Hamas Rejects Short-term Gaza Ceasefire Proposal
This is Beirut 2024-10-31 12:55 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israel Issues Evacuation Warnings in Baalbek, Paramedic Killed in Zifta
This is Beirut 2024-10-31 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a statement via X (formerly Twitter), Avichay Adraee, the Arabic spokesperson for the Israeli army, issued an urgent warning to residents of Baalbek, Ain Bourday, and Douris. He stated: “You are in a combat zone where the Israeli army intends to attack and target Hezbollah's infrastructure, interests, facilities, and means of warfare. We do ...
Israel Increases Its Targeted Attacks in Lebanon
This is Beirut 2024-10-31 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli army increased the intensity of its targeted attacks on Lebanon on Thursday. In the morning an Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle on the Kahaleh – Araya road killing two people and wounding another. This is the second time that this road is targeted in as many days. An Israeli drone also targeted a motorcycle in Qaraoun, ...
AnalysisIs Resolution 1701 a Magic Solution? Not So Simple
Marc Saikali 2024-10-31 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Analysts are debating a potential revision to Resolution 1701, though this remains unlikely for a simple reason: any new vote at the UN would face vetoes from China and Russia. Thus, Resolution 1701 is likely to remain unchanged. However, this doesn’t rule out the possibility that diplomats are quietly working to create an “adapted ...
A Ceasefire in the Coming Hours or Days between Israel and Hezbollah?
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 23:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Diplomacy seems to have regained the upper hand as Israel expands and intensifies its strikes in Lebanon. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed hope for a ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hezbollah "in the coming hours or days," describing himself as "cautiously optimistic" in an interview with the local channel Al-Jadeed on Wednesday ...
Israeli Army Creates New Division for Border with Jordan
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 21:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Jordan Israel Army Herzi Halevi Yoav Gallant
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army Herzi Halevi have decided to create a new division aimed at "protecting Israel's eastern borders," according to a statement published on Wednesday on X by the Israeli army’s Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee. The objective of the move is to strengthen ...
Intensive Israeli Airstrikes Persist in South Lebanon
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 20:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
One child was killed and five injured in an Israeli strike targeting the Zira'a area near Tyre in southern Lebanon, as violence pitting Hezbollah against Israel intensified on Wednesday. A series of raids also targeted neighborhoods in Nabatieh, as well as the villages of Zefta, Jbshit and Qalaouiyeh. Earlier, the Israeli army had called on ...
US Officials Heading to Israel to Discuss Lebanon, Gaza Deals
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Senior US officials were traveling to Israel on Wednesday to seek progress on deals to end the Gaza and Lebanon wars, the State Department confirmed. Amos Hochstein, the US pointman on Israel-Lebanon tensions, and Brett McGurk, the top White House official on the Middle East, will lead the talks with Israel. The two "are traveling to Israel to ...
VideosWar Diary: Day 390
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 19:40 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for October 30, 2024.
Hezbollah Launches Drone Attack on Northern Israel
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah said that it fired rockets and drones on Wednesday at three military positions in northern Israel, including near Haifa and Acre, in a simultaneous operation that it said bypassed Israeli defenses. In a statement, the Iran-backed group said it launched a "combined attack using advanced rockets and a swarm of drones," adding that they ...
Naim Qassem to Uphold Hassan Nasrallah's Path
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In his first address as Hezbollah’s new Secretary General, Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that he will follow in the footsteps of his slain predecessor Hassan Nasrallah by pursuing the same policy of supporting Gaza through the south Lebanon front. “My program (as new secretary general) will be a perpetuation of Nasrallah’s work in all ...
VideosIsraeli Strike on Baalbeck
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 17:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Around 15 Israeli strikes have targeted Baalbeck and its surroundings, prompting residents to flee the area following evacuation orders.