Marilyne Jallad 2024-09-23 17:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Around 1 p.m. on Monday, traffic was nearly halted on the southern highway and the internal roads leading to Saida and Beirut, as well as towards northern Lebanon, blocked by massive gridlocks. Since the morning, panic has gripped thousands of Lebanese residents living in the border areas of southern Lebanon. Israeli warnings and the ultimatum ...
2024-09-23 16:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The head of the Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies, Jean Abboud, revealed in a statement today a "significant decline in the activity at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, with around 14 airlines suspending their flights to Lebanon due to the ongoing security and military developments in the country," noting that the decline ...
2024-09-23 16:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A significant wave of displacement has been recorded from villages in southern Lebanon as airstrikes near civilian targets. Photos and videos shared on social media on Monday show traffic congestion and bottlenecks in the streets of several Lebanese villages and towns under Israeli attack. There are also reports of schools in Beirut opening to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-22 21:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah claimed on Sunday that it had targeted Israeli military production facilities and an airbase in the Haifa region in response to the deadly explosions that hit its communications equipment earlier this week. Notably, the pro-Iranian group revealed that it had used projectiles for the first time since October 8: the Fadi-1 and Fadi-2 ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-09-22 20:30 - 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 September 22, 2024.
Malo Pinatel 2024-09-22 20:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Sunday, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for attacks on military production sites and an airbase in northern Israel. "In retaliation for the beeper and walkie-talkie explosions on Tuesday and Wednesday, Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at the Rafael military industrial complex in northern Israel," the Iran-backed group stated. Rafael Systems, ...
2024-09-22 18:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A military “escalation” is not in Israel's “interest,” warned White House spokesman John Kirby on Sunday, following days of high tension in the Middle East. “We don't believe that escalating this military conflict is in their interest,” he said on ABC television, assuring that the United States shared this sentiment "directly" with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-22 15:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The global news channel Al Jazeera said that armed and masked Israeli forces raided its office in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order. It was the latest salvo in a long-running feud between the Arab broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, which has worsened during the war in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-22 11:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Amid rising tensions after the increasing fire exchange between Hezbollah and Israel, the UN Special Coordinator to Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, reiterated on Sunday that “no military solution will make either side safer, as the region is on the brink of an imminent catastrophe.” “With the region on the brink of an imminent ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-22 10:14 - Reading : less than a minute
The toll from Friday’s Israeli bombardment on the southern suburbs of Beirut rose to 51 on Sunday. The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health had declared earlier that 45 people had been killed. 6 bodies have been recovered since. Meanwhile, search and rescue teams, ambulance services, and civil defense personnel are ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-22 10:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions are on the rise in south Lebanon after a tense night as Hezbollah announced “raiding military industrial complexes specializing in electronic equipment, north of Haifa with dozens of rockets.” Hezbollah declared that this operation is “an initial response to the brutal massacre committed by Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday.” In a ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-09-21 21:45 - 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 September 21, 2024.