital,” said ...

Israel Intercepts Houthi Missiles as Hodeidah Fire Rages On
Israel Intercepts Houthi Missiles as Hodeidah Fire Rages On

The Israeli military said on Sunday that it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen towards the Red Sea resort town of Eilat, after Israel bombed a port held by the country's Houthi regime. “The projectile did not cross into Israeli territory. Rocket and missile sirens were sounded following the possibility of falling shrapnel,” a military ...

Netanyahu to Make Landmark Speech to US Congress
Netanyahu to Make Landmark Speech to US Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to deliver a landmark speech to the US Congress on Wednesday as he fights off intense pressure to quickly cut a Gaza war ceasefire deal with Hamas. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, will become the first foreign leader to address a joint meeting of the two chambers four times – pulling ...

War Diary: Day 288
War Diary: Day 288

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 20th, 2024.

Israel Strike Houthi Military Targets in Yemen For First Time
Israel Strike Houthi Military Targets in Yemen For First Time

Israeli warplanes killed three people in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeida, the Houthi's said Sunday after the group's deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv. The strikes on the vital port, which triggered a raging fire and plumes of black smoke, are the first claimed by Israel in the Arabian peninsula's poorest country, about 2,000 ...