This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 17:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions continued unabated on Tuesday afternoon between Hezbollah and Israel, as Israeli media reported the launch of "20 new rockets from southern Lebanon towards the western Galilee," after a very turbulent morning between the two sides in which Hezbollah had already fired 55 rockets in retaliation for Israel's nighttime strikes. Hezbollah ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 14:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army said on Tuesday it retrieved the bodies of six hostages from Gaza's southern area of Khan Younis in a joint operation with internal security agency Shin Bet. The hostages were Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, Chaim Perry, previously announced dead, and Avraham Munder, whose kibbutz of Nir Oz ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 13:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, while the Israeli military said it struck a Hamas command center. "Our crews retrieved 12 martyrs from the Mustafa Hafiz school, which was bombed by the Israeli occupation west of Gaza City," agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 10:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A new round of escalation began after an intense night of Israeli airstrikes that hit deep inside Lebanon. Hezbollah launched several rocket salvos at Israeli army positions in the annexed Golan Heights on Tuesday "in response" to Israeli strikes on Lebanon the previous day. Hezbollah fighters launched "intense rocket barrages" at two Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 10:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to Egypt on Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire as he pushes Hamas to accept a deal. Blinken, who met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday, will afterwards head to Qatar which, along with Egypt, is brokering negotiations for a truce in the 10-month Gaza conflict. His ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 10:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Protesters against Israel's war in Gaza briefly breached the outer security fence of the Democratic convention in Chicago on Monday, hours before US President Joe Biden passed the torch to new nominee Kamala Harris. Biden did not directly address the security lapse in his hour-long speech, but he said "those protesters out in the street, they ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-08-19 21:07 - 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 19, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-19 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured him of support for a US proposal to bridge gaps on reaching a Gaza ceasefire, and pressed Hamas to agree. Following three hours of talks with the prime minister in Jerusalem, Blinken said that Netanyahu promised Israel would send a team to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-19 19:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Three Israeli airstrikes targeted the Bekaa, including a plain between Nabi Sheet and Sara'in, Qasrnaba, Tamnin Plain. According to Reuters, citing two security sources, the Israeli strike targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot in the Bekaa Valley. The Israeli army claimed targeting several of them. Several strikes hit the Bekaa valley on Monday ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-19 18:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A British diplomat based in Ireland resigned over arms sales to Israel, with his email—circulated online—stating that the UK's Foreign Office "may be complicit in war crimes," it emerged Monday. Images of his resignation email sent to colleagues were posted online, with Mark Smith, who was based in the British embassy in Dublin, writing there ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-19 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army announced on Monday the death of "an Israeli soldier killed this morning in a Hezbollah drone attack in western Galilee". According to the Israeli army, "five explosive-laden drones were launched from Lebanon during the attack, three of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome". The other two drones fell near Gesher HaZiv and the ...
Tamer El Imad 2024-08-19 16:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza ceasefire talks took place in Doha on Thursday, however, initial optimism has dissipated over the weekend as both sides blame each other for the remaining obstacles. Summary of the talks Talks for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza were held in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, and attended by American, Egyptian, Qatari, and Israeli officials. ...