Chelsea Al Arif 2024-06-17 21:03 - 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 June 17th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-17 13:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
By midday on Monday, a drone targeted an SUV at the intersection of the town of Selaa, resulting in the death of one civilian. Ambulances quickly rushed to the scene and transported the injured person who, later on, succumbed to her injuries. The Israeli Army Radio reported that a Hezbollah member was killed in an attack in southern Lebanon, and ...
2024-06-17 12:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli government spokesman on Monday said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had dissolved the war cabinet following the resignation earlier this month of centrist leader Benny Gantz. David Mencer, spokesman at the prime minister's office, told reporters the war cabinet was a "prerequisite" for former army chief and defense minister Gantz to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-17 10:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following the increase in the cross-border exchange on the southern Front in recent days, it seems that Hezbollah and Israel are mutually preparing for any eventual scenario of escalation in the region. Despite residents taking advantage of an “unannounced truce” on the morning of Eid al-Adha, the Israeli army targeted the town of Dhayra, ...
2024-06-17 08:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Conflict scenarios are complex and foreshadow cycles of destructive violence resembling total war. Diplomacy has proven ineffective in containing the recurrent rounds of violence and offering an alternative road map to the dominant ideological and strategic impasses and power politics. The Palestinians are still subjected to the sway of the ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-06-16 21:27 - 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 June 16th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-16 21:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza saw its first day of relative calm in months on Sunday, after Israel's military said it would "pause" fighting daily around a southern route to facilitate aid flows, following repeated United Nations warnings of famine in the Palestinian territory. "The first day of Eid al-Adha could almost be considered compared with the previous days," ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-16 18:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Egypt is pressuring Hamas on Sunday, to accept the first phase of Biden's ceasefire proposal according to The New Arab. Hamas responded to the ceasefire proposal last week, declaring that it had made amendments, which Israel later deemed to drastic to accept. According to an Egyptian source cited by The New Arab, Egypt and the US have been ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-16 09:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army announced Sunday that it would implement a daily "tactical pause of military activity" in part of the southern Gaza Strip during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid. The army said in a statement that "a local, tactical pause of military activity for humanitarian purposes will take place from 08:00 until 19:00 every ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-06-15 21:04 - 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 June 15th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-15 19:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military said eight soldiers were killed in Gaza Saturday when their armoured vehicle was struck by a bomb, in one of the deadliest blows for the army since the war began in October. Captain Wassem Mahmud, 23, and seven other soldiers "fell during operational activity in southern Gaza," the military said in a statement. The military ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-15 11:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The World Health Organization (WHO) decried Friday an escalating health crisis in the occupied West Bank, where growing restrictions, violence and attacks on health infrastructure are increasingly obstructing access to care. In a statement, the UN health agency said it was calling "for the immediate and active protection of civilians and health ...