This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 16:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army radio reported that 17 injuries were recorded in a Hezbollah attack on Nahariya with drones. The mayor of Nahariya spoke of injuries and material damage. In recent field developments, the town of Aita al-Shaab in the central sector was subjected to intermittent artillery shelling on Tuesday. Additionally, Israeli warplanes raided ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 13:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah is reportedly growing low on cash, and its reserves in dollars are dwindling because Iran is no longer able to supply it with enough money due to its economic situation. According to a diplomat from the five-nation commission known as the Quintet, and based on reports he received from his government, the Iran-backed party “is ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 13:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib called for the full implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 and Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon. For Bou Habib, "the only way to restore calm to Lebanon is to stop the war in Gaza." The Lebanese head of diplomacy made his remarks on Tuesday morning at a press conference held in Cairo with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 13:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amid heavy and rising tensions in the Middle East following the assassination of Hamas’ Political Bureau Chairman, Ismail Haniyeh, and Hezbollah cadre, Fouad Shokr, the US State Department drew a road map to the upcoming events in the region, carrying overt and hidden messages. After deliberating with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Ben Abdul ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 12:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Palestinian officials said Israeli forces killed 12 people in three separate raids in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, as violence in the occupied territory showed no sign of abating. Five people were killed in the Jenin area and four in Aqaba town in Tubas district when Israeli forces carried out early-morning raids, the health ministry in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli drone attacked a two-story house on Tuesday morning in Haret al-Nadi in the town of Mayfadoun. Ambulances headed to the scene. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Health announced that the attack led to the death of five people. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Health ...
2024-08-06 09:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The race between war and settlement is at its peak. Which one will prevail? Given the current situation on the ground, notably the declared positions of the Hebrew State and the Iran-led “Obstructionist (Moumanaa) Axis,” urgent evacuation advisories for foreigners and heightened security measures including the closure of some embassies in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 04:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden held crisis talks on Monday on a potential Iranian counterattack on Israel, as his administration said it was working around the clock to avoid all-out war in the Middle East. Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken engaged in frantic diplomacy to try to ease tensions sparked by a suspected Israeli attack that killed ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-06 03:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded multiple US personnel on Monday, officials said, adding to already heightened regional tensions over an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel. The rocket fire is the latest in a series of attacks targeting Ain al-Assad base in western Iraq, which hosts American troops as well as personnel from the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-05 21:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military said the head of US Central Command, General Michael Kurilla, arrived in Israel on Monday to assess the security situation as fears grow of a regional war. Kurilla met Israeli army chief Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi and "held a joint situational assessment on security and strategic issues, as well as joint preparations in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-05 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged all sides in the Middle East to avoid "escalation," his spokesman said, as fears grew of an imminent Iranian counterattack on Israel. "It's important that all parties take steps over the coming days to refrain from escalation and calm tensions," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-08-05 21:14 - 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 5th, 2024.