2024-08-15 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
There has been a proposal to renew the mandate for the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) south of the Litani river for six months instead of one year. This is the first time — since Resolution 425 was adopted on March 19, 1978, establishing the UNIFIL forces and since Resolution 1701 was passed on August 12, 2006, strengthening ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 11:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions continued to rise on the southern front on Thursday as heavy Israeli artillery was reported on the towns of Khiam, Deir Mimas, and Naqoura. As a result, a house in Khiam caught fire, with no injuries reported until the moment. According to Israeli media, sirens sounded in the Western Galilee “after a suspected drone breached Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-14 22:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli raid on Wednesday evening targeted the village of Marjayoun, killing two people and wounding four, according to the Ministry of Health's Emergency Operations Center. Initial information indicated that the dead were members of the 'Fajr' force, affiliated with the Jamaa Islamiya group. Another Israeli airstrike reportedly destroyed an ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-14 14:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Presidential envoy Amos Hochstein stated that “a diplomatic solution can be achieved since no one wants a full-scale war between Lebanon and Israel.” After meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday, he stressed the need for de-escalation, revealing that “US President Joe Biden asked him to return to Lebanon before the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-14 13:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli drone attack in Abbasiya, near Tyre, on Wednesday, injured at least 17 people, including four in critical condition, according to the Public Health Emergency Operation Center of the Ministry of Public Health. It remains unclear who was the intended target. A separate airstrike on the town of Rab Thalatheen resulted in two ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-14 01:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday approved more than $20 billion in new weapons sales to Israel, brushing aside pressure from rights activists to stop arms deliveries over the death toll in Gaza. The sale comes as Biden has pressed Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire after 10 months of bloodshed, although the weapons would take ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-13 22:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
With the world waiting for Iran's retaliation following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, urged the new Iranian president on Monday not to escalate the conflict in the Middle East. On Monday morning, Cardinal Parolin had a telephone conversation with Masoud Pezeshkian, the ...
Rayan Chami 2024-08-13 20:38 - 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 13, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-13 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigade, claimed responsibility on Tuesday for targeting Tel Aviv with two rockets from Gaza – in the first attack by Hamas on Tel Aviv since May. Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported that there were no casualties, with the Israeli military claiming that one rocket landed in the Mediterranean Sea, whilst the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-13 17:51 - Reading : less than a minute
Two Hezbollah's fighters were killed on Tuesday afternoon in an Israeli drone attack that targeted a car on the Yahoun-Baraachit road, according to preliminary information obtained by This is Beirut. Lebanese media outlets reported that the casualties were Hezbollah members. Ambulances rushed to the scene shortly after. Moreover, Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-13 14:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
According to caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the only thing currently uniting the Lebanese is the threat of war. Mikati made these remarks during meetings held on Tuesday at the Grand Serail, in preparation for the Cabinet meeting which will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) to "discuss in detail the measures and procedures linked to the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-13 13:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led hundreds of Israelis into the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in annexed east Jerusalem on Tuesday and performed prayers marking a Jewish holiday, sources said. Ben Gvir, who has often defied the Israeli government's longstanding ban on Jewish prayer at the mosque compound, vowed to "defeat Hamas" ...