This Is Beirut 2024-06-05 13:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Dozens of Jewish youth who arrived in Jerusalem on Wednesday fought with Palestinians in the Old City, ahead of the controversial annual Jerusalem Day march. Haaretz reports that the police broke up the clashes with no casulties. Hundred of Jewish nationalists, including development minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf, reportedly entered the Al-Aqsa ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-05 12:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Senior US officials are expected in the Middle East on Wednesday to push Biden's ceasefire deal, as nine Israeli soldiers were injured in base explosion. The head of the CIA and a White House special adviser are expected in the Middle East on Wednesday to rally support for the latest ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-05 11:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US House of Representatives voted Tuesday to advance a largely symbolic bill calling for sanctions on the International Criminal Court after its prosecutor applied for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Hague-based court's prosecutor has said Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant should be arrested ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-04 23:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Slovenia's parliament on Tuesday passed a decree recognizing a Palestinian state, pushing ahead with a vote in defiance of an opposition motion to derail it. Fifty-two members of the 90-member parliament voted in favor of the government-sponsored decree to recognize a Palestinian state. The vote followed a similar move by three other European ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-04 22:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
High-intensity clashes continued throughout Tuesday afternoon and late into the evening in southern Lebanon. A drone targeted Naqoura, killing one person and wounding another, while heavy artillery fire targeted Alma el-Shaab in the western sector as well as Tayr Harfa and Wadi Zebqin. A Lebanese Army post suffered material damage late on ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-06-04 22:37 - 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 4, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-04 16:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Mediator Qatar said Tuesday it was waiting for a "clear position" from Israel on a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. "We have yet to see a very clear position from the Israeli government," foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said, adding there was no "concrete approval" from either ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-04 16:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UN rights chief demanded Tuesday an end to surging violence in the occupied West Bank, saying it was "unfathomable" that more than 500 Palestinians had been killed there since October 7. Volker Turk said at least 505 Palestinians had been killed in the West Bank by the Israeli military and West Bank settlers since the war in nearby Gaza ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-04 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nations are falling short of the goal agreed at UN climate talks to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 as part of efforts to curb global warming, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. An IEA analysis of policies, plans and estimates from nearly 150 countries found that they could reach 8,000 gigawatts of renewable power capacity in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-03 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army on Monday announced the deaths of four hostages in the Gaza Strip, following their abduction by Hamas during the militants' attack on October 7. "(Israeli army) representatives have informed the families of Chaim Perry, Yoram Metzger, Amiram Cooper and Nadav Popplewell, who were brutally abducted to the Gaza Strip on October 7, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-03 22:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt and Jordan issued a joint statement on Monday expressing support for United States President Joe Biden’s latest effort to secure a hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. The aforementioned foreign ministers of the five countries held a virtual meeting ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-03 22:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel has shown willingness to agree to a ceasefire and hostage release deal set out by US President Joe Biden, and it is up to Hamas to make a move, a top White House official said on Monday. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's comments came despite growing doubts over the plan, which Biden described as an Israeli initiative, but has seen ...